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Closing address by President Nelson Mandela in the president’s budget debate Cape Town, 22 April 1998
… all parties and particularly those members who took part in the debate on the President's Budget. As before, many … white, and the overwhelming majority of…
EventFirst victim of the land invasions in Zimbabwe, David Stevens, is murdered
… A White farmer, Davis Stevens, was shot dead in Zimbabwe by squatters occupying his land. He was the first White farmer to be killed in the on-going land…
EventThe 41st annual conference of the ANC in Queenstown gets underway
… annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, continues. Amongst the ANC … was the biggest non-violent resistance…
The Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… that the Pan African Congress (PAC)has been involved with in relation to the freedom struggle of the oppressed in South Africa and the formation and…
EventTinashe Washington Nengomasha, Zimbabwean international football player is born in Harare, Zimbabwe
… Although Tinashe Nengomasha had been in the Zimbabwean under 20 National team, he was basically … 02 September 2013] Doda, Z., 2004. ‘Tinashe Nengomasha’ in…
ArchiveRemembering to think critically: Rick Turner 40 years on by Anthony Egan, 8 January 2018
… Forty years ago, in the early hours of January 8th 1978, a 36-year old … the university’s kowtowing to state demands not to give a black professor ( Archie…
The Greek liner Oceanos sinks off the South Africa coast in heavy seas; all 571 on board are rescued by 35 Squadron, in company
… The Greek liner Oceanos sinks off the South Africa coast in heavy seas; all 571 on board are rescued by 35 Squadron, in company …
Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor
… Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor …
Stephanus Johannes Roos, Boer field-cornet in the Battle of Amajuba and in the Mapog War, is born on Kaspersnek at the Blyde Ri
… Stephanus Johannes Roos, Boer field-cornet in the Battle of Amajuba and in the Mapog War, is born on Kaspersnek at the Blyde Ri …
Tens of thousands of Hutus flee the Tutsi-led rebel advance in Rwanda, flooding across the border into Zaire in one of the grea
… Tens of thousands of Hutus flee the Tutsi-led rebel advance in Rwanda, flooding across the border into Zaire in one of the grea …
Some documents on Indians in South Africa and India’s support to the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa 1914-1988, compiled by E.S.Reddy
… Some documents on Indians in South Africa and India’s support to the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa 1914-1988, compiled by E.S.Reddy …
Miriam Makeba is nominated in the category World Music Album for her album Homeland at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Ang
… Miriam Makeba is nominated in the category World Music Album for her album Homeland at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Ang …
Anglo-Boer War 2: In the British House of Commons David Lloyd George suggests that there are as many as 30 000 armed Blacks in
… Anglo-Boer War 2: In the British House of Commons David Lloyd George suggests that there are as many as 30 000 armed Blacks in …
Former Pres. P.W. Botha is found guilty by the Regional Court in George of omission to appear in person before the Truth and Re
… Pres. P.W. Botha is found guilty by the Regional Court in George of omission to appear in person before the Truth and Re …
A 32-year-old man, Elvis Ramoloyi, is beaten to death by a mob after he wounded two people in an apparent road rage incident in
… is beaten to death by a mob after he wounded two people in an apparent road rage incident in …
A 32-year-old man, Elvis Ramoloyi, is beaten to death by a mob after he wounded two people in an apparent road rage incident in
… is beaten to death by a mob after he wounded two people in an apparent road rage incident in …
An Afrikaans poem of thirteen verses in near perfect Afrikaans by H.C. van de Berg and P.P. Hugo is published in De Vriend of B
… An Afrikaans poem of thirteen verses in near perfect Afrikaans by H.C. van de Berg and P.P. Hugo is published in De Vriend of B …
Soldiers from Uruguay become the first armed UN troops to set up camp in Congo in an effort to end the 2 1/2-year civil war.
… Uruguay become the first armed UN troops to set up camp in Congo in an effort to end the 2 1/2-year civil war. …
Soldiers from Uruguay become the first armed UN troops to set up camp in Congo in an effort to end the 2 1/2-year civil war.
… Uruguay become the first armed UN troops to set up camp in Congo in an effort to end the 2 1/2-year civil war. …
Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer and settler who was a member of an expedition to the Zulu chief Shaka in the 1820s, is born in Lo
… who was a member of an expedition to the Zulu chief Shaka in the 1820s, is born in Lo …
The Suez Canal in Egypt, which has taken ten years to build, is formally opened. Date is given as 16th in some sources.
… The Suez Canal in Egypt, which has taken ten years to build, is formally opened. Date is given as 16th in some sources. …
Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor
… Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor …
South African athlete Paul Harwood Nash is born in London. He was viewed at one time as the fastest White athlete in the world.
… South African athlete Paul Harwood Nash is born in London. He was viewed at one time as the fastest White athlete in the world. …
The 25th automated teller machine (ATM) this year is badly damaged after it is blown up in a shopping centre in Orange farm. Th
… (ATM) this year is badly damaged after it is blown up in a shopping centre in Orange farm. Th …
Paul Emile Rossouw, the first athlete in the world to jump higher than 2.13 m at the age of 16, is born in Springs.
… Paul Emile Rossouw, the first athlete in the world to jump higher than 2.13 m at the age of 16, is born in Springs. …
The ANC agrees to close its military training base in Angola and in return South Africa must stop aid to the rebel Angolan UNIT
… The ANC agrees to close its military training base in Angola and in return South Africa must stop aid to the rebel Angolan UNIT …
Louis van Assenburgh (51), successor of Willem Adriaan van der Stel as governor at the Cape, dies in the Castle in Cape Town af
… Willem Adriaan van der Stel as governor at the Cape, dies in the Castle in Cape Town af …
Comic Relief is launched live on BBC ONE from a refugee camp in Safawa, Sudan, in response to the African famine. As well as do
… Relief is launched live on BBC ONE from a refugee camp in Safawa, Sudan, in response to the African famine. As well as do …
EventSir John Cradock, Cape governor, acting in accordance with an instruction issued by the British Colonial Secretary, issues a pr
… Sir John Cradock, Cape governor, acting in accordance with an instruction issued by the British … proclamation instituting a circuit court (later called the…
EventA South African Defence Force Capt. Wynand du Toit is captured in Angola
… signs of an incursion, and investigated. This resulted in the reconnaisance teams being discovered and coming under … commando team was to blow up the…