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EventAfrikaans linguist H J Terblanche is born
… of several dictionaries and grammar books, is born in Aberdeen in the Eastern Cape. Dr Terblanche was a pioneer of Afrikaans … fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad…
EventOscar Pistorius South African sprint runner is born
… known as the “Blade Runner”) was born on 22 November 1986 in Sandton, Johannesburg. He was born with fibular hemimelia, which is a congenital absence of the…
ArchiveNow Cape Town...Now Langa too is burning
… of Cape Town students of a mass meeting to be held in response to the political turmoil that had begun to affect Cape Town. The government asks for law and…
The conduct of EFF at the National Assembly Today, 17 September 2014
… concern about the conduct of EFF Members of Parliament in the National Assembly today. Their refusal to abide by … constituencies bigger than their mere…
ANC hard at work despite power failure and strike threat, 27 July 2009
… Department under the Secretary General’s Office, are also in full operation, using laptops and cellphones. We note that … businesses and caused…
EventMacassar Gas Disaster (AECI stockpile catches fire)
… gas into the air. The South Eastern wind blew the gas in the direction of Macassar. [i] News reports confirmed that … and Evaluation of Exposures from a…
PlaceOur Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay
… Our Lady Of Montserrat in Betty's Bay, Western Cape is a Christian Congregation … Church has been burnt to the Ground because of the Fire in the Overstrand…
Grassroots
… Grassroots was started in 1980 as the first of a series of community newspapers … of the first (March 1980) edition were printed although in subsequent years…
EventNatal is formally separated from the Cape Colony
… a partly elected Legislative Council. Ten years later, in 1866, Natal invaded a portion of the Mpondo Paramount, … become part of the Cape Colony, known as…
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… was designed and erected by Boyd & Son, of Paisley, in Scotland, who dismantled the original building into … by the Saracen Foundry of Walter MacFarlane, of…
PlaceSeal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis
… Reserve on the seaward tip of what is known as Cape Seal in Plettenberg Bay. Cape Seal lighthouse lies 146 metres … Reserve on the seaward tip of what is…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
… League of Nations. Africans South West Africa no share in Government therefore take no part in incorporation negotiations. South Africa itself denies ……
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… Thirty years after the first Treason trial in 1956, 16 members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) were accused of treason in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme…
EventBiafra, a Nigerian Province is recognised by Tanzania
… coups and two major pogroms against the Igbo (Ibo) people in Nigeria. The Igbo people constituted the majority of the population in the seceded territory…
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… the largest of the nearby coastal islands around the Cape. In the nearly four centuries of European settlement it has … The first political prisoner,…
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
… who had been driven apart by Zulu and Ndebele raids. In 1867 and 1868, most of Moshoeshoe's land was overrun by … time. This state of affairs led to…
Cutting Through The Mountain
… them Jewish - who fought against institutionalised racism in South Africa. Denis Goldberg, Helen Suzman, Ronnie … testimony to the personalities of some…
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… In 1929, H Live commissioned architect Ritchie McKinlay to … so-called `Berea Style' which arose from local interest in Spanish Colonial Architecture as…
PlaceEbenezer, Limpopo
… Ebenezer was established in 1831 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society . The … had a population of 291. It was visited by James Backhouse in March…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.11 No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 1993
… One Suleimen Cassamo; Behind God's Back, Sandra Braude; In to the Death Zone, Lesego Rampolokeng; A Bundle of Joy, … The Scar, Taurai Hlekisane. Essays: The…
13. Wife lays bigamy charge
… 17 years ago. I lived with him for about 10 1/2 years in Bourbon. I had five children by him, four boys and one … youngest son Gurusamy and arrived here per…
ArchiveReport on regional resettlement consultation held at St Peters, Hammanskraal on February 1-2, 1980
… forced removals and how if affected people. It is argued in this speech that enforced removals lead to great loss of property, resulted in poverty, exposed…
ArchiveSeparate development: the challenge of the Transkei
… lecture The Transkei became a semi-autonomous territory in Decmber 1963 and separate territorial development began to take place. The paper discusses in…
ArchiveBiography of Oupa John Hlomuka
… John Hlomuka. Oupa John Hlomuka was born on 24 June 1953 in Evaton where he attended school until standard 8, he joined the Azanian people's organisation in…
PlaceTrovato, 44 Coach Road, Wynberg
… details was designed by Herbert Baker and was erected in 1898-1902 for Carl Jeppe who had been appointed Consul-General for the Transvaal in Cape Town. It…
EventSouth African cricket player Jonathan ‘Jonty’ Rhodes is born
… right handed batsman, Jonathan Neil Rhodes was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province (now known as Kwazulu … during the 1992 World Cup earn him a…
PlaceResidence, 21 Cuyler Street, Uitenhage
… approximately 1840. It is thus one of the oldest dwellings in Uitenhage. An extension was made to its rear in about 1880 and it was declared a National…
EventNegotiations between Nelson Mandela and Mangosutho Buthelezi
… Freedom Party (IFP) met to negotiate on ending violence in townships. The two political camps had been engaged in violence since the early 1980s. …
ArchiveTelegram from J van Dalsen, Director-General, Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to His Excellency, Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique
… to the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, reporting that in light of sabotage attacks on Government offices in Bloenfontein, allegedly by ANC members…
ArchiveRace relations survey: 1987/88
… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1987/88 and includes chapters on: African removals; …