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PlaceOnverwacht
… Onverwacht (a Dutch word for “unexpected”) originated in the granting of Bophuthatswana independence in December 1977. … , (Cape Town & Johannesburg): David…
Place'Angra das Vaccas', Mossel Bay
… Mossel Bay. Old name for Vleesbaai. It was given its name in Dutch form, 'Vleeschbaai', by Paulus van Caerden. … cows the Portuguese Mariners saw grazing…
PlaceSun Valley Estates, Ladysmith
… formed part of the Berlin Mission’s land holdings. In 1924 this fragment of land was sold. The people, who … arrived here during November 1985 and the rest…
PlaceUWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
… resources mostly based at the Mayibuye Archive, situated in the Main Library at the University of the Western Cape … of the largest archives of liberation…
EventGamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt
… Under his leadership Egypt continued its participation in the Arab-Israeli conflicts. Nasser nationalised the Suez … ships from using the canal. This caused…
EventA Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
… Messages such as "After all civil resistance had its birth in Asia" and "Jesus was an Asiatic; if he was reborn and went to South Africa today, he would have…
EventMoses Mabhida receives awards
… extensively and was highly respected around the globe, in particular by trade unionists and socialists. Mabhida, a generally self-educated man, was steeped…
EventCedric Mayson is charged with treason
… former Methodist Minister who was banned for five years in 1977 and detained on 27 November 1981, appeared before the … He was released on bail, fled the…
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
… At the end of a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court in Pretoria, four Indian leaders are convicted of conspiracy …
EventNelson Mandela continues his international tour
… countries such as Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania. In Sweden Mandela had an opportunity to reunite for the first … time after 28 years with his…
EventMinister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies
… the age of 69. Sigcau died of a recurring heart problem. In 1994 first-post apartheid government she was appointed Minister of Public Enterprise and in 1999,…
EventSASOL plant explodes again
… The SASOL petrol plant in Secunda, Mpumalanga Province, went up in flames after a giant gas explosion, this time not as … Sasol, Explosion at Sasol Polymers'…
EventMobutu Sese Seko dies
… former president of Zaire, died from prostate cancer while in Rabat, Morocco, three months after the end of his nearly … Click here to read an article about…
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… Republic (Transvaal), representing the Vryheid district in 1897 and also Boer general during Anglo-Boer War 2 , Louis … Herbert Gladstone to constitute a…
PlaceCyphergat Station
… that De Beers issued compound tokens to to natives working in the coal mine as payment and that they were used in a similar way to De Beers tokens elsewhere…
ArchiveFinal Schlebusch report on NUSAS
… responses to some of the points likely to be raised in the report. Because of the possibility of overseas funds … is a suggestion to pre-empt this by…
Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… of the Opposition, House of Assembly, CAPE TOWN Sir, In one week's time, the Verwoerd Government intends to … satisfaction from this developing crisis. We,…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 9: The Kennedy visit, the truth
… the freedom-fighters and their struggle for liberation in South Africa. APDUSA claims to have in their posession a document entitled, …
ArchiveInterview with Mr H Molooi
… Interview with Mr H Molooi at Chesterville in Durban, South Africa, in which he discusses his acquaintance with Mrs Ngcobo, and …
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 25, December 1989
… the Communist Party of Great Britain, SACP participation in the London meeting of the Communist Parties marking the … the Great October Socialist Revolution,…
PlaceHillside House, 14 Bird Street, Port Elizabeth
… The property was originally granted to George Daniel Diesel in 1824. The building was presumably erected after that date … with a number of Victorian…
EventKwame Nkrumah orders release of political prisoners
… prisoners, who were labelled militants, were arrested in order to calm down the growing opposition against Kwame … Nkrumah's government, which had rejected…
EventAndrew Vusi Fasedemi is born
… Fasedemi, businessman and marketing strategist was born in Cardiff, Wales. He is managing director of several … at Cadbury, Nigeria, before he came to South…
EventArtist Allina Ndebele is born
… president Thabo Mbeki bestowed the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver on her for excellent contribution in the field of the creative arts. …
EventState Security Council Approves Cross
… of military operations against liberation movements in foreign countries. The Departments of Foreign Affairs, … admits that such actions would be difficult…
EventPik Botha is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs
… Pik Botha, South African ambassador in the United States of America (USA), returns to South … about Botha's political career and his visit to Beijing in 1991…
EventPik Botha visits Soviet Union
… re-established consular relations which had been severed in 1956. Though the visit was unofficial Botha managed to … visit. Botha also announced the opening…
EventP.W. Botha resigns from the National Party
… and head of state, P.W. Botha, resigned from the party in protest against President F.W. de Klerk's reform … He had resigned as state president on 14 August…
EventMinister Kobie Coetsee on meeting between Botha and Mandela
… and Nelson Mandela had discussed policy matters or engaged in negotiations on 5 July, but acknowledged that they had confirmed their support for peaceful…
EventJoyce Kgoali dies
… Committee member of the African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng. She was MEC for Public Works and Transport in Gauteng before being appointed as…