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EventSASOL plant under attack
… The attacks on SASOL I, NATREF and SASOL II took place on the night of 31 May/1 June 1980 in order to coincide with Republic Day. The attack was organised by…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… The second Convention for a Democratic South Africa, or CODESA II, ends in a deadlock. The negotiating parties ie. The South African Government and the…
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… The division of Oudtshoorn was originally part of the District of George, and was proclaimed a separate division in about 1858. The local economy was based…
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… When the Dutch first landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652, under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck . They erected a Fort … When the Dutch first landed at the…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… Our family history in South Africa starts back at the beginning of the last century when my grandfather arrived at the shores of Cape Town as a penniless…
PlaceAlbaster Klip, Northern Cape
… of Prieska and 26 km North-East of Marydale, site of the present Pypklip. Located in the Siyanda Municipality of the Northern Cape. It was possibly named …
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
… International political processes leading to the " Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive … Consequences in Southern Africa " can be traced back to the…
ArchiveChapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg
… in soapy washing-up water. “But, Mum, you’ve got to hold the book to see if I’m saying it right.” “Oh, just say it.” “Straightway into the forest strode…
Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 By December 1982, the government of Lesotho…
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
… development project being run in Steytlerville in the Eastern Cape. The project has several elements but centres on the enquiry of five young people eager to…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church Hall, Uitenhage
… The Dutch Reformed congregation of Uitenhage, the 10th oldest Dutch Reformed congregation in South Africa and the second oldest in the Eastern Cape is the…
PlaceShri Jagannath Puri Temple, Tongaat
… The property, with the Historic Indian temple thereon, being the remainder of Lot 79, Tongaat Township, situated in the Township of Tongaat, Province of…
PlaceQuaqua
… Quaqua, or Qwaqwa, was a homeland created for the Southern Sotho people from a reserve in the Orange Free State (OFS) that had been granted to the followers…
PlaceFort Frederick, Port Elizabeth
… 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 citadel, Fort…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… rule in 1962. In December 1980 Apollo Milton Obote, from the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), who had previously ruled Uganda, returned to power for the…
EventBantu Women’s League protests against pass laws
… The Bantu Women's League (BWL) under its first president … undertook a passive resistance on 7 January 1919 against the application of pass laws to women…
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… The N3 passes right through Warden on the route between: Johannesburg and Durban , just North of Harrismith . It falls under the jurisdiction of the Thabo…
EventMbeki unveils Women’s Monument at Union Buildings
… President Thabo Mbeki unveiled the Women's Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The aim of the monument was to commemorate the role of women … www…
Address at University of KwaZulu-Natal SRC awards, 7 May 2005, Howard College, Durban
… Economic Affairs, Dr Zweli Mkhize, Deans of Faculties and the entire academic community, SRC President, SRC Members and … Guests, It is a pleasure and a…
PlaceTimour Hall Primary School, Plumstead
… In the early 1900’s land was set aside by the owners at Timour Hall Estate for the establishment of a school. The first structure was a …
PlaceAlgeria
… Situated north of the Sahara desert . Algeria shares a common border with Libya … , Niger , Mali , and Morocco . Algeria has access to the Mediterranean Sea…
PlaceParow
… a Residential Suburb of Cape Town located some 16km from the City Centre . It was established by: ' Johann Heinrich … in Table Bay in 1865, 19 ships were…
PlaceWits Art Museum
… Situated on the ground floor of University Corner in the heart of Braamfontein, The Wits Art Museum is one of Johannesburg’s foremost tourist …
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… Oak Villa is one of the first townhouses in Hout Bay and the first to be erected in the Baviaanskloof area. The original portion of this cottage, …
PlaceVenda
… In 1962, the South African Government created Venda as a Homeland for the Venda-speaking people. The area set aside for the bantustan, or homeland , was in …
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… The Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899 and was the result of the British annexation of the Transvaal, soon after gold had …
EventMass funeral for those killed at Sharpeville commemoration
… Blacks attended a mass funeral in KwaNobuhle township for the twenty-eight people killed by police during a demonstration in Langa on 21 March 1985. The…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… During the South African War the British military authorities imported a large number of … Africa's major towns recorded outbreaks of this disease. The…
In memory of Archbishop Dennis Hurley by Phyllis Naidoo, 16 September 2009, Durban
… Archbishop Emeritus Denis Hurley, centre, at the freedom march in 1989 with other religious leaders. On the morning of the 17 August 2009, my copy of The…
PlaceGallery 101
… In 1961, the Swiss Fernand Francis Haenggi (b. 1934, Dijon, France) … founded Gallery 101 to showcase modern South African art. The original location was…