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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. …
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… supplies, and then returned to bomb the rebels. During one of these sorties Colonel Sir Pierre van Ryneveld's … (Taffy) Long , heralded by subsequent labour…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… become the basis of a democratic constitution hailed as one of the most progressive in the world. Members of the … the firebrand political styles of Mokaba…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… franchise qualifications and the Cape Colony was the only one which permitted voting by (property owning) non-whites. … in creating a unified country within…
Place"When Woodstock had a Beach"
… hub that has long since been reclaimed for development as part of the city's expansion. Initially, the city's …
ArchiveThis violence is not unique to SA by Daniel Magaziner, 09 September 2019
Every time there is violence of a particular sort in SA I think about 1949. In mid-January of that year a single incident between an Indian shopkeeper and a…
PlaceRooi-Els, Western Cape
… Rooi-Els), borders the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, forming part of the larger Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve . The smallest … shop and café a welcome to visitors…
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…
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…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is arrested
… in Lebowa, on charge of organising or planning to take part in a meeting in Namakgale. The local magistrate had …