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EventAdriaan Vlok applies for amnesty
… had committed during the apartheid era. His appearance before the commission stunned many of his former colleagues. …
EventSouth Africa approves the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission
… in September 1994 but the country took a little more time before ratifying the constitution. AFCAC is a specialised and …
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
… who became his patron. He starred in a few British films before he left for New York and Broadway and later Hollywood. …
EventIvorian Footballer Didier Zokora is born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… Racing Genk. He later moved to Spanish side Sevilla FC, before moving to Turkish side, Trabzonspor. He has been part …
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
… of the greater part of the Free State commandos. A day before the assault De Wet, his men and burghers, set off from …
EventThe death of Andries Tatane
… of the helmets that were worn. Less than two months before his death, a protester died during a clash between …
EventThe Johannesburg Meteorological Observatory opens
… same name. The land was owned by the Bezuidenhout family before they gave it to the government. South African Agency …
EventAhmadou Kourouma, Ivorian novelist dies in France
… CÁ´te d'Ivoire. He went to live and attend school in Mali before leaving for France. When CÁ´te d'Ivoire gained …
EventTakudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player, is born
… moved to Texas, USA, where he played for Plano Rugby club before moving on to Dallas Athletic Rugby Club. Ngwenya is …
ArchiveMandela's release - what a day this was in our history
… no means of communication the next day – and it was long before the days of cell phones! I left the office and drove into town just before noon on the day…
ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… but thousands of African women, many of whom had never before been involved in political protests or demonstrations. … issuance of permits in the urban areas…
Now You Have Touched the Women - African Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960 by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… but thousands of African women, many of whom had never before been involved in political protests or demonstrations. … issuance of permits in the urban areas…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1947
… Minister of the Interior laid the Cape Town Agreement before the Parliament, he declared that the agreement was not … case of discrimination in South Africa…
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… light on Cape Town social history in the two decades before World War I. As I turned the pages, I found this a … (see main picture). The photo was taken a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) St Lucia, 4 July 1998
… community of free nations. It was delayed for decades before that, by South Africa's oppression under the yoke of … I feel especially honoured and privileged…
PlaceMamelodi
… made by some among us. It is important that all of us, before making reckless statements, give ourselves time to … people had lived in Tshwane for over two…
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… missionary parents, Lewin attended Rhodes University before beginning his journalistic career at the Natal Witness … Lewin served the full term of his…
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… from his Soweto home by a group of armed men the night before his death. The incident occurred two days after the …
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… Even the P.A.C chaps joined us, and very enthusiastically, before they remembered to catch themselves...” In 1982, …
EventMargaret Rheeder is hung in Pretoria
… Port Elizabeth to buy a bottle of Antexit ant-killer. Before she left the pharmacy, Rheeder signed the poison …
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
… a year after the Wiehahn commission on labour was tabled before parliament. Click here to read more about labour and …
EventHolomisa on corruption
… two million rand to the African National Congress (ANC) before the 1994 elections. Holomisa claimed this was an …
Event5,580 Egyptian prisoners of war are exchanged for four Israelis held by Egyptian troops
… the Anglo-French ultimatum was handed to Egypt and Israel before Israel had even reached the canal. This War …
![Freddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/event_pics/Freddie%20Mercury.jpg?itok=Vuq6ADKe)
EventFreddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.
… AIDS; he had just admitted to having the disease the day before. His death made him even more popular with Queen’s …
EventTwenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death for the Lari massacre in Kenya
… part in the event. The unfortunate event happened 10 years before the independence of the country from Britain in 1963 …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… non-consensual sterilisation–eugenics put into practice before 1945, and the aftermath. Part 1: USA, Japan, Canada … the case of South Australia." In Crime…
ArchivePhotographer Ernest Cole: Of bondage and freedom – Discovery of trove of negatives a game changer by Ivor Powell (Daily Maverick), 30 November 2017
… to light coincided with legal inquiries instituted – by court order – into the fate of photographic heritage … – many of the images in question never shown…
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… border. Undoubtedly many disabilities were placed upon us before the war. We often found our position unbearable, but … Justice of the Orange Free State…
Say It out Loud - Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… border. Undoubtedly many disabilities were placed upon us before the war. We often found our position unbearable, but … Justice of the Orange Free State…