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EventHouse of Representatives impeaches American President Bill Clinton
… were brought against him. Clinton was able to complete his term of office and was given an opportunity to redeem …
EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
… injury when he was visiting a local pharmacy to buy his special Oteleum soap. The roof collapsed and the force of …
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… post. In 1832 he sold the inn to Joseph Hubbard who, in his turn, sold it to Samuel Webber in 1837. Webber already …
The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963 to 1994
… 12H15 for 12h30 – 13H30 Hugh Macmillan will discuss his recently published book (Jacana: 2013). Drawing from …
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
… The Guardian, 18 December 1947 BLOEMFONTEIN. - In his presidential address to the annual conference of the …
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
… received extreme criticism which then led Dhlomo to write his own version of the story. Figures such as Sol Plaatjie …
PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
… Gray. However, he didn't like it. Both Bishop Gray and his successor William West Jones wished for a grander …
EventSouth African Soccer legend Lucas Radebe was born
… girls. The ‘chief’, as he was affectionately known started his football career at ICL Birds before he was recruited to … In 1994 Lucas moved to Leeds United…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke's Drift
… African College, now the University of Cape Town. During his studies, having been denied entry to the Rhodes … now the University of Stellenbosch, because of…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… Gwala lecture, that as a young man he took a collection of his verse to Mafika Gwala to get his opinion. The “great poet…suppressed a giggle…[Then Gwala] ……
EventGary Player won the US Open golf tournament and became the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles
… regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. His first major championship win came at the 1959 British … the racial situation in South Africa,…
PlaceAl-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
… in Cairo. He served as the Imam of the Masjied until his demise in 1945. At the time the masjied operated a … appointed as co- Imam of the Al Azhar Masjied…
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
… themselves and as an example of the thinking of Turner and his cohort of young radicals. This paper offers a critical … that is, ‘a situation in which each…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… some of the most extraordinary works of the 20th century. His most influential work is Things Fall Apart (1958), which … and the English Premier League club…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… outskirts of Queenstown. This was after Enoch Mgijima and his followers refused to move from land they had ‘illegally’ … of making more land available to…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… and it is generally he who represents the interests of his family in any community disputation. On the other hand, … marriages where the husband is expected…
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone died
… the most recognized South African in the world because of his mark he made in football outside of our borders. Before his departure in 21 October1955 to…
EventPrime Minister, D.F. Malan retires
… government that came into power in May 1948, retired from his position and withdrew from politics at the age of eighty. … minister of religion and editor of…
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I'Ons (85) dies
… Middlesex, England on 15 November 1802 and, accompanied by his wife, moved to the Cape Colony in 1834. They settled in … Cape, shortly before the sixth…
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert: Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg
… and more. And I used to confront, you know, Colonel Vaz, his diaries were captured in the Tete province in Northern … go to the Nkomati Accord and you…
PlaceNhlangakazi, the Holy Mountain of the Shembe
… she was not a religious person. After Shembe's birth, his uncle Nhliziyo, gave him the name Shembe and his father named him Mudliwamafa meaning 'my inheritor…
Zweli Mkhize denies Redi Tlhabi’s book allegations, says he hasn’t read it, 18 - September - 2017
… her drop the case. In a lengthy statement he offered his version of events, saying he had in fact been concerned … written by Redi Thlabi had ever tried to…
Address by Selby Msimang, President, Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa, July 23, 1921
… of South Africa, Mr. Selby Msimang (president) delivered his annual address. He began by congratulating the visiting … standard wage for men at 10s., and for…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1992
… leader of our people, King Dinizulu ka Cetshwayo who, in his absence, was given this accolade in recognition of his commitment to the struggle against white…
PlaceVictor Verster Prison
… of these grounds was Victor Verster, who, after selling his farm to the government, became a commissioner within the … Prison on Robben Island in 1988, in…
EventGwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… became active in underground structures of the ANC until his arrest in 1964. He was charged with sabotage and … the PAC. He was sent to Robben Island where…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… held the position until independence was gained in 1990. His deputy was Salomon Hawala, who also served as chief of …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… was announced by Jacob Zuma during which he announced in his ‘State of the Nation' address in 2010. GNP recognised …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… (Walker 1991:195). Neither the prime minister or any of his senior staff was there to see the women, so as they had …
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… the State President needs to know that he cannot impose his will through working groups that exclude students, …