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ArchiveWorldwide support for shoe workers
… The plight of workers at the Kwa-Zulu Shoe Company at Loskop in Natal has roused the anger of unions worldwide. …
PlaceAlice, a Town near East London
… Town in the Victoria East District, on the Tyume River, some 120 km North-West of East London. It was named in 1847, according to some … New Dictionary of…
EventCOSATU withdraws from parliamentary session on budget
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) walked out of a parliamentary budget session on the grounds that its view was being ignored. COSATU had ……
ArchiveYoung Christian Students Rally
… Black and white poster. Notice of a rally at the Central Methodist Church on the 23rd September. Issued by Southern Transvaal YCS. Outline …
ArchiveA political review (a summary)
… Speech delivered by I B Tabata to an Executive Meeting of the Unity Movement in Lusaka. Reviews the current position of the Unity Movement. …
ArchiveStrategic perspective
… Unauthored paper on strategy and tactics in the context of negotiations. Includes the goals and immediate objectives of the National Liberation …
PlaceAnglican Cathedral, Bloemfontein
… Major Henry Warden, founder of Bloemfontein, gave the town a spiritual heart when he laid the foundation of the Victorian building in 1850. …
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… seller was fined R24 or 60 days in prison for breaking the municipal by-laws. The young man was charged on 29 counts for resisting moving … Act, Pass Laws…
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
… started landing leading roles. He starred in films such as The man in the iron mask and The Son of Monte Cristo. Sadly, his career started to decline as …
EventIvorian Footballer Didier Zokora is born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… moving to Turkish side, Trabzonspor. He has been part of the Ivorian national team for the past twelve years. Zokora is therefore part of the …
EventMark Thatcher arrested
… Mark Thatcher, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was … attempt in Equatorial Guinea. He was released later in the day on R2 million…
ArchiveStatement on detentions by General Secretaria
… Report issued by the General Secretariate of the SA Catholic Bishops about the detention of two Catholic …
ArchiveSASM Newsletter April 1973
… A newsletter of the South African Students Movement (SASM) that contains items on the Black Conciousness Movement, the banning of a SASO member …
EventMandela’s last major address to parliament
… Mandela delivered his last major address to parliament at the opening of the ultimate session of the first democratically elected … Nelson Mandela, (1999),…
EventJohn Kani was born on this day
… On this day Bonisile John Kani was born in New Brighton, in the Eastern Cape. He matriculated at Newell High School and … for theatre led him to work with…
EventSouth African GMO Act implemented
… The Genetically Modified Act 15 of 1997 was implemented by the Department of Agriculture on 1 December 1999.[i] The Act …
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
… in turn takes its name from Lord Alverstone, president of the Royal Commission on Martial Law Sentences, who visited … Webster became Chief Justice of…
EventFormer ANC president, Z.R. Mahabane, is born
… Clergyman, teacher, politician and president of the African National Congress (ANC) Zaccheus Richard … Mahabane tried to achieve Black unity and during the…
EventNjabulo Ndebele was born on this day
… matriculated in Swaziland in 1966 and went on to study at the universities of Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Cambridge and the University of Denver where he…
Event18 political prisoners are released from Bophuthatswana
… warder after he was found wearing a T-shirt calling for the release of Johannes Simelane. On 15 October 1991, Rabusang Mannana, a … medical care by prison…
ArchiveMarikana casualties
… The following is the list of miners, workers, fathers, sons and men who lost their lives on the fateful day of 16 August 2012. …
Archive6 April
… Notice of the 21st anniversary of the execution of Solomon "Kalushi" Mahlangu, and a …
PlaceHillside House, 14 Bird Street, Port Elizabeth
… The property was originally granted to George Daniel Diesel in 1824. The building was presumably erected after that date and is richly decorated with a…
EventArtist Allina Ndebele is born
… spin, dye and weave, was born at Ekuhlengeni mission on the Swart Mfolozi near Vryheid, Natal. On 27 September 2005, president Thabo Mbeki bestowed the Order…
EventPik Botha visits Soviet Union
… South African foreign minister, Pik Botha, visits the Soviet Union, where he re-established consular relations which had been severed in 1956. Though the…
EventNoby Ngombane is murdered
… Noby Ngombane, 38, head of the Free State government's policy monitoring and evaluation unit in the premier's office, was shot dead at his house in …
ArchiveAfrican middle class elite
… A research project conducted under the auspices of the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Rhodes …
Andries Jacobus Bester, Boer commandant, is born in Bloemfontein
… Andries Jacobus Bester, Boer commandant of the Bethlehem commando who fought in the Battle of Colesberg during the Anglo-Boer War 2, is born …
Looking After Freedom - ending 16 June
… artists and reflects on their influence internationally. The exhibition, which takes place from 23 May 2017 - 16 June 2017 at the Michaelis Galleries, aims…
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
… The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which was created to facilitate international cooperation in the establishment of meteorological and related…