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… Public Works Department’s , this building was completed in 1896. The famous artist J.H. Pierneef attended the school … . The sandstone and redbrick materials are composed in an Eclectic Wilhelmina style . Sytze Wierda was born in the Netherlands, but was renowned as the first Government …

… Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town . [i] Peter is a South African alpine skier. … African Winter Olympics team, representing the country in the men’s giant slalom competition. [iv] Peter trains at the Peyregudes Ski Club in France. [v] He is coached by Alexander Heath. [vi] Peter …

… The announcement by President  F. W. de Klerk in parliament on 10 February 1990, that Nelson Mandela would … but always with conditions.  As de Klerk's predecessor in parliament, P. W. Botha had offered to release Mandela on … the white government until the organization was banned in 1960. ″It was only then, when all other forms of …

… a car bomb by remote control outside Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. The detonation occurred directly after a … State - Transvaal rugby game. Two spectators were killed in the blast with thirty seven others injured. The deceased … testified that he assumed the two civilians who perished in the blast were security guards at the stadium. Dumakude …

… Orkney is a small Town in the North West Province just outside Klerksdorp . It was … and its International Airport . The Town was proclaimed in 1940 on the Witkoppen Farm. It was here that mining … pioneer, Simon Fraser, had first started mining for gold in the 1880’s. He was originally from the Orkney Islands off …

… An agricultural town in the Orange Free State province, Reitz is 51km from … 1622 metres, Reitz has an annual rainfall of about 686mm. In its earliest recorded history, the site on which the town … living there requested that the place take his name. In 1903 it became a municipal area. During the Second …

… Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails. In 1998 South Africa's liberal abortion law was challenged in court by three Christian groups; the United Christian … upon request during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and in certain cases, access to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. …

… (SABC) was plunged into a crisis when the Editor-in-chief of television news, Joe Thloloe, announced his … hearing following his questioning of a management decision in April. This is after the broadcaster and the South African Press Association (SAPA) found themselves in different waters. According to Sapa's editor, Mark van der …

… 3 seasons. However, its cult-like popularity blossomed in syndication and would grow into a media franchise included … social commentary. By setting the crew of the  Enterprise in  a utopian 23rd century, Star Trek could go where no … he first interracial kiss on American network television in an episode entitled "Plato's Stepchildren," which aired on …

… the African and Indian people of Durban to do everything in their power to prevent any further disturbances of the … to be calm. We call upon our people to avoid congregating in the streets and public places and to remain indoors as far … as possible, and to go straight to their homes after work in the normal manner. There should be no panicking and no …

… 32nd Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Maputo, Mozambique, in order to visit the site of the incident. Upon his return, … “we have to uncover the truth about what happened here. In this regard I've decided to institute a commission of …

… Immediately after that, he imposed new state of emergency in Kwazulu. Natal. The announcement was made following … end apartheid created fear among Whites. The White House (in America) praised de Klerk’s decision as a good move … democratic, non-racial South Africa.  Nelson Mandela was in Paris on the second leg of an international tour when De …

… and the U.S Retrospectives of her films have been mounted in Madrid, London,New York and Istanbul. Bravo's life-long … where others have not has earned her a singular standing in the world of documentary film. Mandela and Fidel (2013, 30 … to both men, she explores the source of their friendship in the context of the struggle to end apartheid in South …

… who had laid down their lives for the cause of freedom in South Africa.  By adopting this day as the Day of the … has drawn attention to the plight, not only of children in South Africa, but also to the plight of children across … Welfare of the Child. This Charter, which came into force in November 1999 is the first regional treaty on the rights …

… Introduction The new and competitive presence of Indians in the country created panic among white South Africans. … the civil liberties of the Indians. The documents in this section reflect the determination with which Indians … collectively, and institutionally. For the first time in South Africa, the Indian voice was mobilised, articulated, …

