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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 …
EventJoaquim Chissano meets with RENAMO leader
… Joaquim Alberto Chissano met with Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the ResistÁƒÂƒÂªncia Nacional MoÁƒÂƒÂ§ambicana (RENAMO), … a joint declaration committing…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki congratulates his US counterpart
… W. Bush on his election for a second term as president of the United States, and called for greater world peace. "The government and people of South Africa,…
EventGeneral Louis Botha dies
… Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, died in Pretoria after a heart attack. The … Potgieter, D.J. et al. …
EventZimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.
… maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg . The ending of diplomatic relations between the two southern African … colony, renaming itself Zimbabwe. Robert…
Mupia-Mupia Exhibition by Maurice Mbikayi
… this term as a concept working through the metamorphosis of ages, shape, form, power style, human and racial … these computer parts into fashionable items…
PlaceAlice, a Town near East London
… East District, on the Tyume River, some 120 km North-West of East London. It was named in 1847, according to some … Peregrine Maitland, after Princess Alice,…
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
… Residential area for civil servants, members of parliament and railway officials, laid out on part of Wingfield, a former Naval Aerodome named Sassar from…
ArchiveStatement issued by The Black Peoples Convention 11th July 1973
… activist Professor Dennis Brutus as a "graduate of Robben Island". The article makes reference to Chief … as a person committed to working with the…
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… The President has been invited to the emergency summit of the East Africa Community as a special guest. His invitation was in recognition of the pivotal role…
ArchiveStanding For The Truth
… litho poster; text: Standing for the truth: The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has annointed me to preach … the poor; to proclaim freedom for the…
EventRetief Goosen is born.
… a professional golfer in 1990 and received a world ranking of 22 at that time. He was awarded the Honorary Life Member European Tour in Recognition of…
EventAzanian People’s Liberation Army kills three policemen in Katlehong violence
… by the Azanian People's Liberation Army, a military wing of the of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO). You can also … [Accessed: 22 January 2014]…
EventThe Anglo Boer War
… was largely because they underestimated the resilience of the Boers to defend their autonomy from being usurped by the British government. Instead of lasting…
PlaceCoerney, Port Elizabeth
… Coerney is a River and Railway station 64 km North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the … National! Recorded as early as 1752 in the…
PlaceCyphergat Station
… The village of Cyphergat was the headquarters of the Cyphergat Coal Mining Co (Ltd). The railway line …
EventWorld Press Freedom Day
… Scientific and Cultural Organisation), the objective of World Press Freedom Day is “to evaluate press freedom … to journalists who have lost their lives in…
Africa in Today’s World by Max Coleman - Book Launch
… Anti Apartheid activist Max Coleman is about the Cycle of Life: From birth, survival to development in Africa to-day against the backdrop of massive changes…
ArchiveInterview with Mr H Molooi
… that time. Mrs Ngcobo was the only known, living daughter of Langalibalele Dube, until 1978, when she passed on. Mrs … Wessels George Champion (1893-1975)…
ArchiveUDF Unites To Expose What Underlies Reform
… launched in Cape Town in Agust 1983 to unite a broad range of organisations against the new constitution and Koornhof Bills. Since the launch of UDF, support…
ArchiveBolt Number 11 December 1974
… Andrew Verster. Madagascar, Patrick Cullinan. The Idea of a Critical Sociology of Music, Michael Nupen. Two Poems, Christopher Mann. Silene, …
PlaceWave Crest, 181 Main Road, Kalk Bay
… The Residence was Built on a Site upon which two of the earliest Cottages in Kalk Bay already stood, the first having been erected in 1846. Instead of…
PlaceSettler Houses, 10-12 Castle Hill, Port Elizabeth
… the adjacent house at 7 Castle Hill, are typical examples of early English Settler Architecture of their time. This was restored with some alterations in …
PlaceHillside House, 14 Bird Street, Port Elizabeth
… after that date and is richly decorated with a number of Victorian architectural elements. In its time it has accommodated a number of well-known Port…