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EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , wife of imprisoned ANC leader, Nelson Mandela, was banished to the dusty Afrikaner dominated town of Brandfort in the Free State…
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… properties, located between Muizenberg and St James, are the only remaining concentration of early 20th century Edwardian beach houses in South Africa, and…
EventAlexandra Action Committee member is shot dead in Johannesburg
… On this day Mr Mahlomela Mabizela, a member of Alexandra Action Committee (AAC) and chairman of the Alexandra Student Congress (ASCO) was shot dead through…
EventSouth African Actor, Henry Cele , dies
… a revered actor, most famous for his chilling portrayal of the Zulu King, Shaka in the 1985 mini-series, Shaka Zulu. Cele landed the role after …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. He was born in … DJ & PC du Plessis (eds) (1972)…
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… After being readmitted into the international fold, the newly formed South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana, came up against one of the African soccer…
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
… On 29 March 1988, Dulcie September, the African National Congress (ANC) representative in France, … was asassinated in Paris. She was shot five times in the…
EventNational Housing Department introduces new plan
… Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, introduced a new housing plan to the media. The plan had been endorsed by the cabinet and entailed the … eliminate informal housing…
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under…
ArchiveANC statement at Lisbon Conference
… Statement of the African National Congress at a 1977 conference of the African Liberation Movement. Statement covers the South …
EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
… At the time of his death at the age of 74, Ken Gampu was a well known veteran actor in South … who inspired a generation in apartheid South Africa from The…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn page 3 Article: Response to a Crisis
… RESPONSE TO A CRISIS JAMES MAKHAYA, A combatant of MK, discuss the November white referendum The history of the Nationalist Party is pock-marked with the …
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist was hanged for his role in the MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions …
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… a television broadcast President Nelson Mandela confirmed the rumours that he would not stand for re-election in 1999. … to what he had initially said when…
Message by Albert Luthuli to Asian-African Conference, 7 April 1955, Bandung
… I welcome most heartily the convening of the Afro-Asian Conference and congratulate all those …
PlacePolokwane Bird and Reptile Park
… This reserve is home to over 280 species of birds. It was known as the Pietersburg Snake and Reptile Park. It is still however, a great attraction in the…
EventSouth African refugees leave Lesotho
… The Lesotho government announced that an undisclosed number of South African refugees have decided to leave Lesotho voluntarily. Most of the refugees…
EventSA trade unionist Raymond Budd dies
… in Tonbridge, London, England. On 25 May 1933, Budd joined the Cape Town branch of the Almagated Engineering Union (AEU), holding all branch … Verwey, E.J. …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.1 Oct-Dec 1960
… CONTENTS The Heart of Darkness. Cartoon, Papas. The Pondoland Massacre, Dennis Kiley. Cartoon, Gask. South … for a Republic, L.J. Blom-Cooper. The Sacred…
EventPresident George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan
… The American president, George W Bush, announced his … African and two Caribbean countries during his State of the Union address at a congress session in the…
ArchiveStudent political action
… Report by the Student Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University …
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 5: War on sellouts!
… In this pamphlet APDUSA expresses their concerns over the results of the elections on August 22 and 28 1984 ; as well as what the …
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… and enrolled at Adams College at Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. In 1944 he enrolled at the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Science in Johannesburg. While in…
ArchiveReal men dont abuse women
… Multicoloured poster, with artwork of the face of a woman and a hand over the face and at the bootom of the poster is the contact …
ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
… Hepple (1904-1983), politician and author, a member of the South African parliament for the white socialist Labour Party from 1953 to 1958, and …
Yarra Yarra, St Georges Street, Simonstown
… The grounds of this property originally formed part of the Studlands estate which had been granted to JP Eksteen …
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
… As result of the National Party's withdrawal, President Nelson Mandela carried out a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing all the NP ministers with African National…
EventGen. Magnus Malan appears in court
… The trial of Gen. Magnus Malan former defence minister, and nineteen co-accused started in the Durban Supreme Court. They pleaded not guilty to thirteen…
PlaceBoulders Beach, Simons Town
… Just around the corner from the seaside Village of: ' Simons Town ', turn left off main … After you have fallen in love with the penguin's head to the…
Briefing on Lekgotla outcomes, 27 January 2015
… The African National Congress invites members of the media to a briefing on the outcomes of the NEC Lekgotla …