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International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… mid-1950s that these initiatives were first taken. At that time white sporting bodies enjoyed international recognition … sports community was effectively…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… important resolution which was adopted stated that: “The time has arrived when we should have our own representatives … and they only release them from their…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
… for the next hour - my bus arrives in three minutes - on time. I go to the Press Office and receive my kit - maps as … composition, acts of counting or…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… who worked for Drum magazine at the time. Themba advised him how to apply to work in the … their passion for photography and “cool” jazz. By the time he…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 12
… He was working with the demonic energy of a man to whom time had become the only wealth worth possessing. He knew … the most part we are governed by the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… superior organisation and more varied resources. From the time of their second occupation (1806) the main strategy … cheap labour force. It is a remorseless…
EventRiaan Cruywagen was born on this day
… as a journalist in 1965 when he started working part time at the SABC in Cape Town. He is best known for his role …
EventKing Williams Town schools are closed in commemoration of Victoria Mxenge
… shot dead by four men in her driveway in Durban. At that time she was one of fifteen United Democratic Movement team …
EventJailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela sends message to Mangosuthu Buthelezi
… The telegram said Nelson Mandela believed that the best time for them to meet was after he and his colleagues had …
Decolonising African Museums - What does it mean?
… produced in Africa’s museum context. Date: 24 March 2016 Time: 14:00 –16:00 Venue: CISA Committee Room, 36 Jorissen …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.6 No.1 Oct-Dec 1961
… correspondent. The Cloudy Isle, Phyllis Altman. A Long Time Dying: African Federation, Clyde Sanger. The Guilty …
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… of the monument was actioned by Marthinus Steyn. (At that time he was the president of the Orange Free State Republic ) …
EventDjibouti, France’s last colony, gains independence
… 1977, Djibouti gained independence from France. At the time, it was the last of France’s colonies in Africa. The …
EventThe U.S. vetoes Angola’s application for membership of the United Nations Security
… Council For the fifteenth time the United Sates (US) vetoed Angola’s application for …
EventA list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette
… the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) was also named. At the time of its publication liberation movements like ANC, South …
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
… and the Western Cape for close to 38 years, during which time he was detained and harassed by state agents. Badsha …
EventSA artist, Daniel Sefundi Rakgoathe is born
… Transvaal province. Rakgoathe went on to be the first full-time student in the fine arts section at Rorke's Drift. The …
EventANC attacks Koeberg nuclear power station
… injuries, reported.MK sabotaged the Koeberg plant, at the time Africa's only nuclear reactor plant to dispel …
EventEnd of the road for the Union Jack in Africa
… In a historic move, the Union Jack was lowered for the last time in Africa on this day when the embattled ex-British …
EventMandela and de Klerk agree to restart talks
… for Democratic South Africa (Codesa) . Codesa was at the time beginning to chart a way forward on a new constitution …
EventThe seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
… planted a tree in memory of those who had died during this time. …
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… attended by thousands of South Africans. It was the first time that these leaders were able to speak to South Africans … Powell, I. (1989). "A time warp…
EventLand beyond the Great Berg River is annexed
… new district of Tulbagh, proclaimed in 1804. At the same time the area was declared a separate sub-drostdy, with its …
EventErnie Els wins the Nedbank Golf Tournament
… the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament for the first time in his career on home soil since he turned pro in 1989. … & Rousseau|South Africa Info Ernie…
EventUDF distances itself from Madikizela
… as it was the leader in protest against apartheid at the time when these crimes were committed and it was also closely …
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
… delivers his farewell address to Parliament. He says it is time for South Africans to end sterile debates and divisive …
EventLansana Conte’ leads a coup that deposes Guinea’s interim government
… Touré, Conte’ who was a Lieutenant in the army at the time, toppled the government just hours before a new leader …
EventPriscah Jeptoo is born in Nandi Kenya
… in 2008 but has achieved so much in such a short space of time.jeptoo was runner up in the World Championships in …
EventA Pretoria biker is caught doing 284km/h on his Suzuki motorcycle on the R59
… driving. He was later released on R1000 bail. At the time, no other offender had ever been caught travelling at …
EventPope John Paul II begins his tour of Africa.
… to effect change. During his trip Paul got to spend time with the Masai of Kenya and met the King of the Ashanti …