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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…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… to a British mother and Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His father was born in the Lethuania/Poland area and had fled to South Africa to escape Nazi…
EventBrett Kebble is shot dead
… was ambushed in Melrose, Johannesburg, at around 21:00 on his way to a dinner engagement. Andile Nkuhlu, Kebble's … Kebble was the victim of a callous,…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… older sister, she eventually decided to take Walter up on his invite to the “bioscope” (movie cinema) and their … from there. Albertina regularly accompanied…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… uses the symbols of bread and wine to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ. Baptismal water symbolises the death of the old sinful self and the rebirth into…
2004 Gruber Justice Prize: Arthur Chaskalson
… process and at times through the court process." One of his best known judgments is a 1995 decision against the death penalty. In it he wrote, "It has not…
EventZwelethu Mthethwa found guilty of murder
… eventualis, meaning Mthethwa foresaw the probability of his act causing death, and nevertheless persisted. During the court case, … 2014, Mthethwa refused to…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… was a different man to different people, kind to his friends and admirers and cruel to his enemies - and since he had more of the latter, Bra Boy's … murder…
EventXhosa Chief Sandile is killed
… Seventh Frontier War (1846-47) Sandile was defeated and his territory was put under British command and called British Kaffraria. His dissatisfaction with…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… the stoning continued until he was unconscious. Meanwhile, his car was pushed onto the street, rolled over onto its side … and international headlines when…
PlaceHawthornden-House, Herschell Walk, Wynberg
… It was purchased by Sir JB Robinson in 1891 who, following his retirement from the Witwatersrand gold mines, lived there until his death in 1927. In 1978…
EventJan de la Fontaine becomes Governor at the Cape
… Pieter Gijsbert Noodt succeeded him as governor until his death on 23 April 1729. Following this, De la Fontaine was … as official governor of the Cape on 8…
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… East, was killed in an accident when he fell from his buggy. The Cape Colonial government unilaterally annexed … of disturbances in that region; they…
EventPeter Nchabeleng President of Northern Transvaal UDF dies
… that he was tortured while he was in custody. Before his arrest, Nchabeleng received a letter bomb containing his son's school results. He refused to open…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… At one of the events Chief Albert Luthuli publicly burns his pass, Mandela burnt his passbook before an audience of journalists.Chief Albert … and Zinakile…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… stowaway on a ship and travel thousands of kilometres from his home, his discovery by the crew before their arrival at the Cape … Reformed Church. In 1712…
PlaceMzilikazi Memorial, situated at Phokeng, near Rustenburg
… September 1868 following a long period of ill health, but his death was kept a secret by his chief councillors and some of his queens who were with …
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… of Shaka (Dingane, 10 years previously, had murdered his half-brother, Shaka, to assume the chieftainship of the … of hindsight, it seems that Retief was…
EventJoseph Engenas Lekganyane, founder of the Dove branch of the ZCC, is born
… into two branches. Barnabas chose and presented Joseph to his brothers, elders and his advocate as his successor just before he died in 1972. After his…
EventFirst Nobel prizes are awarded
… dynamite, Alfred B. Nobel, established the Nobel Prizes in his will. This bequeathment allegedly shocked his relatives and the countries where he had once…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… J.M. Coetzee is a two-time Booker prize winner, known for his political novels on South Africa. His style has been compared to Kafka and Beckett. He is best …
EventZelda la Grange was born on this day
… Presidency. In 1999 President Mandela hand-picked her from his personal staff to remain in his services beyond his retirement. She served President … Aide-de…
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
… fraud involving R 2 billion worth of shares in one of his companies. Later that year, On 27 September, Kebble was shot seven times in his car on the way to…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
… of Andrew Murray was erected at the front of the church in his honour. Ds Murray moved to various congregations over the … ended up in the Wellington church…
PlaceHouse Preller, Hartebeesport
… Afrikaans language. He occupied this house from 1935 until his death, and many of his later historical works were completed here. It was …
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… Police surrounded the area and Mahlangu came out from his hiding place with his arms raised. A huge crowd had gathered and I was in that … unit. I visited…
XIII - The Courts
… to domination. There are certain things about the death of Biko, declared the SABC, official voice of South Africa, which should be pointed out: No one in…
EventSir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the malaria mosquito is born
… and visited Madras, Burma and Andaman Islands developing his interest in poetry, literature and mathematics. Sir Ross began his study of malaria in 1892. He…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… SA Institute of Race Relations , Bishop Desmond Tutu lent his support to the Release Mandela campaign. 13 March, The … the African National Congress (ANC),…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… all soon die out. Apart from loss of access to land, and death by violent force of arms, infectious diseases like … Robinson, British Protector of Aborigines…