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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…
Chapter 11 - Negotiating the final constitution
… reflected five issues on which there was deadlock: the death penalty, lockout clauses, education, the appointment of … a 'package deal'. Roelf Meyer of the…
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…
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 ……
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter V - Political role of the mission
… to destroy the power of the chief as military leader of his people. The breakdown of tribalism meant first the … the authority of the chief, and therefore…
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…
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… in a surprisingly cordial manner. As Mandela states in his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom: "From the opposite side of his grand office PW Botha walked…
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… born in Boksburg, Transvaal. He left for Paris to further his studies in 1938. Mancoba never returned to live in South Africa again, but visited the country…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… and missionary. Of course, he is most remembered for his exploits as an explorer. In 1858 the British government … of the Zambezi, and discovered Lake Nyasa,…
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
… Resident of Plettenberg Bay, should bury those of his family who predeceased him in the ground of the … He was granted a pension and the use of the residency…
EventDarrell Roodt was born on this day
… the art of film to condemn the racially oppressive regime. His film Place of Weeping is one of the first anti-Apartheid films made by a South African. One of…
ANC media statement on comrade Carl Niehaus, 10 July 2009
… himself is unfortunate. Due to this, the ANC accepted his resignation and released him from all his duties at Chief Albert Luthuli House, to be able to deal…
EventAuthor and playwright Ronald Harwood is born in Cape Town
… training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He changed his name to Harwood under the advice of an English master, … sound good for a stage actor. In 1961…
EventSouth African poet Vincent Oliphant is born
… a small town near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. His first book of poems, Bloed vloei in stilte (Blood flows … in the annual Poetry International…
EventSir Thomas Cullinan (74), founder of the Premier Mine where the Cullinan diamond was discovered in 1907, dies.
… Sir Thomas Cullinan was knighted for his discovery of the Premier Mine and his service to industry. He was one of the co-founders and a … 1910. The Cullinan…
EventMandela persuades Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103
… President Nelson Mandela earned worldwide praise for his role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects … not only scored a diplomatic victory but has…
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
… activist Griffiths Mxenge. Mxenge was murdered in 1981 and his mutilated body was found near Umlazi Stadium outside Durban. His wife, Victoria Mxenge, was…
EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
… Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, when he featured in his first test debut at the age of 18 years and 340 days. … In later matches he suffered for a…
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… was born in District Six, Cape Town on 20 February 1925. His father, Jimmy La Guma was of Cuban descent, which made … was arrested several times as an…
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… in sports management at the university and also began his tennis career. During the 14 years of his tennis career, Curren had won four Grand Slam doubles ……
EventMannetjies Coetzer is killed by a crocodile in the Kunene River
… Mannetjie Coetzer and his family had gone to the Kunene River in Namibia on a trip … has a large population of Nile crocodiles. Mannetjie and his brother…
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
… Shakas two half brothers; Dingane and Mhlangana and his body servant, Mbopa assassinated King Shaka on the 22 … of execution of many of Shaka's enemies, also…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… cross examining and contradicting witnesses, found his starring role eclipsed by the deep and detailed evidence … natives were wounded. Six other natives…
Address at the French National Assembly Paris, 18 November 2003
… helpless millions, imposing avoidable morbidity and early death. They crowd together in urban slums preying on one … tomorrow the guns will not bark once…