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EventLadysmith Black Mambazo win a Grammy
… and internationally. Ladysmith Black Mambazo has performed before kings and queens; the Pope; at the Summer Olympics; at …
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
… Jan van Riebeeck established the Burgher Militia a few days before a Khoi-Khoi (Hottentot) rising, sometimes called the …
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
… apology for his role in the occurrence. Mosimane appeared before the committee on two charges, one of bringing the PSL …
EventPresident Mbeki opens the second sitting of PAP
… new members of the Parliament were to be sworn in before the start of the official opening scheduled for around …
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… were up to the anactment not recognised as valid marriages before the law, because of the system's polygamous nature. …
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… where they demanded that they air their grievances before the magistrate. The workers complained about their …
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… periods. At the end of the war on 31 May 1902, shortly before midnight, the two parties (English and Afrikaneers) …
EventJazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg
… the Ngcuka brothers. He was a self taught musician before he received a scholarship to study at the Berkley …
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
… he was jailed for Adamson's murder. Ekai also confessed before his trial that he stabbed the naturalist because she …
EventThe Pretoria Show is opened for all races
… a name change; it was briefly changed to Tshwane Show before settling on The Spring Show. The Spring Show is an …
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… were taken to Robben Island, where he spent 25 years before being released in 1989. …
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… with high treason and imprisoned for a further few months before being acquitted in 1986. Paul led the Natal Rates …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Glossary
… An illustration of the social structure of French society before the French Revolution. Image Source This article was …
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
… foundation, and brick floors were carefully reburied. Before this happened, a closing ceremony was held to remember … in the center of the ruin and sang “How…
PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
… of the Cape Colony, destroying all settler resistance before them. Although they reached the Sunday's River, they … with the tribal divisions existing in the…
Review Essay: Crisis, History and the Challenge of Reinvention in the Postcolonial: The African National Congress after Apartheid by Laurence Piper
… Further, while it may have been in crisis many times before in its history, and a history of adaptability and … of four social groups: traditional leaders,…
After Apartheid – Culture in the New South Africa Vol. 2
… political and economical problems still need to be solved before a new sense of the nationhood can develop.This volume …
After Apartheid - Social Identities in the New South Africa Vol. 1
… majority of South Africans are contributing more than ever before to structuring their society, forging and assuming a …
EventMaxwell Mlilo, South African actor, dies of diabetes
… and local dramas like Tsha Tsha and Home Affairs. Just before his death, Mlilo was well known for his role as …
EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
… the first to gain independence from European colonialism. Before it was colonised, Ghana was made up of a number of …
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
… of the Union Government, unless these laws were repealed before March 1, 1952". Organisations like the Congress of …
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… New York to assist in the preparation of the Indian case before the United Nations. Ashwin Choudree, delegate of the …
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… in the period of eight days and up to twelve hours before his death. The report came after world governments, …
EventBlack People Convention is formed
… principle that they identified themselves firstly as black before being students formed this movement. The movement …
EventVerwoerd’s grandson joins ANC
… Verwoerd was a card-carrying member of the ANC even before he joined the organisation. His main aim of joining …
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… the regime that unless all the obstacles are removed on or before 30 April 1991, the ANC shall consider the suspension …
EventSoweto High School under siege
… to Moroka police station where their names were recorded before their release. The following day students did not turn …
EventSA TV Producer reported killed in Air crash
… after it failed to give signal when it was at 13000 feet, before flying through an electrical storm. President Olusagan …
EventEvidence found at Barberton confirms theory of life on earth as early as about 3.4 billion years ago
… an open ocean system more than 3 billion years ago - long before humans began inhabiting the earth (approximately 2 …
EventSA military integration is disputed
… (BMATT) and army chief Lt.-Gen. Reginald Otto to be tabled before the committee on defence in parliament. The exchanges …