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PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
… Hill. Takes its name from a flat-topped Hill nearby, which in turn takes its name from Lord Alverstone, president of the … Commission on Martial Law…
PlaceAll Saints Mission, Eastern Cape
… An Anglican Mission in the Xuka River valley, 4 km East of Ngcobo. Established in 1860-61 by Rev. John Gordon, named thus because the Land … had been…
ArchiveInterview with Sibongile Mthembu Mkhabela
… Mthembu Mkhabela, conducted by a third year class in African Politics, University of the Witwatersrand, … The interviewee, nee Sibongile Susan Mthembu, was a…
EventBurundi gains independence from Belgium
… under the leadership of Mwami Mwambutsa IV, a Tutsi. In 1965, a Hutu rebellion broke out, leading to brutal Tutsi … Subsequently, Mwambutsa was deposed by…
EventCOSATU issued a statement on Marikana Massacre
… its shock and sharing its concern for the lives taken in the Marikana Massacre. They joined all South Africans who lost their loved ones in their grief and…
EventPercy Montgomery, Springbok rugby player of the Western Province, is born.
… Percival Colin Montgomery was born in Walvis Bay, Windhoek (now known as Namibia). He is a … and at one time, was the most capped Springbok player in the…
EventAllan Boesak marries Elna Botha
… wed journalist and television personality Elna Botha in the St. Stephens church in Cape Town. Prior to this Boesak had resigned as president … affair could…
EventSwanepoel and Du Preez found guilty of killing soldiers
… on two soldiers, Michael Leisanyane and Gilmore van Wyk, in an apparent rightwing-inspired ammunition theft at Tempe, Bloemfontein, in June 1998. Du Preez's…
EventRamzi Yousef, alleged mastermind of World Trade centre bombing goes on trial
… Ramzi Yousef, who is known by many aliases, was born in Kuwait and is of Pakistani descent. Yousef was later … Intelligence and the U.S Diplomatic Security…
EventNatal Indian Congress is formed
… The Natal Indian Congress (NIC) is formed by Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal. The party became the first…
EventHenry Morton Stanley’s expedition reaches Fort Bodo, Congo
… Henry Morton Stanley, an English explorer who lived in America, was commissioned by The New York Herald with the … No one had heard from Livingstone since he…
PlaceAbiquasput, Northern Cape
… 26 km North of Noenieput. The name in Afrikaans meaning, water-well. Alternativly the name could … digging sticks. Abiquasput is a Farmstead and is located…
Sechaba
… The African National Congress began publication of Sechaba in 1967. It documents the struggle, from the organisation's perspective, for freedom in South…
PlaceGroote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
… tertiary Academic Hospitals and was officially opened in 1938. The hospital is internationally renowned as the … Cape and beyond. The hospital will promote…
EventPresident Zuma visits Russia
… Zuma arrived in Russia on the 8th, on the 9th he joined a number of world … Putin and Jacob Zuma had successful bilateral discussions in Moscow. The two…
Phakamani
… was published by the ANC Department of Religious Affairs in Zambia. Phakamani acknowledged the role of religion in the oppression of many South Africans and…
PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
… was a 'Hartbeeshuisie', belonging to farmer: 'Bronkhorst'. In 1862 the property was purchased by President Kruger and remained in his family until; 1903…
PlaceErica Girl’s School Building, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth
… The Erica School for Girls in Port Elizabeth was begun in 1884 by Miss Mary Anne van Wyk, who initially gave lessons in the old Erica Hall. After the South…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah
… into a crowd greeting him at Kulungugu, Northern Region in Ghana. His rule in Ghana was becoming progressively oppressive. Four years … social opponents…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… Advocate J. G. Strijdom dies. It was during his tenure in 1955 in Kliptown near Johannesburg, that the Freedom Charter, … thousand women on August 9th, 1956…
EventSADF raid Southern Angola
… with upwards of another hundred injured at a forward base in the Cambeno Valley. A significant amount of equipment and … the UN High Commission for Refugees…
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… resignation of B.J. Vorster, P.W. Botha made some changes in the allocation of portfolios in his cabinet. He retained the post of minister of defence. … West…
EventVan Wyk de Vries Commission submits its report to Parliament
… under chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investigate the activities of South Africa's White … was submitted to Parliament. The…
EventButhelezi and Mandela meet and call for cease-fire
… On 29 January 1991 a summit meeting was held in Durban between the African National Congress (ANC) and the … Deputy President Nelson Mandela, this was the…
EventSchalk Burger wins two International Awards
… from the International Rugby Union at a ceremony held in London. Burger became the first player to win both major categories in the International Rugby…
PlaceJames Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg
… the largest and most comprehensive land-transport Museum in South Africa , was established by the late Jammie Hall and the City of Johannesburg in February…
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s press statement on the Bisho Massacre King William’s Town - 8 September 1992
… The tragic events in Bisho are yet another grim reminder of the profound … loved, cherished and nurtured her or him for many years in the hope of a…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Zimbabwe Television (ZTV), 05 August 1983, Harare
… independent States "on one pretext or another." Speaking in a televised interview on ZTV on Friday, Comrade Tambo said … Zimbabwe required to do? To stop…
SASPU Focus
… to cover educational issues and to encourage debate, in the hope of providing students with a deeper understanding … of their immediate environment - the…
ArchiveCultural considerations for a democratic South African Constitution
… produced by the ANC Department of Arts and Culture from an in-house seminar on Constitutional guidelines for a democratic South Africa, held in Lusaka,…