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EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… people were killed while attending an all-night vigil held in a tent in Sebokeng, in the Vaal region, where weeping mourners paid final …
PlaceWave Crest, 181 Main Road, Kalk Bay
… Built on a Site upon which two of the earliest Cottages in Kalk Bay already stood, the first having been erected in 1846. Instead of Demolishing these…
EventSwazi King Sobhuza II dies
… In 1982, the small kingdom of Swaziland was shocked when His … reign of sixty years and was the longest reigning monarch in the world at the time. King…
EventAmnesty application of Gideon Nieuwoudt fails
… former police officer Gideon Nieuwoudt, for his role in the death of Steve Biko in 1977. In a seven page decision of the Amnesty Committee chairman …
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
… Federal Party (PFP), Colin Wells Eglin was born in Sea Point, Cape Town. During his political career, Eglin was instrumental in the merging of the…
PlaceRiebeek East
… a Kerkplaats. The village of Riebeek was established in 1842, and was named in honour of the first Dutch Governor of the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck . Its name…
ArchiveTowards racial justice: will there be a change of heart?
… South African Institute of Race Relations on July 3, 1979 in which the author portrays the social and political injustices in South Africa. Further…
African Statistics Day
… year on the 18th of November. This event was initiated in 1990 by the Subsidiary Body of the United Nations Economic … and Demographers. The day is…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… Nadeem Hendricks, the celebrations will be drawing in ex-Trafalgarians from across the globe who have made their mark in every sphere of their societies. The…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… workers were dismissed by Volkswagen on 3 February 2000 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, for not returning to work after … Metalworkers of South Africa)…
PlaceBo-Kaap, Cape Town
… The stone shown in PHOTO is off the Well, uncovered at the Bo-Kaap Market site upgrade. (LINK PROVIDED IN FURTHER READING) Cape Town is a city built on…
Appeal For United Front, July 1948
… [A joint appeal to all "suppressed" people in South Africa, whether European or Non-European, to form a … Congress and the Natal Indian Congress, at a…
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
… Africanist Congress (PAC) is far from over as two factions in the party battle with each other over the legitimacy of … Mphahlele – is taking place at Fort…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
… anniversary of the signing of the Xuma-Naicker-Dadoo Pact in March 1947. This significant revolutionary pact, signed on … Democratic Front (UDF), the broad…
Planned DA march to Luthuli House, 23 January 2014
… march to its headquarters is unnecessary and an exercise in adventurism. We further we view it as a provocative and … Our democratic order has also created a…
PlaceAalwynkop Peak, Mpumalanga
… 5 km West of Balfour and 20 km South-East of Heidelberg, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa . The name is of Afrikaans origin and means 'aloe hillock'…
PlaceSeychelles
… of Whites, Indians and Africans. The Islands remained in French hands until the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. … was ceded to Britain under ' The Treaty of…
PlaceKenilworth
… . The spectacular Kenilworth Racecourse is found in the midst of the suburb of the same name, which is … Racecourse Conservation Area (KRCA), established in…
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
… Clifford Hume Knight purchased the land in 1901, and subsequently built his residence upon it, a large dwelling designed in a neo-Renaissance style with…
PlaceMalay Quarter, Cape Town
… began to expand along an east-west axis. The first houses in this neighborhood were probably built in 1790 but between 1795 and 1820 an increasing number of …
PlaceKirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
… lives up to its reputation as the most beautiful garden in Africa and one of the great botanic gardens of the world. … Cape Town’s, Table Mountain …
EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
… Sandra Reynolds was born on 4 March 1934 in Bloemfontein, Free State.[i] Reynolds was nicknamed the … She claimed the South African women’s singles titles in…
EventGeneral H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti
… to the South African Communist Party (SACP) and leftists in exile. BOSS was at the cutting edge of Apartheid South … to infer that the ANC was also a tool of…
EventPaedophile Gert van Rooyen and mistress commit suicide
… van Rooyen and his mistress, Joey Haarhoff, commit suicide in Pretoria while being pursued by the police. Paedophile … three former National Party (NP)…
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
… Hamilton Hope, the third resident magistrate at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, and his staff to Sulenkama where they … defeat the Basotho during the Gun War of…
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… and is one of the most important tourist attractions in South Africa. Although Africa includes both low- and … poverty rates are still high. The majority…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… Prominent South African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of … of the North, South Africa. She holds…
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… Oak Villa is one of the first townhouses in Hout Bay and the first to be erected in the Baviaanskloof area. The original portion of this cottage, consisting…
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… accession, was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. In 1559 Her Majesty enforced the Protestant religion by law and in 1587 she had Mary Queen of…
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… (TRC) became an integral and restorative component in the advent of democracy in South Africa. Its role was primarily to uncover human … era, through public…