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PlaceOld Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth
… complex on erf 3787 was declared a National Monument on 26 October 1984 and is now a Grade 2 structure. The oldest …
Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
The world's oldest stone tools have been discovered, scientists report. The tools includes sharp-edged flakes, hammers and anvils Image source They were…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South Africa, on the authority of the National Action…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… and the centenarians of Soweto, over 80 years old - 26 543 people. Orlando, is a Township in the urban Area of …
ArchiveThe defiance campaign
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1952 the ANC decided that we are going to organize a Defiance Campaign…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… the People , held in Kliptown near Johannesburg, from 25-26 June 1955. The administrative groundwork of the … only played a limited role in the actual…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… Women Songwriters on Their Craft, Thunder’s Mouth Press, 26 October. Makeba, M. interview with Bordowitz, H., (2004). … Women Songwriters on Their Craft,…
EventFrance's war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… France in any way. A peace treaty was signed in Tangier on 10 September 1844 and came to be known as the Treaty of …
They will answer to God - Ahmed Timol’s brother, News24 in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… it will resume between July 24 and August 4, and August 10 and 11. …
Luthuli House to be auctioned over R25m debt?, 20 August 2017
… and agreed upon between Fraser and Jacobs on or about 10 October, 2013. “In accordance with the agreement and the … to the ANC on May 30, 2014.” The law firm…
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
… initial registration fee of ten shillings and six pence (10/6) payable by each affiliating organisation for the first … Convention, and shall present a…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Legislatures and Governance, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… representatives as well as public servants, is needed. 10. People who work in Government have made a choice that … might be an indication of the need for…
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… Citizenship Act or National States Citizenship Act No. 26 of 1970, black people were declared aliens in urban areas, … this type of society in his…
Chapter 4 - THE PARTY AND THE “SOLDIERS OF LUTHULI”
… person. For the elections to the nine CC positions, 26 nominations were received, and with Kotane and Marks … With the 1971 annual allocation from the CPSU…
In the name of art - A reflection on fine art
… ' organized by UDF affiliates. Illustrations 7, 8, 9 and 10 (photographs by Cecil Sols): People's Parks or Peace Parks … (University of South Africa)…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… Act (30 of 1950) (Government Gazette Extraordinary 26 May 1967). South Africans were thus defined as ‘White’, …
PlaceZandspruit, Johannesburg
Twenty-five years ago, the informal settlement was once a piece of land with a few houses scattered around. Today over 30 000 people call Zandspruit home! …
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… by intimidating them and deliberately targeting the ICU. [10] After he was evicted, Jingoes turned his attention to the … where municipal offices and the…
PlaceHumansdorp
… 16 km from Jeffreys Bay , 20 km from St Francis Bay and 26 km from Cape St Francis. There are Hiking trails and …
PlaceWelkom
… km long storm front and had a width of up to 1.7 km. On 26 September 1990, Welkom experienced a seismic event with a …
PlaceQuanza Shipwreck, East London
… of 942 tons which went ashore at East London , on Sunday, 26 May 1872 at 5am. She struck the rocks, just East of the … of 942 tons which went ashore at East…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 3 - Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s by Albert Grundlingh
… found themselves in the following occupations in 1939 - manual labourer, mine worker, railway worker, … Charlie Harris, was shot by an outraged Afrikaner in…
PlaceIrma Stern Museum
… The beloved Irma Stern Museum shut its doors today (2025-10-31) after operating for more than half a century.... but … The beloved Irma Stern Museum shut its…
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… - Chapter 9 A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief - Chapter 10 A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief - Chapter 11 A Working …
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… thrombosis, and both his legs were amputated by 1938. On 10 August 1940, he died and was buried in the hills of …
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… they were eventually cornered and 13 of the mercenaries, 10 British and three Americans were captured. After a trial, …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… transition in the country. Zephania Mothopeng was born on 10 September 1913 in the Free State in the district of Vrede. …
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… 20 April 2010] Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Day 1-10 June 1996 (Victim: Father Michael Lapsley), (online), …
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… busiest port in Africa, The harbour is ranked in the top 10 in the world in terms of size and volume. Settled by the …
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… leaders. He was born near Oudtshoorn in the Karoo on 10 August 1783. The Voortrekkers (Afrikaans and Dutch for …