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VIII - The Pathologists
… Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa The cause of death revealed in the medical evidence was not disputed. … brain lesions occasioned by the…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… for about three years. 1832 The Sultan of Oman moves with his court to Zanzibar. He establishes plantations to grow … and export of Ivory and slaves become…
EventDaniel Arap Moi is elected President of Kenya
… Arap Moi was elected President of Kenya in what would be his twentieth year in office since his swearing in, in 1978 following the death of Mzee Jomo…
EventRebel commando leader Fourie is executed
… (can be freely translated as When we enter the valley of death). His death caused an outrage in Afrikaner circles, and was a …
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium denies accusations of brutality in the Congo Free State
… warned foreign powers not to interfere in the running of his private country. CFS was a “private project” undertaken by the Leopold II to mine rubber and…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… Nelson Mandela acknowledged after leaving office that his government had not acted swiftly or decisively enough to address the crisis. His successor, Thabo…
BiographyLevi Mabe
… Vryburg District on 6 June 1956. There is no evidence of his order of 6 June 1956 being revoked. …
BiographyMankopodi Sekhukhune
… of 1927 by commenting on matters that did not fall within his jurisdiction. All the while, Mankopodi Sekhukhune, was …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… against HIV. President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia announces his son has died of Aids, a landmark in the campaign against … largest single programme in the…
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… on the eve of Madikizela-Mandela's trial in 1991, repeated his allegations in his book Katiza' Journey that he saw Madikizela-Mandela … Baker Asvat, the…
EventTRC releases documents revealing plot to kill UN Secretary
… world what might have transpired prior to Hammarskjold's death. The documents were disclosed in TRC meetings with the … landing in Zambia, killing them…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the SA forces during their attempts to … the stoning continued until he was…
EventMusician, Gito Baloi of Tananas fame, is killed
… Baloi was shot dead on 4 April 2004, during a hijacking on his way home from a concert. Gito Baloi was born in … and vocalist of the South African band…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… to die. Miners soon distributed a pamphlet commemorating his death: All civilisation cries Shame! Shame! Shame! On the … Royal Dragoons who was backed up and…
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… the ways in which Paton uses Cry as a means to explore his political vision, illustrating how collaborative action … that Kumalo’s sister turns to…
EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… was murdered. The issue that on the day of Dlamini's death residents were protesting against reputed corrupt … for giving counseling to the victims of…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Congress into exile in 1976. He aided the ANC through his work as an anti-apartheid musician, an uMkhonto weSizwe … Gilder from the rest was unusual…
EventForces loyal to Zambian president Frederick Chiluba quash a coup by a handful of disgruntled military officers, arresting nine men including the captain who said an angel told him to overthrow the government
… that he had taken over the country. He further informed his countrymen that he was dismissing the chiefs of the army … for its ''corruption and criminality…
BiographyBettie du Toit
… sensibilities appealed to him. He allowed her to organise his workers and offered her a position as weaver. She was …
BiographyBlanche la Guma
… The ANC nominated Alex la Guma, with Blanche as his assistant, where he acted as the African National …
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… Committees. Ordinary members forfeit their membership upon death or by giving written notice of resignation or by being … further liabilities or…
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
… and organist, dies in East London. Two years before his death, Tyamzashe was awarded an honorary Masters of Arts degree from University of Fort Hare in…
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… if not the very best, Xhosa translator from English into his mother tongue. During his lifetime his Xhosa writings appeared only in the newspaper Isigidimi…
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… Vasco da Gama embarked on the Sao Gabriel accompanied by his pilot, Pedro de Alenquer. Vasco's brother, Paulo, … the Christian explorers, who again narrowly…
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… Army, placed Lumumba under house arrest and later ordered his assassination. The UN Secretary General, Dag HammarskjÁ¶ld, was blamed for Lumumba’s death, and…
EventTshifiwa Muofhe, a Lutheran Church elder suspected of complicity in the Sibasa Police Station bomb blast, dies in police custody
… in police custody on 7 January 1982 during interrogation. His death was brutal and callous. Policemen identified as his interrogators boasted to the other…
EventHeart specialist Dr. Chris Barnard dies
… died at the age of 78 of an acute asthma attack in his hotel room in the coastal town of Phapos, on the Greek island Cyprus. Barnard was on holiday at the…
EventSouth African tenor opera singer, Siphiwo Ntshebe dies
… away from what would have been one of the highlights of his career. Former South African President Nelson Mandela had … to be one of the performers at the…
EventThere is an assassination attempt on Verwoerd at the Rand Easter Show in Johannesburg
… H.F. Verwoerd at the Rand Easter Show in Johannesburg. His assailant was a disgruntled White farmer, David Pratt, … at the Minister at close range. Despite…
EventMoses Kotane receives Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe
… Three years before his death Moses Kotane, member of the South African Communist … The ceremony to honour him with this award coincided with his 70th…