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EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… Parktown High School and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS). After marrying Diana Malkin in … wife to the United Kingdom (UK), where he…
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC In 1950 the Communist Party, faced with…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… as Egypt, and Bechuanaland (Botswana). At the outbreak of war in South Africa, he was given command of the British 1st Division. In December 1899 he…
Address by Nelson Mandela at the Funeral of Adelaide Tambo, 10 February 2007
… this morning we come to pay our last respects to a member of our generation of freedom fighters and patriots. Over these last few years … we have with…
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… Roodepoort. During the conference Aubrey Mokoena, a member of the Black People's Convention (BPC) and the Black Parents … about Black Consciousness, in which…
Democracy - The only solution by Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC 1 July 1992
… Unemployment is running as high as 40 per cent! Millions of Rands of taxpayers' money, supposedly earmarked for black … by government officials with impunity…
EventDay of Reconciliation celebrated as a public holiday in SA for the first time
… 16 December is a day of great significance in South Africa due to two historical events that took place. The first of these was in 1838, when the Battle of…
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… his high school studies, he registered for a Bachelor of Commerce Degree at the University of the North (now University of Limpopo). However, he went into…
EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
… Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, was the eldest child of Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, (descendent of Jan Smit and Adriana Tol) and Elizabeth Magdalena van der Merwe, …
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… at the South African Native College (now University of Fort Hare), but dropped out after two years. He returned … National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and became…
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… On the 31 August 1997 Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Spencer, the former wife of Prince Charles, was killed with her companion Dodi Fayed … by the SABC. The…
EventPresident Paul Kruger authorises the construction of the railway line to Delagoa bay
… The discovery of various rich mineral resources in Southern Africa saw the construction of various railway lines. Of note was the construction of the Delagoa…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho died in a car accident shortly after he reclaimed … on a mountain road on the way to Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho. After…
EventDeputy Minister of Bantu Education,Treurnicht is warned about deteriorating conditions in Soweto
… Rene de Villiers, member of parliament for Parktown, drew the attention of deputy minister of Bantu education, Dr Andries P. Treurnicht, to the fact … Muller…
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…
EventQueen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
… became a British colony in 1795. This led to great number of changes, such as the expansion into the interior of South Africa and the discovery of gold and…
EventParliament passes legislation separating the people of South Africa into four distinct races
… The National Assembly voted in favour of the separation of the people of South Africa into four distinct races (White, Black, … Parliament passes…
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… The a son of a wealthy businessman, Yusuf Dadoo was all too familiar … movement. In 1939, Dadoo formed and became the leader of the Transvaal Indian Congress…
EventThe hijacking of an Egypt Air passenger jet to Malta ends in bloodshed.
… The crisis began after gunmen took control of the passenger jet ten minutes after take off from Athens … divert to Malta, where the plane landed on a remote…
ArchiveA mapping of the KwaZulu Natal political conflict with reference to Inkatha (1990-1993)
… Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree magister philosophiae in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Port Elizabeth…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… would meet at the farm.Virtually the entire leadership of Umkhonto we Sizwe(MK), armed wing of the ANC, were arrested on this day. This moment came as a…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… 'free' or 'passenger' Indians. The former came as a result of a triangular pact among three governments; and the latter, … 2. Moothen pleads for his wife to…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… On 20 September 1915 a new battalion consisting of Cape Coloured men, called the Cape Corps was established with the view of being dispatched to East Africa…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during the state of emergency after the banning of the organization in 1960. He soon became a leading figure ……
EventSouth African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… With the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (or South African War) imminent, thousands of Black men and women were left stranded in Johannesburg. … the…
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… as Zimbabwe, became a British colony in 1890. A number of civil unrests occurred during this time. By the 1960's, … itself independent through the Unilateral…
EventRecord of Understanding is agreed to by the SA government and the ANC
… National Congress (ANC), both parties agreed to a Record of Understanding. The Record set up a timetable for … should be released. They agreed that the…
Archive“In my stride”: a life-history of Alie Fataar, teacher by Yunus Omar
… “In my stride”: a life-history of Alie Fataar, teacher by Yunus Omar …
‘Umuntu, Ngumuntu, Ngabantu’: The story of the African choir by Jane Collins
… ‘Umuntu, Ngumuntu, Ngabantu’: The story of the African choir by Jane Collins …
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg …