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EventDr Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa Chief Minister, dies
… as an educator and educational administrator. He served as the president of the Inspectors’ Association of Bantu Education in South … The New York Times …
Ikwezi
… in Southern Africa, published in England by "a group of South African and Southern African revolutionaries with long histories of devotion to the struggle…
EventHundreds die in a train fire in Egypt
… have been started by a gas cylinder spread through seven of a train’s eleven cars in Egypt. The gas cylinder which was used for cooking is said to have…
EventMoses Madiba dies in Seshego, Limpopo
… Madiba, author, educationist and first Black chancellor of the University of the North, died in Seshego, Pietersburg (now Polokwane) … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995…
EventJeannette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb
… Former member of South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeannette … activist Marius Schoon (Jeannette's husband) was the target of the bombing…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… The leader of the Zulu Territorial Authority, Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, called for a National Convention of all races in South Africa to make a…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 5: Education beyond apartheid
… Report of the Education Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society … The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society …
EventZambia gains independence from Britain
… Zambia) gained independence from Britain. Kenneth Kaunda, the country’s first president, proclaimed one-party rule at … independence. . Their independence…
EventGeneral Laws Amendment Bill is passed
… A Bill affecting state security, called the General Laws Amendment Bill, was passed in parliament despite rejection from the opposition parties and severe…
African Statistics Day
… The African Statistics Day (ASD) is celebrated every year on the 18th of November. This event was initiated in 1990 by the …
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
… that was used as a cover up for a political meeting at the house of Lillian Ngoyi. They were charged with contravening section 9(1) of Act 44 of 1950. The…
Race attitudes and education
… The second in a series titled Hoernle Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by E G Malherbe, who held the position of Principal of Natal University College…
ArchiveRace attitudes and education
… The second in a series titled Hoernle Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by E G Malherbe, who held the position of Principal of Natal University College…
EventRuth First is born
… First , journalist, academic, political activist and the wife of former South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Joe … involvement started while she was…
ArchivePolice reserves are traps
… This pamphlet discusses the formation of police reserves, and APDUSA examines the so-called reasons for the formation of the police …
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… and spends six months in prison. King is recognised as one of the greatest human rights leaders of all time. His moving speech, "I have a dream", spoke to…
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… Stewart (Bill) Ainslie, South African artist and founder of several art training projects, was born in Bedford, … descendent of an early British settler who…
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
… At the end of a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court in Pretoria, four Indian leaders are convicted of conspiracy under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to a …
PlaceQueen’s Tavern, 16 Stamford Hill Road, Durban
… Built as a gentleman's club in 1894, this is one of Durban’s few remaining links with its Colonial past. It is the oldest licenced premises in the City, its…
PlaceUWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
… The Robben Island World Heritage Site has rich archival resources mostly based at the Mayibuye Archive, situated in the Main Library at the University of the…
ArchiveLand and national oppression
… This paper clearly describes the land rights of the natives in the Cape Colony from the Ordinance and up …
ArchiveEnd Conscription Committee report
… Report and addendum to the report of the End Conscription Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of …
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… Vallei, now known as Wellington. Retief grew up on the vineyard, Welvanpas, in what became the Cape Colony under British rule. At the age of 27 he left for…
Jail
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … who it might be. I left my sons at home; it may be one of my sons . . . Well now, this person…
Event26 parties meet to discuss future negotiations
… Nine months after the collapse of Codesa II, twenty-six parties - the most representative gathering of South African political … Southern African Political…
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… On 6 March 1902 in the district of Vryheid, a Zulu Chief, Sikobobo, attacked a Boer regiment after the latter had stolen their cattle, burned their kraals…
EventSpecial Committee on Apartheid publishes its first Interim Report
… The United Nations (UN) Special Committee on Apartheid … published its first Interim Report, satisfied with the number of countries that had broken off…
PlaceMandela House
… The Mandela House Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of Nelson Mandela , the World's most famous political … The Mandela House Museum in…
EventANC’s economic plans
… his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the business community could provide an alternative which would redress the…
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… impressive verandah houses were erected in about 1903 on the instruction of mining magnate Sir Abe Bailey. After WWII the properties were joined and the…