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EventDr Wouter Basson is acquitted
… acquitted by Judge Willie Hartzenberg on forty-six charges of murdering apartheid opponents, conspiracy, drug possession and fraud. During the apartheid era…
ArchiveBreaking new ground: recommendations from an
… from an African National Congress in-house workshop on the political, economic and social issues of South Africa's rural areas, held in Lusaka, Zambia, on…
EventDr Ribeiro and his wife are gunned down
… The medical practitioner and political activist, Dr Fabian … after several attempts on their lives. It only emerged at the Truth and Reconciliation…
EventWorld Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign
… World Cancer Day was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to raise … and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. The…
EventVigilante mob beats man to death in Diepsloot
… his car too close to where they were standing. When the confrontation got out of hand, Ramoloyi, who was travelling with his brother, produced a gun and…
EventLeprosy expert Dr Kok is born
… Susanna Helena Kok, medical missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy, was … She who worked mainly in Nigeria. While in charge of the…
PlaceKlein Zoar, Wemyss Road, Brooklyn, Cape Town
… The house probably dates from the 18th century and is alleged to have been the home of Wolraad Woltemade who, in 1773, performed the heroic deed …
PlaceDevonshire Villa, 33 Carstens Street, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
… The dwelling is an excellent example of late Victorian architecture and was erected in 1893-94 by … merchant of Cape Town, who is also believed to have named…
EventSouth African cricket player Jonathan ‘Jonty’ Rhodes is born
… 27 July 1969. Better known as “Jonty”, his diving run-out of Pakistani’s Inzamam-ul-Haq during the 1992 World Cup earn him a glorious place in the world of…
ArchiveBolt Number 6 1972
… EDITOR, CHRISTOPHER HOPE. Content: The Hero of Currie Road, Alan Paton; Reinaldo Ferreira’s Recipe for a Hero, John Torres; The Pack, Terence Hammond & David…
EventDumisani Makhaye passes away
… The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Local Government, Housing and Traditional Affairs and member of the African National Congress (ANC), Dumisani Makhaye, …
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… former South African president announced his retirement as the leader of the National Party (NP) and from public life. It was under …
EventThabo Mbeki announces judicial inquiry
… first Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki announced the establishment of an independent judicial inquiry to investigate allegations … police officials…
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 advisor … Africa's first democratic…
ArchiveRelease Mandela Campaign Remembers Rivonia Trial
… Release Mandela Campaign Remembers Rivonia Tria; in terms of international legal practice3, a life sentence is … generally considered to be 20 years…
ArchiveSouthern African Catholic Bishop Conference: special commision on economic pressure
… This report discusses the constitution of the commission,meetings, proposals, and economic pressures …
ArchiveWe are at war!
… ANC illustrated booklet in five languages on the history of the liberation struggle, apartheid and the ANC. …
ArchiveNUSAS
… Paper presented at the NUSAS National Seminar, outlining the role of NUSAS in the struggle for liberation …
EventTaliep Petersen was born on this day.
… One of South Africa’s best known theatre personalities was born … this day in District Six. He produced and directed some of the most well-known musicals in…
PlaceCuthbert’s Building, Eloff Street, Johannesburg
… The firm of WM Cuthbert & Co, shoe merchants, was established in 1882. … completed in 1904. It rapidly became a major landmark in the mining town and retains…
Comrade Keith Khoza`s father being buried on Saturday, 3 February 2011
… The African National Congress (ANC) sends its condolences to … its communications manager Keith Khoza and his family for the loss of his father – Mr Wakheni…
EventRobert McBride is born
… The African National Congress (ANC) member and current chief of Ekurhuleni Metro Police, Robert McBride, was born in Addington Hospital, Durban. McBride led…
EventMovie director Henry Cornelius dies
… The South African born British film director and … scriptwriter, Henry Cornelius, died unexpectedly during the production of the crime comedy "Law and…
EventDesire Wilson is born
… in Brakpan. Wilson is a former racing driver who is one of only five women to have competed in Formula One. In 1980 she won the Formula One race at Brands…
EventHenry Morton Stanley’s expedition reaches Fort Bodo, Congo
… English explorer who lived in America, was commissioned by The New York Herald with the task of finding explorer David Livingstone. No one had heard from ……
ArchiveStatement given to Sunday Times
… Draft statement prepared for the Sunday Times opposing the forced removals of the Fingo people from their land …
ArchiveANC Cultural Boycott Policy
… ANC position paper on the Cultural Boycott Policy as adopted by the National Executive Committee of the ANC. … Christian Institute of Southern Africa …
EventBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born
… Free State). As a young boy he tended cattle on a farm in the Free State and drew on rocks with stones. He was largely … Centre in 1964. He was also guided…
EventShift in US Foreign Policy toward apartheid state takes place
… The Republican US President Ronald Reagan accepts that the policy of constructive engagement has failed. He announces a change …
PlaceMoth Memorial, Kimberley
… The Order is an independent brotherhood of ex-service men and women as well as serving men and women … to those who served or currently serve their country…