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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…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
… told that or because the "blood of the white man" flows in his veins - and he has believed this. The Indian has been … red seals and green ribbon. It was…
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…
The National Flag
… or behind, a speaker at a meeting, it must be on her or his right-hand side. And when placed, elsewhere in the hall …
Independent Electoral Commission
… and fair elections in which every voter is able to record his or her informed choice. MISSION STATEMENT The Independent …
Rafique Mayet
… the African Photography Festival in Bamako, Mali and had his first solo exhibition at the NSA Gallery in Durban. It …
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…
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 -…
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…
Photographer Juda Ngwenya was the face of Reuters in Africa and a special friend by Siphiwe Sibeko (Mail and Guardian), 25 Oct 2016
… soon and we are all still grappling to come to terms with his departure. Juda had respect for everyone, regardless of … Juda, but even before that I knew of…
PlaceTsolo
… appointment of Hamilton Hope as resident magistrate for his district. A second magistrate, Alexander Welsh, was … whose village was on the Xokonxa river…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… He burst onto the literary scene with the performance of his first major play, The Black Hermit, at the National … 1964 followed by a second novel, The River…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… President Warren Harding, elected in 1920, said soon after his election, “I have said to the people we meant to have … Nations at the Paris Peace Conference…
PlaceMendi Memorial, Eastern Cape
… by black Southern Africans during the First World War. In death they are afforded the same level of commemoration as …
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
… a talented graphic artist and a political activist. Due to his political activities, Mnyele was forced to leave his family in Alexander, becoming exiled in…
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… Hendrik Hanekom and his wife Mathilda were pioneers of Afrikaans professional … on *14 January 1952 in the Strand, Cape Town. Throughout his career, Hanekom…
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
… Class 1: Gold from the state president in 1992, for his contribution as businessman, philanthropist and … by the University of South Africa, in recognition…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… of Zululand, visited Queen Victoria of Britain. Prior to his visit to Britain, he was exiled to the Cape after losing … of Ulundi, during the Anglo Zulu War…
EventIvorian Footballer Didier Zokora is born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… footballer born in Abidjan on 14 December 1980. He started his career in his home country’s team Académie MimoSifcom. His younger brother, Armando was also a…
Archive4. The conscientious objectors
… of two posters with drawings of Philip Wilkinson at his trial. Quote from part of his speech to the judge at his trial. …
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… to the Portuguese State of India from 1505 to 1509. Upon his successor taking over he sailed back to his homeland with a fleet of three ships – Garcia, Belèm…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… Archbishop Desmond Tutu is known around the world for his vigorous stand against injustice. More particularly, he is renowned for his involvement in the…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… opened a cafe. Though exposed to politics at a young age - his father was a Cape voter and his cousin, Sol Plaatje, a founder member of the African ……
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… on the evening of a birthday party that was held in his home. Goniwe and the assistant, Nomawele Njongo, … by bringing three charged against Goniwe: abusing…
ArchiveZondeni Veronica Sobukwe interviewed by Ntsikelelo Sandi,King Williams Town,12 May 1997
… himself in books, but today we find opportunity to talk to his wife, Mrs Sobukwe. Let us start this way, Mrs Sobukwe, … were four years old at the time. We…
EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
… African music, both of which were important in shaping his musical style. When he moved to Johannesburg during the … Mashiyane performed. However, he…