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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. …
EventMalan introduces Asiatic Bill
… Daniel F. Malan, the then minister of the Interior, announced the introduction of the Areas Reservation and Immigration and …
EventJustice Coetzee refuses to lift banishment on four Black newspapers
… In the Rand Supreme Court, Justice Coetzee, refused to lift the banning order on four Black newspapers, the Post Transvaal, Saturday Post, Sunday Post and…
ArchiveFinal Schlebusch report on NUSAS
… General circular from the president of the National Union of South African Students, speculating on the final report of the Schlebusch Commission of Enquiry…
PlaceMartello Tower, Simonstown
… The circular tower was erected in 1796 on the orders of James Craig to improve the defence system of Simonstown. It has been claimed that …
EventDr Ernst Gideon Malherbe, SA educationist, is born in Luckhoff, OFS.
… was born on 8 November 1895 at Luckhoff. He studied at the Stellenbosch University and the University of Columbia and was a founding member of the National…