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EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
… Van Zyl Slabbert served as the leader of the PFP for 12 years. He died on 14 May 2010 at his home …
PlaceSpringfield Convent School, Cape Town
… faiths and backgrounds to classes from Nursery to Grade 12. History reflects that Springfield was the first to offer …
EventLegendary photographer Sam Nzima dies
… On 12 May 2018, legendary photographer Sam Nzima passed away at …
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
… Sizwe (MK), recruited Nyembe to join the armed struggle. [12] Here, she worked alongside many famous leaders such as … the system that produced the gaol…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy, 12 May [online] Available at … Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, last modified 12 February…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… few pitiful rights they had in the Cape were ignored. On 12 October 1908, exactly nine years after the outbreak of the … Winston Churchill. They had…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… Immorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950 This Act was one of the most controversial pieces … only paid personal tax when they attained the age of 21. The…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… the oldest liberation movement in the continent, has had 12 Presidents since 1912. They were John Langalibalele Dube …
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… the building and restore it to its former glory. In 2011/12, a tender was awarded for the building’s rehabilitation – …
PlaceGreen Point
… South Africa! The Green Point Lighthouse was first lit on 12 April 1824. It was the first solid lighthouse structure on …
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… was charged again in the Rivonia Trial in October 1963. On 12 June 1964 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for …
PlaceThe Fourth Raadsaal, Bloemfontein
… and the contract was awarded to JJ Kirkness for £12,500. The building was eventually inaugurated on 5 June …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… farmers, payable in the form of raw agricultural product. [12] This allowed them to keep and trade part of their … LCW, 33, p. 184., Decision of the C.C., R…
ArchivePretoria Central Prison execution register entry and prison photograph of Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize, recorded as "Mkhise P", File V963
… Box B275, File V963, "MKHISE P", 1967/09/01, 1966/12/02, with the Grave No and Cemetery columns left blank. The …
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
PlaceFish Hoek, Cape Town
… an early stone age Historic site where the remains of the 12 000 year old Fish Hoek man was found. More History of the …
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Honourable Premiers, …
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… formally re-launched the Inkatha cultural movement on 21 March 1975, at KwaNzimela, in Northern KwaZulu. Several …
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… Intando Yesizwe Party and Ximoko Progressive Party. On 21 December 1991, a Declaration of Intent was signed by all …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
… are urgently implemented. These agreements include Agenda 21, an agenda for sustainable development into the 21st …
Address at the Opening of the 24th General Assembly of the World Veterans Federation, 1 December 2003
Master of Ceremonies, Honourable Ministers, Leaders of the World Veterans Federation, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen: On behalf of our…
PlaceZithulele Hospital, Mqanduli
Zithulele Hospital is a 147 bed government-funded Hospital near Mqanduli, Eastern Cape. The Hospital serves a population of 130,000 people. Originally a…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… Tax (GST) was introduced on most commodities and reached 12% in 1985. To decrease government expenditure the funding … growth' will not be maintained (Anon,…
PlaceBaavianskloof Pass
… The gradients are generally fairly easy and never exceed 1:12, but the road surface can vary between quite good (the …
EventBafana Bafana legend Philemon Raul Masinga dies
… On 12 January 2019,legendary Bafana Bafana striker Philemon …
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… Prof. P.J. Muller opened with a text from Revelations 21:5: “Zie, Ik maak alle dingen nieuw” ("See! I make all …
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… the SS Mendi that occurred during the First World War, on 21 February 1917. It pays tribute to the South African Native …
PlaceAlexander Bay, Namaqualand
… and Damaraland, lasting from 8 September 1836 to 21 September 1837. He collected rock specimens, pelts of rare …
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… born in Pietermaritzburg in 1850. In 1871, at the age of 21, he came to Pretoria as manager of a branch of commercial …