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ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… Leone. The first group were the indigenous Kru people and the second group, the Settler-Liberians. [ii] However, … of ‘Kroomen’. [iii] The Indigenous Kru…
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… Jack Penn, a well known plastic and reconstructive surgeon, was born on 14 August 1909 in … to Johannesburg, where he attended Parktown High School and…
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… West Cape, Boesak developed deep interests in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 he became a … the white Dutch Reformed Church). He…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… worked as a miner, baker's assistant, domestic helper and factory hand and was an active trade unionist before joining the African … 1940. He immediately…
PlaceCape Point and the Lighthouse, at the Southern Point of the Cape Peninsula
… East corner of the Cape Peninsula , which is a mountainous and scenic landform that runs North-South for about thirty … Continent in the Republic of South…
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… while on his way out of South Africa, he was arrested and charged with conspiring to overthrow the government. … Upon his release he once more became active…
“Don’t Support Apartheid Sport”: Appeal By Chief A. J. Luthuli and Dr G. M. Naicker, June 1962
… Support Apartheid Sport": appeal By Chief A. J. Luthuli And Dr G. M. Naicker, June 1962 77 FIFA - the world soccer … sat in segregated enclosures. Similarly…
ArchiveCircular from Oliver Schreiner, Deputy Vice-President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… The circular discusses the structure of the National Union and the relation between it and the Students Representative Councils and its branches. It attempts…
EventMinister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports
… announced a relaxation of apartheid rules for sport and declared that the government is working towards … It was reinstated in the early 1990s, where it…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… Anglo Boer War, set-piece battles had become futile, and the Boers, under leaders like General De la Rey, had … only cross these passes at certain points,…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
… by President F.W. de Klerk to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist … Congress (PAC), the South African…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… Africa in two categories, namely as indentured Indians and as 'free' or 'passenger' Indians. The former came as a result of a triangular pact among three…
EventSenzo Mfundo Vilakazi, the South African hip hop artist and lyricist is born
… album was “Special ReKwest”, which was released in 2010 and includes hit singles such as “Stomp”; “Flash It”; “Pump It”; and “Flava”.[ii] The track “Stomp”…
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command, was released from … until November 1989. In February 1990, when…
ArchiveDiscussions between South African and United States delegations: Washington, 17-19 March 1983
… a meeting between delegates representating South African and the United State of America, to discuss international relations between the Soviet Union and the…
ArchiveLetter from Jen Curtis, Secretary-General, NUSWEL, to Wages and Economics Commission Chairmen
… from Jen Curtis of the National Union of Students Welfare and Social Activities Department about the aims and goals of the Wages and Economics Commission,…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
… Sir Abe Bailey, a prominent politician and mine magnate, married Mary Westenra on 5 September 1911, and together they settled in Johannesburg. Lady Mary…
EventDaisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.
… to kill them for financial gain. She married three times and killed two of her husbands and her son. All the men she married were plumbers and, the two that…
EventGerard Moerdijk, SA architect of several church buildings and the Voortrekker monument, dies
… in England, he went to further his studies in France and Italy. On his return to South Africa, Moerdijk started his own practice and got commissions to…
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… to curtail any sign of dissent that might lead to unrest. And the period, 1980 to 1984, was marked by a series of … along with Joe Tlholoe, who was his…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… 1928. He opposed the inadequate policing in the locations and also challenged the increase of rent. Matseke also … the appointment of black nurses to clinics…
EventMolly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident
… active. She then joined the Pregressive Federal Party(PFP) and became the party’s provincial councilor0f Walmer, Port Elizabeth. Blackburn returned to black…
EventJeremy Cronin and British couple are sentenced in the Cape Town Supreme Court
… Supreme Court a British journalist, David Rabkin, his wife and a South African lecturer, Jeremy Cronin, were sentenced to ten, one, and seven years'…
EventThomas Pringle, journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London
… of farming, so his father sent him to Kelso Grammar School and Edinburg University. He became interested in writing, … 1820. He opened a school with fellow…
EventSir Thomas Cullinan, digger and founder of the Premier diamond company, is born
… He discovered the Premier Diamond Fields in 1898 and was co-founder and member of what became the The Transvaal Chamber of … in recognition of his…
ArchiveJune 16 : The doors of learning and culture shall be opened to all
… Black and white poster. 1985 - 30 years of the Charter. Image of tank and people running. COSAS says out of our schools and townships. … June 16 : The doors…
EventThe Polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
… developed by Dr. Jonas Salk was declared safe and effective. It had taken a whole year of trials and tests for the vaccine to be finally be authenticated and…
An African view of the present urban and industrial situation in South Africa
… in South Africa, particularly the African population and it resulted in the movement of Blacks into the cities at an unprecedented scale. This report…
ArchiveBoycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott
… FOSATU together with the Food and Canning Workers Union, the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union, the General Workers Union, the Cape Town Municipal…
ArchivePolice put a clamp ban on statements by United Democratic Front and other bodies
… put a clamp ban on statement by United Democratic Front and other bodies as the government has barred the Sowetan and weekly mail from publishing any…