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… a few words to you. Today, now that the final stalemate in negotiations has become evident, the end of the road has … at a solution which we could possibly accept. Indeed, in the latest verbal and confidential message delivered to me last night we find that on the main principle which is in dispute the two Governments have moved further apart. I …

… for an armed struggle against the apartheid government. In 1962 He was smuggled out of South Africa to speak at an African freedom conference in Addis Ababa. Shortly after his return, he was arrested and … He was subsequently sentenced to five years in prison. In a turn of events, the following year he was …

… Transvaal, was transferred from Potchefstroom to Pretoria in 1860. With the city becoming the capital, it marked the … capital when the Union of South Africa was established in 1910. The city remained the administrative capital when South Africa became a Republic in 1961. It remains the administrative capital of post …

… a German bacteriologist, discovered a vaccine successful in the prevention of the animal disease, rinderpest. Robert … Kruger's Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. Koch's stay in Kimberley was sponsored by the De Beer's Company and the … disease has its specific germ' and took the first step in vaccine therapy with his rinderpest inoculation. He …

… The 1926 Imperial Conference, held in London from 25 October, accepted the Balfour Declaration, … "autonomous Communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their …

… during an Inaugural Conference held on 4 and 5 March 1955 in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg. SACTU was the leading … reversals after the banning of political organisations in 1960. Many SACTU members were also members of … imprisoned for ANC and MK activities. Those office bearers in exile re-established the organisation and used it to …

… Comet is named after the astronomer Edmund Halley, who in 1705 calculated the orbit of the comet around the sun. … to suggest that comets are naturally occurring phenomena in the solar system. Traditionally comets are seen as … known since 240 and the last sighting of this comet was in 1986.  The earliest sightings have been mentioned in …

… any organized resistance against the laws of the Union. In addition, the Act stated that anyone accompanying a person … found guilty of offences committed while "protest[ing], or in support of any campaign for the repeal or modification of … countrywide '1952 Defiance Campaign', which was organised in protest against repression and apartheid laws.  Link: A …

… from the Tagus River on 8 July 1497 with a crew of 148 men in a squadron of three square-riggers, the Sao Gabriel, the … Sao Raphael, the Berrio, and a supply ship. The commander-in-chief, Vasco da Gama embarked on the Sao Gabriel … to, or near the mouth of the Berg River, the explorers set in to make repairs, look for water, and check their position. …

… should become a republic. The result showed that 52% were in favour of a republic. In accordance with his promise that the republic would remain … Verwoerd, South African prime minister, went to London in March 1961 to give the Conference of Commonwealth Prime …

… 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 estate in Woodstock, dating from the 17th century. Instructions were given to adults and children in painting, the graphic arts, photography and ceramics. …

… 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 1903. It is situated in Fatima Bhayat Street and was declared a Provincial … enburg/tourism/historical-buildings-landmarks-and-monuments-in-rustenburg/ …

… 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 her the first White woman, after those in the 1956-61 Treason Trial, to be convicted of treason.   …

… 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 was an active member of the African National Congress and in 1949 he became its president until 1952. …

… 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 president F.W. de Klerk in December 2001. Mrs de Klerk's belongings, a wristwatch and … two torches, were found at the Mboniswa's squatter shack in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. …

… 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 De Klerk married Elita Giorgiades. …

… 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 facing the branches, growth in the rural areas, recruitment, problems hampering growth, …

… Oral interview, in Kimberley, South Africa, with Robert Sobukwe (1924 to … elected Founding President of the Pan Afticanist Congress in April 1959, jailed for several years as a result of the PAC anti-pass campaign, restricted to living in Kimberley and banned from attending meetings, speaks about …

… 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 … of Parliament who opposed the Native Land Act introduced in 1913, which drastically limited African ownership of land. …

… 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 and later was the …

… 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. Thirty-five delegates voted in favour of the commission, one voted against it, with …

… 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 into the Municipal Area of Pretoria. It was named in honour of Ann Elizabeth van der Linde, wife of the owner …

… 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 Battle of Blood River in 1838. He also took the lead in concluding the Sand River Convention of 1852, which …

… 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 South Africa's national … anthem, Die Stem van Suid Afrika, was composed here in 1919 by the Rev ML de Villiers. It was declared a National …

… 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 it was cleared for White settlement in 1966. The reform was described by Conservative Party (CP) …

… 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 Church (DRC) . It was named in honour of the first Dutch Governor of the Cape, Jan van …

… the possible involvement of the international community in investigating violence in South Africa and, in particular, the convening of the Security Council on this …

… 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? held in Botswana that brought together over 600 articles from …

… 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 highly publicized. In 1989, an assassination attempt saw her flee the country to …

… 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 raised in the heart of Afrikanerdom. Sources: Gastrow .S. (1983). Who's Who in South African Politics: Vol 2, Johannesburg : Ravan Press. …