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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…
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…
EventSmiso Zwane, South African hip hop artist is born
… electronic duo Dirty Paraffin. [ii] “Mswenkofontein” is his hit single, which features StiloMagolide and uSanele. … and “Holy Oxygen II” in 2017…
ArchiveFirst Mafika Gwala Lecture: The Arts of Resistance - Mafika Gwala and South African Poetry by Ari Sitas
… work in the late 1980s would be appropriate in marking his legacy. The more I re-read what I had said then the more … inappropriate in those times. I have…
EventBhekisani Manyoni, artist, is born in Greytown
… Greytown, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He later moved with his family to the Dundee area, near Rorke's Drift, where he … Drift Art School. After attending…
EventSir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor and founder of tropical medicine is born
… causes elephantiasis. These observations, made during his time as medical officer for the Chinese Imperial Maritime … of plasmodium, a parasite which causes…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… spark that made it natural for Nelson Mandela to instruct his daughter Zinzi to read his message to the people of Soweto. An examination of the … P.W. Botha,…
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… from its founding in 1987 until 2009, was both a man of his times and a giant representing working class principles … of what had once been a proud struggle…
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… 1990, Nelson Mandela visited Ottawa, Canada escorted by his then wife Winnie Madikizela Mandela. He travelled to Canada a few months after his release from…
EventSolly Sachs leaves South Africa
… Africa to settle in England on this date. He stated that his position in South Africa had become untenable. This move … Act (1950) had been served on him on…
EventControversial Catholic Archbishop Milingo agrees to renounce marriage
… by the Unification Church Revered Sun Myung Moon. After his marriage, the archbishop asked the church to release him from his vow of celibacy. On refusal of…
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
… Former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock began with his testimony in Pretoria Supreme Court by revealing his part in the apartheid regime's 'dirty tricks'…
EventBoer statesman, soldier and first president of the South African (Transvaal) Republic, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius dies
… (Transvaal) Republic, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, died at his home in Potchefstroom at the age of eighty-one. He was … to have held both offices. Despite…
EventSir John Herschel, British astronomer, arrives in Cape Town
… in Cape Town on 15 January 1834 on a ship, accompanied by his wife Margaret Brodie Stewart. During their stay in the Cape, Herschel and his wife produced…
Dr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… care centre at the age of 82, following a stroke. Early in his life, as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, Koornhof wrote a … , on August 2, 1925. In 2001, Koornhof…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VIII - “Christianity and Civilization”
… is to find it put into the mouth of a Black chief. In his book "Chief Moroka," S. M. Molema quotes the following … in the subjugation of the Africans. The…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… within Durban Metro for initiating court action against his own council, but he stuck to his guns. The council had a change of heart right on the … in the…
Pravin Gordhan vs the Law, as defined by clichés by Mervyn E. Bennun (Politics Web), 08 September 2016
… answer 27 questions about certain matters relating to his time as head of the South African Revenue Service; we … almost on the eve of the day Pravin Gordhan…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… President Warren Harding, elected in 1920, said soon after his election, “I have said to the people we meant to have … Nations at the Paris Peace Conference…
32. An unjust and uncalled-for Immigration Bill, 1894
… two respects: firstly, by stipulating that at the end of his five-year term of indenture the Indian must return to … years; secondly, if he did not re…
PlaceWelcome Cottage, Glencairn- Simonstown
… Henricus Brand was a member of the Court of Justice; his son Christoffel was the first speaker of the Cape House of Assembly; his grandson Johannes was…
EventEnoch Mgijima dies
… sect in the Eastern Cape, died in Ntabelanga, Queenstown. His followers, believing Enoch's claim that they were under … the Bulhoek Massacre in 1921. In the…
EventMalawian President Hastings Banda visits SA
… African state to visit South Africa (16-20 August). During his visit Banda met with the State President and Prime … Minister and invited the President to…
EventThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement hosts a Concert for Mandela
… Stadium in London to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela on his 70th birthday on 18 July. Peter Gabriel delivered his anti-apartheid anthem Biko. Whitney Houston,…
EventMakhaya Ntini is found guilty of rape
… Park Cricket Ground in December 1998. He maintained his innocence, receiving the backing of the United Cricket … help, however, Ntini lodged a successful…
EventN.P. van Wyk Louw is born
… Louw. N.P. van Wyk Louw received various literary prizes. His best-known work is his epic poem Raka, recounting a black hero's desperate struggle against a…
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…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… for cash. Gandhi captured the proletraisation process in his book, Satyagraha in South Africa, I n order to increase …
Durban Historical & community
… Indian Congress and father of India’s independence, set up his first experiment in communal living inspired by Tolstoy - …
Matthews being used to turn SABC into a laughing stock: ANC (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… described as “opportunistic” the public announcement of his resignation as acting group CEO on Monday. Editors … Matthews for resigning from SABC Matthews…