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EventCOSATU headquarters Johannesburg is sabotaged
… Since its formation in 1985, Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) was viewed as a threat by the government. COSATU officials and members were…
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. In evidence furnished before the Amnesty Commission of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, policemen Eric … M. (ed) (1998)…
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… Fort Wiltshire was erected by the British military during the frontier war of 1818-19, and was named in honour of Lt-Col Thomas …
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… in Cosatu backing expelled metalworkers union Numsa and the ousted general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi believed that, … secured a vote by secret ballot on…
PlaceRiversdale, Western Cape
… In August 1838 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) at Swellendam established a new Parish on the Farm 'Doornkraal', on the banks of the Vet River, near the…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… The Nobel Peace Prize is considered by many to be a symbol of international recognition over the prize winners struggle to create a more peaceful world. … W…
National Arts Festival 2017
… The National Arts Festival is an important event on the South African cultural calendar, and the biggest annual celebration of the arts on the African…
Cosatu march: For Who, for What? by Simelane and Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 8 October 2015
… morning, only a few people in union T-shirts sat in the shade in Johannesburg's Mary Fitzgerald Square, the listed starting point in the city for Cosatu's…
PlaceTokai Arboretum, Tokai Forest
… The Arboretum was laid out in 1885 by Joseph Storr Lister, Conservator of Forests of the Western Conservancy of the Cape Colony, thus marking the …
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… The Township of Imizamo Yethu is situated in the picturesque seaside Suburb of Hout Bay in Cape Town . Hout Bay is like a microcosm of … The Township of…
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… DEADLINE: 14 MAY 2017 The African continent is rapidly urbanizing. If this point is agreed upon by a wide variety of actors—from media, to governments, UN…
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
… The simple brick structure and its adjacent chimney contained the boiler and blower house of a blast furnace and formed part of the iron works …
Chapter 5. A Rebel’s Daughter - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Hester Cornelius (Translated from the Afrikaans) I was born and brought up in the Lichtenburg District, Transvaal. Both my father and my … My mother, as a…
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… Cynthia Lindenberg Letty was born in Standerton, in the old Transvaal Province in 1895. She was the eldest of five children. At the outbreak of the South…
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… 1. Introduction - The Launch of the Manifesto 1.1 It is with great pleasure that I stand … today during this important phase in the democratisation of South…
EventAll African People Conference is held in Accra, Ghana
… A year after Ghana gained Independence from Britain under the presidency of Kwame Nkrumah the All African People Conference was held in the capital … Mazrui,…
PlaceWaverly Road Memorial, Durban South
… The South African War Memorial was unveiled on May 24, 1910, at 360 University Avenue, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Boer War . It was…
EventAt least 100 people drown in a flood at Laingsburg
… On 25 January 1981, Laingsburg in the Western Cape was devastated by a severe flood. The hard rains immersed the whole town in water, only the roofs of the…
Zastron
… Zastron lies at the foot of the Aasvoelberg which is the highest peak in the Free State … or approx. 7240 imperial feet). Close to the border of that…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… A Township 13 kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg . The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. Sometimes thought … of Great Britain; also…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… following French colonization, Ivory Coast came under the leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Known as the father of independence, he had formed the first …
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… Livingston was a renowned explorer, doctor and missionary. Of course, he is most remembered for his exploits as an explorer. In 1858 the British government…
PlaceWits Art Museum
… Situated on the ground floor of University Corner in the heart of Braamfontein, The Wits Art Museum is one of …
Treasurer General`s PBF Breakfast and Networking, 24 March 2009
… Durban- the Treasurer General of the ANC, Dr Mathews Phosa was the keynote speaker at a PBF … Treasurer General spoke about the Road Ahead and the plans of…
PlaceVredenhof Organic Farm, Somerset West
… year seafarers sought a trade route to link Europe and the East in order to cut out the Arab middlemen who controlled the land routes. Vasco da Gama, sent by…
PlaceElim
… The charming little village known as Elim, is dominated by … fishermen’s cottages and fig trees. This town is one of the few surviving South African mission…
PlaceFreedom Park
… The site of Freedom Park was carefully chosen, a 52 hectare undeveloped hill overlooking the city of Pretoria. It was here that the nation’s heroes would be …
PlaceLebowa
… During the apartheid period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho people. It became a …
PlaceOpera House, Port Elizabeth
… designed in a late Renaissance style based broadly upon the Doric order, was erected in 1891 under the direction of GW Smith, a prominent Port Elizabeth…
PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Railway Siding 16 km west of Greytown, on the route to Kranskop. It was named in honour of Wilhelm Ahrens, Principal from 1880 to 1906 of the School at…