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EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
… born on 8 January 1962 in Soweto, Johannesburg. He began his professional boxing career in 1980. Matlala’s first crack … home ground in Glasgow, Matala…
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
… he encountered while ascending the throne, would haunt his reign for the rest of his life. This would eventually play a substantial role in his overthrow by…
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… of six murders of Black anti-apartheid activists during his service as commander of a police unit, C10 based at … former Vlakplaas colleague and Askari,…
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 changed him dramatically. Gandhi extended…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
… often get in trouble in school for not paying attention to his studies. . His father withdrew him from school so he could look after … Reverend Hale of The…
EventANC leader, Walter Sisulu is arrested for not being in possession of a reference book.
… own a reference book. Subsequently Sisuslu was confined to his house for 5 years. Before his banishment in June 1961 Sisulu, Joe Slovo, Nelson Mandela … high…
EventNelson Mandela is arrested
… in Cedara, a small town near Howick, Natal, shortly after his return to South Africa on completing six months’ military … with illegally leaving the country…
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… first National Director of Public Prosecutions. After his appointment he resigned from all political posts to avoid … of political bias and to distance the…
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… Botha suffers a mild stroke and, on this day he announces his intention to resign the National Party presidency while remaining State President. His…
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… statesman, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus Pretorius, died on his farm in the Magaliesberg area. In 1838, Pretorius led a … Zulu warriors in the battle of Blood…
EventSaxophone player, Bobby Hendricks, dies in Cape Town
… arm music),a dance music without vocals. He was famous for his hit song "Give me hope, Joanna". Though Hendricks could not read or write music, he started…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… David Goldblatt has been trained on the same country, his self-lacerating homeland. Sports events go for cheers and … goes for hard South African facts. A…
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… Africa, PW Botha, speaking in parliament, offered Mandela his freedom on condition that he 'unconditionally rejected … been made to Mandela. Previous offers…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
… to lie north of the Limpopo, where Mzilikazi had set up his kingdom. These discoveries were to have far-reaching … while M. W. Pretorius, President of the…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of communism
… during the Rivonia Trial in 1964. It was inevitable that his involvement with anti-Apartheid activists and his dedication to the SACP would implicate him in…
EventLord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape Colony, is born in Badminton, England
… was born in Badminton England on 12 December 1767. Under his term as governor, Somerset played an important role in … Lord Somerset went on leave to England…
EventMandela discharged from Pretoria hospital
… the 8th of June 2013 for a recurring lung infection. His condition was described as serious and there were times where his condition was unstable. Mandela…
EventNovelist and poet Kgadime Matsepe is born
… (South African Academy for Arts and Science), namely for his work Kgorong ya Mosate (At the king's court) in 1964 and Meyokgo ya bjoko (Tears of the brain)…
EventMakgatho Mandela dies
… of HIV/AIDS in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. His father put up a brave face and announced that his son had HIV/Aids. He stressed that being open…
EventWilliam J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies
… collecting specimens of animals and plants. He described his journey in a book titled Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. His collection contains…
EventKenyan politician, businessman and mathematician, George Saitoti dies
… Kikuyu descent which would prove to be a disadvantage in his future political career. He studied in the US where he specialized in mathematics and economics…
PlaceGeneral Smuts House Museum, Doornkloof
… and multifaceted person who was never fully understood by his countrymen, but despite his fame and many talents, Smuts was at heart a simple man … the…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… to the Government of Bengal on 26 March 1905 saying that his son had been ‘decoyed’ and was bound for Natal, and that … a monthly stipend of Rs 3 per month…
ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
… the capture of leading TFG politicians in the city, but his orders were defied by another important figure, Abu … who granted safe passage to several TFG…
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… in the development of the Afrikaans language through his poetry, which was considered to be playful and satirical … first Afrikaans movement, it is generally…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
… which means "Might of the Trinity". In 1936, he led his countries resistance to Italy's invasion of Ethiopia and … he was restored to power in 1941. However,…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… of Johannesburg where he lives, David Goldblatt found his camper van on bricks. "Someone had stolen the wheels … night," he explains. Men armed with knives…
EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
… Party (PFP), resigned as leader of the PFP and as a MP. In his dramatic announcement he stated that he came to the … He published a book, The Last White…
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
… On his return from exile to St Helena, King Goodwill Zwelithini … attended by 20 000 people. The ceremony took place after his 21st birthday and marriage to…
EventDr Alexander Logie du Toit, South African geologist, is born in Cape Town
… Dr Alexander Logie du Toit was a South African geologist. His work raised him to prominence and he became South … Toit studied both mining engineering and…