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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…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Ayatollah Khomeini, 13 February 1979, Iran, Maputo, People`s Republic of Mozambique
… demonstrates the irresistible power of a people united in the pursuit of a just cause. Your historic victory has … dictatorship. The ANC joins all…
Place'Aba Mponjwana', Drakensberg Mountains
… Zulu name for ridge on the Mountains in Drakensberg, including such Peaks as Cathedral Peak, the … to mean 'Ridge of Horns'. One of the largest green canyons…
PlaceNelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth
… VI Art Gallery. It was opened on 22 June 1956 and renamed in December 2002. The collections are housed in two Buildings framing the entrance to St George's…
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
… and ornate fretted timber details. Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of the railway from Port … it is reputed to be one of the oldest Railway…
Demonstrations against Proclamation of Republic: Answers to Questions by May 1961
… for May 31? Answer: The South African Indian Congress is in full support of all-in national talks, and if talks are not held, we feel that … There are only a…
EventSouth African man walks from England to France through Channel Tunnel
… he walked through the Channel Tunnel between Folkenstone in England and Calaise in France in his flip flops. Trains travelling at speed of 100 mph pass ……
EventJoost Van Der Westhuizen, Springbok rugby scrum-half and captain, is born
… career during the mid 1990’s and early 2000’s. He played in the 1995, 1999 and 2003 rugby world cups. He retired from … and a woman who claimed to be his on…
EventNon military national service for objectors
… of service included the following: non-combatant service in the South African Defence Force (SADF), for the same time … period as normal military service;…
EventCruel murder of Dora Bloch
… British and Israeli citizenship, was taken to hospital in Uganda after some food got stuck in her throat. She was left behind in Mulago National Hospital…
EventResolute Treurnicht rejects waiving language policy
… Soweto schools to depart from the so-called 50-50 policy in secondary education, which entailed equal use of English and Afrikaans in schooling. At a meeting…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… campaign of 1960 and harshly sentenced to three years in prison. At the end of his sentence, Parliament enacted a … On his release, Sobukwe was allowed to…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… Guinea until 1778, when the territory was ceded to Spain in exchange for land in South America. When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1820, rebel forces…
EventThe French Foreign Legion is founded
… an aura of mystery and romance. It was normally stationed in Algeria until 1962, when its headquarters were transferred … regiments were scattered throughout…
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
… identical to HIV-1. This particular strain was identified in a frozen sample taken from a confined member of the … known as Pan Troglodytes, which were once…
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… Born in 1869 at Porbandar, Gujarat, India, the internationally … led the 1906 Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign staged in Transvaal (now known as…
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… In April 1894, Chief Malaboch (Mmaleboho, Mmaleboxo) of the … action through forced removal, which ultimately resulted in the Malaboch war, with the chief…
PlaceVrede
… and the Mpumalanga border of Volksrust . It was named in 1863 after a dispute between its founders. Like most towns … The influence of Dutch Architecture…
PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
… Gariep Dam is located in South Africa, near the Town of Norvalspont, bordering the … the Gariep River at Bethulie Drift was opened to traffic in March 1879,…
PlaceMjanyana Hospital
… The village of Emjanyana was probably established in the mid-1970s, in Ngcobo Eastern Cape. In 1894 the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on …
EventLiberia is established
… States (US). The country was one of only two countries in sub-Saharan Africa, along with Ethiopia, without roots in the European Scramble for Africa. Slaves…
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at a summit, held in Tunis, Tunisia. The South Africa delegation was led by the … After joining the OAU, South Africa…