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PlaceSalt River
… The exact date when the Village of Salt River was established is not known but in … overlooked a Fjord over the River and to have consisted of an Inn and…
PlaceFraserburg
… The division of Fraserburg was originally part of the district of Worcester and was proclaimed a separate …
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
… Representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain sign a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… The appointment of Lord Roberts as Supreme Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of … Giliomee, H and Mbenga, B. (eds) (2007)…
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
… The double-storey building which, together with the adjacent St George's Cathedral, was designed by Herbert … designed in an Edwardian style, was erected by…
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk rings in cabinet changes
… In what was widely regarded as move to prepare the ground for the country's first multiracial elections, President F.W. de … in size and for the first time…
PlacePageview
… Fietas (as the place was popularly known) is one of the oldest communities in the Western suburbs of …
EventBram Fischer born today
… 1908. This man, from staunch Afrikaans descent (he was the eldest son of Percy Ulrich Fischer, Judge President of the Orange Free State, and a grandson of…
PlaceAloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
… Railway Station between Swartkops and Coega, 16 km North of Port Elizabeth on route to Alicedale. Takes its name from the genus of plants with succulent…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Roanne Moodley
… Dear Student Movements of 1976, (Dear ex-student behind the movement, who made … while June 16 remains a beacon in our past) I wonder about the differences…
Letter to Farzanah
… Omar Badsha's first book of photographs, Letter to Farzanah was published in 1979 in commemoration of the United Nations declared International Year of the…
PlaceOppenheimer Gardens, Kimberley
… The Diggers’ Memorial is one of the monuments that constitute part of this heritage, contributing to it in an important way. It …
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… Christian Smuts started his first term as prime minister of the Union of South Africa after the death of General Louis Botha on 27 August 1919. Smuts was ……
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… After a three day meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC), the meeting adopted a … Fraser, R (1992). Keesing…
EventHarms releases his report
… The one-man Harms commission released its report on its investigations in the activities of South African Defence Force Army and South African Police ……
EventNUSAS disbands
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) elected to disband on this day. Founded in 1924, the aim of the organisation was to represent and…
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for … Southern African Political…
PlaceAlbany, Eastern Cape
… The Region was established on 7 January 1814 by Sir John Craddock, In 1811, he was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony and commander of the forces on that…
EventPolice open fire, killing 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana
… left wounded while more than 250 people were arrested. The protesting miners were demanding a wage increase at the Lonmin platinum mine. This was the biggest…
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… The South African prime minister, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, announced in a statement before the Supreme Court in Cape Town, that Dr. Kenneth Abrahams … by South…
ArchiveBlack consciousness: a reactionary tendency
… article is a reprint, and first appeared in June 1976 in The Educational Journal of March-May issue. The author provides the reader with a very detailed ……
PlaceSt Margaret’s House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… St Margaret's was built in 1905 and is not visible from the road, but what a pleasure it is to walk up the driveway through what must be one of the most…
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… The government of South Africa disputed compensation claims from the government of Botswana for damages caused by the July 1985 South African … R25 000 - m",…
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… On 20 June 1990 Nelson Mandela was greeted the way New York welcomes its heroes – with mounds of security and miles of tickertape. According to reports, the…
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… Former South African minister of law and order, Adriaan Johannes Vlok, was born in Sutherland, Cape Province. He started his career in the department of…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
… From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Bonner, Philip. African Urbanisation on…
PlaceClifton and Camps Bay Beaches, Cape Town
… Hidden from the visibility of the Coastal Road and vicinity of the wind, Clifton is a secluded collection of four Beaches … Hidden from the visibility of the…
PlaceOld Morley
… In 1828 the Wesleyan Missionary Society established a station at … it was attacked and burnt down by amaMfengu warriors. The name amaMfengu means “wanderers”…
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
… ornate fretted timber details. Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of the railway from Port Elizabeth, it is reputed …