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EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
… community and the Bophuthatswana authorities culminated in a meeting of between 5 000 and 10 000 people on a soccer field in Winterfield. The meeting was…
25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders
… submitted the following petition to the O.F.S. Volksraad in May 1887. They were, like the authors of the previous … or who have been recently, trading or…
EventThe town of Bethlehem, Free State, is founded
… The town of Bethlehem was founded in 1864 (other sources claim 1869). It is nestled in the Maluti Mountains in the Free State Province and is one of the…
EventConservationist and entrepreneur Rufus Maruma is born
… as member/chair of numerous environmental boards, was born in Pietersburg (now Polokwane). Maruma served as chairman and director in many companies such as…
EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
… Allison Wessels George (A.W.G.) Champion died at his home in Chesterville, Durban. He was known as a campaigner for … devoted his life to the betterment of…
EventMozambique gains independence
… The campaign for the liberation, which was launched in 1962, was spearheaded by the Liberation Front of … of Eduardo Mondlane. After the death of Mondlane in…
EventChoirmaster and composer Kumalo dies
… member and first secretary of the Bantu Social Centre in Beatrice Street, Durban (YMCA), died in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. He showed a talent for music ……
EventPastor Sekano Ntoane is born
… Church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), S.G. Sekano Ntoane, was born in Hebron, Pretoria. Ntoane served on what was then…
EventKen Oosterbroek is killed
… the Chief Photographer of The Star, was killed in bloody pre-election fighting in Thokoza township on the East Rand, just two weeks before South Africans…
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
… golfer, Nick Price beat American golf icon, Tiger Woods in the 1998 Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament. It was … Price’s third win of the tournament,…
ArchiveAcknowledgements by Howard Barrell
… Ingrid Uys and Graham Watts helped me back to humanity in the UK. While doing my research, Jeremy and Gemma Cronin looked after me in Lusaka. Rob Moore and…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… which IDAF has made to the cause of freedom and democracy in southern Africa. The work of the Fund reaches back over … defence and aid to the victims of…
Tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu by Nelson Mandela (News 24), 25 January 2011
… In the last few years we have walked this road with greater frequency, marching in the procession to bid farewell to the veterans of our … They fought a…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R Mandela, at the presentation of the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour Johannesburg, 29 September, 1992
… of great encouragement. We know we do not stand alone in our endeavours to achieve peace, freedom and basic human … our heartfelt sympathy. We wish you…
Document 4 - “The Great Native Strike”, “ The International, 27 February 1920
… seen very little of the strike, as the natives, herded in their compound quarters, are not allowed abroad. … operations. The ethic of solidarity is woefully…
The Clanwilliam Arts Project / Lantern Festival 2017
… Back for the 17th year in a row! Magnet Theatre in patnership with The UCT Drama Department, The UCT College … Dance Theatre, will be working with some 700…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… William “Willie” Alexander Smith was born in Johannesburg on 4 July 1904.[i] Smith’s boxing debut took … won the bantamweight title at the 1924 Olympic Games…
PlaceMadikwa Game Reserve, North West
… Many of the Farms described by writer Herman Charles Bosman in his short stories no longer exist, quite a number having … into Madikwe Game Reserve. Wildlife…
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
… fragility, dating back to its independence from Portugal in 1974. The country is one of the most coup-prone and politically unstable countries in the World…
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… Boitumelo “Tumi” Molekane was born in Tanzania on 16 August 1981. [1] At the time of his birth his parents were living in exile due to the Apartheid regime…
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
… Bevil Gordon d’Urban Rudd was born on 5 October 1894 in Kimberley, Northern Cape.[i] He is the grandson of Charles … company.[ii] Bevil was educated at Saint…
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… Boitumelo “Tumi” Molekane was born in Tanzania on 16 August 1981.[1] At the time of his birth his parents were living in exile due to the Apartheid regime…
PlaceMonterey House, Klaasens Road, Wynberg
… it served as a private preparatory school for boys and in 1982 the building was restored by the Seardel Investment … 27 December 1985. Monterey Nursery…
PlaceWierda Bridge, Six Mile Spruit, Pretoria
… girder Bridge is one the first of its kind to be Built in South Africa. It was Built in 1891 and is based on the hinge system, with heavy … being lower than…
PlaceDjibouti
… beaches. It's home to one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world, the low-lying Lake Assal, in the Danakil Desert. The nomadic Afar people have ……
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… policies (Apartheid) of H.F. Verwoerd resulted in the 'awarding' of 'self-government' to four of these 10 homelands including an area known as the Transkei…
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… was a non-racial coalition group that was initially formed in protest to the Tricameral Parliament. It was one of the … Albertina Sisulu and Helen Joseph…
EventExplorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India
… his early life. Da Gama was said to have been educated in the town of Evora, where he studied navigation and mathematics. In 1497, he set out with a crew of…
Entering Namibia without visas
… Committee on South West Africa visited South West Africa in 1961 with the approval of the South African Government.] … to take over the administration. …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… on 13 November 1848, and its services were initially held in the Raadsaal, a humble thatched building in St George's Street. On 6 January 1849 Major Henry…