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EventSomaliland is granted independence by British government
… 25 June 1960 marked the end of 73 years of British regime in Somaliland. Fireworks and singing crowds marked the Independence of Somaliland and celebrations…
Culture in the New South Africa by Robert Kriger and Abebe Zegeye
… One of the many issues confronting post – apartheid South Africa is that the cultural expression of its citizens was severely limited by the policies of the…
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
… The decision to open the beaches was made after a number of protest multiracial swim-ins by anti-apartheid activists. He further promised the scrapping of…
EventRuth First is born
… , journalist, academic, political activist and the wife of former South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Joe … started while she was still a student at…
ArchiveCircular from Oliver Schreiner, Deputy Vice-President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… General circular from the Deputy Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students. The circular discusses the structure of the National Union…
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
… designed in an Edwardian style, was erected by the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church to commemorate the arrival of French Huguenot settlers in 1688. Its…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… Kroondal, situated on a farm, was one of 22 German Lutheran mission congregations established in … existence since 1843, was registered in 1858 in the name…
PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
… In the language of the Shangaan people , the name 'Balule' is the Tsonga word … Reserve covers 40 000 Hectares on the Western Boundary of the Kruger National…
Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
… single package. I hope you will not create the impression of being"ultra left" as a result. Perhaps you could make some … left here safely. I hope you have…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… then returned to South Africa and became Managing Director of the Corporation in 1945. During the 1950s he was involved in the expansion of Anglo American's…
PlacePrince Alfred's Guard Museum, Port Elizabeth
… Prospect Road, was formed through the amalgamation of a Military Museum formerly housed in the Donkin Reserve Complex, and the Regimental Museum of the…
PlaceAll Saints Anglican Church, Durbanville
… the old parsonage, as well as a church hall and a garden of remembrance, dates from 1860 and is closely associated with the history and development of…
PlaceLanglaagte Deep Residential Village, Johannesburg
… behalf, was guided from Ferreira’s Camp to the main group of gold reefs by a son of the widow Petronella Oosthuizen, the owner of a farm at Langlaagte, on…
EventGeneral Lothar Neethling sues Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail
… activists. Justice Johan Kriegler ruled in favour of the Vrye Weekblad and accepted Coetzee version of the story while he found Neethling to be an unreliable…
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
… Mahlalela were sentenced to death for the necklace murder of M. Mpapne that took place in 1986. The state argued its … on the alleged evidence that the two…
EventRSA introduces more press restriction
… introduced wider press restrictions under the 1986 state of emergency. The state of emergency gave the president powers to rule by decree and … measures…
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… mercenaries were arrested in Equatorial Guinea. Many of the suspects were South African, including the alleged leader of the advance party, Nick du Toit. The…
EventQueen Mother Elizabeth turns 100
… Queen Mother, celebrated her 100th birthday with thousands of people lining up in the streets of London to cheer her. The Queen Mother is the first member of…
EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… Square police station just 12 days before the release of former president Nelson Mandela . At the time of his arrest, Sithole was in a relationship with…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… Constitution Hill is a Living Museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former … Country’s Constitutional Court,…
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
… The Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden in Ruimsig , is one of eight botanical gardens in South Africa. It covers almost 300 Hectares of ground with both…
PlaceMilnerton
… The Cape Town suburb of Milnerton was established in 1902 on the site of the old farm: 'Janbiesjeskraal', and was named in honour of Sir Alfred Milner , Cape…
PlaceDistrict Six Museum
… the Museum has also become a space for telling the story of District Six to visitors from near and far. It has been … also offers guided site walks led by…
EventThe second Carnegie Report on poverty in South Africa is released
… the appalling conditions in the rural areas and townships of South Africa. The first Carnegie inquiry into poverty in … years later, most Black South…
EventIndia complains in 1946 against racism in South Africa
… For an excellent background history of this complaint by E. S. Reddy, and how it was taken to the … United Nations, read article. For chronological details…
EventPupils refuse to return to school before Soweto Uprisings
… return to class following a walkout to protest the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. This marks a turning point and leads to the 16 June 1976…
EventMozambique gains independence
… rulers, Mozambique became independent as People's Republic of Mozambique. Mozambique was colonised by the Portuguese … launched in 1962, was spearheaded by…
EventPresident de Klerk warns General Bantu Holomisa
… Speaking after the publication of a report on the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) by … issued a stern warning to General Bantu Holomisa, leader of…
EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
… In a precedent-setting judgement, a full bench of the Cape High Court, comprising of Judges Van Zyl, Essa Moosa and Dan Dlodlo, ruled in favour of the…
EventTwo policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
… Two policemen were killed by a group of Zulus near Richmond, Natal, following local resistance to the collection of poll tax, which became payable on 1…