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PlaceVictorian dwelling, 14 Kohling Street, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
… Victorian features including cast iron ornamentation on the Verandah and a Boundary Wall and Gateway of note. It is a significant component of the Street…
EventMosibudi Mangena is born
… Mosibudi Mangena, the National Minister of Science and Technology and President of the opposition party Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) …
EventDr Wouter Basson is acquitted
… opponents, conspiracy, drug possession and fraud. During the apartheid era Basson was in the frontline of South Africa's covert chemical - and germ …
ArchiveRally
… in one hand and broken handcuff chains in other. Words 'the challenge of the cross' on image of map of South Africa. Initials FECA …
ArchiveBiography of Tseko Simon Nkoli
… Orange Free State. He began high school in 1974 he joined the students Christain Movement which he also began playing tennis and sang in the junior choir. …
PlaceDevonshire Villa, 33 Carstens Street, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
… The dwelling is an excellent example of late Victorian … merchant of Cape Town, who is also believed to have named the property. It was declared a National…
EventSouth African cricket player Jonathan ‘Jonty’ Rhodes is born
… his diving run-out of Pakistani’s Inzamam-ul-Haq during the 1992 World Cup earn him a glorious place in the world of cricket. …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: President Steyn takes General Snyman to task for a cattle raid against Chief Montshiwa in which 203 head of c
… admonishing him that it was not advisable to alienate the local people for the sake of a small herd of livestock. … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War:…
EventWorld Council of Churches representatives barred from entering South Africa
… During a meeting with representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in South Africa, Prime … would he allow any funds to be sent from South Africa…
EventBafana Bafana draws with Nigeria
… The South African national soccer team Bafana Bafana played … and Bafana Bafana still have to score a goal against the Super Eagles. … 2004. Footballer of…
EventFive women are stoned to death in Somalia
… were publicly stoned to death by cheerful villagers. The punitive measures enforced for this religious conviction … prayers. United Nations (UN) officials…
EventJoe Slovo informal settlement outside Cape Town is devastated by a fire
… On this day the Joe Slovo informal settlement situated outside Cape Town … houses destroyed leaving about 12 000 people homeless. For the first time, a…
EventSouth African Cricketer, Dave Nourse ,is born in England
… January 1878. Nourse went to South Africa as a drummer for the West Riding Regiment and decided to stay in the country. A bowler and left- handed bats man,…
ArchiveTelegram from J van Dalsen, Director-General, Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to His Excellency, Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique
… Telegram from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, reporting that in …
ArchiveSuppression of Communism Act, Act No 44 of 1950
… The Act was to declare the Communist Party of South Africa to be an unlawful …
EventMac Maharaj announces his retirement
… Mac Maharaj announced that he will be retiring at the end of April 2015. He was president Zuma's former special … Africa's first democratic administration,…
ArchiveRelease Mandela Campaign Remembers Rivonia Trial
… generally considered to be 20 years imprisonment... Hence the Release Mandela Committee calls for the unconditional release of all other political prisoners …
PlaceDrostdy Museum, Uitenhage
… The Drostdy was erected during General Jacob Glen Cuyler’s … of office as Landdrost of Uitenhage in 1809 and follows the historical development of Uitenhage…
EventForeign Affairs Deputy Minister Pahad is born
… ( North West Province ). Pahad had been a m ember of the National Executive (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) since 1985. A banning …
EventSA Athlete Hestrie Cloete is born
… holder Hestrie Cloete is born in Germiston. Cloete is the current Commonwealth champion and 2002 World Cup Winner. … She is South Africa's main hope for a…
EventKruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds
… During the Siege of Mafeking (presently known as Mafikeng) in the Second Anglo-Boer War, two Black cattle-herds were … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer…
PlaceTrevean House, 258 Wakesleigh Road, Bellair, Durban
… and Philip Dudgeon. A billiard room was added in 1898. The building is probably the best surviving example of a late Colonial Victorian …
EventTaliep Petersen was born on this day.
… this day in District Six. He produced and directed some of the most well-known musicals in South Africa including District Six, Kat and the Kings and Ghoema…
PlaceVictorian dwellings, 135-137 Hatfield Street, Gardens
… 1881 as part of a speculative Housing Development scheme. The land was originally part of the Farm Welgedaan which had been allocated to Gerrit …
EventSA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”
… On 24 August 1960, The Star newspaper reported that the new Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy would … The Star (24 August 1960), ‘How Natives…
PlaceCuthbert’s Building, Eloff Street, Johannesburg
… The firm of WM Cuthbert & Co, shoe merchants, was established … completed in 1904. It rapidly became a major landmark in the mining town and retains many of…
EventTennis champion Frew Mcmillan is born in Springs
… titles, and with mixed doubles partner Betty Stove he took the mixed Wimbledon title in 1978 and 1981, and the US Open title in 1977 and 1978. …
EventSouth African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo
… Congress's 20 May 1983 car bombing of headquarters of the South African Defence Force in Pretoria, ANC bases in a … bombed in retaliation on 23 May 1983…
PlaceChurch Square, Dickson street, Woodstock
… Doctors and Nurses, aswell as students! Being so close to the City, this is also suitable for Businessmen! Years ago there was a Beach here, but now housed…
ArchiveWits Autumn Festival
… from 2nd to 6th May 1990 and contact number. Issued by the University of the Witwatersrand. Photo: Bob Cnoops. Image: Karel Nel …