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EventA South African spy is released from jail
… her arrival, she was greeted by President F.W. de Klerk. The release apparently came after a formal request by the African National Congress (ANC) and…
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… Sharia law refers to a body of Islamic religious laws and deals with aspects of everyday … sexuality and hygiene. Since 1999, 12 states across the mainly…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… The Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement was founded … in Northern KwaZulu. Inkatha emerged, along with the Black Consciousness Movement, to fill…
EventAdam Tas is arrested
… Magistrate Starrenburg arrested Adam Tas because of the role he played in drawing up a petition for the Cape burghers against the incumbent Governor W. A…
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… Anglo-Boer War 2 (also called South African War) between the two former Boer Republics (the South African Republic and the Orange Free State … dire…
No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
… Steve Biko was the number forty sixth person to die in security police detention in South Africa. And for the first time, the inquest revealed full and…
PlaceMagwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns
… The Magwa Waterfall lies in the middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation , South … "The Magwa Waterfall is pretty impressive!" It is one of few…
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… The Cenotaph on Du Toitspan Road, is a Memorial to 400 of Kimberley’s Men who died in the Great War (World War I) between 1914 and 1918. Designed … Standard…
Save South Africa calls ‘People’s Assembly Against State Capture’
… The Save South Africa campaign is calling on all South Africans to unite behind that great symbol of our nation, the National Flag, to a “People’s Assembly…
EventFirst World Haemophilia Day
… Day was first celebrated in 1989 to increase awareness of haemophilia and to bring the needs of those affected by the disorder to the attention of the wider…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… The SS Waratah was a luxury steamer, en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve as a ……
PlaceMaclear's Beacon
… It is the highest point of Table Mountain, which is a 'Seven Wonder' of the world! Discover the vast natural beauty of the Table … https://theculturetrip.com…
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… The building was designed by Sytze Wierda, chief architect of the ZAR's Public Works Department. Its foundation stone was …
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… Both his parents were actors. He started his career at the age of eleven working on Fleet Street selling newspapers at Ludgate Circus. In 1894 he enrolled…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania. Levy attended the Yeoville Boys’ primary school and Athlone High School in … in his early teens, when he joined and…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… these organisations in caring for vulnerable communities. The Red Cross Society was founded in 1863 after Henry Dunant; a Swiss national, who witnessed the…
PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
… In the language of the Shangaan people , the name 'Balule' is the Tsonga word … Reserve covers 40 000 Hectares on the Western Boundary of the Kruger National…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… Constitution Hill is a Living Museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former Prison and military Fort that bears … …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
… Introduction The people sent a hero to prison, but generally ignored the fact that he had responsibilities and dependants. Nelson, in the loneliness of his…
PlaceHazyview
… quicky being modernized but will always keep it's charm! The name "Hazyview" aptly describes the hazy, lazy days during summers, typical of the African…
PlacePhiladelphia
… Not the Philadelphia one attributes to the Eastern parts of North America, this Philadelphia lies …
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… The NDCA of the ANC has informed Comrade Julius Malema and Comrade Floyd … Appeal against the sentence handed out to them by the NDC of the ANC will be held…
SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
… in Luckhardt, K. & Wall, B. (1980). Organize or Starve! The History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions , New York: …
!U’S STORY - Photographs 16 - 19
… big is a family and who belongs to it? A family consists of a mother, father and children. A man can have more than … and no one has no relative whatsoever…
Pro Veritate
… a Christian monthly journal, reflects a theological point of view towards the ideologies of the ruling National Party. Christian viewpoints on such …
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… Though Broom was educated as a doctor, specializing in the field of midwifery, he was fascinated by the origin of mammals and used his medical profession to …
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver ‘OR’ Tambo, is born
… at Bizana, Transkei (now known as Eastern Cape). During the 1940s, he enrolled at the University of Fort Hare where he became active in politics. Tambo was …
EventMass funeral for those killed at Sharpeville commemoration
… Blacks attended a mass funeral in KwaNobuhle township for the twenty-eight people killed by police during a demonstration in Langa on 21 March 1985. The…
EventNew SA Constitution takes effect
… On 4 February 1997, the new Constitution of the Republic of South Africa came into force. The country’s … www.tourismnorthwest.co.za [Accessed: 23 January…
EventIFP commemorates Shell House shootings.
… Thousands of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters marched through the streets of Johannesburg to mark the anniversary of the 1994 Shell House shootings…