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PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… The building, with its richly decorated gable, was completed in 1896 and is one of the last surviving structures of the old Transvaal railway …
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… As the Union Parliament prepares to assemble for its new session, the people of South Africa face the grim prospect of more fascist …
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… happening at my alma mater and employer for over 40 years, the University of Cape Town (UCT). Part of this endeavour involved exploring the history of…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… Counting began two days after the first ever democratic elections in South Africa. Nearly … in South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994. The voting…
EventDe Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa
… over virtually all diamond production in South Africa. The company was registered in Kimberley, and was the merger of the De Beers Mining Company and…
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
… it was found that no particular person could be blamed for the death of Steve Biko . The case was then submitted to the South African Medical and … African…
PlaceCity Hall and Francis Farewell Gardens, Durban
… 1975. Diagonally opposite - in West Street, corner of Gardiner Street - lies Durban's second National Monument from the colonial times. The Victorian…
PlaceSophiatown
… who named it after his wife; 'Sophia'. Subsequently, the Area became a Whites only Area. When a sewage dump was built next to the Area, White people did not…
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… The division of Oudtshoorn was originally part of the District of George, and was proclaimed a separate … The division of Oudtshoorn was originally part of…
PlaceAdderley Street, Cape Town
… The 'Herengracht Street' was Cape Town 's main street, running from the foreshore to the foot of Government Avenue . In 1850, its name was changed to … The…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 3 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The start of a bad time The treason trial was the start of a very bad …
Esau Mokhethi reburial speech by AZAPO President Cde. Koti Dikobo
… Letshelega, Prof. Masango, Rev. Raboroko and Rev. Vilakazi The family of Comrade Esau Tshehlo Mokhethi, Bataung, the Moeketsi family and all relatives. The…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… At approximately 11:00 PM, John Lennon was shot 4 times in the back as he entered his luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Lennon's…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… t was in 1996 that a court challenge led to the first government provision of a cheap basic water supply to the destitute. The person behind the challenge…
Thirty years ago by Raymond Suttner (extract from 'Inside Apartheid's Prison')
… ago on 12 June 1986 I was re-detained for 27 months. 18 of these were in solitary confinement due to my being the only white detainee. I had been released…
EventZimbabawean Independence Day
… day in 1980, Southern-Rhodesia gained independence from the British, taking the name Zimbabwe. The day marked the end of racial segregation after a…
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
… The Wonderboom Nature Reserve and is Home to a 1000 Year Old Fig Tree, or Ficus Salicifolia, known as the 'Wonderboom' [wonder tree]. Legend states that the…
PlaceWoodstock
… The Village of Papendorp lay some 2 km East of Cape Town , on the Main Road to Stellenbosch , later to become known as, … The village of Papendorp lay some…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… urban settlement or 'Township' in South Africa, South West of Johannesburg , with a population of approximately 1.3 Million (2008, Joburg archive). Soweto…
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… Two years after the first democratic election (1994) the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, signed the … Dugard, J. (2008). The New…
EventRaymond Dart completes work on Taung skull
… The skull, commonly called the Taung child , was found embedded in rock at a mine near Taung, a village 400 miles southwest of Johannesburg . When Raymond…
PlaceNewlands
… lodge, a formal garden and an oak plantation. It remained the property of the VOC, and over the years became a gracious residence for …
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a non-racial coalition group that was initially formed in protest to the Tricameral Parliament. It was one of the most…
PlaceRustenburg
… The Magaliesberg range of Mountains dominates the Landscape that is now known as the Northwest Province. … History is complex and rich in variety. The known…
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… Following the sudden resignation by Prime Minister B.J. Vorster, the National Party caucus elected Pieter Willem Botha, the Minister of Defence and leader of…
PlaceTree Garden, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… sandstone buildings that surprise with their grandeur - the 3rd Raadsaal (originally Government Building and today the National Afrikaans Literary Museum and…
PlaceRed Location Museum
… The Red Location Museum is situated within the Black Township of New Brighton , of Port Elizabeth (now called Gqeberha). … Displays of Apartheid History and…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… A visit to Matjiesfontein is like stepping straight into the Victorian era. Established in the late 1800s, this tiny railway town boasts beautifully ……
Extract from a speech made at Bethlehem on 2 September
… The Prime Minister described and analysed the political dispensation of the day in an exemplary fashion. It was his first public …
PlaceJoubertina
… Kareedouw, on Route 62 , Joubertina is a little town in the Eastern Cape that, until the establishment of the famous and very long wine route, suffered…