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Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… A 17 year-old Indian flower seller was fined R24 or 60 days in prison for breaking the municipal by-laws. The young man … moving after every 20 minutes,…
BiographyEnoch Mgijima
… labour but served only two years. Enoch Mgijima was born in 1868 at Bulhoek, the youngest of nine children – five … studied at Lovedale Institute and…
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… campaign conducted by Germany against the Herero people in South West Africa (now known as Namibia) is considered among the first genocides in the twentieth…
ArchiveKwaZakele - the politics of transition in South Africa: an Eastern Cape study
… A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of … Abstract: This thesis examines the transition to democracy in South Africa…
EventJames Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry, dies
… James Filbert Sojane was born in the Free State in 1925. After qualifying as a teacher in the Free State, Sojane moved to Johannesburg to stay with … James…
EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… Clayton Sithole was the last political activist to die in detention. He died in John Vorster Square police station just 12 days before the … Nelson Mandela …
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… In 1981, Dirk Coetzee, Jan Viktor and Jac Buchner began … The existence of the unit was first revealed publicly in 1988 on the eve of the execution of Almond…
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland on 4 July 1789. The son of a weaver, he was brought up in the profession…
”Some Basic Principles of African Nationalism.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in February 1945
… body, mind and spirit with needs, desires and aspirations in all three elements of his nature. History is a record of … out the profound significance of the…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… is the history of nationalism. Nationalism has been tested in the people's struggles and the fires of battle and found … etc. All over the world nationalism…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The AmaXhosa OF ALL THE … the 19th century unfolds we shall see it operating again…
EventBastille Day is celebrated across the world and in Franchhoek, South Africa
… revolution. Since that day, 14 July has been celebrated in France and in French communities all over the world. In South Africa, the day is celebrated by the…
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.
… political leader who led the country to independence in 1962. He became prime minister of Uganda and later president. In 1969, an attempt on his life was…
EventBafana Bafana lose to Egypt in the African Cup of Nations final
… coach Jomo Sono, lost 2-0 against their Egyptian opponents in the final of the Africa biannual soccer spectacle, Africa Cup of Nations, staged in Burkina…
EventSandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa
… Central Prison. She was the last woman to be executed in South Africa. Smith had been convicted alongside her … of Abrahams. Smith was tried and sentenced…
EventThomas Thornton becomes the first passenger on an aeroplane in South Africa
… Kimmerling, a Frenchman, made the first powered flight in South Africa in a Viosin Canard Seaplane. This flight took place in East London on 28 December 1909…
EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
… opened fire on a vehicle which they had been transported in across the Swaziland border into South Africa. The four … and continue with the struggle they had…
EventThe ANC Youth League is re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto
… Youth League (ANCYL) was re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto after an absence of thirty years from the political arena in South Africa. The Youth…
EventJazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg
… to persistent cough. The famous jazz bass player was born in Langa , Cape Town in 1947. As a teenager, Ntoni gradually established himself in the townships…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… order that affects his freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia. This came after Nkomo failed to … Julius Nyerere, to support his plans for a…
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… if the agreement were not gazetted, the workers would rise in revolt against their leaders. We advised the employers' … resigned. Strange as it may seem, the…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Glossary
… From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department … prominent alluvial - deposits left by…
EventJames Kantor, a lawyer, is arrested for his involvement in Liliesleaf farm activities
… a lawyer who owned a law firm and employed his brother in-law Harold Wolpe. Unbeknownst to Kantor, Wolpe was an … as the headquarters of MK. When the police…
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils was born in the Johannesburg suburb of Yeoville. The Sharpeville … on the run from government law enforcement…
BiographyRomeo Zamani Makhanya
… Zamani Romeo Makhanya was born in Durban, 1959. He experienced the trauma of losing his … other to genetic heart-related conditions. The youngest in his…
EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… union for people socially constructed as 'white', ran riot in the Rand Gold mining district. They were protesting … The 1922 mineworkers strike was the…
EventSouth African model, Candice Swanepoel is born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal
… Candice Swanepoel was born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal on 20 October 1988 She grew up … of becoming a model. At the age of fifteen she was scouted in a…
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… history began with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. The island was named Hispaniola and became the … cotton were cultivated and this required…
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… to elections after the resignation of President F.W. Reitz in 1895 for reasons of health. Marthinus Theunis Steyn, also … was elected as next president by…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… and Commandant General Louis Botha issued a proclamation in Pretoria which promised to pay those Burghers who remained … 1902 by the signing of the Peace…