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President Swart appoints a one-man commission, Mr Justice J.H. Snyman, to inquire into the riots in Paarl, CP.
Marthinus Cornelius (oom Tienie) van Schoor, electrical engineer, inventor of the single-line train control system and cultural
Jan Daniël Cilliers, poet under the pseudonym “Kleinjan”, is born on a farm in the vicinity of Wellington, CC.
Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl, politician and member of parliament, dies at Fairfield, Caledon district, Western Cape.
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… A Commando expedition of Boers, Khoe and San cross the !Garib (Orange) River and attack a Nama leader … leadership with a programme of…
PlacePhuthaditjhaba, Free State
… Long before this, though, the area was inhabited by the San, who were hunter-gatherers, living off the rich abundance … the landscapes. In fact, it was this…
BiographyGeorge Arthur Heard
Journalist George Arthur Heard was the elder son of Arthur Henry Heard, inspector of works in Bloemfontein, and his wife, Millicent Agnes Elliot. He was one of…
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
John Beaver (JB) Marks was born on 21 March 1903, Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal (now North West Province). His father was a railway worker and his mother, a…
Baroness Castle of Blackburn opened an exhibition on the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement at the opening session of the Symposium
I don't know why I should have been honoured in this way by being asked to open this exhibition; awhole stream of people have done far more than I have been…
BiographyJack Madikane
Robben Island prisoner Banned person. Dimbaza. Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1) Issued Period(s) [30 June 1972 to 31/7/1973]
BiographyNobuhle Hilary Mohapi
Nobuhle Hillary Mohapi, the widow of Mapetla Mohapi who died in detention, was banned for five years, in 1979, under the Internal Security Act.
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… ). Some of these communities had established ties to San peoples who lived just west of Moshoeshoe's territory. As …
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka)
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka) lived in KwaMashu, a township to the north of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and was affiliated with the…
BiographyStanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni
Professor Stanislaus (Stan) Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni was born on 13 September 1933 in Natal, (now kwaZulu-Natal). He studied at some of the best…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
The fruit-canning industry in South Africa can be traced to the late nineteenth century, when the first jam factories opened in Paarl and Stellenbosch in the…
BiographySue Williamson
Sue Williamson was born in Litchfield, England in 1941. Her family immigrated to South Africa in 1948. Williamson studied at the Art Students' League in New…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the SA freedom day celebrations Pretoria, 27 April 1996
Master of Ceremonies; Distinguished Heads of State and Dignitaries from abroad; Ministers; Honourable Guests; Friends and Compatriots. For generations…
Chronology
… Act June , Adoption of United Nations Charter at the San Francisco Conference; Smuts' preamble calls for "larger …
PlaceBiedow Valley, Western Province
… in Further Reading). These were left behind by the San people , Usually the Sevilla Rock Art Tour , also explore …
Sonnie Bhugwan
Former secretary of Natal Indian Youth Congress. Served with five-year banning orders in 1964, and again for five years from 31 December 1968 to 31 December…
BiographyNtsoane Jackson
Restricted to Mphahlele, Thabamoapo, N. Transvaal. He was detained in 1963 and charged in August 1964 with sabotage as alleged member of MK. He was convicted…
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki’s most stirring speeches
… land. I am an African! I owe my being to the Khoi and the San whose desolate souls haunt the great expanses of the …
BiographyMaqadaza Magushe
A member of the Pan African Congress and Poqo. he was executed at Pretoria Central Prison on 30 May 1967 for the murder of Maurice Berger in Paarl, Cape…
Ernest Methuen Mancoba, SA born artist who left for Paris to further his studies in 1938 and never returned to SA, is born in B
Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A
Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A
EventCharles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands
… to survey the South American coast, the Beagle reached San Cristobal (Chatham) in September 1835. The Beagle spent 5 …
EventAs part of a defiance campaign against the apartheid Government, SA is hit by a nationwide wave of protests
On 6 September 1989, the majority of South Africans witnessed the election of a national government in which it had no say; this was to be the last all-white…
BiographyEdgar Harry Brookes
Edgar Harry Brookes was born in England on February 4th,1897 and emigrated to South Africa with his family in 1901.In 1920 he was hired to teach at the…
BiographyDorothy Ruth Boxall
Dorothy Ruth Boxall was born on 19 July 1895 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She dedicated herself to the promotion of music in South…