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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…
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…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… in which J.H. Hofmeyr threatened to resign because of his disagreement with the suggested legislation. 7 April 1943 … detailed memorandum to the Minister 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Say It out Loud - The 1913 Presidential Address, Kimberley, Cape, 11th October, 1913
… the opening of the tenth annual Conference of the A.P.O. [His Worship Councillor E. Oppenheimer Mayor of Kimberley, … to have left much of the emotional side…
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…
Interview with Oliver Tambo in Luanda after summit meeting of Presidents of frontline states and Southern African Liberation Movements, 01 March 1977
… the people he oppresses, those he treats as foreigners to his regime. I think to a great extent this irregularity was … consultations and the most Vorster…
O. R. Tambo interviewed in Luanda after Summit Meeting of Presidents of Frontline States and Southern African Liberation Movements, 1977
… the people he oppresses, those he treats as foreigners to his regime. I think to a great extent this irregularity was … consultations and the most Vorster…
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…
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…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… the machines guns and bombs; we will not respect Malan and his unjust laws; Swart says he is the master of Justice, but … her release from prison. [36] In…