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PlaceZonderwater
… Situated in the Highveld of Gauteng, just outside Cullinan near Pretoria. The … one another! The Prison was once the largest prisoner of war camps by the…
PlaceDutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town
… they were succeeded by the Dutch Reformed congregation of Paarl and a small rectangular, thatched-roof church was … the oldest in the district, is a landmark…
EventTwo top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.
… in Leningrad. The scientists were Prof. L.H. Wells, Head of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Cape Town and Prof. Phillip Tobias, a…
PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
… in 1907. It is an imposing and well-ordered group of Edwardian structures located in a Sylvan setting. The … its first patient in 1892 and is today the…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… Jacob Hendrik Pierneef is one of South Africa’s most well known artists. He was born in Pretoria in 1886 and moved to Holland at the time of the Boer War…
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
… 1944. Ahmad Mahir, the son to Muhammad Mahir, was one of the most important figures in the early history of the Wafd party in Egypt. The Wafd party came to…
EventSolly Sachs addresses Garment Worker’s protestors
… (Solly) Sachs addressed 15 000 workers on the steps of the Johannesburg City Hall during a protest meeting organised by the Garment Workers' Union of South…
EventSA’s first official commercial airline service is launched
… commercial air service in South Africa under the name of Union Airways Company (Pty). On this date the first flight … between Maitland and Port Elizabeth…
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… South African cricket team on tour. This was as a result of the reaction caused by the all-White composition of the South African team among the anti…
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… West Africa (renamed Namibia), from Zambia, at the urging of the Liberation Committee of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Kampala in July, 1967…
EventANC stage marches in major cities
… across the country in protest at the delays in the release of political prisoners. These mass mobilisation campaigns were seen as another way of the ANC…
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
… the 'First Hottentot War' (though it was rather a series of skirmishes), started at the Cape. This was in line with an … The Burgher Militia acted at first…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… in the late 1950s). Blame Me on History was an examination of what apartheid did to the character and self-esteem of the educated Black man. The book was…
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… Sixty-one Xhosa-speaking workers, under the leadership of their Headman known as One O'clock, went on strike at the … complained about beatings that they…
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… 1899. They were besieged almost a month after the outbreak of the Second South African War (also known as Second … were besieged for equally long periods. At…
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… Morgan Richard Tsvangirai was born in the Bahure area of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He is the eldest of nine children. Tsavangirai joined the…
EventJazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg
… On 28 January 2013 Victor Mhleli Ntoni died of heart attack, after he was admitted to hospital on … playing with saxophonist McCoy Mrubata. He was part of…
EventIgnatius Royston Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell, SA satirical poet, is born in Durban.
… Campbell was born in Durban, Natal, and was considered one of South Africa’s most esteemed English poets. The son of Dr Samuel George Campbell, Campbell…
EventBritish troops land in Madagascar.
… a mountainous large island in the Indian Ocean, consists of many rivers and high rainfalls. was previously a French … landed in the Bay and Bay Ambararata…
EventDr JT van der Kemp, controversial missionary and physician, dies
… among the Xhosa. He became involved with the Khoi Khoi of the Cape Colony and was interested in alleviating their … equal opportunities with White people saw…
Inqaba ya basebenzi
… published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress documents the workers' … campaigns for a national minimum wage and…
ArchiveExtravaganza: paradiso
… Green, yellow, pink, black and white poster. Notice of a concert on Wednesday 26th November. List of attractions. Artwork of a man in an abattoir listening…
ArchiveCOSATU 10th anniversary rally
… Black, green, red, yellow and white poster. Notice of a rally at Kings Park, Durban. COSATU logo. List of speakers and culture. Artwork of a COSATU member…
ArchiveInternational womens week
… Notice of week of displays, exhibitions and events of women's lives in Coventry during March 1993. White …
Archive1992: AAB
… Bewegung, Osterreich (Austria). Important dates in history of freedom of other countries shown. Impressionist artwork of people. …
ArchiveCuba poster no. 2
… Black, white, khaki and brown poster. Artwork of two men, on of them Fidel Castro. Artwork of a speedboat and soldiers. Editora Politica logo. See …
ArchiveCuba: poster no. 7
… Poster no. 7. Black and white poster. Artwork of a lamp. Artwork of a line of soldiers and a woman. Various other artworks. Editora …
ArchiveNelson Mandelas Day
… Notice of a concert at Piazza Farnese, in 1988. Black background with title in blue letters. Brown artwork of a man playing a trumpet behind bars. List of…
ArchiveThe churchs best kept secret
… Blue poster with black lettering. Notice of Lenten Lectures 1988. Cathedral Place, Mayfair. Black, white and blue image of church with white cross in front…
ArchiveChallenge to the church: a theological comment on the political crisis in South Africa
… on the political crisis in South Africa. It consists of a critique of State theology, critique of Church theology, prophetic theology and a challenge to …