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ArchiveWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary who kept the Spirit of Resistance alive by Shireen Hassim (The Conversation), 3 April 2018
… and radicals in the ANC and its breakaways up until her death. This was a form of gendered politics made possible by … in romantic embrace with Nelson…
Afrikaner
… and view of the world. It also influenced all aspects of his cultural activities. In addition, individuality and … of the people. Coert Steynberg will also…
ArchiveInterview with Mr H Molooi
… in Durban, South Africa, in which he discusses his acquaintance with Mrs Ngcobo, and his experiences as a labourer at that time. Mrs Ngcobo was …
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is born in Nongoma
… eldest son of King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon and his second wife, Queen Thomo was born in Nongoma, Zululand … instruction in traditional Zulu customs while…
EventNP wins by election
… The by-election was the result of Mulder's fall-out with his constituency after the Information Scandal of 1978, that brought his political career within the…
EventPik Botha is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs
… Department of Foreign Affairs immediately after completing his law studies. He also served as South Africa's permanent … Nations (UN). Read more about Botha…
EventP.W. Botha appears in court
… the documents, which were handed over by the TRC for his involvement of the gruesome apartheid killings of black freedom fighters allegedly arranged by his…
EventNigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated
… Yar’ Adua’s inauguration ceremony was successful despite his rivals’ disputing the April election’s results. His main rivals were MuhammadBuhari of the All…
EventNasty C, the South African hip hop artist and song writer is born
… signed to the Mabala Noise record label. Nasty C released his first mixtape titled “One Kid a Thousand Coffins” in May … Hip Hop Album”, and “Song of the…
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… as a second dwelling house. It was later occupied by his son Fred Trautman who,. after the birth of his son in 1878, enlarged it by the addition of two extra…
PlaceLions Bridge, Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria
… the fourteen years of working for the government, he and his team developed the Republican Style (also known as … Wilhelmiens), designing numerous…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… as a number of African dialects, which assisted him in his work as a court interpreter. Matseke became prominent in … and eventually succeeded S.M. Makgatho…
EventIan Smith of Rhodesia and Henry Kissinger meet in Pretoria
… Smith accepted the principle of majority rule in his country. Despite this major breakthrough there were no … except an announcement by Smith on 24 September…
EventVan Riebeeck lands at the Cape
… On 24 December 1651, accompanied by his wife and son, Jan van Riebeeck set off from Texel in The … board the Dromedaris Van Riebeeck conducted meetings with…
Speech by President Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Celebration, 25 April 1998, KwaDukuza
… abakwaLanga; ibuyis' inhloko yadi' amadoda! His Majesty the King, The Mayor of KwaDukuza, Mr Siyanda … was around these hills and valleys that King Shaka…
61. Segregation reduces our people to helotry
… by its implications. There is a trace of despair in his presidential address when he declared that discriminatory legislation would continue to be passed…
Time for ANC members to speak out when democracy is at stake by Denis Goldberg (Sunday Times), 17 April 2016
… to accept the president's belated apology. Yet, all his actions in response to the public protector's report … not distance himself from these misleading…
ArchiveClosing address to the 58th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 29 November to 4 December 1980.
… Total Strategy. Speaker made personal reference to his own banning orders which had prevented him from continuing his association with the National Union…
PlaceMagistrates Court, Main Road, Simonstown
… occupant. Admiral Lord Nelson is presumed to be one of his first visitors after his arrival in Simons Town on 21 May 1776. Towards the end of …
EventNotices served on Solly Sachs
… Africa (GWU). The first notice ordered Sachs to relinquish his position in the Union within thirty days and not to … the activities of the union. The second…
EventJan Volschenk, a well-known South African painter, dies
… in watercolour. He also produced some wood engravings. His early works were ancient in effect, but this changed as he progressed further in his career. …
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed away at his Orlando East home in Soweto. He was given a rousing civic … buried at the Doornkop Cemetery. Mpanza…
EventAWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested
… (AWB), Eugene Terre'Blanche, and nine of his followers were arrested and charged with public violence. … place after a long police investigation. Terre…
EventDumisani Makhaye passes away
… pass away in office. A committee was set up by the ANC and his family to make arrangements for his funeral at KwaMashu Stadium in Durban on 30 October. …
PlaceBelvidere, Knysna
… He retired to Knysna the following year, where he devoted his time to the development of his estate on the Knysna Lagoon, and to the construction of …
PlaceJock of the Bushveld, Monument in Barberton
… Bullterrier cross, was immortalized in a book by his owner, Sir Percy FitzPatrick, who wrote about his exploits with Jock, while working as a transport rider…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… the issue of liberation has become a matter of life and death. These masses need also to be organised and mobilised … use of force to entrench himself in…
Address by Nelson Mandela on behalf of the ANC delegation to the Conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa Addis Ababa, January 1962
… to have paid the full price of freedom and independence. His Imperial Majesty, himself a rich and unfailing fountain … months, more than thirty Africans have…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
… the issue of liberation has become a matter of life and death. These masses need also to be organised and mobilised … use of force to entrench himself in…
EventBurundi gains independence from Belgium
… Tutsi retaliations. Subsequently, Mwambutsa was deposed by his son, Ntaré V, in 1966. Less than a year after he toppled his father Ntaré was overthrown in a…