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EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… On 1 September 1969, Muammar Gaddafi seized power in Libya after a coup d'etat. Gaddafi, the leader of the Free … of King Idris, who had ruled Libya since…
EventSiamese twins are separated in Cape Town
… Siamese twins have successfully been separated in the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town. The operation, which was conducted by surgeon Syd Cywes,…
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… A stay-away by Black workers in the industrial areas of the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle is called by Black unions and civic groups in protest over…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… political theorist and philosopher, Friedrich Engels died in London on 05 August 1895 after a long battle with a throat … help manage his father's cotton…
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… Walter Battiss is born in Somerset East to an English Methodist family in 1906. He became one of South Africa's first and most … important abstract painters…
PlaceJock of the Bushveld, Monument in Barberton
… This is a statue of Jock of the Bushveld. It is located in Barberton in front of the Town Hall. Jock of the Bushveld was born in 1885 along the Voortrekker…
EventEbola virus kills 153 people in Zaire
… the lining of the cells and coagulating the blood in the human body.. This virus is named after the Ebola River … which was near the site of the first…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black 'homeland'. The dissidents attacked the main army camp in Umtata, capital of…
EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… On 19 and 20 August 1981, in response to the National Party (NP) government’s attempts … into puppet state institutions, a mass meeting was called in Lenasia…
Event”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria
… For the first time in the South African criminal history a man was hanged with … accused of criminally assaulting his six-year-old daughter in 1959. He was…
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
… After a 22-year civil war in which 2. 5 million southerners died, South Sudanese calls … region on or before January 1, 1956, traceable ancestry in the South…
Chapter 27. The Police State in Action
… but lacked the courage and vision to resist reaction. In 1950, when C. R. Swart, Nationalist Minister of Justice, … with hard labour. The definition of …
Place'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
… Brandfort literally means: 'burning bean river', in Afrikaans . (This plant grows here naturally!) Brandfort is a small Town, located in the Lejweleputswa…
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… Society presents a memorandum on poor housing conditions in Pageview, Johannesburg, and the need for housing schemes … was popularly known, was one of the…
ArchiveTowards a mixed economy in South African agriculture
… and Kgotoki Nhlapo-Lewis entitled "Towards a mixed economy in South African agriculture" prepared for a meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe in April-May 1989…
ArchiveBlack Art and Artists in South Africa
… - 00:54 - Personal details 00:54 - 01:19 - Early interest in art and needlework 01:19 - 01:47 - Lack of opportunities … Zondi 04:62 - 05:18 - Marriage…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Early Writings
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 1. A. M. LEMBEDE, … of agriculture. Agriculture is of primordial significance in the…
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
… its first nuclear bomb test at Reganne, Algeria , in the Sahara desert. At the time, Algeria was under French … Bleue, had a yield of 60-70 kilotons. This…
EventAhmadou Kourouma, Ivorian novelist dies in France
… Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in CÁ´te d'Ivoire. He went to live and attend school in Mali before leaving for France. When CÁ´te d'Ivoire gained ……
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
… Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize was born on 12 April 1940 in Sophiatown, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). Her family’s forced removal from Sophiatown to…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
… Ray (or Taube, her Yiddish name) Harmel was born in Lithuania in 1905. Strongly influenced by some of her six brothers, … Pahad brothers, who later took…
BiographyLeslie Rubin
… The son of a rabbi, Leslie Rubin was born on 5 August 1909 in District Six , Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western … of the city. He was educated at Durban…
BiographyRichard Owen Dudley
… Richard Owen Dudley was born in Cape Town and grew up in the house bought in 1852 by his great-grandfather in … he became President of the New Unity Movement…
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… On Lord Roberts' return to England in November 1900 Lord Kitchener succeeded him as Commander-in-Chief of the British forces during the second Anglo Boer ……
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… of the most important leaders of anti-Apartheid resistance in South Africa. It was with Walter that she attended the … League where Albertina Sisulu was the…
EventEleven people are killed in eSikhawini township
… Eleven people were killed in the township of eSikhawini in northern Natal by unknown killers armed with pump action … against Kwa-Zulu Police behaviour. The…
EventThe first Boer Trek to Angola that started in 1874 reaches Lake Ngami (Thirstland Trek) in 1875
… and Rustenburg, through Northern Bechuanaland to Angola, in search of a country where they could live according to … on account of the hardships the…
ArchiveThe advent of capitalism in South Africa
… Paper by Jack Simons on the history of capitalism in South Africa. Covers the advent of capitalism globally, early societies in South Africa, primitive…
EventCecil John Rhodes (48) dies in Muizenberg
… and Premier of the Cape Colony dies aged 48. He arrived in South Africa in 1870 and invested his inheritance from his grandmother in the diamond diggings in…
EventUN Secretary-General Hammerskjöld arrives in Congo
… secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), arrived in the Congo to try to end the civil war. Hammerskjöld became involved in attempts to solve the civil…