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EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… South African President, Pieter Willem Botha, resigned from his position as state president seven months after a minor stroke that led to his admission in…
EventJomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted
… was chief Luka from Lari, who was known for ill treating his own people as an indication of his loyalty to the British government. …
EventRev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, is elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
… Selby Taylor was born in the United Kingdom in 1909. His parents later sent him to New Zealand in the hope of broadening his experience. Taylor later trained…
Closing remarks to the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 03 July 2009, Sirte, Libya
… and will have met the former President of the ANC, His Excellency Oliver Tambo, who always reminded his cadres that the strength of the ANC came from the…
The tragedy of history: When caricature displaces the truth by Thabo Mbeki, 11 January 2016
… as I propose to write that history myself.” Whatever his exact words, Churchill’s comments drew attention to the … of this, would also have their own…
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…
Archive2006 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 3 February 2006
… over 40 years ago, in the same sea waters that isolated his former involuntary temporary home, Robben Island, from … the midst of despair, she celebrated…
ArticleThe New Group
… Lippy Lipshitz, for example, required piano lessons for his daughter, and Neville Lewis was prepared to exchange a …
Petros Mulaudzi of Nthabalala village
… documenting the life of a man named Petros Mulaudzi and his family. In February 2010 I returned to Nthabalala to …
PlaceOnze Molen, Durbanville
… Uys to land in the Cape in about 1700, Jacobus Uys, and his mother-in-law the widow Roeland, were granted two morgen … met William Burchell when he…
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
… reads, “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi took the first step in his struggle against all forms of discrimination and … he boarded a train at the Durban station on…
PlaceShri Jagannath Puri Temple, Tongaat
… and the caretaker of the Temple. The Temple was built by his grandfather in 1900, at a time when it was nearly … the History of the Temple, we spoke about…
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
… any doubt the statesmanship that has been the hallmark of his Presidency should serve as a lesson to those who seek to … scourge of unemployment. The…
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…
Comrade Keith Khoza`s father being buried on Saturday, 3 February 2011
… condolences to its communications manager Keith Khoza and his family for the loss of his father – Mr Wakheni Wilson Khoza (69) - who will be …
PlaceMandela House
… hard-fought path to democracy. Nelson Mandela lived with his first wife, Evelyn , and later with his second wife, Winnie , in this four-room house, just off …
EventJosiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the LWF
… Federation. The cleric held this position until 1984. His election was a great honour for the Evangelical Lutheran … on 18 July, 1988 at the age of 63. In…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… Training School under Lorna Peirson . After completing his studies, he went on to teach at the Appelsbosch Training … Rocke’s Drift. Sibisi has won numerous…
EventBlacks are making bonfires of their “passes” in Johannesburg
… situation returned to normal. Chief Albert Luthuli burned his reference book on Saturday where he issued a call to non-Whites to follow his example. Duma…
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… Delta and now a Special Administrative "Region" of China. His parents moved to Johannesburg in 1956 when he was only thirteen years old. After his first race…
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… Tutu was arrested by the South African government and his passport was confiscated, barring him from travelling … 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize…
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
… At the age of 21, he came to South Africa and started his ministry in Namaqualand. In May 1821 he and his wife Mary, an indispensible helpmate, carried on…
EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… nearing Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, Omar was his spokesperson. Omar was the first Minister of Justice of … He died of cancer on 13 March 2004 and…
EventGandhi leaves South Africa
… liberty in SA, was passed in July, and it contributed to his view that his task in South Africa has been fulfilled. …
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… War 2 (South African War), summarised the pssure his government has put on the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek … a peaceful settlement." He was hoping to avert…
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… South Africa and Governor of the Cape Province in 1897. His efforts to gain political rights for the "Uitlanders" … Britain and the South African Republic …
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… ArminiaBielefeld and Greece’s Skoda Xanthi. Katongo made his international debut in 2003. He is currently captain of the Zambian national team. Under his…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… in Johannesburg to an English father and a Swedish mother. His father Sidney Peter Norton was a journalist and would influence his son’s future career path…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the first time alongside his documentary photographic essays for which…