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ArchiveAre we blind?
… Journal article containing the statement issued by the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, about the banning of the Message for 1977 from …
ArchiveCosatu Demands
… A2 litho red and black on white; graphic of people marching; text: COSATU demands: 1. the right to work 2. the right to organize 3 the right of students to:…
EventSewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh dies in Durban
… Sewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh, champion for the poor and social worker, died in Durban. He was born in … an active role in SA sports as, inter alia, president…
EventSADF seals off Vaal townships
… A combined force of seven thousand South African Defence Force (SADF) troops and the South African Police (SAP) sealed off the Vaal Triangle townships of…
EventSipho Mutsi dies in police custody
… Seventeen-year-old activist and leader of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS), Sipho … Mutsi, died in police custody during interrogation at the…
EventTsotsi wins Academy Award
… On 6 March 2006, the South African film Tsotsi, starring young actors Presley … and Terry Pheto and directed by Gavin Woods, received the Oscar for the best…
EventCosatu celebrates its 18 th anniversary
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) celebrated its 18th anniversary by becoming the first trade union in the world to sponsor a CD. The…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 2: Sou
… Report of the Social Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society … The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society …
FAVT: Future Africa Visions in Time – Group Show (until 28 April 2017)
… & Emeka Alams, Fallen, 2015, Picture by: Lara Buchmann The Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies, Iwalewahaus (University of Bayreuth) and the Goethe…
PlaceAbees, Bela-Bela
… Old Khoikhoi name for Warmbad. It means 'place of cleansing or washing'. A Town 100 km away from Pretoria North. It was laid out in 1882 on the Farms: 'Het…
EventGovernment bans 20 Black leaders
… throughout South Africa, culminating in September 1973 at the Western Deep Levels mine at Carletonville, when 12 … fired on a crowd. Shortly afterwards it…
ArchiveInterview with Soweto high school students
… high school students. Soweto has 52 high schools since the reopening of school after winter cavation. The outcome of the interview covers the registration, …
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… Adelaide Frances Tambo (77), widow of former African National Congress (ANC) leader Oliver … as she was lovingly called, became involved in politics at the…
EventSADC treaty is signed in Namibia
… A treaty, which effected the establishment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), was signed …
Isizwe
… Isizwe = The Nation, the journal published by the United Democratic Front to … debate and training within their ranks, consisted of articles on topics…
Theft at Luthuli House, 12 October 2003
… In response to a number of media enquiries, the ANC wishes to clarify the following: 1. A person or persons gained access to the …
EventPolice found burnt body near KTC squatter camp, Cape Town
… On 2 June 1986, the South African police services found the burnt body of a man near the KTC squatter camp in Nyanga East. A Police …
EventPatricia de Lille testifies at Schabir Shaik’s trial
… At the time, leader of the Independent Democrats, Patricia de Lille, finally took … acquisition process. Her testimony relates to count three of corruption…
PlaceOld Anglican Church, Rustenburg
… Sadly the building burnt down some years ago and is presently in … site in 1967. It was originally built in 1871 as a result of the efforts of John…
EventAbram Fischer fails to arrive in court
… Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail … for conspiring to commit sabotage…
EventMedicines Control Council threatens to de-register Nevirapine
… The Medicines Control Council (MCC) threatens to de-register … and appropriate documentation can show its efficacy in the prevention of mother to child…
EventBaden Powell is born in London, England
… Lord Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement in 1908 and British hero at the siege of Mafeking, is born in Paddington, London. …
EventBotswana gains independence from Britain
… independence from Britain on 30 September 1966 under the leadership of Seretse Khama. Khama was elected president by the National Assembly in 1966 and then…
EventSA artist Mizream Maseko is born
… was born on this date. He completed his schooling in the Transvaal. He began his career as a house painter and was inspired to paint by the works he saw in…
EventDaniel Francois Malherbe, SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born
… Francois Malherbe was born in Dal Josafat, Paarl, in the Western Cape (then Cape Colony). Malherbe was a novelist, … in South Africa. Malherbe published…
EventSA sugar magnate Sir Hulett is born
… was born in England and came to South Africa in 1857 at the age of 19. Hulett pioneered the country's sugar industry when he founded the Hulett … Kruger, D.W…
PlaceWoolsack House, Rondebosch
… Woolsack Drive is next to Rosebank and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Woolsack Drive has … features, was Rebuilt by Sir Herbert…
EventSenator Robert Kennedy visits SA
… In June 1966, during the darkest years of Apartheid, United States (US) Senator Robert Kennedy made a historic visit to South Africa. He was invited by the…
PlaceAlkmaar, a Town Near Nelspruit
… A small Community on the Crocodile River, some 18 km from Nelspruit. Named after a city in the Netherlands which is 32 km from Amsterdam, well known for ……
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… deeply unpopular since Afrikaans was regarded by some as the language of the oppressor. It was against this background that on 30 …