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EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… of Casper Kruger, was born in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape on his grandfather's farm. In 1842 he married Maria du Plessis … as well as the Krugerrand coin was…
EventUN Secretary General is killed in a plane crash
… Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Hammarskjold was on his way to meet with President Moise Tshombe of Katanga … from a landing, apparently on Mr Hammarskjold's…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession
… the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium. In his announcement on Katanga's secession from Congo Tshombe … and Tshombe was taken to Algeria where…
Chapter III - The world outside
… on individuals, black and white, leading to injuries and death, sometimes in a kind of mindless violence. In 1963, the … detention, Babla, so often bubbling…
Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… Cultural Activities Tributes to Lembede After His Death Note Bibliography …
Madiba The African Opera
… be a great conduit for the story he wanted to tell about his family. It was Mtirara’s Great Grandfather, King … of raising the 9 year old Nelson Mandela…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… Lungi came to South Africa and settled in Soweto with his grandmothers, Greta Ncapayi and Albertina Sisulu. As a result of political activism in his family,…
VI - The Inquest
… be instituted in the Steve Biko affair. Two months after his death the inquest on Steve Biko began on 14 November in the … Act and the decision in the case…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… to attend the Round Table Conference in Brussels, where his dramatic appearance stole the show from other Congolese … from Belgium in June 1960, a series of…
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… gunshot. According to reports Kabila was shot by one of his bodyguards in front of army generals, following a dispute … not a coup attempt, but an argument…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bakoteli lineage, forms his own clan. 1822 Basutoland founded by King Moshoeshoe I, … the Butha-Buthe Mountain, and…
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… with 'racial purity' and used the word 'Aryan' to describe his idea of a 'pure German race' or Herrenvolk. The 'Aryan … Jews. Hitler gave the following…
EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
… in a canoe. This was after the prisoners hacked to death a fisherman, Onimbo Haulu who refused them use of his canoe for escape. Haulu’s action imperilled …
ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
… for organising a general strike. He was already serving his sentence in Robben Island prison , yet here he was with … was certainly pleased to meet them…
EventNeil Aggett dies in detention
… person to die in detention since 1963. At the time of his untimely death, he was 28 years old. …
EventKing Hassan II of Morocco dies
… the age of 70 at the Avicenne hospital in Rabat. Hassan's death was announced by his son and successor Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed on national …
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… General Jan Christian Smuts started his first term as prime minister of the Union of South Africa after the death of General Louis Botha on 27 August 1919…
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 20, December 1988
… General Secretary of the Communist Party in Israel on his birthday, a letter sent to the Saudi Arabian authorities regarding the death penalty and SACP…
EventAlbert Nzula dies in Moscow
… USSR. He left SA in 1931 to study in Moscow. The date of his death varies in different sources. It is given as 17 January …
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… Zuma is released from Robben Island after serving his sentence. Zuma marries Sizakele Khumalo. 1974 Zuma … in Johannesburg and at Inkandla, including offices…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… in the making of a film for overseas about it. These were his crimes. They were enough for him to be placed under house … and banned for five years. On the…
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke ‘Pro’ Jack is assassinated.
… activist, Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack was gunned down next to his home in Cape Town. Jack was a taxi conflict mediator in … when he was murdered. The escalating…
BiographyManasseh Tebatso Moerane
… joined the African National Congress (ANC), of which his father had also been a member. Several years later, he …
BiographyHargreaves Nkosana Mbodla
… Cape [now North West Province]. Documentation related to his banishment described Mbodla as an Evangelist at the …
BiographyPhikinkani Zulu
… were issued on 11 December 1959 for Phikinkani Zulu and his cousin Nelson Zulu. Documentation related to their …
BiographyRebecca Bunting
… but a minority report was sent by Douglas Wolton and his wife, their idea supported by James La Guma – in favour …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… by President Nelson Mandela , with Alex Boraine as his deputy.On 16 December 1995 the Commission began its work, … Development Minister Roelf Meyer will…
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
… was 14 when he was killed. Doctor Asvat was shot dead in his Soweto clinic. The SCA earlier dismissed Winnie … She challenged Madiba’s decision to leave the…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… the Netherlands, to Willem Johannes Verwoerd and his wife, Anje Strik. Driven by a strong sympathy for the … and prime minister on 2 September 1958,…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… her LLB degree from UCT in 1962 – the year before her death. This made her the first coloured woman to receive a … a motor accident. Doctors informed her…