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ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… to questions submitted to him by Ruth First about his background and activities in the RCC. 1973 First begins … in Maputo for First’s funeral. 20 August, As…
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…
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,…
Address by Nelson Mandela to the closing session of the 50th National Conference of the ANC Mafikeng, 20 December 1997
… about to dictate to us that we should walk the valley of death again and again before we reached the mountain-tops of … with the people. During that period,…
PlaceBotswana
… Khama was elected the first president and served until his death in 1980. Democracy in Botswana married Tswana …
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…
EventNaguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate, is born
… began writing at the age of eleven and at 17 he published his first article. At 21 he published his first novel entitled Old Egypt. Mafhouz’s most … the…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… The other things that categorised a person as White were his habits, speech, education, deportment and demeanour. … used as political weapon to create chaos…
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…
EventMafika Gwala born
… the University of Zululand, he chose to rather devote his time to political activities firstly joining National … Sometime during 1966 and 1967 Gwala began…
EventFormer Student Representative Council (SRC) Vice-President shot by Police
… of the Human Rights lawyer, Dumisa Ntsebeza. Ndondo and his four visitors, one women and three men, were fetched from his home by four police officers to the…
EventChief of the Lebelo group of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, dies
… the north of Hammanskraal and was buried at Wallmansthal. His son Seroto Karel Kekana succeeded him. Shortly after the … in the area of the present-day…
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…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… and strategists of our liberation movement, and indeed, his passing on closes an important chapter in the struggle … of its 90th birthday next year, while he…
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… 2005, he was suspended pending a disciplinary hearing into his conduct during a council meeting. A separate hearing was held for Prince in the same year…
EventThe first known reference to Antjie Somers, a South African bogy figure, is made in The Friend
… that Somers was just an angry, bitter man after losing his job (having accidentally killed someone) and becoming a … he had used to run from the law -…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… question of MK arms caches and ANC underground units. In his report to the UN Secretary-General, Vance was critical of most institutions of state, but his…
PlaceKruger House Museum
… Street, this was the home of President Paul Kruger. It was his personal property as the ZAR did not have an official … Museum lies just a few blocks from…
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
… resident magistrate at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, and his staff to Sulenkama where they were massacred, during a … It was at this moment that the six men…