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EventNotorious ‘SOWETO’ policeman dies
… Brigadier Theuns Swanepoel ("Rooi Rus"), one of the most feared interrogators of the South African …
EventMandela confirms Kerzner’s contribution to the ANC
… alleged by Bantu Holomisa, but stated that he has told no-one else in the African National Congress (ANC) about the …
EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
… 18 years and 340 days. Adams represented South Africa in One Day International (ODI) matches played from 26 to 30 …
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… of which she was a conductor. During August, 1975, she was one of a group of instructors who accompanied the first South …
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… One of the worst explosions in the history of South Africa …
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… countries to be used as launching pads for attacks on one another. Mozambique agreed to expel the African National …
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
… their own engine for the plane since they couldn’t find one that was both light enough and powerful enough for their …
EventThe inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned
… by Johannesburg magistrate, Pieter Kotze found that no one was to blame for Dr. Aggett’s death. …
EventKing Mswati III is born
… was born in Masundini Swaziland to King Sobhuza III and one of his younger wives Ntombi Tfwala. Mswati was Tfwala’s …
EventMannetjies Coetzer is killed by a crocodile in the Kunene River
… and his brother Lucas made their way to the river one night to take a bath when Coetzer was snatched by a …
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… In the words of Professor Ari Sitas, “Badsha could do in one picture what a dozen history workshop papers couldn’t in …
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
… the north of the country was found. The 1980s period was one of bitter times in the history of the movement in …
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery.
… slave trade in Ethiopia was slightly more humane than the one in western countries. It was also influenced by religion; …
EventArchibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
… Archibald Lamont was one of seven children born to Alexander Lamont, a …
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… with its adjoining residence known as Atherton , form one of the most impressive groups of Edwardian villas in the …
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… his return from Europe. The tree is reputed to have been one of the president's favourite places of repose but, sadly, …
EventMorocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain
… Sidi Ifni to Morocco was signed between Spain and Morocco. One of the terms of the agreement was the awarding of fishing …
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
… World War 2 on the side of Britain. Mrs H.E.C. Armstrong, one of the organisers, wrote a letter to Prime Minister J.C. …
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… Southern African campaigning was the responsibility of one of the members of an International Policy Group (IPG) - a … speak. I found the whole experience…
Remembering Nadine Gordimer (The Conversation), 15 July 2014
… favour in all its contradictions and continued problems. One pattern, though, never changed: time and again her … return. South Africa was forever Nadine…
Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
… every morning, Mrs. Moodley, her friend and neighbour, and one or two other women, appeared at her door to prepare … day from voluntary donations, made…
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… long grass but these were visible. Like many Cemeteries, one day there will be no one left alive who remembers or even know or care about their … FJ above)…
PlaceEthiopia
… is a landlocked country in the East of Africa. It shares one of its borders with Somalia , to the East. Sudan to the … regained his throne. In 1963, Emperor…
Article on the pass law deputation in July 25, 1889
… are given in their own simple and unadorned language. One sentiment seems to run through their utterances. The … the result attained in the exercise is not a…
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
… as a national entity and unit should henceforth speak with one voice, meet and act in unity in all matters of national … its discretion invite each…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… a largely forgotten figure, though the ANC plans to devote one of its twelve months of celebration of its centenary to … to South Africa not only with a…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
… of South Africa (CPSA) in the Orange Free State due in part to its limited strength there relating to a largely … large permanent black proletariat or black…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… and often conflicting interests between settlers on the one hand, and Company (and later British colonial) agendas …
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… The MPLA repels an attempted coupby one of its prominent leaders and subsequently establishes …
ArticleThe missionaries
… which caused conflict amongst the Pondo people. One such example was Mhlangaso, chief councillor to the …