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ArchivePhotography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017
… with the arts organisation Multistory in West Bromwich to bring the project to the UK. His new subjects include Adellah Snape, a woman from Birmingham who…
EventThe condition of Edwin Smith, the youngest baby in SA to undergo open-heart surgery, improves
… Edwin Smith became the youngest baby in South Africa to undergo open-heart surgery. Edwin was operated at J.G. … which preventing the smooth flow of blood…
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… Sharia law refers to a body of Islamic religious laws and deals with aspects of … adultery. In 2003, an Islamic court of law sentenced her to death by…
New Year Message to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 December, 1964
… We wish, Sir, to place on record that the United Nations has this year … in the handling of the South African question. We wish to express our deep…
EventThe Japanese government announces that South Africans will no longer be granted visas to enter Japan
… Due to South Africa’s Apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s, many countries were cautious to be seen as allies with the country. Japan was one of these ……
Letter delivered to the Secretary of State, Dr. H. Kissinger, from the South African Council of Churches
… in a journal, from South African Council of Churches to US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger to request him to remember human rights issues when…
ArchiveLetter delivered to the Secretary of State, Dr. H. Kissinger, from the South African Council of Churches
… in a journal, from South African Council of Churches to US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger to request him to remember human rights issues when…
EventThe UN requests States to terminate restrictions on economic relations with South Africa with immediate effect
… The United Nations(UN) requested States to terminate restrictions on economic relations with South Africa immediately, and to terminate the oil embargo…
EventDe Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa
… March 1888, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. was founded to exercise control over virtually all diamond production in … farm, in proximity of Kimberley, a…
ArchiveOpening address to the 58th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students
… Opening address to the 58th Annual Congress of the National Union of South … University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 29 November to 4 December 1980…
ArchiveTo all residents of Soweto, hostels, Reef and Pretoria, we say: remember you are all Blacks
… Zulu and a translation into Afrikaans, is an appeal to all residents of Soweto and surrounding areas to stop fighting amongst themselves and guard against…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the World Festival of Youth and Students, 05 July 1985, Moscow
… Freedom and Justice. We count on your continued support to bring to fruition the ideas enshrined in the Freedom Charter - the … liberation movement, adopted…
EventEsther Franks, physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, is born in Zurich
… Esther Franks, physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, was born in Zurich, Switzerland. Her … emigrated from Russia via England and…
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha to The Honourable Alexander H Haig Jr, Secretary of State, United States of America
… Letter from Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Alexander M Haig, US Secretary of State, regarding Cuban … of 23 September 1981, of the South African…
EventZimbabwe and England draw in a Bulawayo Test Cricket match with England needing one run to win
… match on 22 December 1996. England was the favorites to win the game and came close several times. However, they failed to secure a win in the end…
EventGandhi leads a march from Newcastle into the Transvaal to defy the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913
… Natal Colony (now KwaZulu Natal) into the Transvaal to purposefully defy the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913 … He was arrested the following day at…
EventThe body of the former president Nelson Mandela is taken to the Union buildings in Pretoria.
… On 11 December 2013, Nelson Mandela’s body is taken to the Union buildings in Pretoria. As the body was … waiting guard of honour was formed in Madiba Street…
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… was born in Tzaneen on 11 September 1986. Ralepelle moved to Pretoria and attended Pretoria Boys High School, where he … in 2006 when he became the first…
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… problem' or the Armblankevraagstuk as it was referred to in Afrikaans, was a significant political issue in South … (1933). However, the first national…
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique begin discussions which lead to the creation of a cross-border conservation park
… South Africa and Mozambique began discussions which led to the creation of a cross-border conservation park which … Kruger, the Kruger National Park became a…
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
… Hashim. His father was an adventurer and left his family to seek his fortune in South Africa in the 1920s. In South … his primary school education in Dundee…
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
… 1915 the Imperial German Forces officially surrendered to General Louis Botha’s troops at the Khorab Memorial. This … troops across Walvis Bay into German…
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… and grew up on the Klipfontein Mission Station (up to Std 4) and then moved to live with family in Gleemoor, a section of Athlone (a … gained first hand…
BiographyPaul Weinberg
… law from the University of Natal. In 1973 he was called up to do his military service and served his time in Upington, … experience had a profound influence,…
EventSeven impalas are trapped in a camp and viciously beaten to death at Skukuza, Kruger National Park
… (SANP) employees were arrested for beating seven impalas to death and cutting them up for meat in Skukuza, Kruger … the four men lock the bucks in a camp…
BiographyElliot Shabangu
… Congress of the People (COP) committees for house-to-house visits during the early 1950s. In the late 1960s … in detention. After 5 months in detention they…
BiographyCharles Llewellyn
… Bennett (Buck) Llewellyn was born in Pietermaritzburg to an English father and black mother. Being of mixed–raced … pass himself off as a white person since…
BiographyLot Kgagudi Maredi
… resistance, the Native Affairs Department (NAD) was forced to abolish the Bapedi tribal authority because of a lack of support. This led to the suspension…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Ayatollah Khomeini, 13 February 1979, Iran, Maputo, People`s Republic of Mozambique
… and the oppressed masses of South Africa we express to you our immense joy at the glorious success of the Iranian … victory therefore constitutes an enormous…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… Swakopmund, Namibia. At the age of four his family moved to Johannesburg where he grew up. Most of his schooling took … attended the University of the…