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Theft at Luthuli House, 12 October 2003
… In response to a number of media enquiries, the ANC wishes to clarify the following: 1. A person or persons gained access to the ANC`s national headquarters…
EventPolice found burnt body near KTC squatter camp, Cape Town
… On 2 June 1986, the South African police services found the burnt body of a man near the KTC squatter camp in Nyanga East. A Police spokesman …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.4 Jul-Sept 1960
… Contents: Sunshine and Sharpeville. Cartoon, David Marais. The Nineteen Days, anon. correspondent. The Lion and the Cockrell, Michael Picardie. Cartoon, Gask…
PlaceRailway Station, Main Road, Wynberg
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 October 1981. The Wynberg Railway Company was established in 1861 to build … to Wynberg, which opened on 19 December…
PlaceHomestead on Totteridge Park Farm, District of Uitenhage
… The Historic Homestead of the Farm Totteridge Park, situate on Portion 55, a portion of Portion 10 of the Farm Zwartkops, River Wagensdrift 567, Municipality…
PlaceCuyler Manor, Uitenhage
… On the outskirts of Uitenhage is Cuyler Manor; a Historical … giant in Nelson Mandela Bay gently tucked away between the Swartkops River and the old road to…
PlacePolokwane Art Museum
… Town Clerk. Today there are over 1000 works displayed in the indoor collections, and the outdoor collection consists of many sculptures on … up of melted…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… At the height of the South African War 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War), General … Bothaville, South Africa by British forces. In 1899-1902, the South African War…
EventInternational Labour Organisation (ILO) suspends South Africa
… The governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) voted in favour … participation in its Annual General Conferences in Geneva. The resolution…
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was … Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo. The party was originally formed to advocated…
EventWinnie Mandela speaks out against Terrorism Act
… Winnie Mandela, wife of the then imprisoned African National Congress leader, Nelson … thirteen years of enforced silence with a strong attack on the country…
EventCelebration of Nigeria’s Day of Independence cancelled due to air disaster
… independence anniversary celebration was called off at the last minute by General Ibrahim Babangida's military … aircraft, in which over 160 military…
EventSA accepted back in international cricket
… The International Cricket Council (ICC) agreed to grant full membership to the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA), which would … South African…
EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… South Africa's largest labour federation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), held its third annual congress from 12-16 July 1989. The…
EventWinnie Mandela’s Soweto home reported burnt down
… The Sowetan reported that the Soweto home of Winnie Mandela, wife of an imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was ……
EventConstable Vlotman is given a R500 fine and a five year suspension sentence
… On 18 January 1987, Constable Vlotman a member of the South African Police Services (SAPS) who assaulted three … Vlotman had jumped out of a police Casspir…
EventDelmas Treason Trial starts
… The Delmas Treason Trial, up to that time the longest trial in the history of SA, started in Delmas, east of Pretoria. …
EventPatricia de Lille testifies at Schabir Shaik’s trial
… At the time, leader of the Independent Democrats, Patricia de Lille, finally took the stand at the Durban High Court to testify in the fraud …
EventMorgan Tsvangirai is cleared of Treason charges
… The Zimbabwean opposition leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, Morgan Tsvangirai, was … Charges against Tsvangirai were brought two weeks before the…
Roelf Meyer and Bantu Holomisa confer
… Roelf Meyer, former chief negotiator of the National Party during the multi-party peace negotiations, met with Bantu Holomisa, former leader of the Transkei…
EventLabour pioneer Samuel Long is arrested
… greatest working-class martyrs, was arrested after the defeat of Fordsburg during the Rand Revolt. Long was arrested for the murder of Alwyn Petrus Marais, a…
EventPieter Jacobs Marais reports discovery of gold
… Jacobs Marais reports his discovery of alluvial gold in the Jukskei River on B.J. Liebenberg's farm, Bultfontein, in 1853. The site was just north of the…
EventA teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington
… South Africa opened on 26 January 1896, in Wellington, in the Western Cape, South Africa. It was a settlement of the 1688 French Huguenot refugees and this…
EventWorld Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally
… first held in 1995.By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property…
East Cape Update
… a reliable index of in-depth information and analysis of the Eastern Cape region. This region had a rich history of democratic opposition to the white…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 1 and 2 Article: Editorial comment - Victory is Calling
… Comment VICTORY IS CALLING This December 16, 1983, marks the twentyaecond Anniversary of the founding of Umkhonto we Sizwe: Though the past twenty-two years…
PlaceBrandvlei, Karoo
… Abiekwakop is a Hillock 50 km North of Brandvlei, in the Kenhardt District. A Khoikhoi name derived for the bushes they used, to make digging apparatus. …
EventTwo ANC members convicted of terrorism training
… Two members of the African National Congress, Mr Mzimasi Isaac Giwu and Mr Sivuyile Botwe Qegu were convicted in the Supreme Court in Bisho for terrorism…
PlaceBrackenfell, Cape Town
… Walton. He was a Scottish immigrant, who then renamed the farm: 'Brackenfell', in honour of his homeland. In 1903 Walton sold the property to the- …
PlaceAll Saints Anglican Church, Durbanville
… The All Saints complex, which includes the original church and the old parsonage, as well as a church hall and a garden of …