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PlaceStasiegebou, Sannaspos
… few Station Buildings erected during the Republican period and forms an important link with the Orange Free State …
The Neglected Tradition
… Africans, I spent much time consulting artists, educators and members of community-based organizations to establish …
EventGovernment bans 20 Black leaders
… Programme (BCP), the Black Allied Workers' Union (BAWU) and the Black Workers' Project. Members of the South African …
EventUnited Democratic Front member dies after asthma attack
… 1986, Mr Mbuyiseli Songelwa, a Queenstown community leader and high profile member of the United Democratic Front,died …
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… The NDCA of the ANC has informed Comrade Julius Malema and Comrade Floyd Shivambu that the hearing for the Appeal …
PlaceAllemansfontein, a Farm in the Eastern Cape
… Hoop, 1778.' To whom Gordon supplied information when he and Professor Allemand, was editing Supplemantary Volume 5 of …
PlaceAlicedale a Village in Albany District
… Junction, on the main Railway Line between Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. From here a branch line leads to …
PlaceAberfeldy a Settlement in the Free Sate
… near Phuthaditjhaba. It is surrounded by Agricultural Land and Game Farms. The Farm 'Aberfeldy', in the Orange Free … They are now surrounded by agricultural…
PlaceMaitland Road
… Mile Stone, Maitland Road, was opened on 20 December 1853, and one of these Mile Stones's was probably located at a …
PlaceMakhonjwa Mountains, Barbeton
… represents the best-preserved succession of volcanic and sedimentary rock dating back 3.6 to 3.25 Billion Years, …
EventSouth Sudan is declared an independent state
… After five decades of unrest and civil war, South Sudan was granted independence on 9 July … Matt R. and Maram M. ( 2011) ‘South Sudan Becomes 193rd…
EventThe 25th Summer Olympics opens in Barcelona, Spain
… chosen ahead of Amsterdam, Brisbane, Birmingham, Belgrade and Paris who had bid to host the games. The games were also …
EventA delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community
… Representative Council (CPRC). Unity talks were held and it was decided unequivocally to tell the government that …
EventRivonia trial sentence is delivered
… Mbeki, James Kantor, Andrew Mlangeni , Elias Motsoaledi and Raymond Mhlaba . Mandela argued that he was driven to …
EventThe University of Port Elizabeth is founded
… The university later merged with the PE Technikon and the Port Elizabeth campus of Vista University (Vista PE) …
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
… terms. Steytler believed it was within the party's rights and mandate to launch such a protest as they were inclusive … Westport: Greenwood.|Steytler, J., …
EventTony Leon is born
… in Durban. In 1994 he was elected Member of Parliament and leader of Democratic Party. He succeeded Zech De Beer as …
EventEnoch Mgijima dies
… into water. Mgijima was arrested with two other leaders and sentenced to six years' imprisonment for sedition, but …
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
… for Whites, the House of Representatives for Coloureds, and House of Delegates for Indians with the president …
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… of states would include South Africa's neighbours and create a buffer zone that would protect the Apartheid …
EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
… secondary school pupils be instructed equally in English and Afrikaans. New regulations were issued, leaving the …
EventThe Women’s National Coalition Conference starts
… focused primarily on the drafting of a Women's Charter and the future of the Women's National Coalition. The Women's …
EventHomeland leader Qqozo stands trial
… English law prerogative that the monarch can do no wrong and Qqozo. Source: Keesing's Record of World Events, News …
EventBotshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa
… of Botshabelo doubled the population of Qwa Qwa and severely stretched its meager resources. According to the … Bekker, J. (1987). "A pen stroke, and two…
EventJan de la Fontaine becomes Governor at the Cape
… in 1734 by erecting a stone beacon displaying the VOC's and Dutch Republic's coats of arms. …
EventANC celebrates 90th anniversary
… together to advance towards the land of promise for Africa and Africans foreseen by our forebears when they established …
EventTsafendas, murderer of South African Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies
… which spoke to him. He was declared unfit to stand trial and was sent to Pretoria Central Prison, where he spent 28 …
EventMakhaya Ntini is found guilty of rape
… successful appeal against his conviction in November 1999 and resumed his career in 2000. …
EventCyril Ramaphosa resigns as ANC Secretary-General
… within the corridors of the African National Congress, and by the business sector, to be groomed for the Deputy …
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… The forecasting service was moved to Pretoria in 1926 and housed on the veranda of the weather office at 271 …