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EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
… The prevalent violence in kwaZulu-Natal began with widespread interference during the voter registration process preceding the local government elections…
PlaceAloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
… Port Elizabeth on route to Alicedale. Takes its name from the genus of plants with succulent leaves, erect spikes of … certain species. In 1873, Prime…
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… During the 1850s Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape from 1854-61, played a leading role in the establishment of educational institutes throughout the …
PlaceEnon
… Enon is a small town in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is named after the biblical place mentioned in John. It lies 13 kilometres … known as…
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… After the abolition of the triumvirate, consisting of Vice-President Paul Kruger, … and W.M. Pretorius, Paul Kruger was elected president of the Transvaal…
Event19 die at Shell House massacre
… a tip-off that IFP marchers were planning to attack the building. The Nugent Commission of Inquiry on what actually caused the shooting rejected this…
EventDemonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg
… while demonstrating in central Johannesburg against the detention of a fellow clergyman who had supported the school boycotts by Coloured and Indian students…
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… This unique group of buildings known as the Groote Schuur campus of the University of Cape Town, was built in the classical revival style and together with…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… The African National Congress (ANC) was founded as the SANCC in 1912. John Dube was its first president, and the well known writer and poet, Sol Plaatje, was…
EventMK’s Luthuli Detachment and ZAPU in a joint operation
… Rhodesian forces in Wankie (now Hwange) Game Reserve, near the border of Zambia and Botswana. The operation became know as the Wankie Campaign. This joint…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… Constitution Hill is a Living Museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former Prison and military Fort that bears ……
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… On 7 March 1964, the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, Dr Albert Hertzog, confirmed that the government's policy regarding television was unchanged. … was…
EventSouth Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea
… South Korea in an attempt to bring it under communist rule The North Koreans were heavily supported by soldiers from the People's Republic of China, received…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… Charles Robberts Swart was born on a farm in the Winburg district of the Orange Free State (OFS) on 5 December 1894. Part of his childhood was spent in a…
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… of late 18th and early 19th century Cape furniture. The Drostdy Museum was built by the Dutch East India Company in 1747 to serve as residence and official…
PlaceUniversity of Fort Hare, Alice- Eastern Cape
… Parliament, Thursday, 9 October 2025 – The Select Committee on Education, Sciences and the Creative Industries has noted with sadness the violent protests at…
PlaceKing Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… In 1902, the end of the Second Anglo-Boer War was in sight. Plans were being made to reorganize the educational facilities in the Transvaal . These had … The…
Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
… Cape Town interviewed by Rupert Taylor Taylor: What is the nature of the conflict? Ramphele: I’ll take issue with the characterization of the struggle…
52 STEPS TO HEAVEN
… The condemned MK activist arrived at Pretoria Central prison on Tuesday at nine o'clock in the morning. A number of white warders at the prison immediately…
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
… it was a system of racial discrimination that segregated the people of South Africa based on their skin color and treated them according to the White…
Resignation of Cde Zweli Mkhize a Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, 22 August 2013
… The African National Congress is grateful to Comrade Dr Zweli Mkhize for the immeasurable role he has played as Premier of … 2009. Comrade Zweli Mkhize, who…
PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
… In the language of the Shangaan people , the name 'Balule' is the Tsonga word for Buffalo. You can see the ' Big Five ' and … In the language of the Shangaan…
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
… Situated roughly 70 kilometers West of the town of Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa prime plains for … a few, may be seen here. This…
PlacePella
… In the mid-1880s a huge Cathedral was built in the Bushmanland desert oasis of Pella by French Missionaries … lime and hundreds of wagonloads of willow wood…
PlaceCarmel, George
… In 1721 the farm Langverwacht was allocated to Jean le Roux, a Huguenot settler. After a post office was opened on the site during the latter half of 1905,…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in Southern Matabeleland. At the age of ten, Nkobi followed his father who was a migrant labourer in the South African mines to South…
Document 3 - National Anti-CAD Conference Agenda, Oddfellows Hall, Hope Street, Cape Town, Saturday, 29 May [1943]
… p.m. Registration of Delegates. 3 p.m. Opening Remarks by the Chairman,Dr.G.H.Gool. Address: Mr. E C. Roberts: "WHAT THE ANTI-C.A.D. MOVEMENT HAS ACHIEVED TO…
PlaceFicksburg
… The town was founded by General Johan Fick in 1867 who won the territory in the Basotho Wars. Ficksburg is situated in the Eastern Free …
Class, Consciousness and Organisation:Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa, 1979 - 1996 by Kumi Naidoo
… Magdalen College, D. Phil., Michaelmas, 1997 Resistance to the apartheid system, led by the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies dominated South…
EventGabon gains independence from France
… On 17 August 1960 Gabon, the last of the four territories, which had formed French Equatorial … achieved independence. Gabriel LÁƒÂƒ©on M'Ba become the new…