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Under the influence of Dumile Feni’s 'African Guernica' by Sharlene Khan (The Conversation), 07 September 2016
… awaiting a meal, while he seems to be begging at the same time. Yet another of these figures seems to be the harbinger … that Feni is commenting on colonial…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… The positioning of the roads has changed slightly over time with the Hekpoort road to be to the West of the Kopjes, … Turner, although wounded three times,…
ArchiveThe New South African Revolution by Prithiraj Dullay, 03 April 2017
… by the Guptas was smothered and the president bided his time. Like S Africas famed snake, the Black Mamba, he would strike with deadly force when it was time…
ArchiveConcentration camps in the South African War? Here are the real facts by Fransjohan Pretorius, (The Conversation), February 18, 2019
… because they were riddled with inaccuracies. It’s time to set the record straight and to refute his … the same mortality rate as was the case in Glasgow at…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… British and English South Africans felt about it at the time – different matter, to many of them Lord Roberts is a … again on the 19 May 1998 by the incoming…
Address to the Swedish Parliament Stockholm, 13 March 1990
… come as no surprise to you that for me, this is the first time ever that I have occasion to utter even one word in any … as not aligned to any military blocs…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… Turkey. Dear Comrade Trotsky, I hope that by the time you recieve this letter from me you shall have seen a … the oppressed people of Africa viz Capitalists…
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
… portrait of Steve Biko by the Dispatch cartoonist at the time, Don Kenyon. All that was required was the assent and … evening. The deputy editor George Farr,…
Chaskalson was a pillar of strength in my battle against HIV/Aids by Justice Edwin Cameron - Constitutional Court, 9 December 2012
… was a mentor to me when I was an advocate. The first time I came close to invoking that tender side was when I … painfully on me. But I knew this was only…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… of the African National Congress, which was at that time, still banned by the South African authorities. Members …
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… was very much to racialise and segregate spaces. At the time of the proclamation 56% of the district’s property was …
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
… Programme will include a special meeting with the first-time voters, which are also known as the "Mandela Children" …
PlaceRiversdale, Western Cape
… Again the Doornkraal 'Steyns' featured prominently. This time in the governance of the Town when Jacobus J Steyn, son …
EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
… Two years later, in May 1993, he tried again, this time against Pat Clinton. In front of Clinton’s home ground …
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… as one of the greatest human rights leaders of all time. His moving speech, "I have a dream", spoke to the …
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
… Ibrahim and Miriam Makeba (who he was married at one time). …
Event’Viva Frelimo’ rallies, organised by the BPC and SASO, take place even though they were banned by Government
… idea was conceived by the SASO Secretary General at the time, Muntu Myeza. These rallies were the only national …
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… Despite judicial inquest, no trial took place at the time to reprimand the offenders. A previous violent attack …
EventMike Gatting’s rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… 13, 1990. In the statement Bacher acknowledged that it was time to compromise and that the event had been overrun by the …
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
… 1988, Mother Teresa visited South Africa for the first time. She founded a mission of the order in Khayelitsha, …
EventMagnus Malan and Constand Viljoen deny knowledge of mass graves
… the United Nations, who was in command of Namibia at the time. Viljoen said burying guerrillas was a police function …
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… January- July, almost 90% of all worldwide cases at the time. Today, thanks to the re-issuing of the vaccine, this …
EventJ.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize
… On 25 October 1999, Coetzee won the Booker Prize a second time for his novel Disgrace (1999). In 2003, he was also …
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… of the Pretoria Convention on 3 August 1881) for the first time. He won the election against Joubert with 3 471 votes to …
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… from an Indian law firm work in Natal, South Africa. His time in South Africa was a turning point in his career and …
EventArthur Conan Doyle, medic during the Second Anglo, is born
… of the Sherlock Holmes crime novel series, he also spent time in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. Doyle …
EventPublic places of recreation for whites only, are proclaimed
… set aside by proclamation for another race. For the first time, it at least potentially extended compulsory general …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994. The voting time was extended until 7 pm on 29 April in Venda, Gazankulu, …
EventStander gang hits 3 banks
… would rob banks on his off days and even during his lunch time. He robbed several banks in Durban before he was caught. …
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… of the Cape Colony from 1847-1852. He ruled during the time of the Frontier Wars and was remowned for his autocratic …