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Frederick Logier (66), organist and music teacher who established the Logier music academy in Cape Town, dies. A composition by
… D.W. (ed) (1972). Dictionary of South African Biography , Cape Town : Human Sciences Research Council, v. 2. … Logier (66), organist and music teacher who…
Hermann Böhle, SA electro-technical engineer and first professor in electro-technics at the South African College in Cape
… engineer and first professor in electro-technics at the South African College in Cape …
Anglo-Boer War 2: General Smuts invades the Cape Colony through Kiba Drift, after fighting all night against armed Blacks.
… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … Anglo-Boer War 2: General Smuts invades the Cape Colony through Kiba Drift, after fighting all night …
Twelve people die in a collision between an Inter Cape bus and a truck near Prince Albert Road in the Karoo.
… Twelve people die in a collision between an Inter Cape bus and a truck near Prince Albert Road in the Karoo. …
Jack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best-known plastic and reconstruction surgeons, is born in Cape Town.
… Jack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best-known plastic and reconstruction surgeons, is born in Cape Town. …
Margaret Mary Smith, artist and ichthyologist, dies in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. She illustrated the book of her husband, Prof
… artist and ichthyologist, dies in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. She illustrated the book of her husband, Prof …
Hilda Postma, daughter of the Rev. S. Postma and author of books for children, is born in Burgersdorp, Cape Colony.
… Hilda Postma, daughter of the Rev. S. Postma and author of books for children, is born in Burgersdorp, Cape Colony. …
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president arrives in Cape Town and addresses parliament on a first ever visit of a Russian leader t
… Vladimir Putin, the Russian president arrives in Cape Town and addresses …
Windvogelberg, named after a San chief, is renamed Cathcart in honour of Sir George Cathcart, Governor of the Cape Colony.
… (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 128 … Cathcart in honour of Sir George Cathcart, Governor of the Cape…
is inaugurated, eight years after the declaration of peace at Vereeniging, from four colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Rive
… is inaugurated, eight years after the declaration of peace at Vereeniging, from four colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Rive …
Cape Governor Lord Charles Somerset concludes a treaty with the Xhosa chief, Gaika. Gaika thus received British help when his u
… Cape Governor Lord Charles Somerset concludes a treaty with the Xhosa chief, Gaika. Gaika thus received British help when …
More than 500 traditional healers march to the Treatment Action Campaign’s offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, demanding tha
… More than 500 traditional healers march to the Treatment Action Campaign’s offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, demanding tha …
Sir De Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party opposition in SA, is born in Sea Point, Cape Town.
… Sir De Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party opposition in SA, is born in Sea Point, Cape Town. …
Ouneas (Pakes) Dikgetsi, MEC for Housing and Local Government, Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of the Un
… Dikgetsi, MEC for Housing and Local Government, Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of the Un …
Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff assumes governorship at the Cape. Graaff-Reinet is named after him and his wife.
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v.11 p.126. … Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff assumes governorship at the Cape. Graaff…
Gert van der Linde (75), former chairman of the old Cape Provincial Council and MP, dies in Port Elizabet
… Gert van der Linde (75), former chairman of the old Cape Provincial Council and MP, dies in …
Joan Hoskyn Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, dies in Cape Town.
… Joan Hoskyn Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, dies in Cape Town. …
BiographyVuyani Mabaxa
… up in Diepkloof, Johannesburg. His parents were members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu). In the 1980s, he was one of many…
The Battle of Square Hill
… Participation as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European … that some men ‘travelled to Britain at their own cost to join the…
BiographyNaboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
… Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a … His grandfather was Mokgatle Mokgatle (Sekete) the…
BiographyKenneth Kaunda
… Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of Zambia. He was born on 28 April 1924 … in Chinsali. (In what was then Northern Rhodesia.) He was the youngest of…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the … the NP, and especially invited the conservative English to join the NP…
PlaceParliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town
… Parliament in Cape Town , plays a vital role in the Legislative policies of Government and plays a direct and active role in National affairs. The Government…
Neville Alexander interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib,25 April 1998, Cape Town
… Neville Alexander 25/3/98, Cape Town interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib Habib: We generally start off with the question of trying to get people’s…
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
… Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow Lake … the community. Dr Ponnusamy attended…
Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, After His Election by the National Assembly as President of the Republic, Cape Town 23 April 2004
… Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, After His Election by the National Assembly as President of the Republic, Cape Town…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at a Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 8 May 2006
… Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP; Deputy President of the Republic, Phumzile … rural…
PlaceMthatha, Eastern Cape- previously known as Umtata
… Mthatha, founded in 1879, was declared the Capital of the Transkei, the homeland of the Xhosa during the Apartheid … era. The former Transkei is now part of…
BiographyRashid Lombard
… Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 10 April 1951. In 1962, his family relocated to Cape Town , Western Cape Province. After…
BiographyStella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau
… Nomzamo Sigcau was born on 4 January 1937, she was the eldest of the three children of Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau of East … number of existing…