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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…
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… liking to the Cape; which became the subject of most of his paintings. In1916, Wenning moved to the Cape, became a full time painter and started working on…
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…
EventGeneral Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister
… censure the Foreign Minister of South Africa Eric Louw for his offensive speech in the General Assembly. A staunch defender of apartheid, Louw was also…
EventWilliam Selborne Dies
… Transvaal and Orange River Colony, dies at the age of 82. His predecessor was Lord Milner. He first retired in June … River Colony was granted self…
EventArtist and boxer Ephraim Ngatane dies
… Hospital, Soweto. Ngatane used water colours and oil for his paintings and held a yearly solo exhibition throughout his career, except for 1970. As an…
EventSouth Africa mourns the passing of Beyers Naudé, apartheid struggle stalwart and Afrikaner cleric
… retirement home in Johannesburg . He was 89 years old and his wife, Ilse, who is 92, was by his side. His health had been deteriorating over the past six…
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…
EventAKA, the Prince of South African hip hop is born
… Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, popularly known by his stage name AKA was born in Cape Town on 28 January 1988.[1] He started out his hip hop career as part of a…
EventMswati III becomes King of Swaziland
… Dlamini), became King of Swaziland when he succeeded his late father King Sobhuza II, who had died of pneumonia in … regents until Makhosetive, who was…
EventPastor Sekano Ntoane is born
… of the University of the North. He is remembered for his good human relations and his positive leadership when the DRCA was still trying to find its feet,…
EventSouth African cricketer, Hashim Mahomed Amla, is born
… of Indian descent to reach the national squad. Amla began his professional cricket career with the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins in 1999. He had his Test debut in…
EventMadalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament
… of six. After he broke a bedroom window while playing with his father’s clubs, his father decided to buy him his own. When Muthiya was fifteen, he caught the…
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… we know today. Barend Christiaan Viljoen (1807-1859) and his wife Judith Cornelia Theresa (nee Booysen 1807-1861) … based on G. R. Allen from the history…
EventP.W. Botha offers to resign
… P.W. Botha offered to resign amid speculation regarding his involvement in the Information Scandal of 1978, if his accusers could prove that either he, or a…
EventKing Dinuzulu dies
… also saw to it that he received a farm to live on, died on his farm Uitkyk in Middelburg district, Transvaal. At his own request he was buried with his…
EventSA composer Benjamin Tyamzashe is born
… national popularity through the music that he composed. His music enjoys a wide popularity within the education … festivals. He was the only composer and…
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
… on 7 May 1990, in celebrating the Diamond Jubilee year. In his introduction, the author, commends the late Alan Paton on his lecture delivered in 1985, as…
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… or annotating them – completely distort what his life represents. Gandhi said, “My life is my message”. His life shows how an ordinary human being who has…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… to people,” said Barney Pityana (Biko’s friend). Biko and his colleagues felt Blacks needed to learn to speak for … became part of a shared frame of…
Professor Terence Ranger: An Obituary by Trevor Grundy
… was at its height, Terence Ranger, who has died at his home in Oxford at the age of 85, told the left-wing … build up." In early 1968 - soon after the…
EventJuan de Jongh, the South African rugby player is born
… Juan is a professional South African rugby player.[ii] His position of choice in “centre” in rugby.[iii] He attended … de Villiers for the 2010 Super 14…
EventFidel Castro, president of Cuba from 1976 to 2008, is born
… degree at the University of Havanna, where he also began his political career. In 1953, he led a failed attack on Moncada Barracks in Cuba. This resulted in…
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… grew up in Zeerust, North West Province, and completed his higher education at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). A student of theology, Niehaus was months…
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… him. In 1696, Kidd set course for the Cape coast, where his vessel was reported to have been spotted on 20 January … that Kidd's notoriety was considered to…
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… supporters. The inauguration came just two days before his 57th birthday. The occasion was also a farewell to South … elected president, Nelson Mandela, who…