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EventBafana Bafana draws with Nigeria
… The South African national soccer team Bafana Bafana played … and Bafana Bafana still have to score a goal against the Super Eagles. … 2004. Footballer of…
EventFive women are stoned to death in Somalia
… were publicly stoned to death by cheerful villagers. The punitive measures enforced for this religious conviction … prayers. United Nations (UN) officials…
EventSouth African Cricketer, Dave Nourse ,is born in England
… January 1878. Nourse went to South Africa as a drummer for the West Riding Regiment and decided to stay in the country. A bowler and left- handed bats man,…
ArchiveTelegram from J van Dalsen, Director-General, Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to His Excellency, Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique
… Telegram from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Information, South Africa, to the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, reporting that in …
ArchiveSuppression of Communism Act, Act No 44 of 1950
… The Act was to declare the Communist Party of South Africa to be an unlawful …
EventMac Maharaj announces his retirement
… Mac Maharaj announced that he will be retiring at the end of April 2015. He was president Zuma's former special … Africa's first democratic administration,…
ArchiveRelease Mandela Campaign Remembers Rivonia Trial
… generally considered to be 20 years imprisonment... Hence the Release Mandela Committee calls for the unconditional release of all other political prisoners …
PlaceDrostdy Museum, Uitenhage
… The Drostdy was erected during General Jacob Glen Cuyler’s … of office as Landdrost of Uitenhage in 1809 and follows the historical development of Uitenhage…
EventForeign Affairs Deputy Minister Pahad is born
… ( North West Province ). Pahad had been a m ember of the National Executive (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) since 1985. A banning …
EventSA Athlete Hestrie Cloete is born
… holder Hestrie Cloete is born in Germiston. Cloete is the current Commonwealth champion and 2002 World Cup Winner. … She is South Africa's main hope for a…
EventKruger repudiates execution of cattle–herds
… During the Siege of Mafeking (presently known as Mafikeng) in the Second Anglo-Boer War, two Black cattle-herds were … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer…
PlaceTrevean House, 258 Wakesleigh Road, Bellair, Durban
… and Philip Dudgeon. A billiard room was added in 1898. The building is probably the best surviving example of a late Colonial Victorian …
EventTaliep Petersen was born on this day.
… this day in District Six. He produced and directed some of the most well-known musicals in South Africa including District Six, Kat and the Kings and Ghoema…
PlaceVictorian dwellings, 135-137 Hatfield Street, Gardens
… 1881 as part of a speculative Housing Development scheme. The land was originally part of the Farm Welgedaan which had been allocated to Gerrit …
EventSA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”
… On 24 August 1960, The Star newspaper reported that the new Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy would … The Star (24 August 1960), ‘How Natives…
PlaceCuthbert’s Building, Eloff Street, Johannesburg
… The firm of WM Cuthbert & Co, shoe merchants, was established … completed in 1904. It rapidly became a major landmark in the mining town and retains many of…
EventTennis champion Frew Mcmillan is born in Springs
… titles, and with mixed doubles partner Betty Stove he took the mixed Wimbledon title in 1978 and 1981, and the US Open title in 1977 and 1978. …
EventSouth African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo
… Congress's 20 May 1983 car bombing of headquarters of the South African Defence Force in Pretoria, ANC bases in a … bombed in retaliation on 23 May 1983…
PlaceChurch Square, Dickson street, Woodstock
… Doctors and Nurses, aswell as students! Being so close to the City, this is also suitable for Businessmen! Years ago there was a Beach here, but now housed…
ArchiveWits Autumn Festival
… from 2nd to 6th May 1990 and contact number. Issued by the University of the Witwatersrand. Photo: Bob Cnoops. Image: Karel Nel …
PlaceMoth Memorial, Kimberley
… The Order is an independent brotherhood of ex-service men and … to those who served or currently serve their country in the armed services, in an active…
EventF.W. de Klerk marries Marike Willemse
… F.W. de Klerk married Marike Willemse on this date. The couple met at the University of Potchefstroom where they were both students … feite en fratse oor…
ArchiveCircular from John Daniel, Vice-President of NUSAS, to Overseas Representatives and Executive
… and Executive regarding recent developments in the student world. Includes brief reports on attacks on … detentions and trials, SRC elections, new…
ArchiveStatement made by Senator O P F Horwood in Senate on June 4, 1971
… that university authorities should act strongly to stop the activities of the National Union of South African Students and that, if …
ArchiveA Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1963
… Political refugees and absentees; Control of publications; The Population of South Africa, and measures to deter intermingling; The African reserves; Other…
EventAmanda Coetzer, SA’s highest ranked tennis star, is born in Hoopstad, OFS
… was born on 22 October 1971 and began playing tennis at the age of six. Coetzer began her professional tennis career … (both in size and rank) throughout her…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki congratulates his US counterpart
… W. Bush on his election for a second term as president of the United States, and called for greater world peace. "The government and people of South Africa,…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born
… father, Jozua Franchoise NaudÁƒÂƒ©, a founding member of the Broederbond. He was one of eight children and was raised in the heart of Afrikanerdom. Sources:…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela announces his intentions to promote national unity
… into government political parties that were not part of the Government of National Unity (GNU). This was his part of … amongst political organisations. …
Mupia-Mupia Exhibition by Maurice Mbikayi
… Mbikayi draws on this term as a concept working through the metamorphosis of ages, shape, form, power style, human and racial subjectivity through time. The…