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PlaceNamibia
… Namibia, a former German colony, is situated towards the north west of South Africa. It is predominately covered … explorer Diogo Cão, who came ashore north…
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… On 5 April 1990, at an informal meeting in Cape Town , President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela agreed to reschedule formal talks between the Government…
PlaceOld Arts Building, University of Pretoria
… The University of Pretoria Museums are celebrating another milestone, as the Old Arts Building was declared a museum in June 1982. … Buildings. The…
PlaceMaclear/Nqanqarhu
… The Sivewright Bridge, in Station Street. Is a National … Bridge With Arches. This place was first known by the by the San People as; ' Nqarhu '. When…
PlaceFaculty of Health Sciences, UCT Observatory
… The oldest medical school in South Africa, offer a variety of … educational, training and academic career options within the context of health care and…
PlaceSt Saviours Church Anglican Church and Cemetery, Bowwood Road, Claremont
… St. Saviours Church is at the Corner of Bowwood and Main Roads in Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. St. Saviours has stood on its … present Site since…
EventNjabulo Ndebele was born on this day
… matriculated in Swaziland in 1966 and went on to study at the universities of Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Cambridge and the University of Denver where he…
EventPhambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born
… Ka Ntloko was born on 18 April 1960 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape. As a high school student, Ntloko became involved in the South African Students’ Movement …
EventChief Kaiser Matanzima is elected Chief Minister
… Born in the Eastern Cape, Chief Daliwonga Kaiser Matanzima was made paramount chief of the emigrant Thembu clan. He was a strong proponent of the …
PlaceNgema Tribal Trust, Mpumalanga
… Ngema Tribal Trust falls under the, Mkhondo Local Municipality Gert, in Sibande District of Mpumalanga , South Africa . The Area of Ngema Tribal Trust is 79…
EventSouth Africa holds a referendum to decide if SA should become a republic
… The South African government led by National Party (NP) held … decided whether South Africa should remain a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations or…
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… Roman Catholic Church Archbishop of Cape Town, Owen McCann, an enemy of Apartheid, became South … Basilica. Early in Cardinal McCann's tenure as Archbishop,…
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… politician and scout Johannes Willem Viljoen (Jan) died in the Marico district, Western Transvaal. Together with three … and not David Livingstone, as is…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… The study of armed forces in Africa tend focus on the contemporary peculiarities with little understanding of … role of specialised knowledge. [14] Not just…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was … formation of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the Cape…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… female political activist who was detained for her work in the underground ANC during the height of the anti-apartheid … age. She was a child when the ANC…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… at Taylor Street Secondary School. 1935 Govan Mbeki joins the African National Congress (ANC) 1938 Govan Mbeki receives a telegram about a job offer from the…
EventMolly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident
… Molly Blackburn was a political activist who joined the Black Sash in 1955. She later left black Sash when she felt that the group was not very active. She…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… This article was written by Jerry Saena and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … and book writer which assisted with her…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… 1840s John Dube’s grandmother, Dalitha becomes the first convert of the Lindley Mission Station in Inanda. 1871 22 February, John … primarily for women. 1918…
Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary
… As cities around the world catapult themselves into ‘World Class’, Global City … what cost”? " Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary " gives the account of…
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… Sam Kahn, leader of the Communist Party of South African (CPSA) and natives' … representative in parliament, announced in parliament that the party has…
Bibliographical Data
… In the preparation of the introductory essays in this volume, … Passive Resistance in South Africa (London: Jonathan Cape, 1956; New Haven: Yale University…
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… doctor, politician and historian, died in Mafeking at the age of 74. He was the eldest son of Silas Thelesho Molema, maternal uncle of … Molema, S. M. 1966…
Maqubela and Dyandyi are sentenced for necklacing
… accused in a necklace trial in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, and found guilty of public violence in July, were each … five years. Eight others were acquitted on…
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… was born at Van Reenensplaas in Williston district, Cape Colony. KÁƒÂƒÂ¼hn attended school at Robertson and Carnarvon. He continued with his studies at the…
Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… grieves me and inspires me to write this to you now, with the hour of your death still a fresh wound in our peoples’ … reduced to a shadow of yourself. You…
PlaceKnysna, Garden Route- Western Province
… The name Knysna has appeared in various spellings since about … drew the first map of the estuary) to the Governor of the Cape Colony, Lord Charles Somerset …
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… The Orange River Convention (sometimes also called the Bloemfontein Convention) was a convention whereby the … The dwelling was altered to its present form…
PlaceRotunda, Bay Hotel- Camps Bay
… The Victorian Rotunda, a landmark in Camps Bay, is a beautiful, geometrical domed building, was the epitome of high society in Cape Town at the turn of the…