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EventJomo Sono, South African soccer player and director, is born
… Ephraim Matsilele “Jomo” Sono was born in Orlando East in Soweto. Sono was brought up by his grandparents after his … abandoned him. He was forced to work…
PlaceKaNgwane
… KaNgwane was the Homeland of the Swazi people living in South Africa. It was situated along the border with Swaziland , and its capital was at Louieville. 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,…
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…
ArchiveANC National Conference: Building the ANC
… on Building Organisation for the ANC National Conference in July 1991 in Durban. Covers who builds the ANC, the state of the … volunteer organisers, problems…
ArchiveInterview with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
… Oral interview, in Kimberley, South Africa, with Robert Sobukwe (1924 to … elected Founding President of the Pan Afticanist Congress in April 1959, jailed…
EventThe UN sets up Commission on Apartheid
… United Nations Commission on the Racial Situation in the Union of South Africa (UNCORS). Its mandate was to study the racial situation in South Africa…
EventFormer Colonial Prime Minister John Merriman dies
… Colony before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, John Xavier Merriman, died in Stellenbosch at the age of 85. Merriman was one of only a ……
EventPolitical Activist, Barbara Hogan, is sentenced for High Treason
… Barbara Hogan is sentenced in the Rand Supreme Court to an effective ten years in prison for high treason and membership of the banned … treason. This made…
EventThe Ruth Prowse Art Centre is opened
… The Ruth Prowse Art Centre was opened in The Retreat as an art and cultural centre with artist Erik … house was formerly an outbuilding on the Roodebloem…
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…
!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…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… the Protector of Emigrants, Calcutta). He is a student and in the annual examination of U.P. from the middle school … not state that I have already struggled…
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…