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… The oldest medical school in South Africa, offer a variety of … educational, training and academic career options within the context of health care and research - from clinical and public health to health and rehabilitation sciences. The Groote Schuur Medical campus is positioned between Main …

… On 20 June 1990 Nelson Mandela was greeted the way New York welcomes its heroes – with mounds of security and miles of tickertape. According to reports, the security for Mandela included 12 000 city police … sawhorse barricades. Mandela, who was deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC) at the time, was received …

…   St. Saviours Church is at the Corner of Bowwood and Main Roads in Claremont, Cape Town, … present Site since 1854 and has immense Historical value. The nucleus of this neo-Gothic church was designed and erected by Sophia Gray in 1850. The bell tower, the two bays for the nave, and the north-west …

… Freshford House Museum is one of the few houses of the upper middle class of the Edwardian Period that still exists in Bloemfontein. The …

… Doringbaai is a picturesque little Town on the Cape West Coast near Strandfontein and Langebaan, about … km West of Cape Town. You can get to Doringbaai next to the N7, after which you travel for a while along the Olifants River, past Towns with beautiful names like …

… The Sivewright Bridge, in Station Street. Is a National … Bridge With Arches. This place was first known by the by the San People as; ' Nqarhu '. When however the Colonialists …

… on this date to elect segregated local authorities. For the first time elections for all areas, except homelands, were held on the same day. This meant that Black and White would be voting on the same day, although in different elections. By this the …

… publicity secretary Murphy Morobe in a pre-dawn raid on the home of Judge Dayalin Chetty in Port Elizabeth. The two men had been on the run from the police for more than a year. The following …

… The eldest person in South Africa and allegedly eldest in the world, Granny Moloko Temo, of Mogodi Village between … her 130 th birthday with her community and well wishers. The celebration was attended by prominent people from the … Gallagher, C, (2005), Is Moloko the world's oldest person? , From Independent Online SA …

… National Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. The day was previously known as Shaka Day, and was celebrated … Heritage Day in 2004 when a compromise was reached between the new government and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). On …

… gained its independence from Britain with Jomo Kenyatta as the country’s first Prime Minister. The Union Jack was replaced by the black, red and green flag of the new nation. This … The New York Times," Kenya Gains Independence ",From: The New York Times,Available at: learning.blogs.nytimes.com …

… Joe Slovo , the former South African Communist Party (SACP) and African … was born in Lithuania. From 1950s Slovo became a victim of the government repressive legislations. In 1954 he was banned under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1951. However, Slovo and …

… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was formed … an Inaugural Conference held on 4 and 5 March 1955 in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg. SACTU was the leading non-racial trade union co-coordinating body, and …

… The African National Congress (ANC) condemns in the strongest terms the hijacking last night (Tuesday, 24 November 2009) of one …

… On 30 April 1991, the head of the Lesotho military, Maj.Gen Justin Lekhanya was ousted by rebel junior officers. The reasons for this coup was a long standing dissatisfaction …

… A Township 13 kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg . The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. … of Great Britain; also said to be named after Alexandra, the daughter of EH Papenfus, Township secratary and owner of the Ground, it was laid out on. It was the only Place where …

… Verney Lovett Cameron entered the British navy in 1857, taking part in the Abyssinian campaign of 1868 and in the suppression of the East African slave trade. In 1872 the …

… I could speak about all the things that you already know about Robert: That he was a brilliant man, that his was the biggest contribution to Cape slave history research by a … there is not a history book about Cape slavery written in the past four decades that does not have the name Shell in …

… Back in 1802, the establishment of a Missionary Village on a deserted farm near Algoa Bay, now Port Elizabeth, became a thorn in the side of the colonial authorities. Established for a group of about …

… Although Tinashe Nengomasha had been in the Zimbabwean under 20 National team, he was basically … Kaizer Chiefs as a midfielder, a position that earned him the nickname ‘The General’. He is seen as Chiefs’ best player during the …

… The African National Congress (ANC) Consultative Conference, which was held in Johannesburg following the Organisation's unbanning, came to conclusion. It was the first party conference held within South Africa in … Meer, F., (Ed)(1993),  The Codesa file . Durban: Madiba Publishers, p. 288.|South …

… activist and Nobel laureate Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, the first Black archbishop of Cape Town rose to fame in the 1980’s. After the1976 Soweto Uprising, Tutu supported an economic boycott of South Africa. The boycott became successful as disinvestments took place …

… On 24 January 1979, the Minister of Information, Connie Mulder , resigns his seat in Parliament at the insistence of the Prime Minister P. W. Botha as a result of his involvement …

… The Prime Minister, Balthazar Johannes Vorster announced in the House of Assembly in Cape Town that South African … a pilot plant for this process was under construction by the South African Atomic Board (AEB). Vorster described the … A. ‘Can Uranium Enrichment Enrich South Africa?’ , in The World Today Vol. 26, No. 10 (October 1970), pp. 419-427 | …

… Henry Okah was the leader of a terrorist group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). …

… The Abyssinian fortress of Dessie, located between Addis … divisions. This event happened in 1941 two years after the outbreak of the World War II . The War broke out in September 1939 and …

… Contents: Revolution is Now. Cartoon, David Marais. On the Boycott, Julius Nyerere. Durban Explodes, Myrna Blumberg. The African in Industry, Brian Bunting. The African on the Farm, Ben Turok M.P.C. The new Serfdom, …

… During the height of the Mau Mau Uprising , Sir Evelyn Baring, colonial governor of Kenya , introduced the death penalty for anyone who organised the taking of the …

… his forces had killed over 230 South African troops in the course of the offensive and had destroyed large numbers of vehicles, the South African Defence Force (SADF) responded by claiming …

… in Albania and at a young age felt compelled to care for the sick and poor. When she was eighteen years old, she left home and joined the Loreto sisters, an Irish community of nuns, working in … India. After teaching at St. Mary's High School, she left the mission to work in the slums of Calcutta. In 1950, she …