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… In 1772 the Masonic Order established its first lodge in the Cape under a warrant obtained from the Grand Lodge National of the Netherlands. Initially …

… Laid out on the Farm, Vergenoegd in 1854, it was proclaimed in 1855 and became a Municipality; the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, in 1881. Said to … been named after General Jan Willem Janssens (1762-1838), the last Batavian Governor of the Cape. Lying North West of …

… kilometers from Uniondale , a village was established by the Berlin Mission Society and was named  Anhalt-Schmidt , in … Haarlem and bears that name today. (presumably named after the City, near Amsterdam in Holland!)  The tiny settlements of Haarlem and 'Avontuur' (which means- …

… a parliamentary hit squad, with 16 police officers. The existence of the unit was first revealed publicly in 1988 on the eve of the execution of Almond Nofomela. Before his … (SAPA) (1996),  " Dirk Coetzee says he wishes to put the past to rest" , [online], Available at:   …

… One of the Northern Municipalities adjoining the metropolitan of Cape Town , 11 km from the centre of the City and in the Bellville district. It was …

… The telephone company, Telkom, announces that it will buy and … in an effort to fight AIDS, which has infected some 13% of the adult population. According to the announcement Telkom would buy about five million condoms …

… ex-wife of former president, Nelson Mandela. Despite the fact that there was a growing fear that her political … against her, she continued to gain wide support within the structures of the African National Congress (ANC). She was also earmarked …

… Zulu celebrations, raising fears of renewed violence in the region between the supporters of the two leaders. President Nelson Mandela was drawn into the …

… During the 1940s, Bram Fischer served on the Johannesburg District Committee and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa …

… CAPETOWN. Dear Roux, I posted you yesterday copies of the resolutions passed at the Anti-Pass Conference with three paragraphs of general report at the foot. At the end of the first of these three paragraphs …

… Cynthia Lindenberg Letty was born in Standerton, in the old Transvaal Province in 1895. She was the eldest of five children. At the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, the family …

… David Goldblatt, Ernest Cole, Billy Monk," which opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art last weekend, will … history unreels. Ernest Cole (1940-1990) was exiled in the mid-'60s after the publication abroad of his book documenting the social …

… and international artists to live on site and work with the community who live there. Dates: Information Evening and … 6 - 9pm.   Come for an informal evening and dinner with the community of the farm and the organising team. All questions and concerns …

… Bill Ainslie’s School extended beyond the Art Foundation. The Alexandra Arts Centre was established in 1986 in … of Black Artists), FUNDA (means ‘Learn’ in Xhosa), and the Alexandra Arts Centre.  The Alexandra Motswedi Centre is …

… 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 the country created panic among white South Africans. …

… 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 the ball was hand operated but its mechanism was electrified in 1903 and in 1934 the system was replaced altogether by radio signals. It was …

… 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 responsible for the design of the fort, which was completed 12 November 1898 …

… Mapongwana, wife of chairperson Michael Mapongwana of the United Democratic Front (UDF) affiliated Western Cape … in Lingelethu West. Mapongwana and her husband woke up to the sound of shots being fired from the front and rear windows of their house. Petrol bombs were …

… 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 was the Duke of York and his wife Elizabeth the Duchess of York were crowned as King George VI. At the …

… 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 Africa. Of a total population of just over 6 million at the time, nearly half contracted the disease, while close to …

… set of personality traits combined to make Nelson Mandela the leader that he became. One of these was notorious … that are generally used to connote negative qualities. But the dictionaries suggest that the word may indicate not only “pig-headedness” or …

… Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 March 1979.  The Union, was a Tavern occupying a plot 80 by 60 feet on Smith Street, bought from the widow, Ms.Rossouw in 1801. The purchaser, Johannes Bissinger, wasted no time in erecting …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Gopinath Pandey, a headmaster of the village school the District Unao, Uttar Pradesh, wrote to the Government of …

… producing real food and a simple farm lifestyle, is at the heart of Boschendal. One of the oldest Farms in South Africa , founded in 1685. "The farm has grown with the passing centuries into a … https://www.boschendal.com/the-farm   https://southafrica.co.za/angus-beef.html   …

… Seretse Khama was the chief of the Bama-Ngwato tribe, Bechuanaland (now Botswana). Khama's problems with the British started when he married an English woman, Ruth …

… to write about myself despite being asked to write down the stories I tell when I am given the least excuse to do so. I have always wanted to speak about the people and places and events and ideas that shaped me and …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Vendenayagum Lawrence petitioned the Natal Governor on 3 August 1907 for exemption from such laws as the Franchise Law Amendment Act, Fire Arms Act and Liquor …

… gained independence from Britain with Kenneth Kaunda as the country’s first president, and proclaimed one-party rule. Their independence came four years after the famous speech “The winds of change” by British Prime Minister Harold … South African History Online ,  ‘Kenneth Kaunda becomes the Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)’ , [online], …

… 14 years of armed resistance to Portuguese colonial rule. The three major movements fighting the war, the Movimiento Popular de Liberación de Angola, (MPLA), the … Gregory Houston & Bernard Magubane (2006), The ANC's Armed Struggle in the 1970s, in  The Road to …

… group chief executive Jimi Matthews furiously defended the public broadcaster, its chief operating 
officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, and conditions at the company. But yesterday morning, he made an about-turn, saying the SABC’s climate had become too “corrosive” for him – …