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ArchiveRestoration of the Old Cape Archives by Michael Scurr (The Heritage Portal), 03 October 2016
… in such award winning restorations as the East London City Hall, the historic Vergelegen homestead near Somerset … Queen Victoria Street, as well as for the…
EventDarrell Roodt was born on this day
… film to condemn the racially oppressive regime. His film Place of Weeping is one of the first anti-Apartheid films …
Arise! Vukani!
… Coverage and analysis was of liberation struggles taking place, mainly in South Africa, but also other national and …
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… of the area before the Group Areas Act was put into place in the 1950’s. … place …
PlaceSmuts Hall, University of Cape Town
… UCT. Your room will become the Centre of your new Home; a Place which you can make your own ..... (A comment from one … place …
EventSir Thomas Cullinan (74), founder of the Premier Mine where the Cullinan diamond was discovered in 1907, dies.
… weighing 530.20 carats. The Star of Africa holds the place of 2nd largest cut diamond in the world and is on …
EventThe Prince Imperial of France dies in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
… monument, was erected to him by Queen Victoria at the place where he had been killed. Sources: Potgieter, D.J. et …
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
… Nongoma, was attended by 20 000 people. The ceremony took place after his 21st birthday and marriage to his first wife. …
EventWinnie Mandela is elected ANCWL president
… -Mandela is widely respected within the ANC, securing 5th place in the 2009 general election. She is one of the most …
EventEleven people are killed in eSikhawini township
… killers armed with pump action shotguns. The massacre took place a few hours after approximately one thousand residents …
EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
… popular "Why Not Magoo's Bar", with the believe that the place was frequented by security branch police. There was a …
EventZola Budd breaks a world record
… stood for 15 years before Budd broke it. The event took place without any publicity that might have attracted …
EventBartolomeu Dias reaches present Mossel Bay
… to sail northwards to reach the coast. His first landing place was the bay of St. Blaize (SÁƒÂƒ£o Bras), now Mossel …
EventTeboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games
… saluted its Amakrokokroko team, which ended in thirteenth place with a staggering fifteen gold medals, thirteen silver …
EventUS invades Afghanistan
… of Afghanistan, codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom, took place after the destruction of the Twin Towers on 11 …
EventThree South African provinces are renamed
… the Vaal region was, renamed Gauteng Sotho name meaning "a place of Gold". Orange Free State and Northern Transvaal were …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… (Polokwane). According to General Viljoen this took place within a mere 200 metres from the advancing enemy. The …
EventFirst president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah (62), dies in Bucharest.
… attempts. The first assassination attempt on Nkrumah took place in October 1962. Presumably the assassination attempts …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… These were not sudden turning points; they took place over a long period of time and had tremendous impact. …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education
… These were not sudden turning points; they took place over a long period of time and had tremendous impact. …
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
… from the war. The first Afrikaner women march took place on 4 August 1915, to request the release of Gen. C.R. …
Archive2010 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2010
… collaboration from political parties that have chosen to place the nation first. We welcome the statement by … crime in our country tends to be violent,…
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… against overwhelming odds, and to secure for themselves a place to settle, a home to call their own, free of the … women and children, half of them black…
PlaceUpington, Northern Cape
… Upington is the chief City in the Northern Cape Region, of South Africa. It was … to popular hotspots make it the centre of this vast City. Upington boasts a…
PlaceMaluti-a-Phofung Municipality, Free State
… place …
Press Conference in Maputo: Comments by Oliver Tambo on South African offer of territory to Swaziland, 5 March 1982
… and the Ingwavuma strip to Swaziland. The second took place the previous week in Swaziland. The ANC delegation was … Mr. Tambo expects the meeting with King…
34. Further immigration restrictions, 1903
… this Honourable House with reference to the Bill to place closer restrictions on immigration, now before this … merely an oversight. An applicant may be…
PlaceMkuze, KwaZulu Natal
… South Africa. It is located approximately 350 km from the City of Durban. It is along the N2 road on route to … South Africa. It is located approximately 350…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… transport was allowed to operate. Protest marches took place in all the townships in the Vaal, but it was in … soldiers increasingly resorted to using live…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… transport was allowed to operate. Protest marches took place in all the townships in the Vaal, but it was in … soldiers increasingly resorted to using live…