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EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
… Dick King (Richard Philip) returned to Port Natal on board the Conch after his heroic rescue operation. King, … as far as Pondoland, had set off on a ten…
EventJudith Mason, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.
… Seelander Menge on 10 October 1938, Judith Mason is one of the most prolific artists in South Africa. She obtained a degree in Fine Arts at the University of…
Event”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria
… For the first time in the South African criminal history a man was hanged with his … by authorities. The 37-year-old White male was accused of criminally…
EventYouth has been burnt to death in Mahwelereng Township
… Mr Ronnie Molifi was stabbed and burnt to death by a group of youth in the Mahwelereng Township in Limpopo province. He was accused of being a man who was…
PlaceWandel and Barnet Streets, Gardens
… The five properties involved are part of a larger complex of Georgian terrace Houses, The original portions of this House reputedly served as an …
PlaceBelvidere, Knysna
… Captain Thomas Henry Duthie emigrated to the Cape in 1826. In 1830 he visited Knysna, where he was the guest of George Rex, whose daughter Caroline he…
EventP.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference
… 1984 saw P.W. Botha elected to the position of President, having abolished the position of Prime Minister in 1983. These two events were … Nations Online,…
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
… This compilation of speeches of Dr Monty Naicker is an invaluable chapter in the history of our struggle for liberation. Monty, as we all … man with…
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… five and injuring 27 people. This car bombing was known as the "Jacobs" car bomb, according to an application for amnesty from the Truth and Reconciliation…
ArchiveNUSAS bannings condemned
… Articles in the Cape Times reporting on the condemnation by several leading figures of the banning of eight office bearers of the National Union …
ArchiveLetter from Jen Curtis, Secretary-General, NUSWEL, to Wages and Economics Commission Chairmen
… Confidential circular letter from Jen Curtis of the National Union of Students Welfare and Social Activities Department about the aims and goals of the Wages…
EventAn American Jet is shot down in Ethiopia
… Aircraft was shot to ground by Ethiopian military forces. The incident claimed the life of the two occupants of the Jet. The plane was en route from …
EventPass laws are suspended in South Africa
… The South African Commissioner of Police announced that the pass laws, applicable to the African population, were …
ANC statement on incident at Luthuli House, 29 February 2008
… Luthuli House has been evacuated following an incident at the entrance to the building. The details of the incident are as follows: A man entered the front…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The Federation of South African Women's Papers, University of the …
EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
… Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, a staunch opponent of 'separate development' (Apartheid) and leader of the opposition Progressive Federal Party (PFP), resigned…
EventBishop Ambrose Reeves returns to South Africa
… cleric, Dr Richard Ambrose Reeves, Anglican (Church of the Province of South Africa) Bishop of Johannesburg, … leave spent in England. Reeves was not…
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
… Robert Moffat, missionary of the London Missionary Society at Kuruman and father-in-law … as a gardener and worked at High Leah, near Liverpool. At the age…
EventBartolomeu Dias reaches present Mossel Bay
… Bartolomeu Dias discovered that he had sailed past the southern-most point of Africa. A strong wind had driven him so far south of Cape … that he did not see…
EventWhite sympathisers join evicted Black squatters in a protest
… joined evicted Black squatters in a protest against the demolition of shanty dwellings outside Cape Town. This was the third day of an operation aimed…
EventMangosutho Buthelezi reveals his daughter died from HIV/Aids
… his son, Prince Nelisuzulu Benedict Buthelezi, died from the same disease on April 29. Buthelezi's openness about circumstances leading to the death of his…
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… and, on this day he announces his intention to resign the National Party presidency while remaining State … colleagues and leads to an internal succession…
EventAmina Lawal is freed
… The Nigerian Islamic Appeals Court freed Amina Lawal, a young woman sentenced to death by stoning by the Bakori Sharia court in the Katsina Islamic state of…
EventActivist and Journalist, Robert Resha dies in exile
… Robert Resha was an activist, journalist and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). As an activist, he … non-sexist, just and democratic South…
EventBritish Prime Minister Wilson announces arms embargo on South Africa
… British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, announced in the House of Commons that the British government has decided to impose an embargo on … 2012)| O’Malley P…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… KaNgwane is among the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its Black citizens; this was carried out in terms of the Bantustan policy. The…
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally trained archaeologist to be appointed in 1923. He went on to teach the…
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally trained archaeologist to be appointed in 1923. He went on to teach the…
PlaceKeur River Bridge
… Situated on the Historic Montagu Pass this bridge was built in 1847. This … Michell and built by Henry Ford White (who also built the Montagu Pass ). The…
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
… The Transkei leader, Gen. Bantu Holomisa , announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan African … South African Institute of Race…