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ArchiveChile: painting: no. 12
… painting of a man, with soldiers carrying a red flag in the background. No.12 Sven Linderot in bottom left hand corner. Albin Amelin in bottom right hand…
International pressure is a challenge to apartheid, says union vice-president
… The Ford closure in Port Elizabeth clearly reveals that multinationals have absolutely no interest in the welfare of workers and their communities in the…
PlaceRichtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape
… The 1600 square kilometers in area is the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape. This is a dramatic Mountainous Desert in the Northern Cape of South…
PlaceGordonia Division
… Magisterial district and division in the North-West in the Cape Province. Named after Sir Gordon Sprigg, who was … principal town. It is the largest…
PlaceDolobran, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Dolobran was built in 1906 for Sir Charles Llewellyn Andersson, son of the … and brilliant accountancy. He was a prominent figure in the mining and financial…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched … famously challenged the idea that 'a woman's place…
EventGeneral Law Amendment Act No 37 is approved
… suspected of a political crime. They could be legally held in solitary confinement for ninety days and denied access to … Since detention without trial was…
EventWorld Health Day
… Day. This date commemorates the formation of the WHO in 1945. The WHO's Constitution came into effect on 7 April … awareness campaign, the WHO hopes to…
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… Free State attended the Peace Conference, which was held in Vereeniging. The delegates were elected by the commandos … Gen. L. Botha and M.T Steyn held…
EventThe South African War: The lifting of the siege of Mafeking
… Mafeking (now known as Mafikeng) was an important battle in the South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War). The war began in late 1899; President Kruger…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… fishing village of Hout Bay was probably established in about 1867 when a German immigrant , Jacob Trautmann, began to Farm and fish in the Area. Its name…
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… Herschel, died. Herschel began to take a serious interest in astronomy from about 1816. Herschel's father was the … used it to construct one of the most…
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… the construction of a lighthouse at Agulhas was requested in March 1837 by the Cape's surveyor-general and civil … 1847. On 8 January 1848, the foundation…
EventAmina Lawal’s sentence upheld
… On 19 August 2002, an Islamic high court in the Katsina state of Nigeria, upheld a sentence of death … filed another appeal to the Upper Sharia court of…
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… Harry Smith’s, Spanish wife' . Ladysmith was established in 1850 and served as a staging-post for fortune hunters on their way to the gold fields in the then…
PlacePolokwane
… Is a City of 1 30,000 people counted in the census of 2011 . It now has a Population of about … or “Place of Safety” is the largest urban centre in the…
ArchivePostage stamps: fourth quarter 1990
… White background, red scrollwork in four corners, with grey oval centre, containing coloured replicas of postage stamps issued in Southern African countries…
PlaceWelgelegen Ilanga Colliery, Mpumalanga
… iLanga Coal Mines (Pty) Ltd. owns and operates Coal Mines in the Ermelo and Witbank Coalfields. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Middelburg,…
ArchiveMulticoloured poster of miltary attack on people waving red flags.
… of soldiers attacking a line of people waving red flags, in the countryside. Number 5 'Arkebuseringen' in bottom left hand corner. 'Albin Amelin' in bottom…
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
… a visit to King Mpondombini Sigcau and traditional leaders in one of ANC`s strongholds in the province - the birthplace of the late ANC leader … should be…
ArchiveStatement Celebrating Ten Years of Democracy, ANC Chief Whip Nkosinathi Nhleko, 10 May 2004, Parliament Cape Town South Africa
… Parliament is today taking part in celebrating the first decade of freedom and democracy in our country. And as we so, we remain cognisant of the … that all…
PlaceOost-Eind Primary School, 70 Meintjes Street, Trevenna, Pretoria
… The school was founded in 1897 and is the oldest surviving school in Pretoria. The original portion of the building was … & Weijers, erected by GJ Dorlas,…
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… who died during WWII. Initially the project was conceived in 1950 and Architect Mr JA Hoogterp, had offered to carry … but had to later withdraw. Mr RF McGAW…
EventBoeremag bomb blasts rock Soweto and Bronkhorstspruit
… detonator from another bomb exploded at a Buddhist temple in Bronkhorstspruit, about 30 kilometers east of Pretoria, … police commissioner, Jackie Selebi,…
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
… the Memory of those Local Volunteers who lost their lives in the service of the Empire, during the South African Boer War of 1899-1901.’ The marble Memorial…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… The Village of Colesberg was founded in 1830 on the site of an abandoned station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honour of Sir Galbraith…
EventSADF Gaborone raid kills 4
… In what was believed to be a raid on African National Congress (ANC) members who were in hiding in Gaborone, Botswana, the South Africa Defence Force (SADF) …
ArchiveLetter from the South African Embassy, Paris, to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Cape Town
… Letter, written in Afrikaans, from the South African Embassy in France to the Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, … Samora Machel's request for…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… In 1657 the VOC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain … It is generally assumed that his son, Dirk, built the mill in 1796. Dirk's daughter inherited…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… There is a pass in the Magaliesberg known as Silkaatsnek It was here that the … Horse Artillery (RHA), were placed and ultimately captured in the first…