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PlaceCuthbert’s Building, Eloff Street, Johannesburg
… The firm of WM Cuthbert & Co, shoe merchants, was established in 1882. … a major landmark in the mining town and retains many of its Victorian details. It…
EventIdi Amin dies
… he had lived in exile for many years. Amin died at the age of 78 as a result of multiple organ failure. His eight-year rule in Uganda had … Kaufman, T.M, "…
EventNew Afrikaner Political Party
… Delegates at the summit of the Afrikaner Unity Movement (AUM), held in Pretoria, … Although the new party drew support from a number of leading Afrikaner…
ArchiveDeath Sentences for Politically-related Crimes in the Eastern Cape: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… murders in the Eastern Cape, necklace killings, use of children as witnesses in capital cases, case statistics of executions, some case studies. …
PlaceKaNgwane
… KaNgwane was the Homeland of the Swazi people living in South Africa. It was situated … Africa, like the other nine homelands, and it became part of the…
PlaceAmbrosiushoek, Gaansbaai Western Province
… is thought to refer to St. Ambrose, who was the Bishop of Milan and developed the use of music in church services and restored its ancient melodies … New…
ArchiveAppeal to the United Nations, to all Governments, Trade Union Organisations and Mass Organisations
… Organisation to take measures to secure the release of political prisoners and banned people, and for governments to demand the release of all political…
PlaceMoth Memorial, Kimberley
… The Order is an independent brotherhood of ex-service men and women as well as serving men and women … their country in the armed services, in an active…
ArchiveInterview with Ambrose Makiwane
… after a student strike. At Fort Hare he became Chairman of the ANC Youth League branch, and in 1957 the president of the SRC …
EventSADC treaty is signed in Namibia
… A treaty, which effected the establishment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), was … South African Development Co-ordination Community …
EventSA architect Gerard Moerdijk is born
… Gerard Leendert Pieter Moerdijk, of Dutch descent, was born in the Waterberg district, Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). He was one of the first Afrikaans…
ArchiveCorrespondence between Jack Simons and Cape Town Chief Magistrate
… Letter from Jack Simons to the Chief Magistrate of Cape Town requesting relaxing of banning orders. Includes request to visit his son and …
The Freedom Charter
… Black poster with copy of Freedom charter in white block with black lettering, in English with small parts in African languages. Copies of the Freedom…
Isizwe
… debate and training within their ranks, consisted of articles on topics relevant to the national democratic … and the democratic processes involved in the…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.2 1990
… Every Birth Its Blood within Southern Africa's, Literature of Liberation, Martin Trump. POETRY: The Pied Piper, Tania … Steven Brimelow; Drakensberg, George…
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…
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. …
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…
EventJustice Minister, Jimmy Kruger, announces mass arrest
… The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, made an announcement to the effect … being held for various security reasons. The breakdown of the total figure stood…
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 …