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EventPresident Zuma visits Russia
… Zuma arrived in Russia on the 8th, on the 9th he joined a number of world leaders at the Russian capiral Moscow for the 70th …
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 7: Power, privilege and poverty
… Report of the Economic Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society … The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society …
EventWorld Health Day
… On 7 April each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) celebrates World Health Day. This date commemorates the formation of the WHO in 1945. The WHO's…
PlaceBrackenfell, Cape Town
… In 1901, Andries Brink sold a portion of his farm: 'Kruispad', to George Henry Walton. He was a Scottish immigrant, who then renamed the farm: 'Brackenfell',…
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… The African National Congress (ANC) leader, Oliver Tambo met Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)’s Central…
EventMandela visits Zambia
… years in jail, he had been following a gruelling schedule of rallies, meetings and interviews. His first foreign destination was the headquarters of the…
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… and reformer Emily Hobhouse, renowned for her exposure of conditions in concentration camps for Boer women and children during the Second South African War/…
EventPrime Minister opens SA’s first atomic reactor
… Reactor Installation-1) at Pelindaba, about thirty km West of Pretoria. The installation was not intended for the production of nuclear energy on a…
EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
… In a precedent-setting judgement, a full bench of the Cape High Court, comprising of Judges Van Zyl, Essa Moosa and Dan Dlodlo, ruled in favour of the…
EventTwo policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
… Two policemen were killed by a group of Zulus near Richmond, Natal, following local resistance to the collection of poll tax, which became payable on 1…
ArchiveLocal economic rsponses to industrial migration in small towns.
… A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Doctoral Degree in the Faculty of Human Science, at the University of …
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Pretoria
… Founded in 1946, this is the home of the South African National Botanical Institute. Thus it …
EventSouth African cricketer, AB de Villiers is born
… Abraham Benjamin de Villiers is a South African cricketer of note. In 2011, he succeeded Graeme Smith and became captain of the South African One Day…
Don’t eat potatoes!
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner I have already spoken about the boys on the potato farms at Bethel, how they…
PlacePolokwane Museum
… Housed in the famous, Historical "Irish House", the Museum portrays much of the past History of the region. The Polokwane Museum is a …
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… The Tamil Benefit Society presents a memorandum on poor housing conditions in Pageview, Johannesburg, and the need for housing schemes for poorer Indians to…
EventTony Johnstone wins Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament.
… The Zimbabwean golfer Tony Johnstone ended a six-year drought on the European Tour when he won the £400,000 Alfred Dunhill PGA … shots as the tournament…
EventSouth Africa observes Armistice Day
… Day is observed annually in South Africa to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I. The day is observed world-wide, though under…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… During the Second Anglo-Boer War, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek … [Accessed on 19 April…
PlaceSilikamva High School, Penzance Estate-Hout Bay
… There vision is for the positive transformation of Individuals and Communities through the creation of a School environment that fosters Academic …
EventKenyan political activist Jomo Kenyatta released from jail
… Kenyan political activist and President of Kenya Afican National Union, Jomo Kenyatta was released from jail after serving 9 years. During the 1952 Mau Mau…
EventScottish missionary, Robert Moffat arrives in Northern Cape
… Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary of the London Missionary Society (LMS), arrived at Maruping, … present day Kuruman, to assist with missionary work, which…
PlaceMartello Tower, Simonstown
… The circular tower was erected in 1796 on the orders of James Craig to improve the defence system of …
EventHarry Gwala is awarded Isitwalandwe/Seaparakoe
… On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC) on 8 January 1992, … Sonderling, N.E. New Dictionary of South African…
PlacePhansi Museum
… The Museum houses some of the finest examples of African artefacts, such as: beadwork, headrests, milk … https://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do/kwazulunatal…
EventEducationist George Molefe is born
… was born in Mbulwana, Ladysmith, Natal. Molefe was one of the first black Presbyterian ministers to graduate at Fort Hare College in 1932. He was ordained in…
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
… name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, near the Bandawe mission station in Nyasaland, now Malawi . After being educated at the Church of Scotland…
EventCuban Foreign Minister visits South Africa
… The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Mr Roberto Robaina, visited South …
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… 21.2.38. Dear Comrades, I am writing to you about the things which is said about com RL [Ralph Lee], which is absolutely lies. Towards the beginning of…
EventTwo ANC members gunned down in Swaziland.
… in Swaziland. They had both formerly been students at the Swaziland University and were Mbabane hospital employees. … that a well informed policeman from…