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EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… area thrust Durban into world headlines on more than one occasion. …
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… John (Bertie) Reed (63), international sailing legend and one of the most popular skippers in single-handed racing …
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Burger is considered to be one of the most hardworking players in South Africa. In 2004 …
EventThe Polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
… with atrophic limbs leading to paralysis. South Africa is one of the countries that are virtually polio free as is most …
EventJudge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987
… for twelve years. Cameron was a judge at the time and is one of the first few high profile people to publicly disclose …
EventAfrikaans is used for the first time in an international document with the signing of the Convention of Mozambique in Pretoria
… Afrikaans is one of the eleven official languages spoken in South Africa. …
EventIgnatius Royston Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell, SA satirical poet, is born in Durban.
… Campbell was born in Durban, Natal, and was considered one of South Africa’s most esteemed English poets. The son of …
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… 1940's, came to the attention of colonial authorities as one of the rising stars of Rhodesia's African nationalist …
EventMiss Namibia, Michelle Mclean, model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand
… the Miss South Africa 2010 and Miss World 2009. Mclean has one son with ex husand Neil Bierbaum. She is the first and …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… and local events that occurred over several years. One thing remains certain, though - throughout this turning …
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… by gunshot. According to reports Kabila was shot by one of his bodyguards in front of army generals, following a …
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… for the Transvaal, Mr. P.S. Claasen. According to reports, one of the detainees had died while in custody and 22 inmates …
EventFormer Bafana Bafana Legend John Moeti dies
… and Orlando Pirates legend who was known as "Dungi" was part of the Pirates team in 1995 that won the CAF Champions …
PlaceVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
… discovery by European explorers to its current status as; one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World , Victoria … The falls and their surrounding…
Chapter 4: Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… his death. It was wrong timing and insensitive on the part of the Sunday Times to release such a report without … behind the report in the Sunday Times was a…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and one of the most significant, prolific and influential … period, Ngugi wrote additionally eight short…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… today, in this carefully preserved House Museum and it is one of the many Tourist Attractions in South Africa, that … until they were old enough to be sent…
Editorial on taxation, in November 10, 1884 [Extract]
… We are concerned at present with the pointing out of one or two facts, which ought not to be ignored by … to us, a very difficult problem to solve. We yield…
Document 17 - Letter from E. R. Roux to W.G. Ballinger, 19 March 1929
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 17 - Letter from E. … is to start with a less ambitious…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… he joined the Shakespeare Company of Sir Donald Wolfit, one of the last great 'actor-managers' of Great-Britain. … rather acting as an adapter sometimes of…
EventBambata Rebellion: The Natal government offers a reward of £500 for the capture of Bambata
… One of the roots of the Bambata/Bambatha Rebellion can be … of a farmer, Henry Smith, on the 17 January 1906 by one of his workers. When questioned during…
PlaceThe Haven Night Shelter(s)
… morning tea break in their offices in Harrington Street. One of the Social Workers was married to a doctor. This … criminals were destroying the prettiest…
PlaceKilnerton Training Institution
… fondly called: 'KTI', during the Sixties was undoubtedly one of the premier Black schools of its time. Reflecting on … the Transvaal which was based in…
PlaceWindhoek, Capital City of Namibia
… the partying is non-stop. For the uninitiated visiting one of these disadvantaged areas can be extremely daunting … with indoor swimming pool and gymnasium)…
PlaceBothasig, Cape Town
… are located on what was originally the Farm, 'Bosmansdam'. Part of the land was taken over by the Municipality between …
PlaceBisho, Capital of the Eastern Cape
… William's Town and 70 kilometers from East London . It is part of Buffalo City Municipality . Bisho which was … massacre and various leaders from around…
PlaceKaapsche Hoop, Mpumalanga- Barberton Valley
… include: rocky outcrops and open rock cliffs, which form part of the Mpumalanga escarpment. Exotic trees, primarily … of books on the subject. Adam's…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… have also been relegated to the scrapheap of history. One after the other, the 4 'independent' and the 6 … AWB ... is concerned, we would very much like to…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… of family life and favourable working conditions formed part of the precariousness in which domestic workers were … to sell their labor in a location of…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
… He was inducted in the New York “Walk of Fame” in 1998, as one of the most revered writers of the 21st Century. During …