UPDATED: 27/02/2024 27 February 1884, Smallpox invades the Kimberley Hospital. 27 February 1900, Lord Roberts suggests to Rhodes that a Kimberley column relieve Mafeking. 27 February 1900, Boer General Piet Cronje surrenders at Paardeberg to Lord Roberts VC. 27 February ...
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UPDATED: 05/12/2023 5 DECEMBER 1924, Robert Sobukwe (pictured) born in Graaff Reinet. 5 DECEMBER 1941, Ganspan internment camp closed and all internees taken to Koffiefontein. 5 DECEMBER 1952, Constance Hall re-opens after renovations. 5 DECEMBER 1956, ZK Matthews arrested and charged ...
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South Africa’s Human Rights Day, 21 March – declared International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by the UN – is synonymous with the historic township Sharpeville, situated between the industrial cities of Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging about 50 kilometres ...
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21 March 2009, The national commemoration of Human Rights Day addressed by President Motlanthe (pictured) at the Galeshewe Stadium. DID YOU KNOW Eighteen more courts are to be built in the next five years to ensure court access for all South ...
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he legacy of Robert Sobukwe‚ the founding president of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) in 1959‚ should be acknowledged with a national public holiday being declared in his honour‚ the party said on Monday — the anniversary of ...
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Vandalism of historical sites in Kimberley, has become a major challenge for the Sol Plaatje Municipality. The latest being the former office where political activist and Pan African Congress founder, Robert Sobukwe practised law.
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