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EventHenri Edouard Prosper Breuil (84), French archaeologist who did research with Dr Robert Broom in SA, dies in Paris
… a mission to examine rock shelters and rock art. Most of his research in South Africa was conducted with Dr Robert … interest in Paleolithic art began when…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… was sickly as a teenager and suffered bouts of asthma. His family sent him to Natal, South Africa, to live with his older brother in the hope that the hot…
EventLuc Montagnier, virologist who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus, is born
… sciences at the University of Poitiers and received his license of sciences from the University of Paris in 1955. In 1960 he qualified for his doctorate in…
EventChief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo is shot dead
… Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, was gunned down in the driveway of his home in Pietermaritzburg. Maphumulo was a chief from … of Pietermaritzburg. He had survived a…
EventMandela visits Zambia
… started a seventeen-day foreign visit on 27 February, his first since 1962. Subsequent to his release from prison on 11 February 1990, after 27 years … a…
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
… premier, caused a storm within political circles with his now infamous statement, "It is acceptable for politicians to lie". Mahlangu was trying to defend…
EventSheikh Yusuf, regarded as the founder of the Islamic faith in the Cape, dies at Zandvliet (Macassar)
… alongside and supported Sultan Ajung of Bantam, Gowa, in his war against the Dutch. Twice Sheikh Yusuf escaped from … their promise and Sheikh Yusuf was…
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…
ArchivePACT Dance Company: 2nd Season 1994
… Artwork of the back of a naked black man with his hands behind his head, and four white hands around his body. Notice of a dance programme at State Theatre, …
EventNelson Mukhuba is born
… gardener and house painter until he chose to promote his own Vhavhenda culture through his music and woodcarving skills. Mukhuba used mainly Marula and…
EventVasco da Gama dies
… to Asia around the southern point of Africa, died on his final voyage to India as Portuguese viceroy. He fell ill, probably of malaria, upon his arrival in…
EventCecil John Rhodes (48) dies in Muizenberg
… aged 48. He arrived in South Africa in 1870 and invested his inheritance from his grandmother in the diamond diggings in Kimberley. He helped launch the De…
4. Conclusion
… saw no alternative but to remain within the fold. Despite his disenchantment with the Party's direction at its 1938 … ANC or the Party after it was…
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal to James and Elizabeth Dube. His father, James Dube was one of the first ordained pastors … Station. Dube’s uncle Mqawe was a…
B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
… speaker he is equally at home in Parliament as WELL as in his appearances outside Parliament. There is always a serious undertone in all his speeches…
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist was hanged for his role in the MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member … (ANC) member to be executed by the…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… Johannesburg. It was estimated that 15 000 people attended his funeral. His labour organisation issued a call that on 11 February 1982, that on the day of…
EventCleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
… in 1961. He moved to London in 1962, where he completed his Honours and Masters Degree in the Arts in 1966. On his return to South Africa he taught at the…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… came when he was attending school in Mafikeng, where his talent was recognized by Rev. Hale of the London Missionary Society, on his visit to the school…
EventOlaudah Equiano, enslaved person and writer dies
… islands and the West Indies. He later managed to buy his freedom and settled in the United Kingdom. One of his slave masters had taught Equaino to write…
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
… University of Natal and later won a scholarship to further his studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies … was a member of the African National…
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… in 1961. Does it matter? It certainly did 50 years ago. In his court testimony Mandela said that he did not become a Communist, though he qualified his…
EventJomo Sono, South African soccer player and director, is born
… was born in Orlando East in Soweto. Sono was brought up by his grandparents after his father died and his mother abandoned him. He was forced to work from a…
EventJRR Tolkien born in Bloemfontein
… J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. His parents, Mabel and Arthur Tolkien, were British but … a bank in South Africa. He was a sickly…
EventJohn Thomas Baines, South African painter, traveller and writer, is born
… work as a storekeeper and artist. This expedition included his exploration of north-west South Africa to determine its … suitability for colonial settlement…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… fame? They called him Mr Knock-Out, I suspect because his songs were chart-busters. He was the most famous coloured … Steenkamp, a coloured player from…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
… into lush green irrigated fields with fruit trees. His vision also included farm produce being delivered via … to Kimberly. Everyone was investing in diamond…
Public announcement of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee hearings of Comrades Julius Malema, Ronald Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu, 10 November 2011
… the findings against cde Malema were presented to his representatives. Thereafter the outcome of the hearings … proceedings to stifle debate, deny any member…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
… boy, Zukile, came to sit with me while I was writing. His sister is at a high school. I think it is I.D. Mkize. I asked him if his sister was going back to…
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… in England, without the permission of the tribal elders. His uncle and regent, Tshekedi Khama, wanted Khama to return … a divorce. When Seretse Khama…