Today in Kimberley's History
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31 days since beginning of the Siege of Kimberley, 1899
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
The usual bombardment at sunrise, which brings my reluctant limbs down to the Drawing Room with Reggie - and back again when it ceases. Even less damage than usual done to-day - a big dust-storm at the time being more unpleasant than the shells. Later on a thunderstorm and sheets of rain kept the Boers in their laager and enabled the De Beer's Engineer (Mr Labram) to fix up a powerful searchlight looking right on to Otto's Kopje, to give warning of any forward movement on their part.
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
The usual bombardment at sunrise, which brings my reluctant limbs down to the Drawing Room with Reggie - and back again when it ceases. Even less damage than usual done to-day - a big dust-storm at the time being more unpleasant than the shells. Later on a thunderstorm and sheets of rain kept the Boers in their laager and enabled the De Beer's Engineer (Mr Labram) to fix up a powerful searchlight looking right on to Otto's Kopje, to give warning of any forward movement on their part.
Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg - 1938
South African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils was born in the Johannesburg suburb of Yeoville. The Sharpeville massacre and its aftermath drew him closer to the African National Congress (ANC). He was renowned for perfectly executing tasks entrusted to him by the leadership of the party. He was a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He personally executed acts of sabotage. Kasrils was constantly on the run from government law enforcement agencies. In 1963, he skipped the country to Dar es Salaam. He has travelled to several foreign countries on ANC missions. After the country's first democratic elections in 1994, he was appointed as a minister of Defence in President Nelson Mandela's Cabinet. He later became minister of Water Affairs and Forestry under President Thabo Mbeki. He served his second term in Mbeki's cabinet as minister of Intelligence.
South African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils was born in the Johannesburg suburb of Yeoville. The Sharpeville massacre and its aftermath drew him closer to the African National Congress (ANC). He was renowned for perfectly executing tasks entrusted to him by the leadership of the party. He was a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He personally executed acts of sabotage. Kasrils was constantly on the run from government law enforcement agencies. In 1963, he skipped the country to Dar es Salaam. He has travelled to several foreign countries on ANC missions. After the country's first democratic elections in 1994, he was appointed as a minister of Defence in President Nelson Mandela's Cabinet. He later became minister of Water Affairs and Forestry under President Thabo Mbeki. He served his second term in Mbeki's cabinet as minister of Intelligence.
RDP White Paper is tabled in Parliament - 1994
The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) White Paper, which was put before the parliament, called for an expeditious programme to ensure that the civil service is more representative in terms of ethnic group and gender. It also proposed the use of affirmative action to reverse imbalances that existed in the public service and further called for a review of the present rules governing qualifications.
The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) White Paper, which was put before the parliament, called for an expeditious programme to ensure that the civil service is more representative in terms of ethnic group and gender. It also proposed the use of affirmative action to reverse imbalances that existed in the public service and further called for a review of the present rules governing qualifications.