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PlaceMLR-cannon, Middle North Battery, Simonstown
… for ironclad ships and harbour seafront defence. A total of 190 were made. The gun was last fired in 1903.. This gun … with 6 grooves, the only gun…
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… search archive  An estimated 60,000 delegates and heads of government from over 170 countries gathered for the World … in the summit in Rio de Janeiro in…
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… The discussions were recorded under the supervision of two secretaries for the republics Rev. J. D. Kestell and … E. van Velden. During the Conference,…
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … passage and boarding fees and the remainder make the best of to…
PlaceBeestekraal, North West
… Settlement with a Railway Station and Post Office, North of Brits. It was given the name in 1837 by the Voortrekkers … Andries Potgieter because here they…
PlaceConradie Care Centre, Pinelands
… The place has been trashed by vagrants, even the flooring of some of the buildings has been stolen. Toilets have been smashed, … The place has been trashed…
ArchiveConsultation in preparation for the meeting with law professors from white South Africa
… Africa. Includes letter from Johann van der Westhuizen of the University of Pretoria to Jack Simons, 12 December 1986. …
PlaceSpringbok Park, Hatfield, Pretoria
… Grosvenor Square and was conceived in 1905 when the Suburb of Hatfield was laid out. Development only commenced in the … has since been planted with…
Culture and Resistance - Cynthia Kross
… artists and writers. The article offers a good overview of some of the major debates that took place at the conference. …
EventA full scale police search, headed by a specially trained anti-terrorist unit is launched
… and suspected nationalist guerrillas some forty miles west of Louis Trichardt, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). The shoot-out happened at the height of the…
EventKamalesh Sharma delivers a speech at the 2010 Nelson Mandela Africa Lecture
… and Africa as a vital component, interlocking the goal of democracy and development. Moreover he highlighted that democracy and development are the main…
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… Nationalist Party won the general election on a platform of separate development. In 1950 the government passed the Group Areas Act, a cornerstone of…
EventNew Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports
… April, maintained the existing commitment to the principle of separate residential areas, schools and amenities for … taken in an effort to ease restrictions…
EventPFP stays its ground concerning president Vorster
… State President on the grounds that not all the evidence of the Erasmus Commission had been made public. The party … also maintained that someone who had…
EventMaritime headquarters at Silvermine is opened
… the base, from where the operational command and control of maritime forces was exercised, was constructed by the South African Defence Force with the help…
EventSiamese twins are separated in Cape Town
… which was conducted by surgeon Syd Cywes, was the first of its kind in the medical history of South Africa. Since that first operation more Siamese …
EventJoaquim Chissano meets with RENAMO leader
… Joaquim Alberto Chissano met with Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the ResistÁƒÂƒÂªncia Nacional MoÁƒÂƒÂ§ambicana (RENAMO), … a joint declaration committing…
EventANC leader Nelson Mandela meets Boutros Boutros
… Dakar. The two leaders discussed the possible involvement of the international community in investigating violence in South Africa and, in particular, the…
EventMandela is moved to Victor Verster prison
… recovering from tuberculosis, to a house on the grounds of the Victor Verster Prison, near Paarl, east of Cape Town, where he was given a large warder's…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki congratulates his US counterpart
… W. Bush on his election for a second term as president of the United States, and called for greater world peace. "The government and people of South Africa,…
EventGeneral Louis Botha dies
… Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, died in Pretoria after a heart attack. The … Potgieter, D.J. et al. …
EventZimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.
… maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg . The ending of diplomatic relations between the two southern African … colony, renaming itself Zimbabwe. Robert…
Mupia-Mupia Exhibition by Maurice Mbikayi
… this term as a concept working through the metamorphosis of ages, shape, form, power style, human and racial … these computer parts into fashionable items…
PlaceAlice, a Town near East London
… East District, on the Tyume River, some 120 km North-West of East London. It was named in 1847, according to some … Peregrine Maitland, after Princess Alice,…
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
… Residential area for civil servants, members of parliament and railway officials, laid out on part of Wingfield, a former Naval Aerodome named Sassar from…
ArchiveStatement issued by The Black Peoples Convention 11th July 1973
… activist Professor Dennis Brutus as a "graduate of Robben Island". The article makes reference to Chief … as a person committed to working with the…
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… The President has been invited to the emergency summit of the East Africa Community as a special guest. His invitation was in recognition of the pivotal role…
ArchiveStanding For The Truth
… litho poster; text: Standing for the truth: The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has annointed me to preach … the poor; to proclaim freedom for the…
EventRetief Goosen is born.
… a professional golfer in 1990 and received a world ranking of 22 at that time. He was awarded the Honorary Life Member European Tour in Recognition of…
EventAzanian People’s Liberation Army kills three policemen in Katlehong violence
… by the Azanian People's Liberation Army, a military wing of the of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO). You can also … [Accessed: 22 January 2014]…