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EventPutin visits South Africa
… Vladimir Putin arrived in Cape Town, leading a delegation of government officials and business people on a two day official visit. This was the first ever…
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt and his wife are sentenced to life imprisonment
… Commodore Dieter Gerhardt, the former commanding officer of the Simonstown naval base, and his second wife Ruth Gerhardt, … O’Malley P. ‘1983’ , from Nelson…
Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker
… or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner Devout domesticity? A …
EventLucas Ntuba Radebe, SA soccer hero, is born in Diepkloof, Soweto
… celebrated soccer legend was born in Diepkloof, Soweto. At the age of 15 his parents sent him to live in Bophuthatswana so could be safe from the political…
PlaceIbeka, Simonstown
… This land was one of the original erven granted in Simons Town . Built in 1816 … Customs who owned it until 1842. In 1840 it was leased by the government as…
EventInternational Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting
… to discuss emergency measures against South Africa and the problems its membership poses, the governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)…
EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… Black economic empowerment deal, Anglo American and the National Empowerment Consortium (NEC) signed an agreement … entertainment, media, casino, exhibitions…
EventAfrica Malaria Day
… Malaria Day is observed annually on 25 April. The day was officially instituted by the World Health Assembly in May 2007. Malaria Day was first … World…
EventBishop Zulu is born
… Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, Anglican bishop of Zululand and Swaziland was born in Nquthu, Natal. He was the only son of Johannes and Miriam Kolo Zulu and was a…
EventNelson Mandela says general strike will go ahead
… that next week's general strike will go ahead. He says the aim of the mass protest was not an insurrection, but the peaceful …
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
… An African National Congress (ANC) delegation of 20 members, led by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, made the party's second major submission to the Truth and…
EventBoer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals
… They were still asking for a continued independence of the Boer republics. This happened towards the end of the Anglo-Boer War II which broke out in October …
ArchiveCrisis News
… Crisis News, published by the Western Province Council of Churches, Cape Town, "attempts to tell the truth of what is happening in our country", particularly…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the…
ArchiveBoycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott
… FOSATU together with the Food and Canning Workers Union, the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union, the General … Town Municipal Workers Association…
ArchiveNational Indian Council another trap
… At the outset, APDUSA mentions how it warned its people of the dangers of accepting the formation of police reserves and …
EventPik Botha is born
… Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha , Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of President F.W. de Klerk was born in … Rustenburg, Transvaal (now North West…
Zephania Mothopeng - Searchlight South Africa, Vol 1, No. 2, February 1989
… [We have been given the following document, together with an introductory … account. When this was received there was no news of an impending release,…
EventEleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng
… The police opened fire on a crowd of Sebokeng township residents who sought to march on the local offices of the ruling National Party (NP). The incident…
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
… Location: back to this day in history search archive During the summit conference organised by non-racial labour unions … Union delegates discussed South…
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… Deputy President F.W. de Klerk announced that the National Party was to withdraw from the Government of National Unity on June 30. This came after the…
Confidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of …
Confidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of …
ArchiveConfidential Report on 1970 SASO Conference
… The report contains an overview of the resolutions adopted at the Conference and a discussion of new aspects of SASO policy, in particular the change of …
PlaceJonkershoek
… This Nature Reserve is home to the majestic Jonkershoek Mountains and parts of the Jonkershoek valley, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site! …
Letter from Barney Pityana to Barry Streek
… The letter discusses the issue of SASO/NUSAS representation at the Commonwealth Students' Conference in the context of representation of the two…
EventBusiness leader Matome Maponya is born
… Matome Maponya, chair/owner of several food companies in his name and deputy chair of the Agricultural and Rural Development Corporation Ltd (ARDC), was born…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… Happy Joyce Mashamba passed away at the age of 67 after battling with a long illness, the details of which have not yet been disclosed to the … “Limpopo on…
PlaceMea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria
… Westenberg and C van der Made, both engineers employed by the Netherelands-South Africa Railway Co, for their own occupation. It is one of the last remaining…
EventCOMSA calls on SA to move towards election
… In a first-phase report, the Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa (COMSA), … that based on its homicide rate, this country was one of the most…