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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…
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…
ArchiveReminiscences of the Arrest of Fikile Bam & Marcus Solomon in 1963 by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… Magerman Arthur Magerman was brought up in Alexandra by his single mother, a fiercely independent Zulu woman. She saw Arthur through his schooling at Holy…
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…
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…
Albert Luthuli`s foreword to pamphlet published by the South African Congress of Democrats, 8 August 1960
… is there to compromise with in apartheid? Compromise with death! This would be a voluntary acceptance of oppression. …
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… and rapine, the frontier Boer took fright and fled from his protector and defender, the British Government, and its … self-destruction of the natives helped…
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…
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…
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…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1974
… demands of political and military strategy, and masks his true intentions about the so-called independence of the … in South Africa - Chief A.J. Luthuli,…
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
… 9 p.m., (d) Poll Tax Receipt. If he has three passes on his person and one in his room, he is arrested and convicted for breaking the law. … their considered…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-business summit 30 March 1994
… saying is that it is highly irrational to make a life-and-death issue of the interim constitution. This interim … leader of the Freedom Front General…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
… saying is that it is highly irrational to make a life-and-death issue of the interim constitution. This interim … leader of the Freedom Front General…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Bantu and the Gospel
… the entrancing beauties of the celestial mansions to his servants. The latter accidentally asked, him whether he … on information now rapidly disappearing…
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…
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…