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EventDjibouti and Cote d’ Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
… Following a visit to Nigeria by the state president, F.W. de Klerk, and his foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha a number of other African countries announced…
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
… attempt was made on first Ghana President, Kwame Nkrumah. The bomb, intended to eliminate Nkrumah, exploded and killed four people, scores of whom were left…
PlaceMusgrove road, Berea
… P Piekes. Erected in 1904-05, it is an excellent example of the Natal verandah house popular at the beginning of the 20th century, and includes a finely …
EventSmiso Zwane, South African hip hop artist is born
… Smiso Zwane, stage name Okmalumkoolkat was born in the Umlazi township of Durban on 27 July 1985. [i] Along ZamaniXolo stage name DoktaSpiZee, two forms the…
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… East to an English Methodist family in 1906. He became one of South Africa's first and most important abstract painters. … since childhood. His formal art…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… Professor Roland Levinsky, of the University of Plymouth, was born in South Africa to a … Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His father was born in the…
ArchiveWomen fight for freedom
… Black and white poster with slash of green and yellow. ANC logo 1912-1987 : 75 years. Quote from Dora Tamana. Photograph of women running across the road…
EventProf. Sibusiso Emmanuel Bengu is born
… The first national minister of education in South Africa's Government of National Unity (GNU), Prof. Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel … released from his…
ArchiveTactics and planning - responding to political reality
… Paper presented at the 57th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Durban, …
South African Labour Bulletin
… Large outline in red of profile of a man's head and shoulders holding open book. … Various black and white images of people working around the head. Title in…
Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux, 9 January 1929
… a letter [from] CG, who might be [-] for a reply instead of the procedure below, do which you like, I shall [-]. … splendid country delegates). We agreed on…
ArchiveSouth African Students Organisation: histori
… The document traces the early history leading to the formation of the South African Students Organisation (SASO). An …
Place'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River
… Name applied from 1657 to the Liesbeek River, in Cape Town. Named after a small River in the Netherlands. The first 'free burghers' of the Dutch East India…
Letter from Paul Pretorius, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and others
… Circular letter from Paul Pretorius, President of the National Union of South African Students with … of South African Students and its reassesmente,…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.3 Jul-Aug 1979
… Funda Ntuli, Seth 'n Sam by Peter Wilhelm, Three Days in the Land of a Dying Illusion by Mtutuzeli Matshoba. The Road is Much Longer by Johnny Rogers. Poems:…
Liberation
… Liberation was founded in Johannesburg as a magazine of quality, focusing on issues of concern to Blacks and … " a journal of democratic discussion", and was…
PlaceRust-en-Vrede, Wellington Road, Durbanville
… Construction of this complex dates from the mid 19th Century and reflects … Residences. More recently in 1978 it was acquired by the Durbanville Municipality…
EventSouth African pop queen, Brenda Fassie, is born
… in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a pianist, Brenda began singing to her…
EventJan Volschenk, a well-known South African painter, dies
… Jan Volschenk, a prominent South African painter, died at the age of 83. He passed away in the town of Riversdale in the Cape Province, where he was ……
EventSA poet Sydney Vernon Peterson dies
… Sydney Vernon Petersen, one of the prominent South African poets and educationist of the 1940s, died in Germiston. His poetry was translated into ……
ArchiveDaai geld, daai geld, daai baie geld!
… Pamphlet produced by the African National Congress for the 1994 elections. Title translated into English reads, That Money, that money, that large amount of…
EventJames La Guma dies
… La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured People's…
ArchiveJune 16: 10 fighting years
… Transvaal Student Congress (TRASCO) logo on left and image of Hector Pieterson in the arms of a fellow student on the right. Features list of demands. "Unban…
EventSierra Leone gains independence from Britain
… West African state Sierra Leone fronts onto the Atlantic Ocean, and is flanked by Liberia and Guinea. The very earliest inhabitants of Sierra Leone were…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.3 Nov 1981
… by Mongane Serote; Mineworking by Gregg Latter; During the Trial by Steve Jacobs; Go Home Simpasa by Sy Moya; Have … A Gift For Rajendra by Jayapraga Reddy. …
EventUgandan President Idi Amin releases political prisoners
… by Obote’s government. He wasted no time announcing names of 17 new cabinet Ministers. Amin overthrew his long time … threat to his administration. In 1972…
EventBurundi gains independence from Belgium
… Burundi, a country located east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) gained its … German East Africa, Burundi gained its independence under the…
EventMaluzi Gigaba is born
… South Africa's youngest cabinet member and deputy minister of home affairs, Malusi Knowledge Nkanyedzi Gigaba, was born … appointed deputy minister by…
EventSouth African artist, Maggie Laubser, is born
… Maggie Laubser was born on Bloublommetjieskloof farm in the district of Malmesbury, Cape Colony. Laubser went on to become on of … a distinctive pastoral…
EventRabbi Israel Abrahams is born
… Chief Rabbi of Cape Town and Hebrew scholar Israel Abrahams was born in … Vilna, Lithuania. He came to South Africa in 1937 and held the position of chief…