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PlaceKnysna, Garden Route- Western Province
… He could also be a right quite brash, as some of his colleagues would testify, but his humour and hospitality were legendary! His personal history, however,…
48. Breach of the compromise
… in this meeting who believe, as the chairman has stated in his speech, that the whole Indian community has sold for … too great faith in the statesmanship of…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… Nelson Mandela said that he was very much influenced by his fellow students at Wits in 1946 "when Ismail Meer, J.N. … on African Affairs was of great help to…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… carbon-12 and carbon-14. Carbon-14 is unstable and, after death, decays. This means there is more carbon-12, which is … fuelling Europeans' prejudices about…
ArchiveChapter 14 Out of prison: 28 February 1985 as a free person by Denis Goldberg
… saying that I was free again, the Commanding Officer used his own car to take me to the airport, still guarded by … blatant dishonesty in which he so blended…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
… ANC is a way of fighting them with another instrument." His words were echoed by the Secretary to the State Security … a united, democratic, non-racial…
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
… was the unrelenting spiral of violence. De Klerk made it his explanation for the delay in commencing multi-party … of April 1991, President F. W de Klerk…
EventAn intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, Mozambique
… Major du Toit was captured at Cabinda, Angolawhile h e and his team were in a mission to find information on "hostile …
EventDeputy Minister of Bantu Education,Treurnicht is warned about deteriorating conditions in Soweto
… secondary school subjects. The minister stated that to his knowledge, there was no cause for concern. The Department …
EventAfrikaans Writer Breytenbach is sentenced
… Congress (ANC). He remained a political prisoner until his release in December 1982 amid strong international …
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
… into the Boipatong massacre on 17 June 1992, presented his report in which he stated that while there was no …
EventTranskei announces plans to unban ANC and PAC
… of the Transkei homeland, Tutor Ndamase, announced that his homeland government plans to unban the African National …
EventScottish missionary, Robert Moffat arrives in Northern Cape
… society of Chief Mothibi. Moffat was accompanied by his wife Mary, whom he had married in Cape Town at the end of …
EventFirst day of office for Mboweni as Governor the SA Reserve Bank
… as an advisor to Stals in 1998, when he resigned all of his elected and appointed positions in the ANC. Click here to …
EventArchbishop Tutu retires as Archbishop of Cape Town and head of the Anglican Church in SA
… and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). According to him, his retirement was a way of off-loading some of the work he …
EventSir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape
… 1897. Milner arrived in Cape Town on 5 May 1897 to assume his new position. Soon after taking up the position, he …
EventConclusive Battle of Ndondakusuka takes place
… of Cetewayo, eldest son of the Zulu chief Mpande, and his father's younger brother, Umbolazi also known as Mbulazi. …
EventFrancis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, is born
… Union of South Africa. He was very popular and loved for his openness, to the point of winning a presidential election …
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
… new leader of the National Party (NP) in the Transvaal. His election came after Dr Andries Treurnicht quit the party. …
Archive2017 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2017
… years old this year, had he lived. This selfless patriot his adult life to a tireless pursuit of the liberation of our … a lasting legacy for all South…
Africa and Freedom, 1961
… in Man or to set a limit beyond which the human being in his black form might not strive to serve his Creator to the best of his ability. To remain neutral…
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… Joost was televised, as members of the family, including his brother and wife Amore Vittone addressed mourners. The … https://www.news24.com/Columnists…
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
… served 22 years in prison. . Derby-Lewis was convicted for his role in the assassination of Chris Hani in October 1993, …
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… of the Orange Free State Republic ) with input from his wife, Rachel Isabella “Tibbie” Steyn , who had lost …
EventGeneral Muhamed Lamari, head of Algeria’s army, resigns for health reasons.
… Ahmed Gaid, commander of ground forces and an ally of his, as chief military staff. Lamari had been an influential …
EventSir Thomas Cullinan, digger and founder of the Premier diamond company, is born
… of Industries. He was knighted in 1910 in recognition of his contribution to the Diamond industry and has a town and …
EventSA artist, Daniel Sefundi Rakgoathe is born
… University of California, Los Angeles. He has exhibited his work locally and internationally, in countries such as …
EventMethane gas explosion kills 68 mine workers
… methane underground. The mine captain scratched out his report about underground methane to give the mine a good …
EventRobert Mugabe returns to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years
… five years. Mugabe had been trying to gather support for his party the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front …
EventMandela and de Klerk agree to restart talks
… leader of the African National Congress decided to suspend his party's participation in the Convention for Democratic …