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EventProposal for a new constitution
… should begin in 1991 and be completed within two years. The African National Congress suggested that equal status be given to all participants in the process…
EventFNB cancels its R20 million anti-crime initiative designed to encourage President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his priority
… bank cancelled its R 20 million anti-crime campaign. The bank had launched the campaign with the intention of encouraging then President Thabo Mbeki to … (…
EventBafana Bafana loses to England
… a friendly international match at Absa Stadium in Durban. The match was to mark South Africa's campaign to host World Cup finals in 2010. The England team…
EventSouth Africa mandated to govern South
… The League of Nations, the world body formed after World War 1 in 1919, afforded … a mandate to govern South-West Africa (now Namibia). The mandate gave…
EventRhodes asks Charter for British South Africa Company
… applies for a Charter from United Kingdom to establish the British South Africa Company. The Royal Charter was granted in October 1889, with the…
PlaceAgate Terrace, Port St. Johns
… of verigated, semi-pelucid, Chalcedonies found here. The 'Meliskerk' was wrecked off the Coast there in 1943. Agate Terrace is halfway between the river…
PlaceDorkay House (1952)
… Dorkay House, a building at the south end of Eloff Street in downtown Johannesburg, functioned as the headquarters for the Union of South African Artists,…
Place'Aba Mponjwana', Drakensberg Mountains
… Zulu name for ridge on the Mountains in Drakensberg, including such Peaks as Cathedral Peak, the Bell, the Outer Horn and the Inner Horn. Said to mean 'Ridge…
PlaceMaclear's Beacon
… It is the highest point of Table Mountain, which is a 'Seven Wonder' of the world! Discover the vast natural beauty of the Table Mountain National Park ……
PlaceBensusan Museum of Photography and Library, Johannesburg
… The Bensusan Museum of Photography is named after Dr AD … mayor of Johannesburg and a man who has devoted himself to the promotion of the art and science of…
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… The building was designed by Sytze Wierda, chief architect of the ZAR's Public Works Department. Its foundation stone was … completed on or before 10 April…
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… A stay-away by Black workers in the industrial areas of the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle is called by Black unions and civic groups …
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic’s office
… The office of a member of Prime Minister P.W. Botha's team, … of States, Professor Jan Lombard, was destroyed at the University of Pretoria. The aims of the…
EventWorld Aids Day
… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a … 1 December would annually be observed as World Aids Day. The step was motivated by the…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
… South African soccer team Bafana Bafana played against the German national soccer team in an international friendly match, in Dusseldorf in Germany. The game…
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… Born in 1869 at Porbandar, Gujarat, India, the internationally prominent Indian campaigner, Mohandas Gandhi, led the 1906 Satyagraha Passive Resistance…
PlaceState President Swart Park, Bloemfontein
… The largest of Bloemfontein's many Recreational spots, the Park has many sculptured flowerbeds, rolling lawns and shady spots. The facilities at this Park…
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… on a proposed new series of images which would take the photographer right across the country, David Goldblatt bought a Global Positioning … and a series of…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The new and competitive presence of Indians in…
PlaceTime Ball Tower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… was used as a repeater-station for harbour signals between the observatory and Signal Hill. In 1895 its height was increased from 5.1m to 10.2m. Initially…
PlaceFort Daspoortraand
… This fort was built by the firm Schneider & Co, which was connected to the French firm, Le Creusot. Military engineers, Leon Grunberg and Sam Leon were…
PlaceIrish House, Polokwane Museum
… Right in the centre of the city of Polokwane is Irish House, a Victorian building that was prefabricated and moved complete to the City by a German immigrant…
EventNomsa Mapongwana is assassinated
… Mapongwana, wife of chairperson Michael Mapongwana of the United Democratic Front (UDF) affiliated Western Cape … in Lingelethu West. Mapongwana and her…
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… The first cases of an unusually severe and deadly strain of … Flu', were diagnosed on this date in Durban. This started the worst pandemic ever in South…
EventKing George VI is born
… Cottage in Norfolk on 14 December 1895. George ascended the English throne following his brother, Prince Edward's abdication on 12 December 1936. George who…
SABC CEO quits after about-turn by Shain Germaner (Cape Times), 28 Jun 2016
… group chief executive Jimi Matthews furiously defended the public broadcaster, its chief operating officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, and conditions at the company…
PlaceHout Bay East and West Forts
… Found on opposite sides of the Bay entrance, on the mountain. Origanally built to protect the Bay entrance! The site was declared a National Monument …
PlaceGaries
… To describe Garies as in the middle of nowhere does not do any damage to the reputation of the Town (for those who stay here, particularly during the …
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… The more recent pre-colonial history of CÁ´te d’Ivoire can be traced to the 17th century, with the establishment of the kingdom of Gyaaman. The capital, ……
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… 14 years of armed resistance to Portuguese colonial rule. The three major movements fighting the war, the Movimiento Popular de Liberación de Angola, (MPLA),…