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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 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 …
PlaceMLR-cannon, Middle North Battery, Simonstown
… The gun was designed in 1865 as a broadside gun for ironclad ships and harbour seafront defence. A total of 190 were made. The gun was last fired in 1903…
ArchiveInterview with Tsietsi Mashinini
… interview, in New York City, with Tsietsi Mashinini, on the aftermath and reporting of the Soweto riots, international relations and the role of the …
EventControversial ‘Black Jesus’ painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… National Congress (ANC) leader, Albert Luthuli as Jesus. The painting, named Black Christ, depicts Luthuli crucified on the cross next to apartheid…
EventEllen Khuzwayo is born
… Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo, ANC member of parliament and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of … languages) and other books, was born in Thaba-Nchu in…
ArchiveResearch report
… Research report on the study conducted to describe and analyse the effects of labour migration on marriage and family life. The …
EventJustice Minister, Jimmy Kruger, announces mass arrest
… The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, made an announcement to the effect that 697 were being held for various security reasons. The breakdown of the total…
EventMaritime headquarters at Silvermine is opened
… Prime Minister B.J. Vorster officially opened the South African Navy's R15m Maritime Operational and … at Silvermine, West Lake, near Simonstown, Cape…
ArchiveInterview with Potlako Kitchener Leballo
… in Nairoi, with P. K. Leballo (1924-1986) a leader in the Africanist movement and later in the Pan Africanist Congress, serving as its secretary general ……
EventEsther Franks, physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, is born in Zurich
… came to SA shortly after her birth. She was a pioneer in the fight against blindness. In 1971 she was adjudged Woman of the Year by the readers of The Star…
EventNigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated
… President Musa Yar’Adua was inaugurated as President of Nigeria, after the April 2007 elections. President Thabo Mbeki visited Nigeria for the inauguration…
PlaceOld Municipal Offices, Berlandina Street, Roodepoort
… The building was designed by Charles Hosking and was completed in 1906 as the first permanent offices for the new Roodepoort-Maraisburg … It was extended in…
EventEnoch Mgijima dies
… Enoch Mgijima (Mgizima), Fingo prophet of the Israelites sect in the Eastern Cape, died in Ntabelanga, Queenstown. His … Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970)…
EventPrince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War
… The 22-year-old Prince Imperial of France, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, who studied in England at the Royal Military Academy and joined the British…
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
… Black women in what was then the Orange Free State protested when they were included in … Pass legislation previously reserved for African men only. The…
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… On 5 January 1965, members of the African National Congress (ANC) Mac Maharaj, Laloo … and Walter Sisulu among others were being kept after the Rivonia Trial…
ArchiveA bill
… A bill to amend the comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to prohibit United States depository institutions … of South Africa, and other purposes as it be…
EventSuspect in US embassies bomb blasts denies charges
… The 26-year-old Tanzanian, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a prime suspect in the bombing of two United States of American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, …
ArchiveNational Conference, 1983: resolutions adopted
… This is the pamphlet containing resolutions of the National Conference held in 1983 of the South African …
ArchiveSASO: Executive and Staff
… The circular contains a list of names of the Executive members and staff of SASO for the years 1974 …
EventPrime Minister B.J Vorster supports changes to Black labour
… that there was nothing to prevent employers taking the necessary steps to bring about improvements in the productive use of Black labour. The government…
EventNewspaper editor John Tengo Jabavu dies
… John Tengo Jabavu, the founder of the first Black-language newspaper, Imvo Zabantsundu … Don Jabavu, the first Black professor at the University of Fort Hare…
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… former politician and National Party (NP) negotiator at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) is born. Together with Cyril Ramaphosa, Roelf…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… Durban on 23 September 1948. He studied art at the Ndaleni Educational Training School under Lorna Peirson . After completing his studies, he went on to…
EventJohn Vorster says SA will welcome Maoris
… Africa would welcome Maoris in New Zealand rugby teams. The presence of Maoris, a non-White indigenous New Zealand population, was … of racial segregation in…