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PlaceOriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
… to home-ware to spices, plus food stalls. Established in the Johannesburg suburb of Fordsburg in the mid-1970s, when Indian traders from the vibrant 14th…
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… The first railway line connected Bloemfontein to Cape Town in 1890, resulting in a centrally located station site on the corner of Maitland … and Harvey…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
… Following the invasion of the ZAR in January 1896 by a troop of cavalry led by Dr Leander … Prison Services. When British forces captured Johannesburg in May…
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… was educated at home, and at the age of 10 she was fluent in French. At the age of 13, she attended private school in London and passed with merit.When the…
EventTanzania gains independence
… accessible to Arab traders and slave traders, who operated in the region. While French interest in Tanzania peaked towards the mid-eighteenth century due to…
EventHarry Hart, a South African athletics champion is born
… Harry Beltsazer Hart was born in Harrismith, Free State on 2 September 1905. [i] He … during both the Games and attained a silver and bronze in the javelin. …
PlaceCoffee Bay, Wild Coast
… Coffee Bay and the Hole in the Wall are virtually synonymous - mention the one and … the elements have eroded a hole. The hole is directly in the path of the…
PlaceMoses Mabhida Stadium
… regime, this has been voted the most popular stadium in the country on an online poll. And it is no wonder when … most breath-taking views of the stadium and…
PlaceGeneral Smuts House Museum, Doornkloof
… Home to General Jan Smuts for over 40 years, Doornkloof in Irene, Southeast of Pretoria, is a unique museum that … It was at Doornkloof, a modest wood-and…
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s statement at the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Bildt of Sweden 20 May 1992
… who have the welfare of our people at heart. mis is in stark contrast to our own country, where every day is a … that an interim government of national unity…
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
… and favour as indicated by your letter of the 13th inst. in allowing me to travel by the 5.5 p.m. train from Pretoria … that Indians can only utilize the…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… the South Coast, 29 km from Durban . It was founded in 1928, proclaimed a Township in 1939 and became a Borough in 1952. In 1961 Amanzimtoti, Isipingo Beach…
Document 17 - Letter from E. R. Roux to W.G. Ballinger, 19 March 1929
… we all believe we are more virtuous than other people. In this matter of the I.C.U. and the Communists I think any … to this question will decide whether we…
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… events surrounding the murder of Stompie Seipei Moeketsi in December 1988. Moeketsi was a young activist and member of … Seipei and three other boys from the…
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… This day in history, an armed mob and riot police disrupted a rally … Political Organisation (SWAPO). The meeting was held in Katatura, Windhoek Namibia and…
EventEpainette Mbeki receives the Order of the Baobab
… old Epainette Mbeki, businesswomen and community worker in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, received the Order of the Baobab in Gold for her "exceptional contribution…
EventGlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
… known as AZT, will drop from $1.20 to 75 cents a day in sixty-three developing countries, including sub-Saharan … The price reductions were made possible by…
EventSouth Africa approves the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission
… came into effect on 15 March 1972. South Africa joined in September 1994 but the country took a little more time … the African Union) which aims to encourage…
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… attacked Johannesburg's main post office and power station in a mass protest that, in a few hours, turned into open rebellion against the state. … more about…
PlaceGwali Mission
… Chumie was established in 1820 by Reverend John Brownlee, as a station of for the … Tyumie Post and Chumie Mission. James Backhouse reported in February…
EventNigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
… Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas on 25 October 1900 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Kuti founded a women’s organisation … Olikoye Ransome-Kuti. All her sons were…
ArchiveYouth and the building of the nation
… held on 20th December 1951. This is an important stage in which the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) has reached in their political development; it is here…
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… Cunningham's South African divisions. This event happened in 1941 two years after the outbreak of the World War II . The War broke out in September 1939 and…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… four mineworkers who were striking for a wage increase in Lonmin Marikana mine in the North-West province. Mr Frank Lesenyego,the National … common law,…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… The African National Congress (ANC) condemns in the strongest terms the hijacking last night (Tuesday, 24 … place at about 8.30pm at Vampire Street`s Landros…
UCT defends stance on artistic freedom after Goldblatt pulls out by Paul Herman (News24), 4 March 2017
… Collection chose to move its collection to Yale University in the US. Goldblatt recently told UCT management that he … institution, the UCT libraries, and…
Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m.
… and confirmed. The Treasurer, Com Sapire, reported 4/6 in hand. Com Freislich reported that the attendance at the … lecture next Wednesday evening on "Bantu…
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… authority to arrest anyone they suspected of involvement in an act against the State, and to hold them incommunicado … or whereabouts of detainees. Detainees…
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… closing day of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in, South Africa. The Summit took place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was…
Document 63 - Letter from Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 11 April 1936
… of our Club here, the Spartacus Club, has been working in secrecy to bring out the first Afrikaans (i.e., South … "The Communist Manifesto". The translation…