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EventEarthquake shakes up Tulbagh
… At about 10:04pm on 29 September 1969, the Boland farming towns of Tulbagh, Wolseley and Ceres experienced the most destructive earthquake in South African…
Hlaudi manifesto gives Jimi Matthews and his SABC comrades no option but to vote #Hlexit by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail & Guardian), 27 June 2016
… The group’s acting CEO is gone and one of its most popular DJs has just said bye Felicia. But what … where comrade journalists whisper conspiratorially…
PlaceSt. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
… about 14 km from Central Pinetown, on land owned by the Roman Catholic diocese of Mariannhill and individual African Plot Holders. The Wendolins Area was…
PlaceRaadsaal, 95 St George’s Street, Bloemfontein
… The first Raadsaal is probably the most important Historical Building in the Free State, … left standing in Bloemfontein . It is an extension of the National…
EventExpress train derails in Ethiopia, killing an estimated 400 people
… Ababa, derailed when it reached a curve 125 miles east of the capital. . It was suspected that the train engineer failed to reduce speed at reaching the ……
Document 17 - Letter from E. R. Roux to W.G. Ballinger, 19 March 1929
… 1929 Dear Ballinger, Thanks very much for your letter and the report on Kadalie' resignation. I do not think you have seriously altered the main conclusions…
Document 3 - National Anti-CAD Conference Agenda, Oddfellows Hall, Hope Street, Cape Town, Saturday, 29 May [1943]
… SESSION: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Registration of Delegates. 3 p.m. Opening Remarks by the Chairman,Dr.G.H.Gool. Address: Mr. E C. Roberts: "WHAT THE…
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… to impose a working structure on a proposed new series of images which would take the photographer right across the country, David Goldblatt bought a Global…
PlacePaternoster, West Coast
… "Think of Fishermen and Fishing Boats, hardy Fynbos growing on whites Dunes, and of Bokkoms (dried Fish), drying in the wind. Paternoster, one of the Oldest…
PlaceLusikisiki near Port St. John's
… Lying on Route 61, just inland from the beautiful coastal villages of Port St Johns and Mbotyi, Lusikisiki is wild. The countryside is rugged, remote and…
David Goldblatt: oblique apartheid look by Kenneth Baker, 5 December 2012
… David Goldblatt, Ernest Cole, Billy Monk," which opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art last weekend, will induce simmering discomfort … history…
PlaceFort Klapperkop
… This was the third fort erected by the German firm Krupp and designed by von Dewitz and Werner. The German forts were of the pentagonal reinforced type,…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… Peter Matseke was born in 1878 in Pretoria. When the Anglo-Boer War broke out, he was drafted as driver for … experience, he learnt to speak Dutch as well as…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… Louis Botha and Hertzog's South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House Assembly forming the first government of the Union …
EventReport on ANC detention camps is released
… The African National Congress (ANC) released a report by an internal commission of inquiry (the Skweyiya Commission), appointed to investigate detainee ……
Message from President Jacob Zuma
… Comrade, friends, fellow South Africans, The ANC centenary represents a milestone achievement not only for the ANC, but for all liberation movements in the…
PlaceCape Floral Areas, Western Province
… Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, the property is located at the South-Western extremity of South Africa. It measures nearly 90,000 square…
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… facts against a former fellow student-leader charged under the Terrorism Act. At the time Mazwai was a journalist with the Sowetan. In the … Party government…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… Joe Slovo, the communist intellectual widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's national reconciliation, … Joe Slovo Hero File ,…
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… born in Springs on 12 November. He spent his childhood in the village of Peelton, and later in King William's Town and East … Tshwete with his studies and…
PlaceMandela Capture Site, Howick in Kwa Zulu Natal
… "To see this sculpture of Mandela !" Visit the Capture Site between Nottingham Road and Howick in KwaZulu-Natal. In 2012, to mark the 50th anniversary of…
PlaceCamp’s Bay, Cape Town
… Camp's Bay is located some 9 km from Cape Town , on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles . Zwarte Maria Evert was the first owner … Camp's Bay is located some 9…
Editorial on taxation, in November 10, 1884 [Extract]
… [Extract] What the effect of muzzling a race of people, used to settling differences … not now care to enquire. We are concerned at present with the pointing…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the …
EventSt James Church massacre
… Azanian Peoples' Liberation Army (APLA - the armed wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress) operatives attack St. James …
PlaceSastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban
… This was the first Indian High School and Teachers Training College, … in October 1929. This double-storey Complex was founded by the Honourable V.S…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
… about Stephen Biko’s death. Forty years later, he recalls the shock and grief he felt that day, and how the Black Consciousness Movement leader helped to…
PlaceCape Agulhas, Western Cape
… Cape Agulhas is some 32 km South of Bredarsdorp. The name is Portuguese for 'needle' and is said to have been given because the compass needle was seen to…
Citizenship and Justice: rethinking Political Theory and Political Philosophy
… A project of the Centre for Humanities Research, the Dept. of Political Studies and the Dept. of Philosophy, UWC invites …
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… Bridge across the Second Creek, East London, West of Buffalo Harbour. Named in honour of Balthazar John Vorster, 1915-1983. Former Prime Minister of the…