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EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… Senghor was a poet and writer who later became president of Senegal. He was educated in Paris where he got acquainted … in Paris and earned his citizenship…
EventBhawani Sannyassi Dayal dies
… Indian rights in SA, died in Ajmer, India. Dayal was one of the organisers of the Indian strike led by Mohandas Gandhi at Newcastle in …
EventSouth African boxers,Zolile Mbityi and Peter Malinga both win world titles
… world titles. Mbityi, South African (SA) flyweight, won the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) flyweight title, while Peter Malinga, SA welterweight,…
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… de la Rey, known as Koos de la Rey, a Boer general during the Second Anglo-Boer War who is widely regarded as being one of the strongest military leaders…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 4: Dont vote! its not a crime
… This pamphlet wishes to clear some fears and anxieties of those members with regards to the consequences of them not casting a vote or registration to vote…
Read SABC CEO Jimi Matthews full resignation letter (Staff Reporter), 27 June 2016
… immediate resignation. “For many months I have compromised the values I hold dear under the mistaken belief that I could be more effective inside the … made…
EventEschel Rhoodie’s assets frozen
… The South African government froze the South African assets of the former Information Secretary, …
EventAlbert Nzula dies in Moscow
… Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), died of … in Moscow, USSR. He left SA in 1931 to study in Moscow…
Inkululeko - Freedom
… First issue of a newsletter of the South African Communist Party entitled Inkululeko - Freedom, published on the occasion of the Party's 50th anniversary. …
EventNP holds federal congress
… Following its withdrawal from the African National Congress (ANC)-led Government of National Unity, the National Party held its federal congress (1 - 3…
Africa South
… M. Segal (1932-2008) was launched in Cape Town in 1956. The journal was published quarterly while funds were available. The last and final publication was…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… was South Africa’s second Olympic champion when he won the bantamweight title at the 1924 Olympic Games held in Paris.[iii] Smith turned … boxing up until…
EventGana Makabeni dies
… Gana Makabeni, trade union leader and member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s, died in the ……
EventSA artist Vuminkosi Zulu is born
… Former graduate of the famous Rorke's Drift School of Art, South African … Zulu became a world-renowned artist and his depiction of the 'The Battle of…
ArchiveDon't let them hang. : Give them freedom
… Yellow poster. First half of title in white letters on red spear across poster. Second … Poem at top in black letters entitled "Message from the gallows" by…
ArchiveA vote for SAIC is a vote accepting racial inferiority. Reject Aparthate!
… inferiority; Reject Apartheid; text on ballot box: At the congress of the ASB held in Pretoria on 28 June 1971 the Prime Minister …
EventPrime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act
… Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts announced the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the … Bagwandeen, D., (1984), Smuts and…
EventP.W. Botha appears in court
… P.W. Botha appeared in court for refusing to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The former South African State President appeared at a…
ArchiveMoral suasion
… This is the 30th lecture delivered by Dr. Hugh Ashton in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series on january 18, 1978 at the University of…
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
… with Duma Nokwe (1927-1978) who was Secretary-General of the ANC from 1958 to 1969. Born to working class parents … at St. Peter's School in Johannesburg,…
EventGwen Lister is born
… in East London on 5 December 1953. After graduating at the University of Cape Town, Lister left for Namibia and joined the Windhoek Advertiser as a political…
PlaceAll Saints Mission, Eastern Cape
… An Anglican Mission in the Xuka River valley, 4 km East of Ngcobo. Established in 1860-61 by Rev. John Gordon, named thus because the Land on which it was…
PlaceLong Cottage, Newlands Avenue, Newlands
… Newlands House originally formed part of the historic estate established in 1751 by Governor Ryk Tulbagh. Long Cottage was built as the slave quarters and…
PlaceLighthouse, Beach Road, Green Point
… The lighthouse, which was probably designed and built by Hermann Schutte, is the oldest structure of its kind in South Africa, and was officially opened on…
EventAllan Boesak marries Elna Botha
… wed journalist and television personality Elna Botha in the St. Stephens church in Cape Town. Prior to this Boesak had resigned as president of the World…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.6 No.1 Oct-Dec 1961
… a Valediction Forbidding Mourning, Ronald Segal. Cartoon. The Great Smear: Communism and Congress in South Africa, Duma Nokwe. Out of the Strike, Nelson…
EventRiots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape
… London, Eastern Cape after strike meetings were banned by the government. 17 protesters were killed, as well as an Irish Nun who was stoned to death by the…
EventA fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and seriously injures twenty-eight others
… caught fire in a secondary school near Nairobi, Kenya. The raging fire is reported to have spread quickly burning the victims beyond recognition. The boys…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
… The Roodepoort Town School was established in the 1890s and its premises, including a School Building and a … 10 March 1989. The Old Roodepoort Town School,…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… Jacob Hendrik Pierneef is one of South Africa’s most well known artists. He was born in Pretoria in 1886 and moved to Holland at the time of the Boer War…