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PlaceNZASM Goods Office, Railway Street, Pretoria
… course of 1896 more space for the necessary administrative work in this respect was provided. A double-storied brick …
EventCongress of the People starts in Kliptown
… set up a Joint Action Committee to coordinate the work of drafting the Freedom Charter, which was adopted by …
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… responded by calling on workers to stay away from their work and scholars also boycotted their classes to demonstrate …
EventAnna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born
… when took part in Die laaste van die takhare in 1923. Her work in literature was earned her recognition as she was …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… in the District of Amersfort in Transvaal where his family had relocated. After passing standard six at St Bedes and St Chads Colleges in Ladysmith, he…
EventThe possessions of Piet Retief are auctioned
… prospect of negotiating a land deal that would have led to his group being allowed to settle Natal. Following talks … Dingane appeared ready to grant land to…
EventKing Mswati III buys another luxury car
… himself a luxury Maybach 62 sedan worth $500,000 despite his country's economic problems, the dire poverty of the … population and the HIV pandemic affecting…
EventDavid Frost wins the South African Open golf championship in Stellenbosch
… golfer who turned professional in 1981. In 1983, he had his first professional win. He has won several tournaments throughout his career, including the …
Article1970’s: Poetry Timeline
… Sing for Our Execution, is published,illustrated with his own woodcuts. 1974 The Writer’s and Artist’s Guild …
ArticleThe History of Christmas Day and its celebration in South Africa
… traditional and is not considered to be the actual date of his birth. The story of Christ's birth has been handed down …
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
… was elected as chairman of the WCCA in recognition for his role in struggle and seemingly progressive political …
PlaceGreenhill Road 14, Emmarentia, Johannesburg
… When Lourens Geldenhuys was 14, his father moved them to the gold reef, where their farm … for gold, this became the Geldenhys Estate! Lourens and his…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is born
… girl. Sobukwe was exposed to literature at an early age by his oldest brother. His earliest education was at a mission school in Graaf … of the PAC’s anti…
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… during the time of the Frontier Wars and was remowned for his autocratic tendencies. He was responsible for annexing the whole of British Kaffraria on his…
EventKing Mswati III is born
… in Masundini Swaziland to King Sobhuza III and one of his younger wives Ntombi Tfwala. Mswati was Tfwala’s only child. When his father,King Sobhuza, died…
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… in Paris where he got acquainted with Aimé Césaire. After his studies, Senghor remained in Paris and earned his citizenship. He later joined the French army…
The Student Wages Commissions, the 1973 Durban Strikes, and the Politics of Statistics by Grace Davie
… about the varied meaning of poverty, inequality, and apartheid as a cheap-labor system. Overall, students and … the economic pressure campaigns of the global…
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… he was fascinated by the origin of mammals and used his medical profession to support his travels around the world. In 1897, Broom settled in South … College…
Opening remarks by President Jacob Zuma to the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on global sustainability - transforming the world in an era of global change, Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC, African Pavilion, Durban, 06 December 2011
… gathering like this one will certainly add value to our work. Esteemed members; Humanity has never been so profoundly … have to consider a definite timeframe…
Archive`The struggle is my life`- Nelson Mandela press statement
… Action Council for a three day strike and the wonderful work done by our organisers and field workers throughout the … the results were most inspiring. I am…
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
… the cost of living allowance. 2. That the weekly hours of work be reduced from forty-two and a half to forty. 3. That a … advantage for the thousands of…
The Legal Veneer
… A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman The apartheid … also been a blanket ban on all indoor…
ANC mourns the death of Cde Basil "Jomo" Mavuso, 12 July 2012
… aimed at liberating the masses of our people. Upon his return from exile, he was chosen as one of the senior … He was nicknamed Jomo, In Nova Catenga,…
EventShaka Zulu is murdered
… Zulu chief and founder of the Zulu empire, was murdered by his bodyguard, Mbopha, and his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana after a … brief period as…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… to a British mother and Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His father was born in the Lethuania/Poland area and had fled to South Africa to escape Nazi…
EventIgnatius Royston Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell, SA satirical poet, is born in Durban.
… High), where he counted literature and outdoor life among his first loves. Campbell founded the magazine, Voorslag, … Plomer – a satirical publication, after…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the SA-USA Business and Finance Forum, Roosevelt Hotel, New York, 23 September 1999
… government has committed itself to be a 'a nation at work'. By this we mean that we are a government that is … in succession. In line with the spirit of a…
EventBambata Rebellion: The Natal government offers a reward of £500 for the capture of Bambata
… on these charges, Bambata, instead sent the elders of his chieftaincy to represent him. Among the first indications … of a farmer, Henry Smith, on the 17…
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… (PAC), Robert Sobukwe, would not be allowed to use his exit permit (approved by the Minister of Interior Affairs) to leave South Africa for his studies in…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… battles, including Salamanca and Toulouse. As part of his foreign service, he became the governor of Antigua in … office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope…