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PlaceAogutoas, Village near Port Nolloth
… by Bartolomeu Dias on his epic voyage around the Cape, in 1487. It was the last landfall sighted before a wild storm … virtually unihabited until James…
PlaceGrydo Pass
… Gydo Pass is situated in the Western Cape, province of South Africa on the Regional … by Andrew Geddes Bain and his team of convict labourers in, 1848. This…
PlaceKeur River Bridge
… on the Historic Montagu Pass this bridge was built in 1847. This solid bridge was designed by Charles Michell … The official opening took place at the Keur…
EventRobert Sobukwe, first PAC president, dies
… (PAC) , Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (54), passed away in the Kimberley General Hospital between midnight and 01h00 … died of lung complications after having…
The Cillie Commission of Inquiry into the Soweto uprisings, holds its first public hearing
… appointed Cillié Commission of Inquiry into the uprisings in Soweto on 16 June, 1976, held its first public hearing in Johannesburg. Evidence was taken on…
EventPresident de Klerk warns General Bantu Holomisa
… According to the report APLA's high command was based in Transkei and the homeland was used as a springboard for … immediately dispatched 1 000 troops to…
EventNelson Mandela says “thank you” to the world
… At the Mandela Day 2 concert at the Wembley Stadium in London, England, Nelson Mandela delivers a speech in which he thanks the world for their wide support…
EventPotgieter barters land from Chief Makwana
… the Vet and Vaal Rivers from the Bataung captain, Makwana, in exchange for forty-nine head of cattle and the promise of … of this event, some sources state…
Event6 th Partnership Against AIDS anniversary is celebrated
… The Partnership against HIV/AIDS was launched in 1998 by the then Deputy President Thabo Mbeki . He made a … The 6th anniversary celebration of the day was…
EventDepartment of Transport launches Be Legal campaign
… month Be Legal campaign at the Jack Mincer Taxi Rank in Johannesburg, aiming to improve and legalise the taxi … minibus taxi operators to apply for…
EventFirst aeroplane flight takes place
… of 17 December 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under complete control of the …
EventThe Transvaal National Union is established
… to campaign for equal franchise rights for all White men in the Transvaal. The union became an instrument of … to bring about the abortive putsch, the…
EventThe Battle of Kambula takes place
… and native levies fighting againist some 20,000 Zulus. In the event, the British were successful in defeating the Zulus, with Wood’s force suffering 83 …
EventKenyan men arrested as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities
… 2,500 men are arrested in Kenya as part of the continuing crackdown by British … people were killed and scores of others injured at Lari in Kiambu region…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress Consultative Conference: Speeches and Resolutions
… from the African National Congress Consultative Conference in Johannesburg, December 14-16, 1990. Includes speech by … of Action, Statament of Oliver Tambo…
Letter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… made by NUSAS to the Commonwealth Students Conference held in Kumasi, Ghana, in January 1971, as well as the relationship between NUSAS …
EventBotha announces third naval base
… at Saldana Bay, about 128 kilometres north of Cape Town. In 1958 Botha became Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs … Minister under the ruling National Party …
"Should we get rid of the whites?" - Albert Luthuli answer to a question, 5 March 1959
… to get rid of the white man." I believe that the tendency in the world from way back has been for people to come … the people. But I say, for all that, the…
Remember Khwezi beyond the Zuma rape trial, says Marianne Thamm (Cape Talk) , 10 October 2016
… Thamm. Thamm says the silent anti-rape protest held in August, during President Jacob Zuma’s IEC address, is evidence of this. Kuzwayo accused Zuma of rape…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… record of the second resistance movements waged by Indians in the country; the first was waged by Gandhi at the … beginning of the century. The 1946 Campaign…
PlaceFort Frederick, Port Elizabeth
… is located along Belmont Terrace, is a stone fort built in 1799 by the British Forces to defend the mouth of the Baakens River. Built in 1799 on a natural…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… language do the comrades speak? It is necessary to know in which language we shall send you literature and correspond … the Russian State. Therefore, the…
EventSomerset concludes a treaty with Ngqika (aka Gaika)
… help when his uncle, Ndlambe, attacked him at Grahamstown in 1819. Ndlambe, who was defeated, had opposed Gaika's claim … the Xhosa to unite and he and…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve as a passenger and cargo … the SS Waratah was bound for Durban, and…
PlaceRailway Station and Post Office, Point Road, Durban
… This building was erected in 1900 as part of a general upgrade by the Natal Railways. … the Railway, passengers and freight had to be transported in carts…
Nelson Mandela Letter to the United Party, 23 May 1961
… 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,…
Read SABC CEO Jimi Matthews full resignation letter (Staff Reporter), 27 June 2016
… SABC than outside‚ passing comment from the side-lines. “In the process the prevailing‚ corrosive atmosphere has … negatively on my moral judgment and has…
PlaceRavenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens
… Ravenswood House is the only known example in Cape Town of the late classical Georgian Architectural … Welgedaan Property which was granted to G. D. Vreeburg…
PlaceCarnarvon District, Karoo
… divisions of Fraserburg and Victoria West. It is located in the heartland of the Karroo, and because of its semi-arid … 1904 census: 5,792 residents, of whom…
PlaceFeathermarket Hall, Port Elizabeth
… of the original commercial activities once carried out in Market Square. Feather Market Centre, which has played … for over a Century, was proclaimed a…