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EventThe Algerian War of Independence begins
… began in 1954 and lasted until 1962. During the war over one million Algerians lost their lives. When the war started …
EventANC adopts the Programme of Action
… National Congress (ANC) at the December conference marked one of the most important turning points in the history of …
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… pay their fines, their property would be confiscated. No one, however, paid the fine. The 'Riotous Assemblies Act' was …
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… Nkosi, the son of an active ANC member, Mr Mawick Nkosi. One of the fatal raids conducted by South African police was …
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… campaigns in Burma, Kenya, and Somalia. He was also one of two 'Black' Ugandan soldiers to be promoted to the …
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
… were made from the 1980s. Ratsiraka tried to maintain a one party state but local and international power forced him …
EventSir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor and founder of tropical medicine is born
… therefore lead to an important medicinal breakthrough, one that would be very valuable in treating malaria in South …
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… had begun to defame the missionary - a plot instigated by one of their priests. Due to this slander, da Silveira was …
EventGrant Baker, SA surfer, wins the Mavericks Surf Contest at Santa Cruz
… the US $30 000 (approx R195 000) winner's pay-cheque and a one of a kind Reactor watch. He finished in front of Santa …
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
… and media freedom, thereby avoiding the utilisation of one public broadcaster as a means to disseminate propaganda, …
EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
… Comrades Marathon was run by Vic Clapham, ex World War One veteran and other 34 runners, who initiated it as a … Human & Rousseau.Encounter, 'One of the…
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
… After the completion of World War One's Treaty of Versailles, German South West Africa was …
EventFrederick Lugard, British colonial administrator, occupies Kano, West Africa
… colonial administrator of West Africa from 1895. He was one of the foremost practitioners of the colonial system of …
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… also saw the emergence of a new working class, one that was deeply divided along both colour and social …
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… South Africa. This German colonial occupation in 1884 was one of the first incidents in "Scramble for Africa," when the …
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… to two years imprisonment of which he only served one year. At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War in …
Cutting Through The Mountain
… individual interviews cross-reference, complement and fill one another out, sometimes validating others' recollection of …
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
… international teams like FC Zurich and FC Baden. He was one of the first few players to play for the national team, …
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… the Federal Government and other regional leaders. When one of the leaders in the western region Obafemi Owolowo was …
English Settlement in South Africa
… of the war in 1902, all four colonies were placed under one flag. On 31 May 1910 these were united in the Union of …
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… in 1979 by students from five black universities and one college of education. AZASO, which was formed under Tom …
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… out an independent political position by recognising AZAPO one of a range of legitimate Black political organisation in …
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range
Location: back to this day in history search archive The Drakensberg is the highest mountain range in South Africa, with Thabana Ntlenyana the highest peak in…
ArchiveAddress on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, Ohlange Institute, Ethkwini, 8 January 2019
… with communities on issues that affect their lives. One of the most important achievements of the past year has … inequality. It will call on all South…
Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989
… his main objective is to prevent the domination of any one group by others, but in the same breath he seeks to … the regime is merely employing the rhetoric…
Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
… his main objective is to prevent the domination of any one group by others, but in the same breath he seeks to … the regime is merely employing the rhetoric…
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… This might explain why so few of these pieces (only one) were marked sold. By contrast, three vintage 1966 … Taking the inquiry elicited by this particular…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
… a more meaningful aesthetic. Out of sight can also render one out of mind and neither Gwala nor his work have been … self-imposed? Gwala reiterates that he…
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
… core was finally won in the 1950s. The Slave Lodge is one of the Oldest Buildings in Cape Town. The many names of … living conditions. School groups can book…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the … light green and the wall behind the pulpit was…