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EventF.W. de Klerk marries Marike Willemse
… students and where De Klerk graduated with a law degree in 1958. They had two sons and one daughter. Their marriage ended in 1998 in a divorce, after which…
EventDr. J. S. Moroka dies
… of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong Boo Moroka in Thaba Nchu the then district of Bophuthatswana, now part of the Free State died in his village of Ratlou. He…
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter is born
… Vegkop when attacked by the Matabele (Ndebele), was born in the Graaff-Reinet district in the Cape Colony. He fought in the Fourth and Fifth Frontier Wars…
EventLuyanda Mboniswa charged with the murder of Marike de Klerk
… old security guard employed at the Dolphin Beach complex in Table View, Luyanda Mboniswa, was charged with robbing, … Marike de Klerk, ex-wife of former…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Rustenberg
… Construction of this church started in 1898 and completion of the building were delayed by the … British, as a Hospital. The finishing touches were done in…
PlaceHout Bay East and West Forts
… Bay entrance! The site was declared a National Monument in the mid 1930’s. The heritage authorities responsible for … as “Serial Sites” and as such they must…
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… Schuur campus of the University of Cape Town, was built in the classical revival style and together with its open … the original campus as designed by…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… Bordering the City of Polokwane in Limpopo, the Polokwane Game Reserve is possibly one of the … One of the biggest Municipal-owned game reserves in South…
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
… prompted Disraeli's Conservative government to annex it in 1877. This was an important step in achieving the federation of the South African colonies. ……
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… demands to the manager of Scaw works. 1. Increase of 25% in wages 2. Two weeks paid holidays a year 3. A week notice in dismissal etc. All were rejected. We…
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
… The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is … goods, clay products, canned foods, and refined petroleum. In…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… as he issued warrants for a search of Mr Zuma's offices in a corruption case last year. It is alleged that Mr Zuma raped a family friend - a woman in her 30s…
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
… of President Nelson Mandela to parliament will go down in the history of our country as one of the most sober analyses of the challenges we face. The manner…
Introduction
… It is common knowledge that Indians came to South Africa in two categories, namely as indentured Indians and as 'free' … the first category of Indians were…
Education for Service
… the awesome responsibility that rests on us at this moment in the history of our country, declare our solemn commitment: … political participation,…
PlaceAndries Pretorius Monument , Graaf Reniet
… a Monument 2,5 km North of Graaf-Reinet. It was erected in honour of the Voortrekker leader General Andries Wilhelmus … the Zulu's under Dingaan, at the…
PlaceDie Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town
… structure was erected as a Rectory and Vicarage, in 1815 by building contractor, Herman Schutte, and its verandah was added in 1820. The music for part of…
PlaceRiebeek West
… The village of Riebeek West, in the Riebeek Valley together with its sister town Riebeek East. was established in 1858 as a kerkplaats of the Dutch Reformed…
Culture and Resistance - Cynthia Kross
… This article by Cynthia Kross was published in 1982 in the South African magazine Staffrider. (Vol. 5.2) The … the recent 'Culture and Resistance Festival?…
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… In 1948 the Nationalist Party won the general election on a platform of separate development. In 1950 the government passed the Group Areas Act, a … for…
EventANC leader Nelson Mandela meets Boutros Boutros
… the possible involvement of the international community in investigating violence in South Africa and, in particular, the convening of the Security Council…
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk announced the opening of four hitherto Whites-only residential areas to mixed settlement
… areas to mixed settlement. They included two districts in Johannesburg, one in Durban, and Cape Town's District Six, which had been a … mixed-race area until…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born
… Christiaan Frederik Beyers Naudé was born in Roodepoort, Transvaal, on 10 May 1915. He was named after … Broederbond. He was one of eight children and was…
EventJani Allan, South African Journalist, is born
… so popular that she was voted “the most admired person in South Africa” in 1987. Her close relationship with Afrikaner … leader Eugène Terre'Blanche was also…
PlaceAnnlin, a Suburb of Pretoria
… of Pretoria North, of the Wonderboom Reserve. Proclaimed in July 1953, it was first administered by Peri-Urban Health Board. In July 1964 it was incorporated…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… Africa. Where we live, it is very dry. The big rains come in January, February and March but for the rest of the year, … never falls. During the season of…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… It is common knowledge that Indians came to South Africa in two categories, namely as indentured Indians and as 'free' … Contents Foreword Acknowledgements…
PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
… Back in 1802, the establishment of a Missionary Village on a … farm near Algoa Bay, now Port Elizabeth, became a thorn in the side of the colonial…
PlaceRosemount
… been overtaken by suburban residential development, and in about 1909 a portion of the Farm was developed into the … stretch of coast that extends from the…
ANC AND 1999 ELECTION NOMINATION LIST
… at the COSATU Central Executive Committee meeting held in November 1997. The article on the front page of The Star … work hard for it. They should join the…