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Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… of the Opposition has indicated that he will lend me his co-operation in that regard. If they do not decide to … of South Africa; he is here on a temporary…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… the end of August 1976 through to the end of the year. His immediate challenge was to keep up the momentum and … secretly entered South Africa early in March…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… That year she carried the Duke of Connaught and his party to South Africa to open the first Union Parliament. … received a royal reprimand from Queen…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 6 April 1996
… parties involved were. POM What if General Malan and his co-defendants are found innocent? What message will that … OK. Why does President Mandela not…
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
… lip sympathy, it was unable to get anything more from His Lordship. He strongly advised the community not to resist … of licences and other matters that were…
ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
… There was a roster for the women soldiers to clean his house. Little did I know that some of these women were … of reprisal. PAC spokesperson Kenneth…
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
… President F.W. de Klerk after spending 27 years in prison. His freedom followed the repeal of all major apartheid laws … known about the last apartheid era…
EventDesmond Dube was born on this day.
… played an important role in social transformation through his philanthropic work and is respected as a devoted family …
PlaceEerste Rivier, Cape Town
… the introduction of the Islamic faith to South Africa, and his tomb is considered to be the most important shrine in the …
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr
… background information on Professor Hoernle with regard to his involvement in academia in especially the field of …
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… background information on Professor Hoernle with regard to his involvement in academia in especially the field of …
PlaceSt Saviours Church Anglican Church and Cemetery, Bowwood Road, Claremont
… were added subsequently, in honour of Bishop Gray and his wife Sophia, who died in 1872 and 1871 respectively. …
EventWinnie Mandela at Johannesburg Magistrate’s court
… from her husband most of her marriage life due to his imprisonment. However, she decisively upheld Mandela’s …
EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… was the editor of the New Nation, Sisulu was abducted at his home in Soweto, Johannesburg,by four armed White men who …
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
… be presumed guilty and would have the burden of proving his or her innocence. It also effectively prevented an editor …
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… young age. Malan began to take athletics seriously during his last two years of high school, and won the national …
EventSouth African invention lands on the moon
… Pratley died in 1983 and today the company is run by his son, Kim. Hundreds of tons of Pratley Putty have been …
EventNational Party wins general election
… general election, Verwoerd's last election before his assassination in office six months later. Of the 166 …
EventWinnie Mandela is found guilty
… 14-year-old Stompie Sepei, had been found dead from his injuries near the crime scene. The sentencing was …
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… a year into the trial, Judge Quartus de Wet delivered his verdict, where all the accused were found guilty with the …
EventPolice detain Valli Moosa and Murphy Morobe in Port Elizabeth
… the information, but he acted on information supplied by his own agents. …
EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
… Vasco da Gama embarked on the Sao Gabriel accompanied by his pilot, Pedro de Alenquer. Vasco's brother, Paulo, …
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
… Seaparo Sekwati, led the government officials from his department. Sekwati presented Temo with gifts, which …
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… on 10 April 1993 shot and killed Hani in the driveway of his home in Dawn Park, Boksburg. He used a gun supplied by …
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… dirty war against its opponents. Judge Jan Hugo concluded his judgment, acquitting Malan and other nine defendants. …
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… a better future for all. Mandela did not publicly chose his successor. This may have been due to the fierce …
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… the summit hours later, and is thought to have died on his descent. Until the end of apartheid, South Africans had …
EventJameson Raid starts
… to General Cronje on 2 January 1896, leaving seventeen of his men killed, fifty-five wounded and thirty-five missing. …
EventM.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a whites-only train carriage
… this event proved a remarkable influence on the future of his political life. Gandhi was later instrumental in …
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… the South African Republic declared war on Sekhukhune and his followers. A Boer commando under President T.F. Burgers, …