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Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
… goaded and gloated. “The president finally delivered his address after we have had actually a beautiful … an ANC meet according to Mail & Guardian. “If we…
Early Beginnings
… by the time this reaches you. I hope to see S.P.B. on his return to England and get acquainted with the final … of whites, even the white workers. Our trade…
PlaceKuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
… on the main Harbour began in 1872, and in 1873 work began on the breakwater. The 1875 census indicated that … attend High School in Lovedale until been…
Political Report by Limpopo ANC Chairperson Cde Cassel Mathale during the Limpopo ANC Provincial General Council, 10 June 2012
… Summit which is also expected to finalise the unfinished work of the last meeting with specific reference to the … President Omar Al Bashir to attend the…
EventJailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela sends message to Mangosuthu Buthelezi
… On 2 June, Nelson Mandela sent a message through his attorney after he had read media reports that Chief … that the best time for them to meet was after he…
EventAhmed Ben Bella, former president of Algeria, is released after fourteen years in prison
… in 1963. Bella‘s popularity began to decline after his presidency, following his eccentric and arrogant behavior coupled with his increasingly autocratic…
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… council of war, tried Chief Malebogo for refusing to allow his people to pay hut taxes and waging war against the Transvaal Boers in defence of his autonomy…
EventChief Mqikela dies
… near Palmerton, Pondoland. Chief Mqikela took over from his father as paramount chief of the Pondos in 1868, but … in their revolt against the Cape…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… and novitiated to become a priest, but was released from his vows. He returned to Bloemfontein where he obtained an … and highly-regarded authors. He is…
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… art and social realism, Sekoto studied to be a teacher and his art career only began in earnest when he moved to … Johannesburg in 1939. Life in Sophiatown…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… is on the site of one of Sir Robert Stanford's Farms. His story is both sad and interesting. Sir Robert was a … innovative as a farmer. Indeed, instead of…
EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
… born on 8 January 1962 in Soweto, Johannesburg. He began his professional boxing career in 1980. Matlala’s first crack … home ground in Glasgow, Matala…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
… was arrested and sentenced, but refused to appeal against his sentence, as he had refused the aid of an attorney, on … either a court of law or a court of…
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
… he encountered while ascending the throne, would haunt his reign for the rest of his life. This would eventually play a substantial role in his overthrow by…
EventANC leader, Walter Sisulu is arrested for not being in possession of a reference book.
… own a reference book. Subsequently Sisuslu was confined to his house for 5 years. Before his banishment in June 1961 Sisulu, Joe Slovo, Nelson Mandela … high…
EventNelson Mandela is arrested
… in Cedara, a small town near Howick, Natal, shortly after his return to South Africa on completing six months’ military … with illegally leaving the country…
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… first National Director of Public Prosecutions. After his appointment he resigned from all political posts to avoid … of political bias and to distance the…
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… statesman, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus Pretorius, died on his farm in the Magaliesberg area. In 1838, Pretorius led a … Zulu warriors in the battle of Blood…
EventSaxophone player, Bobby Hendricks, dies in Cape Town
… arm music),a dance music without vocals. He was famous for his hit song "Give me hope, Joanna". Though Hendricks could not read or write music, he started…
"If I were Prime Minister": Article by Albert Luthuli, 2 December 1961
… so much land as he can cultivate himself with the help of his family. This, I believe, is the policy in India. … and technology to every day uses of man, and…
EventLord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape Colony, is born in Badminton, England
… was born in Badminton England on 12 December 1767. Under his term as governor, Somerset played an important role in … Lord Somerset went on leave to England…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… action. Isolated incidents such as livestock theft, work stoppages and property destruction were not effective …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… (such as pregnant women attending antenatal classes) to work out the likely prevalence rate in the general …
ArchiveAn Analysis of the Imprisonment and Detainment Treatment of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela by Monica McCausland
… Winnie Mandela was subjected to intense suffering by the apartheid prison staff through isolation, inhumane … while attending a protest in Johannesburg…
EventMandela discharged from Pretoria hospital
… the 8th of June 2013 for a recurring lung infection. His condition was described as serious and there were times where his condition was unstable. Mandela…
EventMakgatho Mandela dies
… of HIV/AIDS in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. His father put up a brave face and announced that his son had HIV/Aids. He stressed that being open…
EventWilliam J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies
… collecting specimens of animals and plants. He described his journey in a book titled Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. His collection contains…
EventKenyan politician, businessman and mathematician, George Saitoti dies
… Kikuyu descent which would prove to be a disadvantage in his future political career. He studied in the US where he specialized in mathematics and economics…
PlaceGeneral Smuts House Museum, Doornkloof
… and multifaceted person who was never fully understood by his countrymen, but despite his fame and many talents, Smuts was at heart a simple man … the…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… to the Government of Bengal on 26 March 1905 saying that his son had been ‘decoyed’ and was bound for Natal, and that … a monthly stipend of Rs 3 per month…