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PlaceWagon Museum
… This Museum is situated on the same premises as the First 'Raadsaal' in Bloemfontein and houses a collection … transport wagon, stage coach, mule wagon,…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… Context: The Emergence of a Pan-African Rhetoric The Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established on 25 … with South Africa becoming the 53rd and final…
ArchiveThirty years later: we say no to high prices, forced removals, passes
… in chains. Notice of an anniversary rally to be held by the Federation of South African Women, in Rylands, Cape Town. …
Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
… Cecil John Rhodes was the sickly, poorly educated and otherwise unremarkable son of … became the official residence for the premier of the Cape Colony (and…
PlaceAogutoas, Village near Port Nolloth
… Village at the site of the present Port Nolloth. The Khoikhoi name Aukwatowa; for … marked by Bartolomeu Dias on his epic voyage around the Cape, in 1487. It…
PlaceGrydo Pass
… Gydo Pass is situated in the Western Cape, province of South Africa on the Regional road R303 between Ceres and Citrusdal. The Gydo … s://www…
EventMacmillan’s 'winds of change’ speech in Parliament
… apartheid, to members of both Houses of Parliament in Cape Town . He suggested that the South African government had not yet appreciated the force of the …
Voting station
… in three languages. A VEETU poster of University of the Western Cape. Description of how to vote, in black letters, in three …
References and links: Local History
… Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The Magaliesberg. 2nd ed. Pretoria: Protea Book House. … Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa,…
OR Tambo lecture by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa
… The Deputy President of the ANC, Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa, will deliver a lecture to … the Mid-term Provincial General Council (PGC) of Eastern Cape PEC…
EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
… In a precedent-setting judgement, a full bench of the Cape High Court, comprising of Judges Van Zyl, Essa Moosa and Dan Dlodlo, ruled in favour of the…
ArchiveUDF Unites To Expose What Underlies Reform
… on white; silkscreen, graphic hand pulling up paper; text: The United Democratic Front was launched in Cape Town in Agust 1983 to unite a broad range of…
EventSenator Robert Kennedy visits SA
… In June 1966, during the darkest years of Apartheid, United States (US) Senator … made a historic visit to South Africa. He was invited by the National Union…
ArchiveJews for justice
… Notice of symposium entitled 'The road ahead'. Sunday 20th May at Rachel Bloch House (Kaplan Centre), University of Cape Town. List of speakers. Small map of…
EventSA Rugby team loses to New Zealand
… The South Africa Rugby team, the Springboks, were beaten 18-29 by the New Zealand team … a Tri-Nation first test match staged at Newlands stadium, Cape Town…
EventBotha announces third naval base
… P.W. Botha, the then Minister of Defence, announced the establishment of a third South African Naval Base to be located at Saldana Bay, about 128 kilometres…
2 PAGAD members killed
… On 30 July 1998, 2 members of the People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) were killed in Wetton, Cape Town. Nurulla Allie and Faizel Hendricks died and…
100 Years ‘Emancipation of Slaves’ by John Gomas, 1 December 1934, South Africa
… 1934 as A call to National and Social Emancipation . The pamphlet was sold for 3d.; Written: by John Gomas District Organiser of Communist Party Cape Town…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… Umkhonto we Sizwe logo 16 December 1961 is seen as the date of formation because Umkhonto performed its first … this date. Popularly called Dingaans Day and…
10th Annual Oral History Conference
… The Department of Arts and Culture in partnership with the Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA) hosts … be held from 08-11 October 2013 in the…
PlaceLong Cottage, Newlands Avenue, Newlands
… Newlands House originally formed part of the historic estate established in 1751 by Governor Ryk Tulbagh. Long Cottage was built as the slave quarters and…
EventAllan Boesak marries Elna Botha
… wed journalist and television personality Elna Botha in the St. Stephens church in Cape Town. Prior to this Boesak had resigned as president of the World…
EventCuban Foreign Minister visits South Africa
… The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Mr Roberto Robaina, visited South … of his South African counterpart Alfred Nzo. They met in Cape…
PlaceRailway Station, Sannaspos, Bloemfontein
… The Station Building, situate on a protion of the Farm Klipkraal 117 in the District of Bloemfontein. … inter-provincial secondary route, linking the Eastern…
ArchiveStreets: exhibition
… Multicoloured poster. Issued by the District Six Museum Foundation, Cape Town. Notice of an exhibition from 10th December to 24th …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… 1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the … The response was significant in Durban and the Eastern Cape. 29 July, The ANC calls a…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… Richman is a final year English and Politics student at the University of York. From October 2015, he will read Law … of interdisciplinary research, his work…
PlaceRust-en-Vrede, Wellington Road, Durbanville
… Construction of this complex dates from the mid 19th Century and reflects a blending of Cape Dutch, Georgian and Victorian Architectural Features. ……
EventSouth African pop queen, Brenda Fassie, is born
… Pop Queen, was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a pianist,…
EventJan Volschenk, a well-known South African painter, dies
… Jan Volschenk, a prominent South African painter, died at the age of 83. He passed away in the town of Riversdale in the Cape Province, where he was born…