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ANC Press Statement presented by Oliver Tambo, 16 August 1985, Lusaka
… to a little more than ten per cent of South Africa. With his hand over his heart, he projected himself as the great defender of … to the desolation of the…
ANC Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 16 August 1985
… to a little more than ten per cent of South Africa. With his hand over his heart, he projected himself as the great defender of … to the desolation of the…
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 - …
EventGovernor-General Sir Patrick Duncan dies
… in 1936, the first South African to hold this high office. His children presented his papers, numbering nearly 17, 000 items and consisting of private and…
EventSA artist Mizream Maseko is born
… South African artist, was born on this date. He completed his schooling in the Transvaal. He began his career as a house painter and was inspired to paint by…
EventPope John Paul II visits Africa
… Pope John Paul II began his first tour of Africa, including visits to Zaire … Volta (now Burkina Faso ) and the Ivory Coast. He started his tour in Zaire,…
EventFather Smangaliso Mkhatshwa served with restriction order
… was served with a five years restriction order for his involvement in political activities. The order restricted … magisterial district. Since he could not…
EventAllan Boesak resigns from the church
… anti apartheid orator, has being officially relieved of his duties as Reverend of the Bellville congregation. In a … Boesak resigned before the church could…
EventFirst victim of the land invasions in Zimbabwe, David Stevens, is murdered
… Stevens, was shot dead in Zimbabwe by squatters occupying his land. He was the first White farmer to be killed in the … Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party…
EventTraditional Bushman artist Vetkat Regopstaan Kruiper, aged 38, dies suddenly from natural causes
… healer. Vetkat had many artistic skills including music. His main passion however was for the veld and animals. … training, Vetkat rose to fame as a fine…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… in 1867 and the ruins of the ancient city of Zimbabwe. On his return to Potchefstroom, South African Republic, he … by King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba…
EventSA cricketer, Herschelle Gibbs is born
… In school he played soccer and rugby, but chose cricket as his sport of choice. He is a right handed batsman who made a … at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, India…
EventHenry Olonga, Zimbabwean Cricketer is born
… father and a Zimbabwean mother. The family moved back to his father’s homeland, Kenya, before settling in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He is one of five siblings; one…
EventGeorge Pauling, builder of railway lines in SA, dies
… countries. He came to South Africa at the age of 20. His company Pauling and Co. was a major contributor in the … in Southern and Central Africa. Though he…
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…
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
… Alas history is littered with instances where his words would have fallen on deaf ears. Hubris, which means … of the first Tay Railway Bridge, in Scotland,…
A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss
… on Robben Island Although banned and house arrested after his release from Robben Island in 1973, Indres Naidoo … African Students (Nusas) and its wages…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
… minutes because of a bomb threat. The award recognised his unifying role in the fight against apartheid. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee made specific…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… Phoenix served for a time as an important home to Gandhi, his family and his followers as they strove to follow a path of social … and the printing press he…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… farm wheat, maize and tobacco and in 1889 built a mill on his land. He gave his mill the edge over his competitors in the area by commissioning a Rustenburg …
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… said to have the powers to predict the future, depicted in his statues believed to depict the AIDs epidemic. The village … through the life of this…
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot
… that, Obote would surround himself and fill key posts in his administrations with members of his ethnic group, the Lango. Failure to do this would have ……
EventMuhammad Ali defeats Charles Liston in the World heavyweight title fight
… By the 7th round, Liston was too exhausted, had hurt his shoulder, and suffered a cut under his eye. Liston refused to continue the fight, leading to Ali ……
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
… Hospital. After a decade of heart surgery, Barnard and his gifted cardiothoracic team of thirty (which included his brother Marius), were well equipped to…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… of volunteers to defy apartheid laws, and this led to his first arrest. Later in the same year, Letele was arrested … of Emergency, Letele was arrested for a…