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PlaceSettler Houses, 10-12 Castle Hill, Port Elizabeth
The two buildings, originally owned by Police Constable Sterley, date from about 1840, and together with the adjacent house at 7 Castle Hill, are typical…
PlaceGold Reef City
Gold Reef City is a re-creation of turn-of-the-century Johannesburg, which was flooded by prospectors after the discovery of gold in 1886. With its Victorian…
EventDr Ernst Gideon Malherbe, SA educationist, is born in Luckhoff, OFS.
Dr Ernst Gideon Malherbe was born on 8 November 1895 at Luckhoff. He studied at the Stellenbosch University and the University of Columbia and was a founding…
EventIt is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa
It was announced in Rawalpindi, Pakistan that the government of Pakistan has decided to ban all exports from Pakistan to South Africa and has issued…
EventAndrew Vusi Fasedemi is born
Andrew Vusi Fasedemi, businessman and marketing strategist was born in Cardiff, Wales. He is managing director of several companies such as, inter alia, Wisdom…
EventA Cape Passive Resistance Council is formed
The Cape Passive Resistance Council was formed at a mass meeting in Cape Town, attended by 1 500 people. Among the first people to volunteer were African…
EventMahatma Ghandi sends a telegram to Dr. Dadoo
At a meeting attended by 6,000 Indians, at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E.I. Asvat, a decision was taken to launch the…
EventSouth African artist Michael Zondi is born
On 10 March 1926, Michael Zondi, a South African artist was born in Msinga in Greytown, Natal. He was trained in woodwork at the Swedish Lutheran Mission Trade…
EventFormer commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned
Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe, brother of President Lennox Sebe, was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment…
EventSwazi King Sobhuza II dies
In 1982, the small kingdom of Swaziland was shocked when His Majesty, King Sobhuza II, passed away at the age 83 at the Embo State House. The king died after a…
EventProminent leaders are arrested in Uganda
The Most Reverend Janani Luwum, Anglican archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-ZaÁƒÂƒÂ¯re, together with two government ministers, were arrested on…
EventCOMSA calls on SA to move towards election
In a first-phase report, the Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa (COMSA), concluded that based on its homicide rate, this country was one of the most…
EventHarry Gwala is awarded Isitwalandwe/Seaparakoe
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC) on 8 January 1992, Harry Gwala was awarded the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe, the…
EventThe People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
The one-year-old parliamentary opposition People Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky…
EventJoyce Kgoali dies
The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Joyce Kgoali, passed away following complications after a minor operation. Kgoali was also a…
EventMiriam Makeba is nominated for a Grammy
South Africa's legendary musical sensation, Miriam Makeba, was nominated in the category World Music Album for her album Homeland at the 43rd Annual Grammy…
EventSifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins
Sifiso Nkabinde, former Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at the time of his death secretary-general of the…
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
Founding member of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), Colin Wells Eglin was born in Sea Point, Cape Town. During his political career, Eglin was instrumental…
EventChoirmaster, educator and singer Mary Eveline Fincken is born
Singer Mary Eveline Fincken , also known as choirmaster, teacher of singing and educationist was born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She came to South Africa…
EventWinnie Mandela’s jail sentence is suspended by the Appeal Court
The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein set aside Winnie Madikizela Mandela's sentence of five years' imprisonment for kidnapping four youths and a one year sentence…
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
An assassination attempt was made on first Ghana President, Kwame Nkrumah. The bomb, intended to eliminate Nkrumah, exploded and killed four people, scores of…
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
The British Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, told the House of Commons that every effort was made to improve conditions in concentration camps in South…
EventThe Labour Party (LP) adopts a resolution to represent the Coloured community
At its annual conference held in Eshowe, Natal, the Labour Party (LP) adopted a resolution stating that it seeks to represent the Coloured community in a…
ArchiveSouth African Church leaders confront the Sstate
On Monday 29 February 1988, 125 clergy assembled at Cape Town's Anglican Cathedral and after a brief service set out on the short walk to Parliament to present…
EventNigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated
President Musa Yar’Adua was inaugurated as President of Nigeria, after the April 2007 elections. President Thabo Mbeki visited Nigeria for the inauguration…
ArchiveNkosi Sikelele I-Afrika
Since 1997, The South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and the…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature Hannah Pagan Abstract The social model of disability has recently…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature Hannah Pagan Abstract The social model of disability has recently…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
Abstract Despite John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
SASPU National was one of two publications produced by the South African Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU Focus. A non-profit newspaper,…