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Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… 1 A Marvellous Life! Denis Goldberg, South Africa and the World Chapter 2 Denis Goldberg and the Modern Youth Society Chapter 3 The Life of a Freedom Fighter…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… is purported to have been deported from South Africa on the 31 March 1991, having being fingered as the triggerman in the assassination of Namibian lawyer…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.3 Sep-Oct 1980
… Mvemve, Landi kaThemba. Columns and Features: VOICES FROM THE GHETTO Mr. Petrus Xaba, Alexandra pensioner by Eddie … Katlehong Artists, Malopoets. DRAMA…
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… Jesser Point Lighthouse is the most Northerly light on South Africa's East coast. This … Lighthouse was established in 1986. It is situated within the…
Coloured by History, Shaped by Place - New perspectives on Coloured Identities in Cape Town
… This book examines-and plays with the boundaries of-the disconcerting, discomfiting meanings that have grown …
PlaceClarkson, Eastern Cape
… A Moravian Mission Village in the former Humansdorp District, 26 km South-East of Assegaaibos Railroad Station, located in Cacadu District … feet tall, he…
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Yellow, red, black and white poster. History of cotton in the Southern United States of America, the start of the Civil War, and the end of slavery. Series…
EventSoldiers die from gas leak at Naval base in Durban
… six people were killed and more than a dozen injured at the Salisbury Island Naval base in Durban. Three of the six people involved were South African…
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
… Dr. Peter A.J. Waddington of Reading University, who had been invited by the Goldstone Commission to make an independent inquiry into the Boipatong massacre…
Accredited Events
… The National Centenary Task Team (NCTT), has established a sub committee referred to as the Content and Copyright Sub Committee whose primary … is to…
PlaceZonderwater
… Situated in the Highveld of Gauteng, just outside Cullinan near Pretoria. The Zonderwater museum and the Italian Military Cemetery are … https://www…
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 … , a prominent Colonial administrator and Chief Magistrate of Transkie , which is…
EventSA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
… South African writer Nadine Gordimer won the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature. She was the first woman in 25 years to be awarded the honour and the seventh…
EventUS Senator Edward Kennedy visits SA
… In January, Senator Edward Kennedy of the United States visited South Africa to show his anti-apartheid support to the South African people. He was hosted by…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… in Langa , a township near Cape Town . She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a pianist, Brenda began singing to her…
ArchiveMeeting between Cosatu/UDF and ANC held in Harare on December 1 - 3, 1988
… Report of a meeting between the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the United Democratic Front and the African National Congress …
11. A Brahman seeks work in Natal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Protector of Labour and Indian Immigration, wrote to the…
EventMahatma Ghandi sends a telegram to Dr. Dadoo
… At a meeting attended by 6,000 Indians, at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E.I. Asvat, a decision was taken to launch the…
EventRSA golf team is expelled from Greece
… The Greek Government expelled the two-man South Africa team of Dale Hayes and Hugh Baiocchi …
EventNP wins by election
… In the by-election at Randfontein, formerly Dr. Connie Mulder's seat, the National Party (NP) candidate wins, but with a much … Nasionale Party (HNP). The by…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.4 Jul-Sept 1960
… Contents: Sunshine and Sharpeville. Cartoon, David Marais. The Nineteen Days, anon. correspondent. The Lion and the Cockrell, Michael Picardie. Cartoon, Gask…
PlaceCuyler Manor, Uitenhage
… On the outskirts of Uitenhage is Cuyler Manor; a Historical giant in Nelson Mandela Bay gently tucked away between the Swartkops River and the old road to…
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was … Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo. The party was originally formed to advocated…
EventConstable Vlotman is given a R500 fine and a five year suspension sentence
… On 18 January 1987, Constable Vlotman a member of the South African Police Services (SAPS) who assaulted … Vlotman had jumped out of a police Casspir and…
EventA teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington
… South Africa opened on 26 January 1896, in Wellington, in the Western Cape, South Africa. It was a settlement of the 1688 French Huguenot refugees and this…
EventWorld Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally
… first held in 1995.By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property…
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… A public memorial service was held by the state to commemorate the Rugby legend Joost van der Westhuizen, at Loftus Versfeld … The public memorial for Joost…
EventRhodesia withdraws from Summer Olympic Games
… The International Olympic Committee (IOC) asked Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games held in Munich, Germany. The … a few…
EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
… The Tripartite Alliance, consisting of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and Congress of South African Trade Union …
EventBophuthatswana drops squatting charges against Bosplaas residents
… The 'homeland' government of Bophuthatswana under the presidency of Chief Lucas Mangope decides to withdraw its squatting …