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EventAfrikaans is declared an official language of South Africa
… of Afrikaans and its subsequent endorsement by the Apartheid government, have their roots in the attempted …
EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… Lesotho, Angola and Zimbabwe. Due to its policy of apartheid, South Africa was excluded from any talks on …
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… to the struggle of the people and who devoted all his adult years to the cause which was dear to him above all … Socialist immigrant, he became attracted to…
EventMafika Gwala born
… the University of Zululand, he chose to rather devote his time to political activities firstly joining National … Sometime during 1966 and 1967 Gwala began…
EventFormer Student Representative Council (SRC) Vice-President shot by Police
… of the Human Rights lawyer, Dumisa Ntsebeza. Ndondo and his four visitors, one women and three men, were fetched from his home by four police officers to the…
EventChief of the Lebelo group of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, dies
… the north of Hammanskraal and was buried at Wallmansthal. His son Seroto Karel Kekana succeeded him. Shortly after the … in the area of the present-day…
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… 2005, he was suspended pending a disciplinary hearing into his conduct during a council meeting. A separate hearing was held for Prince in the same year…
EventThe first known reference to Antjie Somers, a South African bogy figure, is made in The Friend
… that Somers was just an angry, bitter man after losing his job (having accidentally killed someone) and becoming a … he had used to run from the law -…
PlaceKruger House Museum
… Street, this was the home of President Paul Kruger. It was his personal property as the ZAR did not have an official … Museum lies just a few blocks from…
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
… resident magistrate at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, and his staff to Sulenkama where they were massacred, during a … It was at this moment that the six men…
PlaceTsolo
… appointment of Hamilton Hope as resident magistrate for his district. A second magistrate, Alexander Welsh, was … whose village was on the Xokonxa river…
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
… 1906 The School Board Act, No. 35 of 1905 1 Throughout his public career, Dr Abdurahman displayed great interest in … The educated man can take a wider and…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… He burst onto the literary scene with the performance of his first major play, The Black Hermit, at the National … 1964 followed by a second novel, The River…
PlaceThe Bag Factory
… an urban context location which has greatly influenced the work of the artists who have created there. Co-Founded by …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… towers and side rooms being added in 1837. In August 1842 work was begun on two additional wings and the extended …
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… to serve as a nurse, she assisted her parents with welfare work during the World War I. She supported the British public …
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… terms of the overall assessment of learners and educators work. NB. Both the written research paper and the portfolio …
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
… "Many more people moved to the cities in the 1940s to work in new factories and industries. They began to from …
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 …
"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…
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
… a talented graphic artist and a political activist. Due to his political activities, Mnyele was forced to leave his family in Alexander, becoming exiled in…
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
… Class 1: Gold from the state president in 1992, for his contribution as businessman, philanthropist and … by the University of South Africa, in recognition…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… of Zululand, visited Queen Victoria of Britain. Prior to his visit to Britain, he was exiled to the Cape after losing … of Ulundi, during the Anglo Zulu War…
EventIvorian Footballer Didier Zokora is born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… footballer born in Abidjan on 14 December 1980. He started his career in his home country’s team Académie MimoSifcom. His younger brother, Armando was also a…
Archive4. The conscientious objectors
… of two posters with drawings of Philip Wilkinson at his trial. Quote from part of his speech to the judge at his trial. …
The National Flag
… or behind, a speaker at a meeting, it must be on her or his right-hand side. And when placed, elsewhere in the hall …
Independent Electoral Commission
… and fair elections in which every voter is able to record his or her informed choice. MISSION STATEMENT The Independent …
ArticleNational and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
… on 19 June 2024. President Cyril Ramaphosa expanded his national cabinet with 32 Ministers and 43 Deputy … 16 new cabinet ministers, 10 of which are from…
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… to the Portuguese State of India from 1505 to 1509. Upon his successor taking over he sailed back to his homeland with a fleet of three ships – Garcia, Belèm…