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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EventGovernment withdraws ten police officers from service
… Following an interim report of the Goldstone Commission, which probed allegations of a … that a further ten unnamed officers implicated in the report were…
ArchivePolice community relations: a mediators per
… following efforts by President F.W.de Klerk to curb the use of excessive force by police stating the difficulties faced by public officials in the United …
EventSADF replace police on South West Africa’s northern border
… In a dramatic move, Minister of Defence P. W. Botha announced the replacement of South African police by the South African Defence Force on the northern…
PlaceGlen Grey
… The village of Glen Grey was named in honour of Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape 1854-61. On 17 July 1902 a fire broke out in the …
ArchiveMemorandum van HSAW aan die Voorsitter van die SVR werkkomitee
… Memorandum from the Chief of the South African Defence Force to the Chairman, State … Security Council, detailing guidelines for the formulation of a short…
ArchiveKorttermynstrategie vir Angola
… Memorandum from the Chief of the South African Defence Force to the Chairman, State … Security Council, detailing guidelines for the formulation of a short…
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… who was released from prison in February 1990, became the first democratic president of the Republic of South Africa in April 1994. His announcement …
EventSASO leader, Abram Tiro is assassinated
… Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, a leader of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO), was … an application form to continue his studies through the University…
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… The Springbok rugby team, nicknamed Amabokoboko, national team of South Africa under mentorship of Nick Mallett, registered an important victory over the…
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… Daniël Cornelis Boonzaaier was born at Patatsrivier in the Cape Province in 1865. Boonzaaier became famous for his … cartoons. He came to Cape Town in 1882…
EventTwenty die in an armed assault in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan
… three other men with him that night. Abbas belonged to the Islamic fundamentalist group Al-Takfir wa al-Hijran which had a long standing grudge against the…
EventMiss Namibia, Michelle Mclean, model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand
… miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand in 1992. Mclean had won the 1991 Miss Namibia pageant as well as making it to the top 5 of Miss World in the same year…
EventOrlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa dies
… and captain was shot dead by two armed men who entered the house in Vosloorus township, near Johannesburg,where he was at the time of the tragedy. Meyiwa was…
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
… General Motors (GM), the American owned automobile industry in South Africa, pulled out of the country amidst a series of disputes and strikes from …
Phambili
… Phambili, published by the Phambili Collective in Johannesburg, was a short lived … comprising 3 issues published during 1988 and 1989. The aim of the…
EventSA Policeman Wins 90km Comrades Marathon
… A member of the South African Police Services (SAPS) from Mafikeng in North West, Andrew Kelehe, won the 90km Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… During the Anglo-Boer War II, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state Artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek …
ArchivePretoria Minute
… Minutes of discussions between the South African Government and the African National Congress in Pretoria, 6 August, 1990. …
EventSA musician Todd Matshikiza dies
… composer and writer, Todd Tozama Matshikiza, died at the age of 47 in Lusaka, Zambia after a sudden illness. He composed the music and wrote some of the…
ArchiveCC Resolution on Elections
… Resolutions of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party on elections, on Angola, …
PlaceCwanguba
… A forest 34km East of Elliotdale. The forest is reputed to have resulted from Imilenya shrubs, planted on the grave of Chief Tsiwo! The name is thought to be…
ArchiveVerbatim Minutes: Meeting, Cape Town, 7th April 1977
… Minutes of an international meeting with the South African Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Ambassadors of Canada, France, Federal…
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
… Adebayor is a Togolese footballer. He was born to parents of Yoruba descent in the city of Lomé. After a talent scout spotted him playing, … represented Togo…