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Letter by Oliver Tambo to the OAU Secretary-General, Mr. William Eteki Mboumoua, 01 June 1974
… this opportunity again to congratulate Your Excellency on your recent election to the high post of Secretary-General … for freedom and a better life; they…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… by ordinary people, participants and historians. Depending on where you stand, Cuito Cuanavale is described as a defeat … correctly termed the siege, of…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.4 1987
… Contents and Contributors Stories: The Spirit of Two Worlds by Jayapraga Reddy; From the Backseat by … Loba Mabena; The Lovers by Bessie Head; From Blame Me…
EventWestern countries, including South Africa, implement an airlift to supply provisions to the inhabitants of the eastern section of Berlin
… On 28 June 1948, Soviet forces had cut off all land access to … success of the airlift, the blockade was eventually lifted on 11 May 1949. … at: www.coldwar…
ArticleAll Members of South Africa’s 5th Democratic Parliament 2014
… Esau Shahid DA Essack Farhat DA Esterhuizen Jan Adriaan IFP Faber Willem Frederik DA Faku … DA Stock Dikgang Mathews ANC …
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… as pastures for their cattle. When European ships landed on the shores of Table Bay they came into contact with … outpost. The outpost was intended to supply…
EventInternational Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa is launched
… Apartheid (originally called the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the … of racial discrimination since its formation in…
PlaceFordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
… of the Jeppe and Ford Estate Company, Fordsburg was built on the outskirts of the Johannesburg gold reef to house … flavours and bargains galore. It was once…
EventLeague of Nations is formed
… to maintain peace and stability between countries. Gen. Jan Smuts and Gen. Louis Botha were the two representatives …
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys, 01 August 1983, Londo
… struggle: not until the National Party came into power in 1948 and was physically violent. The obvious thing was to … In 1960, when the ANC leadership were…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… nation," said De Klerk. De Klerk and Mandela first met on December 13 1989, shortly before De Klerk became … arrangements. I said that would not be possible…
PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
… conglomerate strata. The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes in June 1884, on the farm … North East seeking…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… of Guns, aircraft & army Vehicles, plus Medals & exhibits on Medicine & History. Opened by the former Prime Minister of South Africa, Jan Smuts in 1947 to…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… Painting in South Africa . African Arts, Vol X, No 2, Jan. 1977. 28-33. MEIRING, Prof AL . 1951. Iets oor die …
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… land in Rondebosch to the first free Burghers, Governor Jan van Riebeeck reserved a piece of this Land to be used as … of that year the first bricks were…
EventSally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its top
… all-time players and teachers, was born in Cape Town on 12 October 1951. By the age of 17, Sally Little had … the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Her…
EventSouthern Rhodesia rejects joining the Union of South Africa
… as 1914 the Legislative Council considered the question on whether it was prudent for the BSAC to continue as … April 1920, there was strong push for the…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… Jan van Riebeeck was sent to the Cape to establish a station … lived in Cape Town in 1000 houses. Visitors remarked on its cleanliness and neatness, which…
ArchiveLessons from Black Wednesday by Jerome Klaaste, 18 October 2019
… mind kept racing back to a momentous event that took place on 19 October 1977. On that day, in one fell swoop, the … Day, when we salute the bravery and…
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
… Jan van Riebeeck established the Burgher Militia a few days …
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
… in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful … was formed for the purposes of writing…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka was born on 3 April 1957 and grew up in KwaMashu , a township north of … , and community movement, KwaMashu Youth Organisation. On 18…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
… Defence Force (SADF) intensified in the townships and on school premises, attempting to stifle student political … for months. She would never return home. …
EventWorld Health Day
… On 7 April each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) … the WHO in 1945. The WHO's Constitution came into effect on 7 April 1948, and therefore this date…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… request was turned down by UN, however, things changed in 1948 when the National Party came into power. The NP defied and refused to send quarterly reports…
PlaceHaarlem
… tough community of European settlers. One of them was Jan de Buys, the father of Coenraad de Buys, the battling … and blood sugar levels and to educate the…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… became the Prime Minister after the defeat of General Jan Smuts and his South African Party (SAP). He was … to Hertzog's fall. He retired from politics in…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs second heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital
… was performed almost a month after the first, this time on Dr Philip Blaiberg, whose dauntless spirit made him a national hero in his own right. Blaiberg …
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… would later be replaced with the policy of apartheid in 1948. The 1913 Land Act set aside 7.5% of the land in South … The Act caused a problem for black…
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… Artist George Msimang was born on 26 October 1948 in Durban. Msimang's interest in art began … Anon, George Msimang (1948 -2004 from African Art Centre, …