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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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 ……
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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, …
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 …
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…
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…
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…