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EventButhelezi says Zulus would continue carrying cultural weapons
… adopted and implemented would have prevented IFP members from carrying Zulu " cultural weapons " during their marches. … of this ban was to curb growing…
EventWinnie Mandela is found guilty
… with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The case arose from the fact that one of the kidnapped youths, 14-year-old Stompie Sepei, had been found dead from…
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… the reconciliatory talks were rescheduled to take place from 2 to 4 May of the same year. This particular meeting was … time de Klerk and Mandela had met…
EventUnited Democratic Front member Pearl Tshabalala assassinated
… led by Daluxolo Luthuli. Luthuli acted on instruction from Samuel Jamile, former deputy minister of the KwaZulu government. After receiving instructions from…
EventPolice detain Valli Moosa and Murphy Morobe in Port Elizabeth
… Chetty in Port Elizabeth. The two men had been on the run from the police for more than a year. The following year on 15 September 1988, Valli and Morobe…
EventThe first hearing looking into the mysterious death of Samora Machel begins
… South Africa meet. The Mozambican president was returning from a meeting of African leaders held in Lusaka, Zambia when … the SA Military Intelligence. Based…
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… led the Mozambican people in their fight for independence from Portugal. In 1975 they were victorious and he was … for 11 years. On the day of the crash he…
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… grave containing human bones and ammunition 400 metres from the former military base on 9 November. The second grave … contained. Constand Viljoen, who was…
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
… wishers. The celebration was attended by prominent people from the Limpopo government department and municipalities of … and Welfare, Seaparo Sekwati, led…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… , was arrested in connection with a R12,6 million robbery from the SBV cash depot in Pretoria in October 1997. He famously escaped with five others from…
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… on to reach the summit of Everest again in 1999, this time from the Northern side. This made her the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest from…
EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
… along the Vaal River. The children often picked up rocks from the river to play with. A man named Schalk van Niekerk … suspecting the rock might be a diamond…
EventShaun Pollock makes history in a test match
… a bowling all-rounder. He captained the South African team from the year 200 to 2003. He retired from international cricket in 2008. … Shaun PollockCricket…
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… to execute the daunting task of leading her country from a devastating seven-year civil war, to peace under a … Democratic Party of Liberia. She was leader…
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… psychiatrist, Prof. L.A. Hurst, said Pratt had suffered from fits from the age of eight. According to Hurst, Pratt battled with … Apartheid box-Part 21 The…
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
… Museum of Militaria, displaying many hundreds of Artifacts from around the World, and spanning hundreds of Years. It … back to 1056 and the stones embedded…
EventAnna Tempo is born
… soon brought around by an incident in which she recovered from being gravely sick, and attributed this convalescence to … aimed to steer members of the…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… Post Office. 1888 The President Theater is erected. From 1903 to 1910 it Is known as The Empress. The … leaves Church Square. 1940 May, First 50 families…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1946
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of … inputting him in a commanding position. Coming direct from jail and having been associated with…
Document 42 - “Boycott the Dummy Elections: 2 000 Demonstrate AT Mass Rally”, The Torch , National Edition, 1 April 1958
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … Lorries and buses, specially organised, brought people from various parts of the Peninsula. With…
36. The fault of Indian immigrants is their poverty and their skin
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … I have already shown the futility of expecting any relief from passenger who 'know the ropes'. The…
The South African Congress of Trade Unions
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … people's unions were well organized, there was a word from our head-office that we had to…
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
… allowance. 2. That the weekly hours of work be reduced from forty-two and a half to forty. 3. That a provident fund … attentively and, when I had finished,…
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
… Conference, where 69 organizations and political parties from 37 African countries attended. [4] At the All-African …
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
… Day 1 Arrive in Kassel by train from Frankfurt and get off at the Wilhelmstrohebahnhof … one - however there will be four further supporting texts from the…
82. The President’s Council
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … have not forgiven the Afrikaners for having ousted them from power in 1948, and that many Afrikaners…
38. The Natal Franchise Bill, 1894: Do not make our sons pariahs
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … Some again are those who, in the first instance, came from India under indenture, and have now, for…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
… This chapter comes from the book …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Where Working people Lived
… From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and … built their own houses, using materials freely available from the land around them — clay, water,…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 11
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin Kajee turned from his opponents, the Europeans, to is opponents…