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ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm, on Sunday 25th July, while the congregation of 1400 listened to a hymn of worship, a group of gunmen burst into the church and…
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… 1900 Lord Kitchener succeeded him as Commander-in-Chief of the British forces during the second Anglo Boer War (1989-1902). He received the local … Cloete, P…
Voters may act if ANC fails to uproot patronage by Steven Friedman (BDlive), 10 August 2016
… EITHER city voters will get the ANC leadership they want by 2019, or the party may well no longer govern the country on its own. … news, views and analysis…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… The measurement of any collective is not when the executive tasks in the normal course of organisational work, but when leadership is confronted …
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… The Village of Colesberg was founded in 1830 on the site of an abandoned station of the London Missionary Society, and …
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
… COSATU SPECIAL EXCO PRESS STATEMENT ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS. The COSATU Executive Committee met in a special session … in the constitution. 3. There…
PlaceVoortrekker Girl
… This charming figure which stands in front of the Oranje Girls High School was sculpted by Laurika Postma. The positive influence of aesthetically pleasing…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… What makes this strike noteworthy is that it was possibly the first major example of workers, after 1994, striking not just outside of the auspices of their…
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… in Table Bay. Its name was first recorded in Dutch records of 1661, and probably refers to a defensive chain which stretched across the Bay and was probably…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… Thursday sees Trafalgar High School, located at the foot of District Six, marking 100 years of existence and according to school principal, Nadeem Hendricks,…
PlaceSouth African Library, Cape Town
… The National Library of South Africa, as we know it today, was formed on 1 November 1999 as a result of the amalgamation of the two former National libraries…
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
… Named after Jonas Bergtheil, this museum is situated in the leafy suburb of Westville, almost midway between Durban and Pinetown. The museum is housed in…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… see photos !U's story Part 1: Our home is the Kalahari. We are the !Kung of Nyae Nyae. The Kalahari is a very big desert which takes …
PlaceGrey Street now Yusuf Dadoo Street, Durban-City Centre
… Not too many people are aware that Durban has the largest concentration of Indian people outside of India! Originally brought in during the 1860’s by the…
Address On World Aids Day, 1 December 1999
… People of South Africa, Today we mark World AIDS Day. As South Africans, we participate in the World AIDS Day events as part of our ongoing support for the…
PlaceBo-Kaap Museum
… Situated at the foot of Signal Hill, on the fringe of the city centre, and formerly known as the Malay Quarter , … https://www.capetown.travel/getting-to…
EventNP Natal Congress agrees to multiracial membership
… With the wind of change powerfully blowing in South Africa, the National Party under the leadership of young but politically experienced F.W de Klerk, called…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… Key facts and history of Burkina Faso from the 2015 elections and coup attempt to … outlook and lack of resources have largely kept it out of the eye of…
PlaceStendahl Mission
… is said to have existed for about 124 years. A Minister of the Berlin Mission Society, Gueldenpfennig, acquired the mission land in 1860. By 1924 the land…
PlaceGeneral Smuts House Museum, Doornkloof
… Smuts for over 40 years, Doornkloof in Irene, Southeast of Pretoria, is a unique museum that reveals much about the life and the spirit of this great…
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… The dwelling is a low single-storey structure with few architectural features of note. However it was spacious and well built, and remains in its original…
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… As the town of Cape Town grew in size and sophistication, so then its … committee began to require a meeting place to discuss the affairs of the Burgher…
PlaceGreen Point
… The area about Green Point was initially used by the Dutch as a cattle grazing station. After the British … horse races on its common, and the area developed…
Message sent to Canon Collins by ALbert Luthuli, 1 March 1956
… Canon Collins. I have just been making a tape-recording of a message that I am sending to your Group. I was told by a … message. I have quite a little…
EventGideon Nieuwoudt dies
… apartheid-era security police colonel, who was involved in the murder of several political activists in the Eastern Cape, died in Port Elizabeth after a…
PlaceRotunda, Bay Hotel- Camps Bay
… The Victorian Rotunda, a landmark in Camps Bay, is a beautiful, geometrical domed building, was the epitome of high society in Cape Town at the turn of the…
ArchivePreface by Denis Goldberg
… to write about myself despite being asked to write down the stories I tell when I am given the least excuse to do so. I have always wanted to speak ……
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… linguist, educationist and teacher who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana National Language Committee…
#JimiMatthews decision praised by Chelsea Geach (News), 28 Jun 2016
… Cape Twon - The suddent resignation of SABC acting chief executive Jimi Matthews has been hailed by groups across the country as a move of integrity amidst…
PlaceNamaqua Coastal Route
… The Northern Cape is South Africa's largest province and a must-see destination, whether you prefer the ocean, the desert, the bush or quirky towns rich in ……