… In 1935, the League of Nations was faced with another crucial … were not different from that of other colonial powers in Africa. The aim of invading Ethiopia was to boost Italian … Ethiopia's defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in the nineteenth century (1896), which saved Ethiopia from …

… 1951 the African National Congress (ANC) called a meeting in Johannesburg. Executives from the South African Indian … the second phase of the resistance campaign would commence in 1952 after an ultimatum was addressed to the Government to … a mass contravention of such Legislation would be launched in all sections of the country. At the meeting it was decided …

… of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) held in Cape Town , unanimously resolved to oppose the proposed … earn a decent living and ultimately condemn them to exist in increasingly over-crowded slums. During the conference, a … for concerted and prolonged resistance, which started in June and continued for several months. Delegations were …

… (DBE) and South African History Online (SAHO) which began in 2005. The learners, educators, district and provincial … coordinators and adjudicators contributed tremendously in making the iNkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History competition … be drawn from it. This programme also empowers learners in conducting oral history research, with an array of skills …

… Old name for Algoa Bay was Angra da Roca named in 1488, by Bartolomeu Dias when he was the first European to … or Santa Cruz island. he named the bay Agra da Roca, which in Portuguese means- 'bay of rocks'. It was then renamed … East Coast of the Cape of Good Hope. It is bounded in the west by Cape Recife and in the east by Cape Padrone. …

… Fuller Bertram, a property Developer who bought the area in 1889; the Suburb is the Oldest in Johannesburg. Bertrams characterises the down-to-earth, …   Quotes about Bertrams “Bertrams is set to change, in fact the inner City is about to change. The ordered chaos …

… remote and untamed, and time has virtually stood still in a part of the world known as ‘God’s country’ or Pondoland. … little over the years. Lusikisiki is a perfect little town in which to experience the beauty of the Wild Coast and the … AmaMpondo are a welcoming people who traditionally live in huts; old-style and beehive-shaped. Traditionally they …

… fore-and-aft triangular lateen sail. This vessel grounded in 1554, on the rocks of the little island where the Msikaba … swambo tried to catch small fish with mini swambo's net in the rock pools. While sitting on the sand I took a flat … which came off the Sao Bento. The tide started coming in so we had to go. The next day I went back to the island, …

… 256 from London led by Lieutenant John BAILIE, R.N. sailed in "Chapman". Their locations was between the Wellington and … men, which were intended to form 'village centres' in the new Albany settlement.   The Chapman was the first of the settler ships to anchor in Algoa Bay on 10 April 1820. William Low, one of Bailie's …

… Congress", The Guardian, 18 December 1947 BLOEMFONTEIN. - In his presidential address to the annual conference of the … not to call a statutory meeting of the present N.R.C. in the hope that they will present concrete proposals before … of the African people." Dr Xuma said the Government's act in sidestepping the present councillors had influence …

… is sentimental rather than material and this is reflected in his attitude to his Orlando home and to land at his … ownership scheme our main difficulty is that we are not in occupation and consequently do not qualify. When your man … out so long at Brandfort, then we cannot expect to share in such schemes. If we could, I would certainly have …

… 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 these people from coming in and out of South Africa? Is this the business of … individually or as States as you deal with an inferior". In 1981 Pretoria raided Maputo, destroying and killing. This …

… and solidarity with United Arab Republic and Arab people in their firm stand and struggle to resist Anglo-American … Machinations to recolonise Arab States. War threat in Middle East is being directly engineered as an act of … used as a cat`s-paw and a springboard to threaten peace in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the world. African …

… of the Soweto Uprising the previous day, Parliament met in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of … J.T. Kruger, assigned a one-man judicial commission in the person of  Justice P.M. CilliÁƒÂƒ©, Judge President of the Transvaal, to investigate the unrest in Soweto. Source: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. …

… emanated from the uncovering of illegal arms caches in different parts of the country, which the authorities established belonged to the AWB, and in particular the four that the Attorney-General believed … granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1999. …