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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…
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…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… chanting “To hell with de Klerk -- go away, go away”. His heavily guarded motorcade slowly drove down Bakoena … angry crowd surged forward leading to…
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… a Global Positioning System and a series of survey maps. His concept was to pinpoint the exact intersection of every … line in South Africa, and standing on…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… Naicker finally came to an end. Dr Monty Naicker gave his first press conference in a decade on 1 May. 11 May, A … Dr Naicker made five applications for a…
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… as a Supreme Court judge in the Cape Colony and following his death Percy Fitzpatrick travelled to the Eastern Transvaal, where he worked as a journalist to…
EventNamibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies
… Ndevasia Muafangejo died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Katutura Township, Windhoek. He was 44 years old. … Angola. He came from the Kwanyama…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… office as the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. Strijdom. An ardent advocate of Apartheid, … should develop along its own lines…
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… to the murder of a tribal chief who had refused to destroy his cattle. Maqoma and his wife Katyi were banished to Robben Island for twenty-one … who ill…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… These changes led to Shaka Zulu’s rise to power and his dream of a Zulu kingdom, and his military drive through southern Africa. Population growth … was made…
EventHamilton Naki, a laboratory assistant to cardiac surgeon Christian Barnard, dies
… amazing surgery work on animals quite effortlessly. After his death, it was claimed that he had assisted Dr Chris Barnard on his first successful heart…
EventSipho Mutsi dies in police custody
… had died of brain haemorrhage caused by a blow on top of his head. The minister of law and order, Louis le Grange, ordered an urgent probe into Mutsi's death…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… Judge Essa Moosa passed away on 26 February 2017 at his Rondebosch East residence after having been diagnosed … (26 February 2017). ↵ [ii]DA saddened by…
PlaceClaremont Main Road Mosque
… of the Prophet’s departure from Makkah to Jerusalem and his subsequent ascension to the highest lote tree to have the … the Mosque was Imam Abdol Roef, who…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… the HIV-Aids denialist Castro Hlongwane booklet in his “Monday missives” – letters to South Africa which … seek to “set the record straight”. Mbeki also…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… Pieter Willem Botha, died peacefully at the age of 90 at his house Die Anker near Wilderness in the Western Cape. … was found dead in bed just after 20:00 on…
EventMaria Groesbeek is hanged for the murder of her husband, Christian Buys
… husband for a divorce. When he refused, Groesbeek laced his food with arsenic. Ten weeks after murdering her husband, … murdering her husband, stating that…
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… people. Bhambatha succeeded to the throne after the death of his father and uncle, at the age of 25. He quickly … focus on Dube's attitude to Dinizulu as…
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
… Jacob van der Heiden, a political prisoner, spent part of his confinement in April-May 1706 in a dungeon in the Castle … "murderer and incendiary". This…
PlaceThe Simon's Town Mosque
… the successful development of the School, the Imam and his Committee now turned their attention to the needs of the … August 1924, Alterations on the Mosque…
EventSekonyela, chief of the Batlokwa, dies in the Wittebergen Reserve, Herschel district.
… people. He effectively took over the chieftainship from his mother queen Manthatisi in 1824 settling in Jwalaboholo … raids on neighbouring tribes, often to…
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… After the death of Jonas Savimbi, leader of the National Union for the … Savimbi had been the main protagonist of the war and that his death meant a greater…
EventSelassie becomes emperor
… Emperor Haile Selassie in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, after the death of Empress Zaudito. After 45 years of rule, Selassie … that he is an African messiah. Click…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… DC and at Hartford Seminary also in the US. In light of his leadership qualities, first as a teacher and later an … of Gazankulu (one of the 8 homelands) for…
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… Letters between Albertina and Walter Sisulu during his incarceration on Robben Island: A South African Love … correspondence between Walter and Albertina…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… offices at the beginning of the 1930s. In 1932 after the death of the mining tycoon and supporter of the arts, Sir Max Michaelis (1851 – 1932), his wife,…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… Soekmekaar verdict prompted a wave of protests against the death penalty and particularly the death sentences of Johnson Lubisi, Petrus Mashigo, and … 1982,…
EventKen Oosterbroek is killed
… an intricate personality with a wonderful talent. His untimely death in the crossfire between hostel dwellers and a South …
EventScores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters
… was chief Luka from Lari, who was known for ill treating his own people as an indication of his loyalty to the British government. Following the death of…
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… a farm at the foot of the Magaliesberg in 1841. After the death of his first wife and child, he married Gezina du Plessis, with whom he had 7 daughters and 9…