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EventEgyptian and Israeli forces in fierce fights
… led by Egypt and Syria were involved in a bloody war in the Sinai desert and Golan Heights. The war began on the day of Yom Kippur with a surprise joint…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… The National Party (NP) government put its revised constitutional proposals on the table during the Convention for Democratic South Africa (CODESA) …
EventIFP proposes truce with ANC
… The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) proposed a truce with the African National Congress (ANC) as an effort to calm violent clashes between members of the two…
EventLiberia is established
… On 26 July 1847 the Liberian Declaration of Independence was signed and Liberia became a sovereign nation. The story of Liberia is different from other…
EventInternational Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa is launched
… The United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid (originally called the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the…
EventExpress train derails in Ethiopia, killing an estimated 400 people
… Ababa, derailed when it reached a curve 125 miles east of the capital. . It was suspected that the train engineer failed to reduce speed at reaching the…
EventRand Daily Mail publishes exposé of conditions in Homelands
… The English-language opposition paper, The Rand Daily Mail, covered a feature article dealing with the appalling conditions in one of the government’s Bantu …
PlaceVredenhof Organic Farm, Somerset West
… year seafarers sought a trade route to link Europe and the East in order to cut out the Arab middlemen who controlled the land routes. Vasco da Gama, sent by…
Resist Apartheid Campaign Message to Meeting in Johannesburg, 11 July 1954
… in Johannesburg on July 11, 1954, in protest against the Western Areas Removal Scheme--the forcible removal of Africans from their homes in … However, a…
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… The name, Dimbaza, an African Town in the former Ciskei, about 11km North-West of King William’s Town (on the road to Alice) and Fort Beaufort! Dimbaza is a…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… The judge presiding over the rape trial of South Africa's former Deputy President … Jacob Zuma has said he is stepping down to protect the judiciary. Defence…
PlaceRust en Vreugd, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… The original date of construction of the dwelling has not been definitely established but it is … was built, in its present form, by Willem Cornelis Boers,…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
… The Lookout stands on a high promontory overlooking a Valley … Architectural merit and any Historical interest resides in the fact that the graves of the…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… Located in the heart of Soweto , the Credo Mutwa Cultural Village is a museum-cum-outdoor … by African artist and traditional healer Credo Mutwa . The…
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
… Faso: Echoes of Revolution Past Ernest Harsch discusses the enduring appeal and influence of the revered revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara. There is ……
PlaceBotshabelo
… Alexander Merensky and Heinrich Grützner started work in the north eastern part of the South African Republic in 1860. There were unsuccessful early attempts…
Planned DA march to Luthuli House, 23 January 2014
… The African National Congress is aware of the intended march by the Democratic Alliance to the ANC Headquarters, Chief Albert …
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
… are coming), "amandla ase masebene" (power is with the branches) and "sivulen` indlela siyo vota" (open the way for us to go and vote) today (Friday) echoed…
South Africa: Basic Education Hosts 2016 Inkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Programme, 4 to 7 October
… Oral History Programme celebrates heroes and heroine of the liberation struggle The 2016 edition of the iNkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History programme is on…
PlaceLusikisiki near Port St. John's
… Lying on Route 61, just inland from the beautiful coastal villages of Port St Johns and Mbotyi, Lusikisiki is wild. The countryside is rugged, remote and…
PlaceSoccer City (FNB Stadium) -Johannesburg
… Stadium built in Johannesburg for the 2010 FIFA World Cup . The design concept of the Stadium is: 'The Calabash, or African pot'. This iconic, … The unique…
PlaceVineyard Hotel, Colington Road, Newlands
… under old NMC legislation on 18 February 1977.Over the past two Centuries, The Vineyard has proudly evolved into one of the most Environmentally-friendly,…
PlaceCoornhoop Dovecot, Dixton Road, Mowbray
… free burghers, who were expected to devote themselves to the planting of wheat for the new settlement. Their defence needs were met by the construction of a…
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… November 1903. After studying for his doctoral degree at the University of Leyden in Germany, Diederichs returned to … Africa and was appointed professor of…
PlaceCompensation, Settlement near Durban
… Compensation is a Settlement 43 km North-East of Durban, on the route to Umhlali-Tongaat. The Area of Compensation got its name from Compensation Farm … by…
PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
… Known popularly as the 'White Building'. The old Harbour Board Building was used for 70 years for harbor administration by the South African Railways and…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… The Second World War broke out with the German invasion of Poland in 1939. By 1941, the Japanese had launched a military strike on the United … The bombing…
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… On 1 May 1979, the first interim report of the Wiehahn Commission is tabled in Parliament. The Wiehahn Commission was set up by the government after the …
Document 22 - CODESA I - Declaration of Intent
… has both positive and negative elements. We believe that the positive elements could have been strengthened, and the negative aspects reduced, if it had not…
EventPolice increase their presence in Soweto
… Following the 16 June 1976 Soweto protest and the killing and injuring of student protesters by the indiscriminate use of firearms by the police, the … …