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EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… a historian and teacher who played an important role in the South African Teachers' Association and undertook several … in Cape Town in 1904, Van der Poel…
Citizenship and Justice: rethinking Political Theory and Political Philosophy
… A project of the Centre for Humanities Research, the Dept. of Political Studies and the Dept. of Philosophy, UWC invites you to a Reading Group …
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… Francisco de Almeida served as the viceroy to the Portuguese State of India from 1505 to 1509. Upon his … and Santa Cruz. In late February he dropped anchor…
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… The minister of (Black) education and training, Dr Ferdinand … beginning near Pretoria. Implementation would start at the beginning of 1981 for children…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… The government announces that its aim, is to provide all … as soon as possible. Teachers and scholars rejected the education provided because it was…
EventThemba Sono is expelled from SASO
… Themba Sono was forced to resign as president of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) before he was expelled from the organisation during the second…
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
… After the Goldstone Commission's first disclosure of the complicity of elements of the South African Defence Force (SADF) in violence in South …
EventMohandas K. Gandhi is arrested as he leads a march of Indian miners in South Africa
… in 1893, Mohandas Gandhi had first -hand experience of the discrimination faced by people of colour. His response to this was the establishment of the Natal…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen, in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar Province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
PlaceGazebo, Civic Square
… The elegant gazebo in the Civic Square was built in 1924. It was the home of a coach magnate, Doel Zeederberg, who established the first passenger stage…
Imijondolo
… Published in 1985, Imijondolo, (the isi Zulu word for a shack or informal housing), is Omar … book documents how radically different life in the settlement…
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… The South African prime minister, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, announced in a statement before the Supreme Court in Cape Town, that Dr. Kenneth Abrahams would be…
EventNelson Mandela is free
… 27 years. Accompanied by his then-wife Winnie, he left the Victor Verster prison (later renamed Drakenstein Correctional Centre) on the outskirts of Paarl…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
… The African National Congress will submit its protection … application to afford its staff, members, its assets and the public at large protection against a…
EventSouth African historian Charles van Onselen is born.
… Charles van Onselen was born on 14 August 1944, in the South African town of Boksburg, Gauteng (then Transvaal).[i] van Onselen has become one of the most…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.1 Oct-Dec 1958
… The Pattern of Betrayal. Cartoon, David Marias. An Open Letter to the United Nations, Paramount Chief of the Hereros. South West Africa and the United…
PlaceAlphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
… The Alphen Estate was granted to Theunis van Schalkwyk in … well designed front door, whose construction dates back to the mid-18th Century, although the…
PlaceGeorge Division
… The district of George was originally part of the district of Swellendam, and was proclaimed a separate district on 23 April 1811. Over the next 66 years…
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
… George Harrison and the history of Johannesburg are closely bound together: it … first found gold in 1886, a discovery that gave rise to the largest and most…
EventPrime Minister opens SA's first atomic reactor
… The former Prime Minister of South Africa and apartheid … at Pelindaba, about thirty kilometres West of Pretoria. The installation was not intended for the…
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… Curnick Ndlovu was the secretary of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a leader…
EventSA artist, Bongiwe Dhlomo, is born
… Certificate at Inanda Seminary. After working two years in the personnel department at the Tongaat Sugar Company, she studied printmaking at the Evangelical…
EventPolitical activist Molly Blackburn is born
… In 1981 she started her political career by winning the Provincial Council seat of Walmer, Port Elizabeth, for the Progressive Federal Party (PFP). A year…
EventP.W. Botha and Kenneth Kaunda in a historic meeting
… President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia met the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha, in a mobile home that had been set down in the middle of the African bush across South…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… On 6 January 1978, Donald James Woods, editor of the banned Daily Dispatch a newspaper based in East London … and Botswana. Woods was prosecuted seven times…
EventA Whites-only referendum in SWA gives a support on Black majority.
… overwhelming support for plans for Black majority rule in the country. Out of the total White population of 99,000, fifty-two thousand of them voted yes on…
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… Vallei, now known as Wellington. Retief grew up on the vineyard, Welvanpas, in what became the Cape Colony under British rule. At the age of 27 he left for…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… Walter Sisulu died at her Linden home, Johannesburg at the age of 92. Often referred to as the ‘Mother of the Nation’, she was a nurse and one of the most…
PlaceAliwal Shoal, a Rocky Reef Off; Kwa-Zulu Natal Coast Coast
… The Aliwal Shoal is a rocky Reef which is the remains of an ancient sand dune, approximately 5 kilometres off the Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… On 29 May 1994 the South African government signed an agreement establishing diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The diplomatic relations…