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EventPresident Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square
… called Market Square, was home to the first church built in Pretoria, which burnt down in 1882. The square's current layout was designed by Vivian S. Rees…
EventSouth African Library Week is held from 22 - 27 March 2010 to make people aware of the value of libraries
… In 1997 the Library and Information Association of South … to promote libraries and to instil a culture of reading in South Africa. In 2001, LIASA initiated…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… annual congress of the Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee held in Johannesburg, it was decided to revive the old Transvaal … a national scale to participation by…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… Kingdom formally recognised the independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, which had … been known as the Orange River…
PlaceIndian Army Memorial
… was erected towards the end of 1902, on the highest point in Johannesburg ; Observatory Ridge. It honours Hindus , … members of the Indian Army that lost…
PlaceAustin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
… after ornithologist-mammalgist, J Austin Roberts, born in Pretoria in 1883, and largely self-taught. He was to produce a number … books on both birds and…
EventPius Langa is born
… of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in Bushbuck Ridge, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). In October 1994, Langa was appointed as Judge…
EventLouis Washkansky dies
… recipient of the first successful human heart transplant in the world, died in Cape Town, eighteen days after receiving the heart of Denise Darvall who had…
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
… F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto. Fighting in Soweto started when Zulu migrant workers…
EventCuban Foreign Minister visits South Africa
… of his South African counterpart Alfred Nzo. They met in Cape Town to deliberate extensively on international issues, the situation in their respective…
EventLesotho celebrates independence from Britain
… Lesotho is one of the smallest countries in the world, with just over 30 000 km2 of land. It has a … Day and is celebrated yearly. Lesotho is the only…
EventSouth Africa abolishes financial Rand
… abolished on 10 March 1995. The currency was introduced in the 1960’s and only widely used in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Created by the sale of nonresidents’…
EventPresent UN headquarters is opened
… Nations (UN), which had replaced the League of Nations in 1945, opened its headquaters two years after construction work at UN Plaza in New York, USA, had…
PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
… Situated in front of the Rustenburg Town Hall, the work depicts Kruger … Archard. A figure symbolising the arrival of Christianity in the region, it is…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
… the view that a restatement of the position is necessary in the light of recent developments. Since the advent of the Indians in this country the first…
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… assistance for the sending of delegates to the All-in Trade Union Conference at Cape Town, and one for the use … and the Federation which is the essence of…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… Lutuli and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1962 In 1957, an unprecedented Declaration of Conscience was … of the United Nations. The Declaration…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin
… Kingdom I first met Abdulla Kajee on the quay at Durban in July 1929, when I stepped off a British India steamer at … and me strange. Yet for those concerned…
Artist. Activist. Historian. This man is preserving the past to protect the future (beautifulnews.co.za)
… as an artist, but an activist for most of his life. Born in 1945, he grew up under the oppression of apartheid, facing … his love of politics through his…
PlaceMilnerton
… The Cape Town suburb of Milnerton was established in 1902 on the site of the old farm: 'Janbiesjeskraal', and was named in honour of Sir Alfred Milner , Cape…
PlaceJosephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands
… under old NMC legislation on 15 December 1978. Newlands in Cape Town is home to the Josephine Mill which was built in 1840. Its machinery ceased operation in…
PlaceFourteen Streams
… Fourteen Streams is located in Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South … Kimberley to Fourteen Streams and thereafter to Vryburg, in…
Passive Resistance, 1946 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1948
… Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 SAIC in Court The refusal of the President and the Joint Honorary … May last year to discuss certain and…
Resolution of the Executive Committee of the AAC, February 15, 1936 46
… tour has done a vast amount of good we feel the benefit in our organisation. We had touched rock bottom before you came and now a more buoyant spirit is in…
EventDepartment of Environmental Affairs and Tourism approves ESKOM’s prototype 110MW pebble
… reactor (PBMR) at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in the Western Cape. Their argument was that this was a potential solution to an emerging energy crisis…
EventFirst Fietas Festival to celebrate the legacy of the community
… the ways and values of a time and place that still resides in memories and hearts and, which people yearn to … the beginning of a unique annual cultural…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… many seals on the island. It was however, discovered in 1488 by the Portuguese explorer, Batholomeu Dias. When the Dutch colonized South African in the 17th…
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… Flora of the Province. Several Sites were investigated in the City Centre, on the Slopes of Naval Hill, part of the … last-named site was the most suitable…
EventRiaan Cruywagen was born on this day
… On this day, Riaan Cruywagen was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was educated at … obtained a BA degree. He began his career as a journalist in 1965…
Event12 people are killed after Kenyan jets bombed Somali town
… al Shabaab rebels. Kenya moved its troops into Somalia in mid-October in pursuit of Somali insurgents it blamed for a series of … Kenyan soil and…