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EventJournalist Percy Qoboza is released from detention
… was freed as result of an international campaign for his release. After his release, Qoboza remained in the country for another three …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
… in corruption during the Durban High Court trial of his former financial advisor, Schabir Shaik. Read the … sitting of parliament on the release of Jacob…
EventEducationist Godfrey Nakene is born
… University of Witwatersrand. He died in January 1983 on his farm Kameelrivier in Groblersdal district. The University … in education posthumously on him in…
EventDr. Jan Bouws, Dutch composer, is born
… at the University of Amsterdam and on completion of his studies became a lecturer at the Watergraafsmeerse … Schoolvereniging in the east of Amsterdam…
EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
… on both sides of the law: first as a court interpreter in his younger days, and then as a condemned murderer. He was reprieved at the last minute and later…
EventEmmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer, is born
… Athletic on loan from Arsenal. In 2012, Frimpong switched his national eligibility from England to his country of birth, Ghana. He is hoping to represent…
EventPresident Modibo Keita of Mali is deposed by the army
… earlier, Modibo was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for his attempts to rebuild his country’s economy on socialist principles. However, Mali …
EventAt Botha, SA artist, is born.
… Hoër Onderwys and has performed in a few productions. His first love is painting; he admitted to have loved the … received any formal training and has had to…
Chapter 9. The Struggle against Sweating - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… conception of the "master and servant" society and it was his belief that workers on strike were criminals who … with striking was presumed guilty unless he…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at a Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 8 May 2006
… masses whom Inkosi Bambatha had led, what it claimed was his severed head. Not content to capture this outstanding … the difficult years when to speak of…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
… and regret. There is not a glimmer of this in any of his letters with regard to the position he has adopted about his country and its freedom and that of his…
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… but only one of them-May -took a keen interest in his work, attended all the meetings and social gatherings; … central figure of the household; but the time…
Photography David Goldblatt by Sean Jacobs, 1 September 2009
… the review: … Recently, as [Goldblatt who shot most of his photographs during Apartheid in black and white] employs … prints and explores newer digital…
SABC CEO quits after about-turn by Shain Germaner (Cape Times), 28 Jun 2016
… for him – resigning with immediate effect. Releasing his resignation letter on social media, Matthews implied that his morality had been tainted for failing…
ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… of the North, but did not complete a degree because of his involvement in student politics. In 1976 he began … soon after, he was banned for five years…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… been deported from South Africa in September 1960 for his strong condemnation of the Government, particularly his criticism of the Sharpeville massacre and…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… the president-general on 16 October 1952. Following his election, Luthuli's movements were restricted by the … Luthuli was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He…
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… Holland where he would earn a doctorate in ethics. Upon his return to South Africa shortly after the 1976 Soweto uprisings, he increased his anti-Apartheid…
EventVerney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
… who was lost in eastern Africa and also to explore on his own. Cameron arrived too late to be of help to … the expedition met Livingstone's servants bearing…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… Britain. At the end of the decade Sisulu had moderated his views somewhat to support the non-racial Congress … Africa's first non racial elections in 1994…
The Pioneers
… was a craftsman, producing various fund carved objects for his community, and Makoanyane, from a very young age produced clay figures for a market. Qwabe and…
Peace Treaty of Vereeniging - transcript
… is hereby published for general information. By order of His Excellency the High Commissioner and Administrator of the … General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum,…
ArchiveFederation
… is hereby published for general information. By order of His Excellency the High Commissioner and Administrator of the … General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum,…
PlaceNxuba (formerly known as Cradock)
… was appointed Deputy-Landdrost at Graaff-Reinet. His brief was explicit and quite detailed: he was to establish his residency at the outpost, and he was to…
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
… upon us are a sacrifice we are prepared to make. The death that we suffer in the course of struggle is a sacrifice … destruction of the economy, to say…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… work when under-age, or do work that would interfere with his or her education or development. Children should be … was the unmarried father of a child put…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… of the current Old Presidency in Bloemfontein. He named his farm 'Bloemfontein' after the flowers (wild clover) that … peace between the various population…
EventSouth Africans pay tribute to Nelson Mandela at the Grand Parade in Cape Town
… in Cape Town, the place where Nelson Mandela delivered his first public speech follow his release from imprisonment in 1990. At this commemorative …
EventAndrew Charles Hudson, South African cricketer is born
… Hudson was a right-handed batsman and was most noted for his calm demeanour under pressure. Up until 2003, he was the only South African batsmen to score a…
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… other parties and later dissolving the alliance. Under his leadership, the party support continued to decline. Few months after the 2004 general elections…