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PlaceVictoria Tower, Uitenhage
… from a settlement with a typical Dutch Layout popular in the Cape Colony at the time of the founding of Uitenhage - of broad streets, water …
PlaceRiebeeck Square, Cape Town.
… Riebeeck Square developed during the 18th century, when the town began to expand laterally into the Table Valley, and … to outspan their wagons. This changed…
EventMalebane Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… A dissatisfied faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and some members of the National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive …
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… Mozambique and the Soviet Union rejected the findings of the Margo Commission, led by Justice Cecil …
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… born in Cape Town South Africa, on 2 February 1915. He is the son of Abraham and Alida Sachs-Eban. His parents moved to Great … Language and Literature…
EventSouth African man walks from England to France through Channel Tunnel
… French police on 09 October 2005 after he walked through the Channel Tunnel between Folkenstone in England and Calaise … in France in his flip flops. Trains…
ArchiveGrahamstown and group areas: some facts
… Map showing the plan of the city of Grahamstown under the Group Areas. Also includes Map …
In conclusion
… “the hardship of the workers made me determined never to give up” When we … People in the fishing industry only work for 4 months of the year. They sometimes…
EventCricketer Omar Henry born
… born in Stellenbosch on 23 January 1952.[i] In 1987, at the age of 34, Henry became the first South African cricketer of colour to be selected to …
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… School in 1968 after completing Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo … for a year, beginning in 1969. In 1971…
PlaceMvezo, Eastern Cape
… Mvezo is a small Village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of … Mvezo is a small Village on the banks of the Mbashe…
ANC welcomes Cde Mac Maharaj appointment as President Zuma`s spokesperson, 7 July 2011
… The African National Congress welcomes the appointment of Cde Mac Maharaj, a veteran and stalwart of …
EventNelson Mandela is born
… Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the small village of Mvezo , in the district of Qunu near Umtata , Transkei (now known as … [online],…
EventPres Mandela’s testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
… In providing reasons for the decision of the Pretoria High Court to set the investigation of the … Southern African Legal Information Institute, " President…
EventTwenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa.
… Twenty-six miners were trapped when a roof collapsed at the Emaswati Coal mine near Mpaka, Swaziland. The fastest way to get the miners out was through a…
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… Freshford House Museum is one of the few houses of the upper middle class of the Edwardian Period that still …
PlaceSacramento Cannon, Cape Recife
… This bronze artifice, cast by the Bocarro family, also known as the Miracle Cannon , was salvaged in May 1977 from the Shipwreck site of the Portuguese Ship-…
PlaceLeinster Hall, 7 Weltevreden Street, Gardens
… Leinster Hall was built in the 1850s by Sebastian Hofmeyr on a plot of land that previously formed part of the farm Weltevreden. The outbuildings date from…
PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
… on 22 August 1969. Wynberg Military Base is, with the exception of the Castle, the oldest military establishment in South …
Event2000 Students march through Cape Town
… A day after the peaceful 1 September march 2000 students from Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu once again marched through the heart of Cape Town's CBD to protest…
EventCOSATU leads an anti-VAT strike
… The Congress Of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) called a two-day … nation-wide strike to demonstrate their opposition to the government's intention to…
EventRebel commando leader Fourie is executed
… Fourie, farmer, soldier and rebel commando leader during the 1914 Rebellion, was executed by a firing squad after being found guilty of high treason. The…
EventNotices served on Solly Sachs
… The then Minister of Justice, C.R. Swart, served two notices on Solly Sachs, an official of the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa (GWU). The first ……
EventFirst ANC Conference in SA in three decades
… The African National Congress (ANC) held its first … years from 14-16 December 1990. It was considered by the ANC as ranking in importance with such historic…
EventP.W. Botha offers to resign
… to resign amid speculation regarding his involvement in the Information Scandal of 1978, if his accusers could prove that either he, or a … member of his…
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
… silkscreen yellow green black red blend on white; graphics of people working; soliders, people marching; text: We call … in an unjust society where basic…
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… Twelve African leaders, mainly from the African National Congress (ANC), issued a Call for … apartheid and its dangers to African education, freedom of…
EventRuth First is assassinated in Mozambique
… , journalist, academic, anti-apartheid activist and member of the South African Communist Party , was brutally killed by a … African government agents. First…
EventEmperor Haile Selassie reclaims his Ethiopian throne
… Selassie returned to Ethiopia to reclaim his throne with the help of the British. Selassie lost his throne in 1936 after he was …
EventGraça Machel is born
… Graça Machel, political activist and champion of children's rights, widow of Samora Machel and wife of … reconciliation in her country she became Chairperson…