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EventConstruction on the Aswan Dam starts in Egypt
… High Aswan Dam, which was also known as Saad el Aali in Arabic was started in Egypt. The Dam contained 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of…
EventThe United States shuts its embassy in Nairobi
… The United States (US) shut down its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, after a terrorist threat. Following the … East Africa, especially to Kenya. A new embassy…
EventA prison warder is killed in Groote Schuur Hospital
… Horne on guard duty, was shot dead and another injured in an attack by gunmen at Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital … to free a prisoner, apparently a member…
EventTwo policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
… of Zululand by White farmers, caused sporadic uprisings in the Umvoti County of Zululand. These uprisings culminated in the Bhambada (also called Bambatha,…
ArchiveA Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1973
… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1973 and includes chapters on: Political and … and trials under security laws; Guerrillas and movements-in…
EventLibrary and clinic names are changed in Pretoria
… and the Sammy Marks Clinic to the FF Ribeiro Clinic in ceremonies at the Sammy Marks Square. Prof. Ezekiel … after Dr Fabian and Ms Florence Ribeiro, who…
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… Kok III, founder and chief of Griqualand East, was killed in an accident when he fell from his buggy. The Cape Colonial government unilaterally annexed…
EventThe British government closes its consulate in Angola
… from Angola. This was a subsequent to increasing tensions in Angola, with Cuban forces fighting on behalf of the … the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) set up a…
EventSaxophone player, Bobby Hendricks, dies in Cape Town
… Robert Stuart Hendricks was born in Caledon on 7 February 1936. He was a renowned South … his own band, the Bobby Hendricks Sound. Hendricks died in Cape…
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
… Dullah Mohamed Omar was born in Observatory, Cape Town on 26 May 1934 and grew up in … entered into an ‘illegal’ partnership with Cadoc Kobus, a black lawyer…
BiographyAudrey Coleman
… Audrey Coleman was born in 1933. When she was twenty years old she married … her brother, a member of the Congress of Democrats (COD) in Cape Town. Although…
BiographyJack Monamudi Matsepe
… noted thatthere wasconsiderable unreston thefarm Tafelkop in the Groblersdal District, which was believed to be … the death of Lucas Scott, a ‘Bantu…
EventShaba War in Zaire comes to an end
… (also referred to as Shaba I) broke out on 8 March 1977 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when Angola-based … Nationale de Congo (FLNC) took the border…
Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa
… TO PANEL DISCUSSION Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new … claim on the land of KwaZulu-Natal…
EventMK’s Luthuli Detachment and ZAPU in a joint operation
… Umkhonto we Sizwe's (MK) Luthuli Detachment in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Zimbabwean African People's Union (ZAPU) guerrillas engaged Rhodesian forces in Wankie…
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… the Front de Libération Nationale launched armed struggle in November 1954, the PCA maintained its organisational … FLN pressure. Many Algerian communists…
ArchiveDoes dust in the factory make you sick
… Cream poster with brown image of worker in factory. Title in two African languages. Health Information Centre. … Does dust in the factory make you sick …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa
… the organisations of the coloured elite came out strongly in support of the British war effort. They shared the same … Abduraghman’s African l Peoples…
BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
… Pik Botha was born on 27 April 1932 in Rustenburg, Transvaal.His father was a school principal. … Botha told reports that South Africa could be ruled by a…
ArchiveOne person one vote in a unitary South Africa
… students to support the principle of one person, one vote in a unitary South Africa, in an upcoming poll. … One person one vote in a unitary South Africa …
ArchiveDemocratic opposition: the progressive movement in South Africa
… delivered by Auret van Heerden, to both the NUSAS Congress in Durban and to a joint sitting of the AZASO General Students Council and COSAS National Council…
ArchiveViolence and the cross in South Africa today
… Buthelezi at South African Leadership Conference held in July 20, 1979, about violence and the cross in South Africa. Note that the text is barely legible. ……
EventOosthuizen family disappears down a massive sinkhole in Carletonville
… The Oosthuizen family lived in a mining village called Blyvooruitzicht in Carltonville. Because of the area’s extensive underground … Oosthuizen family…
BiographyLebo Mathosa
… Lebo Mathosa was born in Daveyton in the East Rand. She began singing at the age of seven in … in the Best African Act category of the UK’s Music of Black…
ArchiveA Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1963
… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1963 and includes chapters on: Policies and attitudes; New … A Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1963 …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Luncheon in his Honour Hosted by President Dr Carlos Menem
… Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Luncheon in his Honour Hosted by President Dr Carlos Menem …
Speech at the state banquet held in honour of Prime Minister Ramgoolam of the Republic of Mauritius
… Speech at the state banquet held in honour of Prime Minister Ramgoolam of the Republic of …
Contractions in this Directory | First edition of the Bloemfontein Bantu And Coloured People`s Directory by John Mancoe
… Contractions in this Directory | First edition of the Bloemfontein Bantu …
References and links: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… and links: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century …
EventA Zairian aircraft crashes in Angola, killing 141 people.
… Company, crashed shortly after takeoff from Jamba Airport in Angola. A total of 141 passengers and crew members … the crash. It was, however, speculated…