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EventSelassie returns to Ethiopia after attempted coup
… Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returned immediately to his country after a short successful coup launched on 13 … Brazil on a diplomatic mission. The coup…
EventBram Fischer dies
… Communist Party (SACP) Bram Fischer died of cancer at his brother Dr Paul Fischer's house in Bloemfontein. After news of his illness became known, liberal…
Mission Stations - I-L
… was used for a school. There were a few (Xhosa) huts near his dwelling, and fifteen kraals within six miles. "At … Umhala's Caffers. The Missionary Julius…
ANC hits back at Jimi Matthews
… has hit back at former SABC Acting CEO Jimi Matthews after his resignation on Monday, saying they expected better conduct from him. Matthews says his exit…
EventMining Magnate Oppenheimer dies
… resulted in the shutdown of the Kimberley mines. During his lifetime Oppenheimer, who was also a politician and … out research in the field of science. It…
EventDavid Kitson released
… Kitson, was released, seven months short of completing his twenty-year sentence for sabotage. Kitson, an engineer by profession, was sentenced in December…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… in Johannesburg on 11 November 1965. On 23 March 1966 his trial began in Pretoria. Fischer was convicted of … On 9 May 1966 he was sentenced to life…
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… F.W. de Klerk, former South African president announced his retirement as the leader of the National Party (NP) and from public life. It was under his…
Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for the music of today, not yesterday, 29 October 2017
… composer and activist Hugh Ramapolo Masekela cancelled his appearance at the recent Johannesburg Joy of Jazz Festival and his remaining October shows, taking…
The purpose of the Archie Mafeje Annual Memorial Lecture by Sehlare Makgetlaneng (Pambazuka News), 31 March, 2016
… a means to solve Africa’s problems. The annual lecture in his honour immortalizes his perspectives. The Programme Director, Africa Institute of … Archie…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… and often forgotten, especially in the country of his birth. The son of a miner (who died when Abrahams was a … Abrahams’ life could have easily been…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… was born on 1 April 1875 in Greenwich, England. Both his parents were actors. He started his career at the age of eleven working on Fleet Street … and served…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… was born in Idutywa in Transkei on June 18 1942. Both his parents were activists. His father, Govan Mbeki, was a prominent member of the … the age of 14 and…
EventNelson Mandela is born
… Fort Hare University after he met Oliver Tambo, who became his life-long friend. In 2009, the United Nations, declared … president of South Africa in 1994…
ArchiveChanging focus: The art and activism of Omar by Bongani Kona (Mail and Guardian), 4 June 2015
… Saturday afternoon to meet the photographer Omar Badsha at his house in Woodstock. I sit in the half-empty carriage and page through one of his first…
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… on 16 March 1959, in Tzaneen Limpopo. After completing his high school studies, he registered for a Bachelor of … into exile in Lesotho in 1980, before he…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was marked by a call for his release by China. This was publicized in the Communist … a small town near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal,…
EventGeorge Pemba, artist and playwright is born in Port Elizabeth
… was born in Hillskraal, Korsten Village, Port Elizabeth. His father encouraged him to paint as a child and he received rudimentary training from his brother…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… industry. Uys writes, directs, performs and produces his own work. A creative writer, he has written in many genres. One his books, Trekking to Teema, became…
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… Beresford Pratt, two psychiatrists gave evidence about his mental condition. The case was heard at the Supreme Court … mark the anniversary of the Union of…
EventPresident Barack Obama visits South Africa
… On 29 June 2013 President Barack Obama, accompanied by his family, made his first visit to South Africa since he was elected President of the United States…
David Goldblatt by Jean Dykstra, 11 September 2011
… interview with David Goldblatt that is included in his current exhibition at the Jewish Museum, the South … rather than violent clashes and dramatic…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
… a coherent explanation for the patronising reference to his inclusion on this year’s Poetry Africa bill. I suggest … only now am I being asked to participate…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… was jailed for 27 years in 1964 and include photographs of his family. Some show a youthful Mandela in his law practice and outside the courthouse where he…
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… by closing down Ndebele-medium schools and by ordering his police to raid the homes of political opponents. The … as the Tswana state, Phatudi was much more…
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… Africa in 1978 and later its President from 1984-89, made his comments in a written statement issued after a private … that Botha had personally ordered…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… IFP leader Chief Gatsha Mangosutho Buthelezi felt that his party was left with no choice after the African National … much power given to KwaZulu-Natal. He…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… in northern KwaZulu-Natal . 1932 Pixley Seme outlines his reform scheme, desperately seeking to improve the … decline Pixley Seme uses the votes of women to…
EventJailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela sends message to Mangosuthu Buthelezi
… On 2 June, Nelson Mandela sent a message through his attorney after he had read media reports that Chief … that the best time for them to meet was after he…
EventAhmed Ben Bella, former president of Algeria, is released after fourteen years in prison
… in 1963. Bella‘s popularity began to decline after his presidency, following his eccentric and arrogant behavior coupled with his increasingly autocratic…