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EventErmelo is founded
… industrial and commercial centre of a 7,750m² district in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa was founded by the … Dutch Reformed Church, who was converted…
EventSpringboks wallop Scotland
… (Springboks/Amabokoboko) went to Murrayfield, Edinburgh in Scotland to engage their Scottish counterparts. The last time the team made a trip to Scotland was…
ANC statement on the Heritage Day, 24 September 2014
… appreciation of the world community. We need to take pride in our ability to appreciate the positive step that has rebuilt in us a new sense of belonging and…
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
… The African National Congress in the Frances Baard Region will be launching the Luthuli … Jim Summers Hall at 14h00. All volunteers will be engaged in a…
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
… present Venterstad district, Eastern Cape. It was laid out in 1875 and attained Municipal status in 1895. Named after the owner of the land on which it was ……
PlaceKookfontein
… of our wine. Climate is considered the principal factor in the potential style and quality of wine that a region can … climates have consistently produced…
PlacePump House, corner Prince and Sir George Grey Streets, Oranjezicht.
… it is used to pump water from the Robinson Dry Dock in the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. It is also the building … introduced whereby water from the mountain…
PlaceTable Bay
… Dias was the first European to explore the region in 1486. The region of the Western Cape which includes the … shores of Table Bay they came into contact…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… were modelled on those at the base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square. Cecil John Rhodes was Prime Minister of … 1890 until 1896. He is among the most…
PlaceRiversdale, Western Cape
… In August 1838 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) at Swellendam … the Doornkraal 'Steyns' featured prominently. This time in the governance of the Town when…
PlaceJutten Island, Saldanha Bay
… oyster catchers were counted on Jutten Island March 2000. In 1702 the treasure ship; 'Merenstein ' wrecked on the … Merestein were several chests of silver…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… Church members which took place towards the end of 1986 in Pretoria, where a resolution to appoint a committee to … founding a new church was taken. That…
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… at the Labour Party's annual conference which was held in East London in January of the same year. As war agitation mounted, the … grew speedily…
PlaceRoodepoort Museum
… Set in the Roodepoort Civic Centre on Christiaan de Wet Road, the … back to 1884, despite having had to shut its doors briefly in 2006 due to budgetary…
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… claims that South Africa was completely self sufficient in terms of its arms manufacturing capability, the Apartheid … modern radar systems, while the gas…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… state of emergency after the banning of the organization in 1960. He soon became a leading figure within the … was responsible for the establishment of new…
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… At least forty-three people were killed in a stampede at Ellis Park stadium, Johannesburg , at a … the ground. A police spokesman put the figure at 120,000…
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
… Commissioner (1990-1995), admitted that he gave the order in 1988 for the SAP to blow up Khotso House on 31 August … conveyed this order directly from…
EventOrigin of Johannesburg’s name is explained
… In reaction to an inquiry, officials in Pretoria replied that Johannesburg was named after Johann … the name Johann(es) occupied positions of authority in…
Event200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… 200-year-celebration of the abolishment of the slave trade in the British Empire. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act … British slave trade as was envisaged…
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… Joubert with 3 471 votes to 1 171. Kruger was sworn in on 9 May 1883 as state president and announced a policy … struggle waged by the Boer republic against…
EventPublic places of recreation for whites only, are proclaimed
… Public places of recreation in white areas were proclaimed in accordance with provisions of the Group Areas Act of 1950. … also listed sporting events,…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… began two days after the first ever democratic elections in South Africa. Nearly 20 million people participated in South Africa’s first democratic elections…
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… centre of the ANC’s military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe(MK) in the town of Malanje, Angola. Normally, such a visit by the … of the Union for Total Independence…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… former political and trade union activist was born in Johannesburg. He was one of the chief negotiators at the … the private sector. He then rejoined the…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… & Democracy’, the exhibition traverses the distinct eras in our history. Instead of the word ‘Baasskap’, Goldblatt … Monument with a replica of a Zulu hut at…
Nelson Mandela University presenting AEE REP qualification programme
… Energy Professional (REP) from 20-23 September 2016. In partnership with the Energy Training Foundation (EnTF), … facility, the algae biomass plant, as well…
Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… agreement on the desirability of unity as expressed in your letter. We agree to your suggestion that a special bulletin be attached to our respective organs,…
EventSlave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom
… Cape uprising was surely influenced by stories arriving in the Cape about uprisings in America, Ireland and the Caribbean, as well as the recent … persuading…
PlaceCape Town Civic Centre and the CBD of Cape Town
… The Cape Town Civic centre is a Building in the centre of Cape Town , which is just under Signal Hill … Municipality of the City of Cape Town . It was…