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… The school was founded in 1897 and is the oldest surviving school in Pretoria. The original portion of the building was probably designed by …

… in Australia, where he joined a religious community, The Society of the Sacred Mission. This organisation transferred him to … politics as he felt it was his duty to speak out against the injustices of the Apartheid regime. In 1976,  the …

… upmarket suburb in Bloemfontein - regarded as one of the safest suburbs in the country!  It is an excellent place to raise one’s family. It is one of the most popular northern suburbs of Bloemfontein and is …

… 'We Organize and Educate': Cultural Intellectuals within the Labour Movement, Moses Ngoasheng; Mi Hlatshwayo: Culture and Organization in the Labour Movement, A.W. Oliphant; The Living Wage Group, The Living Wage Group; The K-Team and …

… The African National Congress regrets to announce the untimely and sudden death of Seretse Choabi in London on … in Alexandra, and completed his Junior High certificate at the Kilnerton Institute in Pretoria. He completed his matric …

… The district of Graaff-Reinet was constituted on 26 August … boundaries were proclaimed on 17 July 1786. However, over the next century these underwent extensive alteration, and by the 1880's they bore no relationship to the original lines of …

… who became a politician. In 1958, he became a member of the National Party (NP) and was the mayor of Randfontein. Ten years later he became the minister of Information and it was presumed that he would …

… The Nederduits Gereformeerde congregation of Zoutpansberg was … initiated plans for a new church and on 18 October 1872 the structure was consecrated and served as a church until … It was then converted to a shop and warehouse. In 1981 the then Pietersburg City Council decided to restore the …

… The Rand Supreme Court sentences Jerry Richardson to death for the murder 14-year-old Stompie Seipei. Stompie Seipei was a child activist and member of the infamous Mandela Football Club established by Winnie … Reporter. (1990). Court to decide the fate of Stompie's killer, The Daily Mail , pg 2.| Braid, …

… and his friend, Claire Silberbauer, were murdered on the old Vereeniging road, near Eikenhof, south of … by Judge David Curlewis after they had been identified as the culprits during an identification parade and had made confessions of guilt to a police officer. The accused later pleaded their innocence and insisted that …

… This Act was an amendment to Section 17, the ninety-day detention law. This meant that any … officer was empowered to detain, without warrant and for the purposes of interrogation, anyone suspected of a … and denied access to a lawyer or recourse to law through the courts. On expiry of that period the security forces …

… Humphrey Mbuyiseni Khoza is the former CEO of Uthingo Management, the first company awarded the bid to operate the South African National Lottery. Born …

… On 11 January, 1903 Alan Steward Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal … Maritzburg College in 1918; he went further to study at the University of Natal, where he graduated with distinction … who was followed by Jonathan in 1936. In 1930 Paton joined the South African Institute of Race Relations. Paton wrote …

… in astronomy from about 1816. Herschel's father was the famous astronomer Frederick William Herschel, the discoverer of the planet Uranus.From 1816 Herschel began a collaboration …

… strength and longevity of life, both for your sake and for the sake of the successful prosecution of our struggle for freedom, I wish to say that we are under no illusions as to what the attainment of freedom would cost us in pain and suffering …

… On 18 March 1977, Marien Ngouabi, the military President of the Republic of the Congo was assassinated.  Ngouabi, who started his career … Aglobalworld, ' Republic of Congo Commemorates the Life of President Marien Ngouabi ( Marien Ngouabi Day) ', …

… sufficient in terms of its arms manufacturing capability, the Apartheid regime relied heavily on imported components for its war effort. This came to light on the 2 April 1984 when four South Africans and three British … are vital components of modern radar systems, while the gas cylinders have utility in a potential nuclear …

… Cato Manor, a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after Durban’s first mayor, George Christopher Cato. The area has a remarkably rich history of culture and politics. In the 1950s, the area had become a political hotbed, with Chief …

… When Lourens Geldenhuys was 14, his father moved them to the gold reef, where their farm began searching for gold, this became the Geldenhys Estate! Lourens and his brothers bought Braamfontein, where they hoped to find the 'Clifton Reef'. When this idea came to nothing, the …

… front. Greenmarket Square probably developed early on when the VoC brought vegetables from its adjoining garden to this … carts turning it into a picturesque vegetable market. As the city grew and the residential area about the market gained in substance, so …

… The Hout Bay Museum is situated right next to the Hout Bay Tourist Office just off Main Road behind the Shell Garage. Just like the town, the cottage style …

… On 28 June 2002 the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) tabled a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Development and Labour Council … SANAC., (2012), ' SANAC - The National Strategic Plan (NSP) 2012-2016 in a nutshell ', …

… The ANC’s iconic Shell House in downtown Johannesburg, where Nelson Mandela planned the Democratic takeover of the South African Government, has been sold to Union …

… With the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (or South African War) imminent, … of Black men and women were left stranded in Johannesburg. The mines had been closed by their owners and the miners paid … Brink, E. (1999). 1899: The Long March Home: a little-known incident in the …

… born in Witbank, South Africa. Masekela grew up playing the piano and at a young age was introduced to the trumpet by Father Trevor Huddleston. Masekela mastered the trumpet and went on to play in South Africa's first youth … The African music encylopedia," Hugh Masekela "From: The …

… 2017, Welile James Nkohla, also known as ‘Bomza’, died at the age of 71 years of age in Livingstone Hospital in Port … 22 February 1946. He started playing provincial rugby at the age of 21 years old.  In 1968, he was the Captain for the African Springbok Rugby playing against …

… died – he was a scientist, physician and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town. Fleming was born on 27 March 1905 in Port Elizabeth, situated in the Cape Colony (now known as Eastern Cape). He was one of …

… During the Second Conference of Independent African States held in … calling for sanctions against South Africa was passed. The Conference called upon its members to cut diplomatic … or refrain from establishing diplomatic relations, as the case may be, to close African ports to all vessels flying …

… Victorian and Georgian features was erected shortly after the turn of the 20th Century. It consists of five dwellings in Donkin Street, facing on to the Donkin Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two at …

… activist Marius Schoon (Jeannette's husband) was the target of the bombing because of his prior involvement in … moved to Angola because they thought it would be safer. The letter was delivered by Craig Williamson, a spy for the … Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human …