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EventRebels take control of Kinshasa, Zaire
… into suspected massacres of Rwandan refugees on his march to power. After his allies, Uganda and Rwanda, turned against him, Kabila … becoming unpopular,…
EventKing George VI is born
… 1895. George ascended the English throne following his brother, Prince Edward's abdication on 12 December 1936. George who was the Duke of York and his wife…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… boxer is sentenced to 14 years in jail for the murder of his girlfriend, who he suspected cheated on him. At the end of the musical he supposedly took his…
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 ……
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
… even if Jacob Zuma was correctly found “not guilty” in his rape trial. The complainant could not appeal. That was the prerogative of the state, which did not…
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…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… spent exorbitant amounts of money on the transformation of his home village. At independence, Ivory Coast was one of the … Outarra from running for the…