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50 years of forced removals under apartheid
… Venue: Keisergracht - a walk down Keisergracht will take place with banners depicting District Six communities as well …
ArchiveInternational Childrens Day June 1
… have the right to a name, enough food and a decent place to live; All children should be looked after when they …
ArchiveIn Verwoerd's South Africa: a tale of per
… are further claims that there been sufficient material to place in the daily newspapers, but that the world will never …
PlaceInn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
… is located on Greenmarket Square which was a meeting place of Caledonians and distant travellers centuries ago. In … place …
EventMuhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain his world heavyweight title
… in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) took place on 30 October 1974. Ali won the fight when he knocked …
EventThe South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee is founded
… as South Africa's official Olympic representative body in place of the 'white' South African Sports Association (SASA). …
EventTrader and philanthropist Mohamed Joosub dies
… Hajee Joosub, died in Pretoria. Joosub left his birth place Ranavav, India where he was born in 1862, at the age of …
EventBomb explodes at Johannesburg synagogue
… Jewish Reform Congregation. The explosion took place four hours before State President Marais Viljoen was …
EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… point on 16 June 1976, when the Soweto uprising took place that caused uproar in South Africa and abroad, where it …
EventPresident P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.
… president, Christiaan Heunis, attended the meeting in his place. Some sources say that the stroke left him partially …
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… the stigma attached to leprosy is removed. This day takes place annually during the last weekend in January. …
EventEllen Khuzwayo is born
… She was principal actor in a documentary, Tshiamelo - Place of Goodness, that received first prize at the Creteil …
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… that recognition was not accorded to racial bodies; their place must be taken by non-racial sporting organisations. In … Olympic body which would seek…
Mission Stations - T-Z
… their timely aid we should have been unable to build any place of worship at all. The building we erected was of … seen, naturally made their way to the…
PlaceShangana Cultural Village
… created and Built by Local Shangaan people, and forms a place of great pride and a way of preserving a rich Heritage … is open all day to Visitors. The…
PlacePilrig House, 1 Rockridge Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
… plum and cherry trees. This area is now occupied by Pilrig Place, an office block and a very unimaginative building. On … used to be a tennis court in the…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… Impromptu public tributes and candlelight vigils took place in numerous major cities. Radio stations on both sides … poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted…
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
… River about 320 miles (515 km) from its mouth. The largest City in central Africa, it serves as the country’s official … https://www.britannica.com/place…
PlaceKoopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town
… 1944. This historic house, situated in Cape Town's City Centre , was one of the first private residences to be … place …
PlaceRondebosch
… Devil’s Peak , stretches up the slopes - a landmark of the City . Other Buildings of note and Historical consequence … place …
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
… in Ruins, but still provides breathtaking views over the City of Pretoria. … place …
PlaceJohannesburg Botanical Garden
… submitted to the management committee of the Johannesburg city council on the feasibility of establishing of a … place …
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… stating that “the Negro” should be kept in “his proper place.” But, in a typical piece of wit, he noted that in South Africa there was no “place” left for…
Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions”, The Torch, 1 April 1958
… to get the organised workers to take their proper place and to play a full part in the national liberatory … and race-hatred among the workers; and by the…
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… History of Dimbaza, it remains a unique and extraordinary place to visit. Used as an Apartheid dumping ground, the … of Dimbaza's inhabitants had lived in…
PlaceKwaNdebele
… KwaNdebele (or place of the Ndebele) was granted self-government in 1984 and … place …
EventNelson Mandela is arrested
… Hepple acted as his legal representative. His trial took place in Pretoria's Old Synagogue. In November 1962, he was …
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… organisations and from attending any gathering at any place within the Union of South Africa or the area South West …
EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
… British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. Here South Africa played its first Test …
EventTwo limpet mines explode in Hillbrow
… carried them down the staircase and put them at another place before they exploded, causing structural damage to the …