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ArchiveAll That Glitters by Emilia Potenza
… world. "...In chemistry the diamond, being pure carbon, is one of the most commone elements. Yet it fashioned by nature …
EventThe Natives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954 is passed
… trucks with their goods and forced to relocate to Soweto. One of the townships that managed to survive forced removals …
Document 33 - League of Atrican Rights, Announcement of Meeting, 25 August 1929
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 33 - League of …
EventBoxing legend, Dingaan Thobela thwarts a hijacking at his home in Johannesburg
… by hijackers as he was about to enter his Kelvin home. One of the hijackers attempted to break the driver’s window …
EventAndrew Charles Hudson, South African cricketer is born
… himself as a cricketer by playing in 35 tests and 89 One Day International cricket matches for South Africa in the …
EventJohn Harris and the Johannesburg station bomb
… evening rush hours. The explosion resulted in the death of one person and severe injuries to more than twenty others, …
EventSeparate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed
… divisions and the Coloureds received the right to elect one White representative for each of these constituencies. …
EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
… 164 and Jock Cameron's quickfire 90. The match was one of the first to include a new LBW law that said batsmen …
EventUniversity of Stellenbosch in a historic move
… In spite of the move being hailed as a progressive one, critics were of the view that the move was meant only …
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
… Minister of Justice and Police, J.T. Kruger, assigned a one-man judicial commission in the person of Justice P.M. …
EventBeyers Naude refuses to testify before the Schlebusch Commission
… Regional Court for his defiance and was fined R50, 00 or one month in prison. On 28 October 1976, he was arrested for …
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… medals. South Africa managed to win six medals, including one gold. The president of the International Olympic …
EventBBC reports demonstrations at a game ranch in SA
… a warrant of arrest was issued for the arrest of the third one. The protesters were a diverse group including motorcycle …
EventGriqua leader Andries le Fleur is born
… in Herschel, CC. He was the son of Abraham le Fleur and one of the leading figures in Griqualand East. Both he and …
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… was a leader who strived for a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the Organisation of African Unity …
EventPaul Kibii Tergat Kenyan professional long distance runner is born
… achievements in long-distance running. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished runners of all time. …
EventA proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act is made
… the implementation of many other racially based laws. One of the apartheid laws passed in the 1950s was the Group …
EventActivist and Journalist, Robert Resha dies in exile
… Campaign as a member of the ANC Youth League. Resha was one of the Treason trialists, but was acquitted in 1961, …
EventLady Mary Bailey, the first pilot to complete the London to Cape flight and back solo, dies in Cape Town
… competitions. Bailey died in Cape Town on 29 August 1960. One of her sons, Jim Bailey founded the Magazine African …
EventSouth African Airways is given permission to fly over the bulge of Africa as negotiations to end apartheid gain momentum
… various attempts had been made to isolate the country. One area where this was evident was in aviation. For years, …
EventDie Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger
… in 1916 as the de huisgenoot, then a monthly magazine. One of the reasons the magazine was founded was to …
EventA fire breaks out on Table Mountain after a British tourist allegedly tossed a lit cigarette out of a car window
… Table Mountain is generally prone to fires, this one was caused by a cigarette butt. It is reported that a …
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
… Schutztruppen. He died instantly. He is regarded as one of the greatest hunters over the region of Southern …
EventSaxophone player, Bobby Hendricks, dies in Cape Town
… revealed by the number of people who attended his funeral, one of the biggest ever held in Overberg, Western Cape …
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… towards the African. This attitude has become an integral part of the present-day colour psychology of the South … out of the military subjugation of the…
VIII - The Pathologists
… by a period of unconsciousness of between 10 minutes and one hour. The evidence that follows concerns the post-mortem … that appeared on the surface of Mr…
ArchiveBiography of George Botha by Van den Branden
… This article was written by P.J. Van den Branden and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …
PlaceBoskop Village, Nature Reserve and Dam- near Potchefstroom
… Village of Boskop . The specimen consisted of the greater part of the frontal and parietal bones and a small portion of … Homo Rhodesiensis has served to…
Exhibition Opening: Tales of History Retold
… Humanities at the Centre for Humanities Research, as part of its inaugural international workshop in Culture & … here: About Iyatsiba Gallery: Iyatsiba…
PlaceShakaland, Northern Natal
… The Shaka Programme for overnight guests, commencing with Part I of the culture tour at 16:00 and Zulu dancing for an hour after dinner. The Culture Tour…