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EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… Cape, where the scenery would later be the inspiration for his paintings. Most of his paintings depict old farmhouses in Cape Town. He … landscapes of the…
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… taught artist, who learned and benefited greatly from his peers. One of his mentors was Harold Jeppe, who introduced him to art circles in Johannesburg. Most…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… honorary position of State President. However, his spell in the new office was short-lived. He relinquished … but preferred to turn a blind eye. He resigned…
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… in 1917, and drew and painted since childhood. His formal art studies started in 1929 at the Wits Tech Art … Teacher's Diploma) and etching lessons. Battiss…
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… skippers in single-handed racing around the world, died at his home in Gordon's Bay, Cape Town, after a long illness. He … from cancer. Reed will be…
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
… law at the University of Zambia and went on to form his own law firm, Mwanawasa & Company. He left the firm in … and became Zambia’s third President. He died…
EventDavid Malebane, a student at the Tompi Seleka Agricultural College in the Limpopo, shoots three lecturers before shooting himself
… the gun at lecturers that he believed were responsible for his failure to pass. In the end, he shot and killed three … It is reported that after the rampage,…
EventA commemorative exhibition of the work of painter and cartoonist John Amshewitz opens in the City Hall in Johannesburg
… explored most of the paintings in the media of the time. His diverse genres included landscapes, portraits and still … work at the Rand Daily Mail and The…
PlaceBethal
… was abducted and she was believed to have been tortured to death in the 1980's. Her remains have never been found. The …
Liberation and Ethics. Is there a connection? by Raymond Suttner, 05 April 2016
… be a long tradition of resistance, even if it meant facing death, as had others before me. Joining the struggle then, … himself alone on the little…
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
… war, including disablement, displacement, degradation and death. Those who know what Angola was and what Angola is, … legislation both meets the concerns…
Address at the Opening of the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban, 31 August 2001
… offence of being despised by another or others because of his or her race, colour, nationality or origin. Together we … deserves peace like any other, to…
News SABC ‘should be hitting the panic button’ over Jimi Matthews’ resignation by Ndileka Lujabe (City Press), 27 June 2016
… has been praised as “doing the right thing” following his resignation from the SABC today. Matthews, who was acting … is wrong and I can longer be part of it…
PlaceGroote Schuur Estate
… Cecil Rhodes had a herbivorous menagerie on his estate and in 1896 he was given two lions and a leopard, … partly paved with marble and surrounded by…
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
… Trade unionist, Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba, known by his adopted name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, … the Communist Party of South Africa …
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… conclusion of the Rivonia Trial in 1964. The condition of his release is that he renounces violence, and violent … bring about change in South Africa…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… 26 December 1918 in Qamata in the Transkei. Together with his brother Kaizer Matanzima, they founded the Transkeian … In 1979 George was appointed as the…
David Goldblatt,The Transported of KwaNdebele by L'oeil De La Photographie, 26 September 2016
… has documented the social and political developments of his native South Africa with a critical yet compassionate … commitment to the medium is epic. He is…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… of the Transvaal, there are manuscripts pertaining to his father Wilhelm August Schoch, a Swiss immigrant to South … published by Brieg, Kubisch, 1910. Both…
PlaceAnton van Wouw House, Museum- Pretoria
… is typical of the materials that Eaton liked to use in his designs and the house was designed to blend well with … factory. At these places he learned…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
… in the First World War, attaining the rank of major. His partner A. Hamilton was killed in the conflict. Tait … to design the War Memorial in Boksburg, but…
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Five years after the Government forced him to relinquish his general Secretary, the name of E. Sachs still lives in … members enjoy a 40-hour week. Emil…
Archive2007 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2007
… Nobel Peace Laureate, Inkosi Albert Luthuli, whose tragic death 40 years ago we commemorate this year, remembering the … by a speeding train in the cane…
EventLiberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe publically offers to resign
… Doe offered to resign in response to rebel incursions in his country. Doe was eventually kidnapped during a truce … meeting, tortured and on 9 September he…
EventAllan Boesak is born
… for Black South Africans against apartheid. During his involvement in politics Boesak occupied influential … of African National Congress (ANC) in Western…
EventThe Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
… new democratic Parliament. Hendrickse is remembered for his contribution to the struggle against apartheid and for … he played in the transition to democracy…
EventSA sprinter Oscar Pistorius reaches the final
… High, Oscar Pistorius, fell coming out of the start of his 200m heat for leg amputees, then showed mind-blowing … at the Athens Paralympic Games. He was…
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
… in England where he met playwright Noel Coward who became his patron. He starred in a few British films before he left … man in the iron mask and The Son of…
EventJoseph Kasavubu, first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo dies
… member of the Bakongo ethnic group. Kasavubu did not know his father and lost his mother at the age of 4. He was raised by his older brother who sent him to…
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
… the Free State commandos. A day before the assault De Wet, his men and burghers, set off from Smitsdrif. Following a few … a burgher with a flag of truce to…