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EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… On 6 October 1902 the 3200km long railway line between Cape Town, South Africa and Beira in Mozambique was completed. The construction of the Beira Railway…
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
… The Angolan government under President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and the rebel organisation, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) of…
EventVerwoerd’s grandson joins ANC
… In a historic move, Wilhelm Verwoerd, grandson of former South African Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, main architect of apartheid, joins the African…
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… In 1954 the Minister of Justice C.R. Swart issued African National Congress (ANC) … attending public gatherings and another confined him to the magisterial…
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… relocated to South Africa in 1923 where they died from the Asia flu leaving him orphaned at the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and family ……
EventBafana Bafana wins over Ghana
… The South Africa senior national football team, Bafana Bafana, secured 1-0 victory over Ghana, a co-host of the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations contest at Kumasi…
ArchiveAddress to NUSAS Congress 1968
… President's address to the 44th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of …
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… Letter from Neville Curtis, President of NUSAS, stating the attitude of the National Union of South African Students towards planned …
PlaceOnverwacht
… Onverwacht was established as an enclave of the Qwaqwa Bantustan on the border of the Thaba Nchu section of Bophuthatswana, about … Struan Robertson, (1991),…
PlaceRiverside
… an eccentric trader who settled in Griqualand East in the 1860s and made his home at Riverside. A notorious miser whose mode of dress was more suited to the…
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… Three of the 22 Delmas Treason trialists were released after Judge K van Dijkhorst delivered his judgment. The judge released them on the grounds that there…
EventSpringboks beat Scotland at Murrayfield
… South Africa's tour of the British Isles finished on an upbeat note as Jake … takes Scotland apart at Murrayfield, winning 10-45. Two of the Springbok tries…
ArchiveStudent international
… Paper presented at the 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 16 July 1970. …
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… South Africa reacted with shock at the passing away of veteran political activist, artist and writer Hilda Bernstein. She passes away on the 9th September…
PlaceNewington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth
… This row of late Victorian double-storey, semi-detached dwellings forms a unique terrace erected in the late 19th century, and survives largely unaltered to…
PlaceMonterey House, Klaasens Road, Wynberg
… The house was originally known as Oosterzee and was built by PAM Cloete shortly after the South African War. Shortly thereafter it was sold to an … House,…
PlacePakhuis Pass
… rock formations, steep gradients, and high-altitude views. The pass offers access to hiking trails and C. Louis Leipoldt 's grave. Construction on the…
EventWorld Refugee Day
… The General Assembly decided that 20 June would be celebrated … countries in different ways. It is a special day for the world to make time for the…
ArchiveNUSAS - its background and history
… and history. Informal talk delivered at National Seminar of the National Union of South African Students, April 1973. Pages7 to 10 of Appendix to the Report…
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… Just behind “the Brickworks” is what is known as the Vlakfontein Monument.The Vlakfontein Monument was erected to commemorate the Jameson Raid of 1895/ 96,…
PlaceSeal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis
… Commissioned on 11 May 1950 The Cape Seal lighthouse lies within the Robberg Nature and Marine Reserve on the seaward tip of what is known as Cape Seal in…
South Sudanese Independence Granted
… A 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement granted the region of Southern Sudan semi-autonomous status after successive civil unrest in the region made it…
EventHertzog and Smuts to form a coalition
… Nationalists were stunned by the announcement of seven points according to which Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog was … Malan strongly opposed moves to form a coalition…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… When the government announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high inflation of the South African economy, the news fell on an…
Statement on ANC central number and information line, 10 October 2005
… The African National Congress has launched a telephone information line which provides the public with automated access to ANC offices and important … about…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… When the government announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high inflation of the South African economy, the news fell on an…
EventStudents at Durban
… During ongoing unrest at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) owing to political activism and a continuing struggle between the Azanian Students'…
EventZambian journalist, Fred M’membe is born
… Fred M’membe is a Zambian journalist who founded the country’s first independent newspaper, Zambia Post. As the only independent newspaper in Zambia, Zambia…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… A major retrospective exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for…
Nqutu, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… The name being of Zulu origin derived from 'insquthu'- meaning a flat-topped vessel, descriptive of a nearby hill from which the village takes its name. It…