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ArchiveInterview with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi
… with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi who was a refugee in Kenya in the late 1970s. An adherent of the black consciousness movement, he became involved in …
EventTravelling in a cab no longer in fashion
… The Star reported that travelling in a cab was falling out of favour. This trend was attributed to the changing socio-economic conditions in Johannesburg and…
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
… A United Nations (UN) committee consisting of eight, with instructions to investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa, was refused ……
EventChoirmaster, educator and singer Mary Eveline Fincken is born
… Mary Eveline Fincken , also known as choirmaster, teacher of singing and educationist was born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, … Africa in 1908 for health reasons…
PlacePrince Edward Islands
… The sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island Group consists of; Marion Island (19km long 12 km wide) and Prince Edward … of Cape Town and are politically part of…
PlaceKoedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
… This site is now part of the experimental farm of the University of Pretoria. On 17 March 1920 it was the first …
Educationist Martha Helena Cillié dies
… whose greatest achievement was her contribution to the education of girls and to teacher training over a period of more than … years, died in Somerset West…
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… , trade unionist, treason trialist and acting leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was born in Middledrift in the Transkei . He was the eldest child in a family…
EventGhana is declared a republic
… Ghana became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its … as its first President. Though it was declared a republic, the country remained…
EventAuthor and playwright Ronald Harwood is born in Cape Town
… career on stage. In London, he received stage training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He changed his name to Harwood under the advice of an English…
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… Jomo Cosmos Football Club in 2004. In 2007 he moved to the Danish side, Brondby. He later moved to several clubs, including the German club ArminiaBielefeld…
ArchiveDiscussions between South African and United States delegations: Washington, 17-19 March 1983
… Minutes of a meeting between delegates representating South African and the United State of America, to discuss international relations between the Soviet…
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… to London where she completed her degree in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1944. In 1946, Dr Singh returned to South Africa and become involved…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… Themba's short story Requiem for Sophiatown (destroyed in the late 1950s). Blame Me on History was an examination of what apartheid did to the character and…
ArchiveJustice for Tunay campaign
… Black, red and white poster. Photograph of Tunay Hassan. Died in the custody of the Dalston Police, United Kingdom. Picture of the police …
ArchiveWe are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain.
… Yellow, brown, black and white poster. Map of ancient world. Ancient civilisations. History of how the Spanish destroyed the Aztecs, the Incas and the Mayas…
PlaceHout Bay Museum
… The Hout Bay Museum is situated right next to the Hout Bay Tourist Office just off Main Road behind the … cottage style museum is a hidden treasure with…
ArchiveSearch warrant
… Search warrant to search the United Democratic Front premises and to seize articles … minutes, correspondence, video-cassettes, related to the activities of…
EventA curfew is lifted in Venda
… A curfew, which was imposed in the independent Venda homeland as a result of the deposition of the unpopular Frank Ravhele regime, was … Keesing's Record of…
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… were both married to other people when they first met. The marriage proceedings were conducted by African district … Ambrose Masalila, and witnessed by two…
EventGerard Bhengu SA artist, is born in Natal
… African artist Gerard Bhengu was born at an outstation of Mariannhill Mission Station at Centecow, Bulwer district … wide attention from a largely white…
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… His father. a migrant worker, ‘coughed out’ the harshness of his life onto his children. He died after his drink was … his brothers. Barely 18 years old,…
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
… The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally emigrated to Johannesburg after the turn of the century from Poswohl, in…
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… James Mpanza, a political activist and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed … given a rousing civic funeral service and was…
ArchiveWomen against apartheid in South Africa
… Report on the demonstration that took place in Pretoria, on 9 August 1956 by 20000 women against pass laws, the plight of Black women under apartheid, the…
EventDraft laws are gazetted
… The draft laws were gazetted, providing some benefits for … These include greatly increased mobility and security of tenure for Blacks qualified to be in…
An interview with Dorothy Molefi: Hector was ‘always smiling’
… unique is that her child became an international icon of South Africa's struggle for freedom. Her child was Hector Pieterson. As a 12-year-old victim of the…
EventRelations between South Africa and Algeria are smoothed out
… Algeria to smooth things out. On his return he stated that the two countries would strengthen ties by signing a bilateral agreement to develop areas of…
Condolence book for Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, 28 March 2017
… The African National Congress mourns the passing of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe, Comrade Ahmed … on earlier today, 28 March 2017. Members and supporters of the…
EventMonty Naicker dies
… was born in Durban. Naicker played a crucial role in the history of South Africa and his name is well documented amongst the political icons of the…