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PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 20 February 1981. This 16 Hectre Nature Reserve on the …
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
Emoyeni, the ‘Place in the Air’ in Nguni, is located on the highest point, of the highest ridge in Parktown, keeping its original name through the decades…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union …
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… Air Force headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria on May 20 1983 resulted in injury of civilians. The government …
EventPope John Paul II appoints 31 cardinals, three from Africa
… of escaping poverty and state intimidation. For more than 20 years, the Sudanese government did not given permission to …
EventThe Blue Bulls rugby team wins the South African Currie Cup at Loftus
… 1998 the Blue Bulls of Pretoria beat Western Province 24-20 at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria, to win the Currie Cup. The …
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… .za/Briefing_13/flashpoints/Manzimhlophe/flash_Manzimhlophe%20.htm http://www.ifp.org.za/Archive/Releases/310798pr.htm …
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… brigade refused to surrender. The brigade was relieved on 20 July after six days and five nights of ferocious fighting. …
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… Malaria. Sisulu, better known as Lungi, was born on 20 August 1966 in Moscow to Max Sisulu and Mercy Vuthela, two …
EventLord Charles Somerset arrives in the Cape as Governor
… against him by the farmers. Lord Charles Somerset died on 20 February 1831. …
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… Trade unionism in the Mother City at the turn of the 20 th century and Uncovers the struggles and tribulations of …
The Lessons of the Transition Era, Inequality and the Politics of Universal Health Care: Re-visiting the Proposals of the Macro-Economic Research Group (MERG) and the Reconstruction and Development Programme by Robert Van Niekerk
… it related to social policy in the transition era of the 1990’s, focused on the case of health care. It offers an …
EventThe South African Astronomical Observatory celebrates 200 years of its existence
… On 20 October 1820, the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope, … of instruments used in the Sutherland Observatory. On 20 October 2020, the SAAO will be…
EventRocklands Community Hall declared a heritage site
… On 20 August 2019, the 36th anniversary of the founding of the … Hall is significant as the birthplace of the UDF. On 20 August 1983, over 4000 people…
EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
… government. Joshua Nkomo's Patriotic Front-ZAPU won 20 seats, drawing support primarily from the Ndebele-speaking … won just three seats. Ian Smith's…
Photographer Juda Ngwenya was the face of Reuters in Africa and a special friend by Siphiwe Sibeko (Mail and Guardian), 25 Oct 2016
There is a saying that goes: “Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are.” I am what I am because I was inspired, motivated and mentored by Juda…
PlacePella
In the mid-1880s a huge Cathedral was built in the Bushmanland desert oasis of Pella by French Missionaries who at first had absolutely no idea what they were…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… Voorvaders and Dutch as De Wraak van het Voorgeslacht in 1990 and in 1999 respectively. Jordan also authored a …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… Africa, 200-1860 . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Hrbek, Ivan. (ed.). General History of Africa, III: …
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
Vryburg lies on the N14, due West of the Towns of Klerksdorp and Orkney - as in 'Orkney Snork Nie' (Orkney doesn't snore) the popular Afrikaans toilet humour…
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
… Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. …
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… a warning to those who wanted to take over from them [20] . It was through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission … Apartheid. Terrorism and Political…
PlaceCape Peninsula University of Technology
… the institution opened its doors to all races in 1987. The 1990’s also ushered in more changes for the institution, … regulation lifted on the quota for…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… August 1988, and that Namibia became independent in March 1990, even before the Cuban troop exodus from Angola. What … Angola: The Final South African Phase …
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Bookmarked by Dan Cameron in Art Forum as “what may turn out to be the most important exhibition of the 1990s”, the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, which opened on…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in Sophiatown in particular. It was here that the most important…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… a radical change in government policy on February 2 1990. With the unbanning of the African National Congress …
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade affecting West Africa, Central and East Africa. On the Southern African…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… and not efficiently expanding electricity production. [20] When Collin Matjila was appointed as ESKOM CEO in 2014, … and Godinho, “The Case of State Capture”…
EventNasty C, the South African hip hop artist and song writer is born
… (20 June 2016). ↵ [iii] Introducing… Nasty C!, … (20 June 2016). …