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EventHestrie Cloete, world champion high jumper, is born
… Hestrie Cloete was born in Germiston, East of Johannesburg on 26 August 1978. She began participating in sports at an early age. Her long-time coach, Martin…
East Cape Update
… East Cape Update, published by East Cape News Agencies in Grahamstown, aimed to provide a reliable index of in-depth information and analysis of the Eastern…
PlaceBrandvlei, Karoo
… Abiekwakop is a Hillock 50 km North of Brandvlei, in the Kenhardt District. A Khoikhoi name derived for the … apparatus. Brandvlei is situated 170 km North…
EventGert Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies.
… (Gert) Maritz, Voortrekker leader, died at Sooilaer, in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal), he was 41 years old. The Great Trek in South Africa started in 1835 when…
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
… the time, she developed a heart condition and died. Born in Pretoria in 1911, Ngoyi worked as a nurse before she became an … eventually helped found the…
ArchiveVir die beskerming van ons mooi land.
… Multicoloured artwork of two young boys in the outdoors and soldier in camouflage. Title in white. Words at bottom "For the protection of our …
ArchiveJoin Wits womens movement
… White background, title in green. Images of women in red holding letters 'women working' in white standing on a block showing words 'for a free …
Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
… my knees were actually trembling for the first time in my life. Somehow I managed to make my opening statement: I … the Emergency. I added that I had no…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… In the mid-80s a strange pop phenomenon swept through the … was a coloured oke from the Cape Flats or Eersterust in Pretoria. Some maintained that he was…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… has received a further blow and our country's prestige in the international field has dropped to an even lower … life with all its miseries, hardships and…
Circular Letter To Trade Unions, Progressive Organisations, Democrats And Anti-Fascists by Yusuf Dadoo, June 10, 1946
… has received a further blow and our country's prestige in the international field has dropped to an even lower … life with all its miseries, hardships and…
1. The whole Coolies petition the Durban Corporation for better wages
… by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai 'The whole Coolies in this Barrack' wrote to the town clerk of Durban on 6 December 1872 asking for an increase in…
ArchiveMulticoloured painting of soldiers and flags: no.17: Chile
… Painting of soldiers in blue uniforms, waving flags, top half of flag red, bottom half blue, large yellow star in centre. '17 FNL Segrar' in bottom left hand…
EventChad gains its independence
… The French received considerable resistance in the 1920s to their plan to make Chad a French protectorate … were all defeated and a French territory was…
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… Sustainability and Art in Africa Art that reflects sustainability includes not only … the non-governmental organization (NGO) Trashy Bags, based in Accra …
Pietie Norval was born on this day
… Pieter ‘Pietie’ Norval was born on 7 April 1970 in Belleville. [i] He began playing tennis at the age of 7 … On 29 January 1989, Norval competed at the…
PlaceAloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
… flowers and bitter juice, extracted from certain species. In 1873, Prime Minister John Molteno of the Cape Colony … to the developing National Railway…
PlaceHout Bay Museum
… back to 1652. When the Dutch colony established themselves in Table Bay in 1652, they needed timber to build and expand. After … outside the Mothercity …
EventEnglish ship “Caesar” with William Pearse on board bound for Bantam arrives
… "politely requesting to take in water freely & to buy some refreshing from the burghers & especially for their sick, [blank] in number, to be allowed to be…
PlaceLand Adjoining Earle’s Dyke, Camps Bay.
… This strip of land is still in its natural state and extends from Lion's Head down to the … visitors a view of one of the most beautiful natural spots in the…
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
… collections . The McGregor Museum was originally located in Chapel Street, but was moved in the early 1970s to a larger building, the old Kimberley … . The…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki establishes a commission of inquiry to probe alleged illicit activities on the UN's Iraq oil-for-food programme
… of the probe. The commission submitted its final report in September 2006. On 23 August 2009, leaked versions of the commission report were first published…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… separate attacks at the Moroka and Orlando Police stations in Soweto and the Wonderboom Police station in Pretoria in which four policemen were killed. The…
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… Simon van der Stel was born on 14 October 1639 in Mauritius, the son of Adrian van der Stel, a Dutch East … the daughter of a freed slave. His father…
EventCosatu and TAC table a National HIV/AIDS plan
… Campaign (TAC) tabled a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Development and Labour Council … and business should there be no agreement…
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… Former leader of the National Party (NP) in Gauteng, Sam de Beer, resigned and joined the United … long before he resigned from the UDM and quitted his seat…
EventRashaad Staggie shot dead
… People against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), resulted in the killing of a highly suspected drug dealer, Rashaad … wanted to hand over an Ultimatum to end…
EventQueen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
… South Africa effectively became a British colony in 1795. This led to great number of changes, such as the … a company, based on the British East India model…
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… The civil war in Somalia during 1980-1990 resulted in an enormous humanitarian crisis with more than 300 000 … million people displaced. This civil war…
PlaceLegogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga
… provided here for Travellers, travelling to the Gold Rush in the Lowveld, In the Mpumalanga Lowveld you will find the oldest dolomite Caves in the World, the…