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ArchiveIncident at Trafalgar High School
… attack on school children of Trafalgar High School, Cape Town by riot police from the South African Police Services. …
ArchiveAction against students and intimidation of students
… Appendix C to the President's Report at the 45th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 6th-14th July,…
EventDerek Hanekom is born
… Derek Hanekom, former minister of the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs was born in Cape Town. He was apponited Agricultural ministry by South ……
ArchiveUnomsa for African Renaissance by Thobeka Sinxo
… about a gothic heroine, Nomsa Ntobeko, who migrates from the Eastern Cape to work as a teacher in the Karoo. BODY The History of … heroine named Nomsa…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… renowned for its thunderstorms and is ironically the Economic powerhouse of Africa!" 'Joburg' as it is called … Santiago (16th), Paris (22nd) Los Angeles …
PlaceGlenara, Burg Street, Rondebosch
… impressive Victorian double-storeyed house was designed by the architect AW Ackerman, and built by one Mannix for Louis Antony Vintsent in 1882-3. The…
ArchiveReport on recruitment
… Incomplete report from a Cape Town underground unit of the African National Congress on recruitment. Includes …
Letter from F. Carneson to all Langa Members
… Letter from F. Carneson, Cape District Secretary of the South African Communist Party to Party members in Langa, …
ArchiveLetter from F. Carneson to all Langa Members
… Letter from F. Carneson, Cape District Secretary of the South African Communist Party to Party members in Langa, …
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… The Mfecane - known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane in Sesotho - … The Experience of Displacement The Mfengu and the Eastern Cape Refugees and Labour…
ArchiveCourt Observers Report for 1993: Presented b
… Court Observer's Report: Presented by Cape Western Region to the Black Sash National Conference on 16 March 1984 …
ArchiveMental Health in Transition
… Conference: Mental Health in Transition, University of the Western Cape …
ArchiveCrisis Centre: relief services for unrest , people hurt, arrested or detained
… Red and white poster with contact details of the Crisis Centre in Woodstock, Cape Town, providing a twenty four hour advice service to …
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… Behind the imposing grey granite walls of the National Mutual … southern Africa, artefacts from the colonial period of the Cape, including maritime and…
EventMargaret Mary Smith, SA artist and ichthyologist, is born
… ichthyologist, Margaret Mary Smith, was born in Indwe in the Eastern Cape. Ichthyology is the branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes. …
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift
… Harold Cressy , co-founder of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and … teacher, is born in Rorke's Drift, Kwazulu-Natal . He was the…
EventSharlene Surtie-Richards was born on this day
… The South African actress was born on this day in Upington, in the Northern Cape. She is known for her roles on television soap operas …
ArchiveSolidarity Service
… Tlhapi. Missing since 1986 in detention. Standing for the Truth Campaign. Image of a dove. Notice of meeting at 60 … Street, Newtown, Klerksdorp. List of…
EventJames La Guma dies
… La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured People's…
COSATU calendar
… artwork of a detail from a mural at Community House in Cape Town, by the Community Arts project (CAP). COSATU logo. …
PlaceMartello Tower, Simonstown
… The circular tower was erected in 1796 on the orders of James Craig to improve the defence system of … to be erected after the first British occupation of…
EventWilliam Duncan Baxter, SA businessman, politician and financier is born in Dundee, Scotland.
… was widely respected for his financial sense and honesty. The Baxter Theatre, a performing arts complex was named in honour of him, because of the amount of…
EventSmuts refuses call to postpone Anti
… During the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Conference held in Cape Town, a deputation of sixty Indians called on the prime minister, Field Marshal J.C…
PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
… Its name means “Ridge of White Waters, in Afrikaans .” The highland, which forms the watershed between the Vaal and … the continent in 1652. The Dutch set up…
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… On 25 November 1966 Linda Givon (then Goodman) opened the Goodman Gallery in Hyde Park, Johannesburg . The Goodman … Mayibuye Archives, housed at the…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… The new constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and … a prominent historian at the University of the Western Cape, 'in stating the reasons for their…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… This interesting and Historic Village of Genadendal is the oldest Moravian Mission Village in Africa, with Church … began baptising the converts and the…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church and Parsonage, Three Anchor Bay
… The church building was officially opened by Dr Andrew Murray … on 9 July 1879. Eight months later, on 10 March 1880, the congregation seceded from the…
PlaceWestoe, Westoe Road, Mowbray
… The property was originally granted to Francois Pieter de Necker in 1785 and formed part of the Farm Coornhoop. The House, Built in a Cape Dutch style and…
PlaceRiebeek East
… On 13 April 1840 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) acquired a portion of the Farm; Mooi Meisiejie Fontein for the purpose of … and was named in honour of the…