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EventSoweto agrees to pay rent
… In a meeting between the Soweto People's Delegation (SPD) … boycott by the residents of Soweto. The SPD was engaged in the negotiations to create a just…
EventCOSATU headquarters Johannesburg is sabotaged
… Since its formation in 1985, Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) was … to physical attacks and arrests by the government agents. In the early…
EventIFP proposes truce with ANC
… Oscar Dhlomo , communicated the peace offer to the ANC in exile. Despite this effort, the IFP still maintained … responsible for the violence between the ANC…
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… with his family and retinue; they were forty-nine people in total. In order to minimise his influence on enslaved people at the … Zandvliet, located outside…
EventCharles Swart, a student ranger from Mangosuthu Technical College, is killed by a leopard
… tour guide and student from Mangosuthu Technical College in Durban, Charles Swart,was attacked bya hungry leopardon … who try to cross the park to find a…
PlaceFort Cunynghame
… together with Komgha and a number of other establishments in the Transkeian Territories, was manned by the Frontier and … Police. It was named after…
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers was born on 10 March 1850 in Swellendam, in the Cape Colony (now Western…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C.), situated in Johannesburg , started its classes in Kya Rosa, a house in Skinner Street, Pretoria . This…
The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker
… screams Africa screams the smell of freedom and heather in the locations of the heart under siege The child raises his fists against his father in the…
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… to many as Tshonyane (his clan name), was shot and killed in the driveway of his Boksburg home. Soon after, Janus Walus, a Polish immigrant who came to South…
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
… al-Sadat was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy in Cairo . During the 1952 revolution which saw the end of British rule in Egypt, Sadat, who would…
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… The ANC’s iconic Shell House in downtown Johannesburg , where Nelson Mandela planned the … House was the ANC’s first Headquarters after its Unbanning in 1990…
ArchiveOpening Address of Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project, by Nelson Mandela, 21 September 2004, Johannesburg
… enemies. Sometimes they used these documents as evidence in court cases. Sometimes they used them in various forms of intimidation. Sometimes they simply ……
PlaceKronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.
… of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towards the … converted into Kitima Restaurant –…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Summit, Yokoyaha, Japan, 28th May, 2008.
… Theme: Boosting Economic Growth in Africa. We thank the Prime Minister, the government and … whose outcome will assist us to boost economic growth in Africa…
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… it lay Doorasamy Pillay’s desire 'to procure employment in some official capacity'. Be that as it may, the document … and Indian jurors. The desire for…
PlaceDan Pienaar, suburb of Bloemfontein
… Dan Pienaar is a tranquil, upmarket suburb in Bloemfontein - regarded as one of the safest suburbs in the country! It is an excellent place to raise one’s ……
PlaceSomerset Road, Green Point
… Green Point was established sometime before June 1846, and in 1870 its name was changed to Somerset Road, presumably to … it from another Settlement also…
PlaceGreat Brak Rivier
… with his wife and four children, emigrated to the Cape in 1859. They landed at Mossel Bay following a sea voyage of … could handle and employed his first…
Statement by the National Executive Committee of the ANC - 20 September 2008
… on the 12th of September by Judge Chris Nicholson. In particular, we have focused on the implications of the … and we are determined to heal the rifts that…
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… Act. At the time Mazwai was a journalist with the Sowetan. In the early 1980s the Nationalist Party government was … flowing from the unrest that had gripped…
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
… mines and 13 000 were retained to be used for training in demining. Anti personnel mines are mine explosives … to injure personnel or people rather than…
PlaceOliewenhuis Art Museum
… South African artists. It is the only museum of its kind in the Free State and one of the youngest art museums in the country. Oliewenhuis was designed by…
PlacePampierstad
… or Tswana word meaning Help/Assistance) was established in the former homeland of Bophuthatswana in the late 1960's. It was located 31 km North-West of Jan ……
PlaceTwo Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town Waterfront
… The Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town is all about fun and entertainment, for Adults … rare seahorses, and colorful clownfish. Immerse yourself in the…
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
… The City's natural history museum, founded in 1892, serves as the home of "Mrs Ples" and includes … the Staatsmuseum of the ZAR on the 1st of December 1892. …
PlaceXamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… from Port Elizabeth. Aberdeen, officially renamed Xamdeboo in February 2026, is a small town in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality of the Eastern … the…
ArchivePostage stamps: second quarter 1990
… White background. Yellow scrollwork in four corners. Grey oval in centre containing replicas of postage stamps issued in Southern African countries in 1990…
PlaceHistorical core of Wynberg Village
… for British civil servants returning from tours of duty in India. It remains an area of considerable architectural … sarie, her shop chockful of ice-creams…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, at the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) Summit, Great Hall of The People, Beijing, China, 5 November 2006
… through tangible and concrete results particularly in terms of human resource development (HRD), debt relief and … and technology transfer. It is necessary…