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ArchiveImperialist conspiracy in Africa
… This book contains a collection of selected articles by I B Tabata, the president of the Unity Movement of South Africa. The articles range over a …
EventItalian Troops raid Addis Ababa
… troops commence with raids into Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. After the capture of Addis Ababa by the Italian troops, Benito Mussolini, the Fascist…
EventThree people are murdered at Eikenhof
… and his friend, Claire Silberbauer, were murdered on the old Vereeniging road, near Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg. Boy Titi Ndweni, Sipiwe James Bholo and…
EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
… meaning We shall all die), community leader, founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better housing for … born in Georgedale, today part of Cato…
PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
… In 1892 the first Psychiatric Institution in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, the Krankzinnige Gesticht, … in 1907. It is an imposing and well-ordered group…
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… British forces at Ladysmith near Durban, KwaZulu Natal. The British forces had been under siege by the Boers since 2 November 1899. They were besieged…
EventDr JT van der Kemp, controversial missionary and physician, dies
… Dutch missionary Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp was the first missionary to work among the Xhosa. He became involved with the Khoi Khoi of the Cape Colony…
PlaceXanadu Nature Estate, Hartebeespoort
… The beautiful Xanadu Nature Estate , in Hartbeespoort, is set on 240 Hectares and overlooks the majestic Magaliesberg Mountain Range. A natural Wetland ……
EventClarence Mlokoti is shot dead by hijackers
… Clarence Mlokoti, co-founder and chairman of Kaizer Chiefs football club, was shot dead by hijackers … while trying to take his car in Pimville, Soweto. The…
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
… General circular letter from the President of the National Union of Students, Neville Curtis, quoting from …
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… British government policy in South Africa, and visited the country after founding the South African Women and Children Distress Fund to collect money for…
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… musician Gerard Sekoto (80) died in Paris. Often cited as the pioneer of urban black art and social realism, Sekoto studied to be a … matter, and he painted…
EventDr Louis Luyt is born
… entrepreneur and self-made millionaire, former president of the SA Rugby Football Union and politician, was born in … was axed as president of SARFU in May…
EventJournalist and political activist Selby Msimang dies
… Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. Msimang was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), renamed the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventSA jazz singer, Letta Mbulu is born in Soweto
… born in Soweto on 23 August 1942. As a teenager she joined the cast of the play King Kong and toured the US with other artists like …
Mayibuye
… for many years as a small, underground newsletter, was one of three African National Congress publications alongside … of illegality. Publication began in…
ArchiveLetter from Duncan Innes, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
… Circular letter from the President of the National Union of South African Students, Duncan Innes, …
PlaceDock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
… Provisional protection of a monument- Dockhouse No. 1 and No. 2, off Portswood Road, … Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town , states that: "The…
ArchiveD.I.V.I.D.E. And Rule; South Africas Bantust
… white; map showing Bantustans; text: Apartheid: 70% of the population are Africans. They are allocated 13% of the land -- the Bantustans. 17 % of the…
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… A former member of the Volksraad of the South African Republic (Transvaal), representing the …
Solitary confinement
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … Really, it is a terrible thing. You sit and think. Walk to the window. The window was right up…
Maqubela and Dyandyi are sentenced for necklacing
… trial in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, and found guilty of public violence in July, were each sentenced to five … five years. Eight others were acquitted on all…
EventCyril Ramaphosa resigns as ANC Secretary-General
… Speculation around Ramaphosa's resignation was because of a belief that he has been overlooked by Nelson Mandela in naming him the second most powerful…
EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
… African delegations at the United Nations headquarters in New York requested Secretary-General U Thant to help obtain the release of Nelson Mandela, leader…
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
… to St Helena, King Goodwill Zwelithini was installed as the eight monarch of the Zulu nation. He took reigns over from Prince Israel … Southern African…
EventSouth Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… On 15 April 1996, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), under Chairman … began its first formal hearings in East London City Hall. The South African…
PlaceElephant House, Ridge Road, Durban
… The Elephant House, located on Ridge road on Durban's berea, was built in the early 1850's on the highest natural point on the Berea … hunting lodge. The…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… George Heys, a young man from Durban, made his fortune in the diamond rush in Kimberley by establishing a successful … British architect WT Vale to design…
EventSouth African Springbok rugby tour in UK is disrupted by anti-apartheid demonstration.
… The South African Springbok rugby tour in the United Kingdom (UK) was disrupted by an anti-Apartheid … demonstration. The team was made up entirely of…
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… Roman Catholic Church Archbishop of Cape Town, Owen McCann, an enemy of Apartheid, became … Basilica. Early in Cardinal McCann's tenure as Archbishop, the…