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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
… Mancoba, SA born artist who left for Paris to further his studies in 1938 and never returned to SA, is born in B …
Anglo-Boer War 2: Pres. M.T. Steyn, too weak to leave his tent, resigns because of poor health and Gen. C.R. de Wet is appointe
… Anglo-Boer War 2: Pres. M.T. Steyn, too weak to leave his tent, resigns because of poor health and Gen. C.R. de Wet …
Merchant Jan van Riebeeck is appointed commander at the Cape at a salary of 90 Dutch guilder per year and not 150, as was his r
… a salary of 90 Dutch guilder per year and not 150, as was his r …
Ernest Mabaso, chairman of the ANC Zola Branch and member of the Soweto Civic Association, is shot dead as he is leaving his ho
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 255. … Soweto Civic Association, is shot…
Freedom Day. Pres. Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated for his second term as president on the same day the RSA celebrates its 10th anni
… Freedom Day. Pres. Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated for his second term as president on the same day the RSA …
Mr Justice P.J. van der Walt acquits Moses Mayekiso and his four co-accused of all charges. They were arrested on 28 June 1986
… Mr Justice P.J. van der Walt acquits Moses Mayekiso and his four co-accused of all charges. They were arrested on 28 …
Pope John Paul II issues the 11th encyclical of his papacy in which he condemns abortion and euthanasia as crimes that no human
… Pope John Paul II issues the 11th encyclical of his papacy in which he condemns abortion and euthanasia as …
Dr Robert Smit, National Party MP for Springs, and his wife, Jean-Cora, are murdered in their home in Springs. The TRC found in
… Dr Robert Smit, National Party MP for Springs, and his wife, Jean-Cora, are murdered in their home in Springs. …
A Pretoria biker is caught doing 284km/h on his Suzuki motorcycle on the R59. He earns the dubious honour of being the offender
… A Pretoria biker is caught doing 284km/h on his Suzuki motorcycle on the R59. He earns the dubious honour …
Col. J.F. Jordaan of the SA force captures Gen. Christiaan de Wet, on his way to German South West Africa at Waterbury, near Vr
… of the SA force captures Gen. Christiaan de Wet, on his way to German South West Africa at Waterbury, near Vr …
The SA cricket team wins the first test against the West Indies by four wickets. During the match Shaun Pollock takes his 100th
… by four wickets. During the match Shaun Pollock takes his 100th …
The bodies of world-famous South African opera star Deon van der Walt and his father have been found on their wine estate near
… South African opera star Deon van der Walt and his father have been found on their wine estate near …
Vlermuisklip near Vredendal on the West Coast is used as stay-over for the first time by Pieter Everaerts and his group on an e
… as stay-over for the first time by Pieter Everaerts and his group on an e …
Gen. Christiaan Rudolph de Wet (67), well-known leader of Boer forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2, dies on his farm. He was given
… leader of Boer forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2, dies on his farm. He was given …
Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern
… comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern …
ArchiveBlue-Blooded Afrikaner as Anti-Apartheid Revolution, by John Battersby, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 1989
… Blue-Blooded Afrikaner as Anti-Apartheid Revolution, by John Battersby, The Christian …
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… from all over the world. The governor of the Cape had his own slave orchestra in the 1670s. 1800s In a style … white performers in "black-face", but by the…
BiographyGraça Simbine Machel
… a willing stepmother to her husband's five children by his first companion, Sorita, and his first wife, Josina, who had died of leukaemia in 1971, … Service…
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… her father was expelled from the mission for supplementing his income by trading. Her mother was a stern, rigid woman in … She was particularly critical of …
BiographyTholakele Madala
… Association (BLA) gave him an award in recognition of his human rights work. Described by a former colleague, Grahamstown High Court … good, decent, modest…
BiographyJacob Matome
… 8 (Mandini), Mtunzini District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal]. His banishment order stated that despite the removal of … by a NAD official to have him kidnapped…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… leader is defined as an individual who, by virtue of his or her ancestry, occupies a stool of an area, and this … channels for traditional councils and…
BiographyNell Kaye
… in Johannesburg, 1912. Nell Kaye's reputation rests on her work within a single genre with specific challenges and … aside from Ivan Mitford-Barberton (qv.),…
BiographyLeoni Marinovich
… and fine art photographer, Leonie's (nee Swanepoel) work is represented in galleries in New York, Los Angeles and … York City, and at Kim Sacks Gallery in…
BiographyBettie du Toit
… sensibilities appealed to him. He allowed her to organise his workers and offered her a position as weaver. She was … as Kupugani in Soweto . To enable her…
BiographyEdson Sithole
… an anti-colonial nationalist. He “disappeared” alongside his secretary, Miriam Mhlanga, in downtown Salisbury … behind multiple Zimbabwean liberation…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… the first time the ANC and its military wing, MK attacked apartheid forces and civilian lives in an attempt to inflict … the stoning continued until he was…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… by members of an apartheid hit-squad while reversing out his drive-way at his home in Harare, Zimbabwe. 12 August, MK … 40,000 people attend and are…
BiographyConstance Greaves
… Brighton, Sussex, England 1882. She was renowned for her work in a field now seen as peculiar to the colonial period. … 1986:133). This was a quality lacking…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… J William Shepstone, who became an 1820 settler, and his wife Elizabeth Brooks, a Quaker. Shepstone's father was … Wesleyan preacher. Shepstone's linguistic…