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EventJohn Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town
… left England and arrived in the Cape in1823. Soon after his arrival he founded a school which he ran for a short … the authorities for a free press…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… author of the two - man play "The Blood knot" and his co-actor Zakes Mokae, 27, from Johannesburg arrived in … West End following "Singpost to Murder" by…
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… Vlok, was born in Sutherland, Cape Province. He started his career in the department of justice at the magistrate's … after the African National Congress …
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… harshly sentenced to three years in prison. At the end of his sentence, Parliament enacted a General Law Amendment Act, … was being released from detention…
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
… the Martin Luther King Jr Award for Non-Violence for his commitment and role during the struggle against apartheid … courage in its service. At least twice…
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… Company (DEIC). He arrived on board De Voetboog and with his family and retinue; they were forty-nine people in total. In order to minimise his influence on…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… John Weston, a civil engineer, began the construction of his own aeroplane in 1907 at Brandfort, in the Free State. … it to France. It is possible that John…
EventChairman of the IEC resigns
… Commission (IEC), Judge Johann Kriegler, resigned from his position two years after the Commission's establishment. Kriegler cited his protracted dispute…
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… that should be continued,” he said. Eloquent During his lecture at the university, Nauriya said Gandhi wrote about John Langalibalele Dube in his journal in…
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… on the eve of the execution of Almond Nofomela. Before his execution, Nofomela confessed to being part of the … in Britain in 1990 to investigate these…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… in the Eastern Cape on 13 December 1915. Vorster began his political career as a lawyer after completing his studies at the University of Stellenbosch…
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… of Home Affairs and leader of Inkatha Freedom Party, and his nephew King Goodwill Zwelithini, escalated during Shaka … to Nongoma, to protect the king amid…
#JimiMatthews decision praised by Chelsea Geach (News), 28 Jun 2016
… of the state of management at the SABC. Matthews posted his resignation letter on Twitter on Monday morning. “What is … supported chief operations officer…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… parliament was created on the ideas of Pieter G. Koornhof. His idea was to give a house of parliament to the White, … see through the smoke screen of…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… laws by the 29 February 1952 deadline. January 25 , In his opening address to the South African Indian Congress … , Joseph Matthews, Professor Z. K. Matthews…
Oration by the ANC Gauteng Chairperson Paul Mashatile at the funeral service of the late Ephraim Motlalepula Nkoe, 11 May 2013, Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Kliptown, Soweto
… has left a huge void that we will find difficult to fill. His towering intellectual presence will be missed by all. The … society. He was an intellectual par…
EventJohn “Shoes” Moshoeu was born on this day
… most successful players to have ever played the game and his nickname was derived from his his dribbling skills. He represented clubs such as Kaizer …
EventKip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 mins 34.9 secs
… was born in Kipsano, Kenya on 17 January 1940. Keino began his international running career in 1962. From early on he trained under very high altitudes to…
EventRuben Xulu, SA artist, dies in Marian Hill
… in wood and stone. He was born deaf on 10 May 1955. His disability was never a hindrance. Throughout his career, his subject matter was solely religious…
EventSA poet Sydney Vernon Peterson dies
… poets and educationist of the 1940s, died in Germiston. His poetry was translated into English, Italian, Russian and … novel, As die son ondergaan (When the…
PlaceCentlivres, a Railway Siding-16 Km from Uitenhage
… Commissioner of the Uitenhage District from 1849 until his retirement in 1863. He was a renowned cartographer, … statistician and author. He was best known…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
… of the fight against AIDS. In an image of a man watering his lawn, it is painted on the side of a small white building … him what a horribly banal fact of…
David Goldblatt: Intersections by Matt Damsker
… more than three decades chronicling the soul and soil of his troubled native land, resulting not only in an … brings a somewhat haunted sense of the outsider…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… who died in a car crash the on Monday 20 April 1981. His funeral, in Worcester, was the first "political funeral" … Robben Island for three years and two…
Speech at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London by O. R. Tambo, 8 May 1977
… here to pay our last respects to a man who because of his belief in the freedom of the people of his country was robbed of the citizenship of the land of his…
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
… 1976 after the student demonstrations of 1976. He received his military training in Angola and Mozambique. He returned … commemorate the 1976 demonstrations…
EventMarien Ngouabi, President of Congo dies
… of the Congo was assassinated. Ngouabi, who started his career as the Commander of the first Paratrooper … unstable, in part due to Ngouabi purging any…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… 1989, Acheson allegedly gunned Lubowski down outside his house in Windhoek. Neighbours claimed that they first … found a piece of paper with numbers that led…
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… from Robben Island after twenty-three years in prison. His release followed a call for all political prisoners to be freed, as apartheid was dying. Upon his…
EventA vagrant from Johannesburg, Tim Singiswa on a one
… Tim Singiswa, a vagrant from Johannesburg, protests on his own and draws more interest than the questions of the … asked them for their reasons. Singiswa got…