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The Venda Independence Party (VIP) boycotts the opening of the Venda Parliament despite having won thirty-one of the forty-two
… opening of the Venda Parliament despite having won thirty-one of the forty-two …
Beyers Naude (89), an Afrikaner cleric who became one of the most important moral voices of the anti-apartheid movement, passes
… Beyers Naude (89), an Afrikaner cleric who became one of the most important moral voices of the anti-apartheid …
Gregoire Boonzaier (96), one of South Africa’s foremost artists, dies at his home in Onrus River near Hermanus in the Western C
… Gregoire Boonzaier (96), one of South Africa’s foremost artists, dies at his home in …
Rijkloff van Goens leaves Table Bay after a stay of one month to report on what has been accomplished at the Cape.
… Rijkloff van Goens leaves Table Bay after a stay of one month to report on what has been accomplished at the Cape. …
The ANC holds a special one-day summit with its alliance partners COSATU (the Congress of South African Trade Unions) and the S
… The ANC holds a special one-day summit with its alliance partners COSATU (the …
Capt. Smith attacks Andries Pretorius at Congella in Natal. Smith is defeated, seventeen men are killed and thirty-one are wo
… Smith is defeated, seventeen men are killed and thirty-one are wo …
Two White men are killed and twelve Africans injured in a clash between mine officials and miners outside the number one shaft
… clash between mine officials and miners outside the number one shaft …
A powerful bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Meadowlands, Soweto, at 7:00 pm. No one is injured.
… Board in Meadowlands, Soweto, at 7:00 pm. No one is injured. …
Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal, journalist and campaigner for Indian rights in SA, dies in Ajmer, India. Dayal was one of the organise
… for Indian rights in SA, dies in Ajmer, India. Dayal was one of the organise …
A White Paper of the Departments of Justice and of Correctional Services says South Africa has one of the highest prison popula
… Justice and of Correctional Services says South Africa has one of the highest prison popula …
Johannes Burman, botanist and physician who wrote one of the first works entirely devoted to Cape flora, is born in Amsterdam,
… Johannes Burman, botanist and physician who wrote one of the first works entirely devoted to Cape flora, is …
Gregoire Boonzaier (96), one of South Africa’s foremost artists, dies at his home in Onrus River near Hermanus in the Western C
… Gregoire Boonzaier (96), one of South Africa’s foremost artists, dies at his home in …
Anglo-Boer War 2: In one of the most savage incidents Col. Baden-Powell ‘persuades’ almost 700 Barolong women and children to
… Anglo-Boer War 2: In one of the most savage incidents Col. Baden-Powell …
Nearly one hundred officers and men of Wood’s column are killed in a desperate fight against a Zulu impi on Hlobane Mountain du
… Nearly one hundred officers and men of Wood’s column are killed in a …
Fighting breaks out among President Laurent Kabila’s soldiers in Kinshasa, Congo, when he orders the arrest of one of his aides
… soldiers in Kinshasa, Congo, when he orders the arrest of one of his aides …
Bertie Reed (63), for many years a Springbok and international sailing legend and one of the most-popular skippers in single-ha
… years a Springbok and international sailing legend and one of the most-popular skippers in single-ha …
Soweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged on two counts of reckless and/or negligent driving and one
… on two counts of reckless and/or negligent driving and one …
Prof. Ben Marais (89), one of the first persons to denounce apartheid from within the Dutch Reformed Church, dies in Pretoria.
… Prof. Ben Marais (89), one of the first persons to denounce apartheid from within …
In a New Year message, Prime Minister Verwoerd emphasises that South African policy is one of non-interference in the issues be
… Minister Verwoerd emphasises that South African policy is one of non-interference in the issues be …
The Public Service employs 1 042 392 people – a decrease of 23 607 from December 1999. Seventy-one per cent of employees are
… people – a decrease of 23 607 from December 1999. Seventy-one per cent of employees are …
A total of twenty-one people are serving life sentences for offences against the security of the state, according to the minist
… A total of twenty-one people are serving life sentences for offences against …
BiographyVuyisile Mini
… community struggles, which inspired Mini, at 17, to take part in bus fare and rent increase protests. He was also … and Dockworkers' Union, which embarked in…
BiographySchalk Burger
… Burger was elected as field cornet in 1881, and became part of the campaign against Nyabela, the Ndebele king who … his term he served on various commissions…
BiographyGertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper
… she joined the Cape Times in 1945 and as a cub reporter, one of her first coups whilst covering fringe social events … freelancing for the Top of the Times…
BiographyPaul Alberts
… Paul Alb erts, one of South Africa’s leading social documentary … that was staged in Europe. The exhibition formed part of South Africa’s celebration of…
BiographyMolly Fischer
… where two teachers had the care of everyone from grade one to seven, all within one larger and ill-equipped room. … love in the cemetery in Bethlehem – a…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba had two brothers, one younger and one older than her. Her father was a friend … her husband’s expulsion from the Modh…
BiographyEzrom Legae
… In 1959, Legae studied in the Polly Street Art Centre, one of the first places to bring artists from different areas under one roof. During the 1950’s, it…
BiographySoromini Kallichurum
… (now kwaZulu-Natal ). In 1950, Soromini Kallichurum was one of the first 12 undergraduates to enrol at the … which position she served for several periods,…
BiographyMarutle Flag Boshielo
… to pursue his studies through evening classes. He was one of the participants of the 1952 Defiance Campaign . He … training. From Moscow he went to Tanzania…