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“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… at heart and used to an ideology of tyranny” and that his history under such kings as Shaka AND Dingaan showed … the position Dr Malherbe holds.. The general…
EventPaedophile Gert van Rooyen and mistress commit suicide
… Padeophile Gert van Rooyen and his mistress, Joey Haarhoff, commit suicide in Pretoria while … pursued by the police. Paedophile Gert van Rooyen and his…
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… the Soutpansberg mountain range in 1836*. Trichardt and his group decided to stay near the mountains, camping near … 1837*. Trichardt had helped him to…
PlaceCuylerville
… a former Under-Secretary to the Colonial Department, and his application to emigrate was one of the first to be … cairn in Bathurst mark the spot where…
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… is as the country's first president. From the beginning of his 30-year rule in Malawi, Banda followed policies which … Within months of independence, several…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
… upbringing, I find that my own ideas were influenced by his experience. While at university and engrossed in student … man. In the forties, I for the first…
ArchiveArt Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat by Matthew Krouse (Mail & Gurdian), 28 September 2013
… Artlogic Ross Douglas who claimed that he had done so on his own initiative. The action was apparently taken in order … In solidarity with Mabulu, Goldblatt…
PlaceCrossroads Township
… them with salaries and community cars. Others contested his favouritism and rewards to his male enforcers. A power struggle developed between Ngxobongwana…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
… Tony Awards and later also for the Grammy Awards. Some of his most successful plays include Woza Albert, Township Fever … Century. During the African…
EventOrlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa dies
… Meyiwa was born on 24 September 1987 in Umlazi , Durban. His last appearance on television screens was on 25 October … won 4-1. The 27 year old Pirates…
Zephania Mothopeng - Searchlight South Africa, Vol 1, No. 2, February 1989
… problems. But we print it, because Mothopeng has played his part in the South African struggle, and his account should be known. We have been told that other…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… Bulilima later known as Semokwe Reserve.He started his primary education at Tjolotjo School.In 1941 he … of Zimbabwe, from prostate cancer. He is…
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… South Africa and immediately started proceedings to form his own team, to the disapproval of many in the football … He named the club Kaizer Chiefs, after…
EventEgyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack
… up to for leadership. For him, the comprehensive defeat of his army by Israel was a major blow and he offered his resignation.Nasser is still highly revered…
EventGamal Abdel Nasser is formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic
… Egypt and the first president of the United Arab Republic. His legacy was one of awakening, of wasting Arab nationalism … Nasser's schemes for Arab unity…
EventAllan Boesak guilty on charges of fraud
… but released in 2001, having served just over one year of his three year sentence. Boesak has been readmitted as a church minister after the clearing of his…
EventNP demands apology from TRC
… ordered the elimination of state opponents. De Klerk, in his earlier applications to the TRC, rejected claims that the … of applying for amnesty. A deadline…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… Africa on a path of reconciliation. Tutu was very vocal in his condemnation of apartheid and has continued to voice his criticism of the new government. He…
EventThe Battle of Gingindlovu
… King Cetshwayo's 10 000 strong army was defeated and his military kraal destroyed by British troops. In this … angered King Cetshwayo because it weakened the…
EventMakapane’s Cave is under siege
… and M.W. Pretorius. The body of Piet Potgieter, who lost his life in the early stages of the siege, was retrieved by Paul Kruger, later president of the ZAR,…
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
… Tottenham Hotspurs. In 2006, Adebayor represented Togo in his first world cup in Germany. The same year, he took part … briefly retired from international…
EventMark Thatcher arrested
… British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was arrested at his Cape Town home on 25 August 2004. Thatcher was charged … to have been unaware what the money…
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… African War (1899-1902), Field Marshall Lord Roberts and his forces crossed the Vaal River heading to Pretoria.This mission was not without obstacles as on…
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
… first by opening small grocery shops in Soweto with his wife. He then went on to bigger ventures such as setting … motor dealerships, a BMW franchise and…
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…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… the enemy is so engaged, he will succeed in concentrating his forces to liquidate our national liberation movements one … the world to demand the release of…
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… how and when I first met Nelson Mandela or how I first met his wife, Winnie Nonzamo Madikizela. I can't. It is a long … brought me near to Nelson, the …
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… climate of Cape Town Johnny Gomas seemed to have found his niche: organising workers through the vehicle of the ICU, … theses of Bradford's work on the ICU…
"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…
EventNjabulo Ndebele was born on this day
… was born in Coronation Hospital in Johannesburg, where his mother worked as a nurse. [1] He matriculated in … Cambridge and the University of Denver where he…