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PlaceCity Hall, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… pile was designed in a grandiose Edwardian style heralding the subsequent pomp of the Georgian era. The Duke of Connaught and Strathern, laid …
PlaceRiversdale Division, Western Cape
… The Division of Riversdale was originally located on the Eastern boundary of the District of Swellendam, which had been proclaimed in …
EventPharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit
… In 1998 the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and thirty nine international pharmaceutical companies brought a lawsuit against the South…
PlaceTable View
… Further North of Cape Town’s City Centre , across the Rietvlei Lagoon which … young families and is a vibrant and growing Community. The Table View…
EventDaisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.
… for financial gain. She married three times and killed two of her husbands and her son. All the men she married were plumbers and, the two that she allegedly…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… On 29 May 1994 the South African government signed an agreement establishing diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The diplomatic relations…
PlaceBakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-Air Museum, in Polokwane
… Experience the warm hospitality and rich Culture of the Basotho people in the 'Bakone Malapa Museum'. The Bakone, … https://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do…
EventCODESA’s starting date set
… after preparatory talks in Johannesburg on a date for the start of substantive negotiations on South Africa's future … in Johannesburg was going to be on…
EventBritish troops establish their camp at Isandlwana
… On 19 and 20 January the British forces under Lord Chelmsford, who had invaded Zululand during the second week of January, established their camp on the…
Descom Bulletin
… Neil Aggett, a Trade Unionist and Medical Doctor became the first white political prisoner to die in the detention under the custody of the security police…
EventSA to host future Pan African Parliament
… The third conference of the African Union (AU) meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, selected South Africa as the seat of the future Pan African Parliament (PAP)…
EventSolomon Popoli Linda, singer and composer, dies
… On 8 October 1962, Solomon Linda, the singer and composer of Mbube, which became the pop hit as 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', died without … sisters fight…
ArchiveReport on Black Workers Project
… The Black Workers Project emanated out of a resolution taken at the 3rd General Students Council. The purpose of the project …
PlaceTime Ball Tower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… was used as a repeater-station for harbour signals between the observatory and Signal Hill. In 1895 its height was increased from 5.1m to 10.2m. Initially…
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… The then African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, … Walter Sisulu, was served with two notifications in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act …
PlaceAll Saints Anglican Church, Durbanville
… The All Saints complex, which includes the original church and the old parsonage, as well as a church hall and a garden of remembrance, dates from 1860 and…
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… Edgar Dumile Ngoyi was born on 26 December 1926 in the Eastern Cape. Ngoyi became politically active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a member of…
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
… On 6 July 1987, Dr. Federik van Zyl Slabbert led a group of fifty-two mainly Afrikaans-speaking intellectuals, to meet with the then-banned African National…
EventBotha announces third naval base
… P.W. Botha, the then Minister of Defence, announced the establishment of a third South African Naval Base to be … (1999). Southern African Political History:…
EventC James reports that South Africa is a poor market for produce
… In 1900, C James, an official of the British colonial administration, went on a voyage to South Africa to evaluate the market for produce. He undertook this…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 2 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … born I started working again, but now I went to work at the factories because I was a…
EventNew ANC National Working Committee is elected
… The African National Congress (ANC) announced the names of members of a new National Working Committee … Keesing's Records of World Events . News Digest 21…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… well away from politics. Like him, Evelyn Wase hailed from the rural Transkei and had come to Johannesburg in the early 1940s to carve out a living in the…
ArchiveInvestigating womens participation in protes
… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Political Management) at the …
EventSasol I, NATREF and Sasol II are under attack
… Three attacks were launched on the night of 31 May/1 June at Sasol I and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol … Secunda to coincide with Republic Day…
EventMzwakhe Mbuli is sentenced to 13 years in jail
… Mzwakhe Mbuli became known as the "people's poet" as a result of the style and content of his poetry. He covered issues like …
ANC hard at work despite power failure and strike threat, 27 July 2009
… failure which today (27 July 2009) plunged most floors of Chief Albert Luthuli House - African National Congress … brought to a standstill by striking…
Grassroots
… Grassroots was started in 1980 as the first of a series of community newspapers designed to give a voice to the 'voiceless' and oppressed peoples of South…
EventApartheid policemen apply for amnesty at TRC
… agent Craig Williamson, applied for amnesty before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Amnesty Committee … campaign against liberation organisations,…
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
… soccer player who later became a coach. He spent most of his soccer career playing midfield for Cosmos, though he … teams like FC Zurich and FC Baden. He was…