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EventSekonyela, chief of the Batlokwa, dies in the Wittebergen Reserve, Herschel district.
… people. He effectively took over the chieftainship from his mother queen Manthatisi in 1824 settling in Jwalaboholo … raids on neighbouring tribes, often to…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… opened a cafe. Though exposed to politics at a young age - his father was a Cape voter and his cousin, Sol Plaatje, a founder member of the African ……
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… on the evening of a birthday party that was held in his home. Goniwe and the assistant, Nomawele Njongo, … by bringing three charged against Goniwe: abusing…
Address by President Nelson Mandela opening the morals summit called by the National Religious Leaders’Forum Johannesburg, 22 October 1998
… eroded respect for one another and for life itself. That apartheid was a sin and encouraged sinful behaviour is no … for freedom have also proved corrupt…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 1995 National Conference of IDASA Cape Town, 18 August 1995
… of an era of hope and promises. The special abuses under apartheid laws which the Coloured community suffered - Group … of our communities, damaged by the…
EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
… African music, both of which were important in shaping his musical style. When he moved to Johannesburg during the … Mashiyane performed. However, he…
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… activities, was found dead with a bullet wound in his head, near to Community centre in Moletsane township, … Mr Lengane was murdered after being kidnapped…
EventEducationist George Molefe is born
… in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1939. As result of his tireless efforts to improve the quality of schooling and … Elizabeth's African Townships' in 1973…
EventIvorian Footballer, Arouna Kone, is born in Anyama, Ivory Coast
… in Anyama, CÁ´te d'Ivoire on 11 November 1983. Kone began his football career as a player for his hometown team Rio Sport d'Anyama. In 2002 he was signed ……
We Shall Win. Joint Statement by Leaders of Liberation Movements at the fifth Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Algiers, 13 – 16 September 1968
… winning their support for its African forces. Expansionist Apartheid The nature of apartheid as a system of oppression … fascist Prime Minister of South…
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… Kelly for £500, upon which this house was built. After his election as President of the new ZAR in May 1883, … 1899. Kruger occupied the house until 29 May…
EventHenri Edouard Prosper Breuil (84), French archaeologist who did research with Dr Robert Broom in SA, dies in Paris
… a mission to examine rock shelters and rock art. Most of his research in South Africa was conducted with Dr Robert … interest in Paleolithic art began when…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… was sickly as a teenager and suffered bouts of asthma. His family sent him to Natal, South Africa, to live with his older brother in the hope that the hot…
EventChief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo is shot dead
… Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, was gunned down in the driveway of his home in Pietermaritzburg. Maphumulo was a chief from … of Pietermaritzburg. He had survived a…
EventMandela visits Zambia
… started a seventeen-day foreign visit on 27 February, his first since 1962. Subsequent to his release from prison on 11 February 1990, after 27 years … a…
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
… premier, caused a storm within political circles with his now infamous statement, "It is acceptable for politicians to lie". Mahlangu was trying to defend…
EventThe Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembly
… became the eighth Zulu Monarch following the death of his father, King Cyprian in 1968 and brief regency that … of interfering in party politics in violation…
EventSheikh Yusuf, regarded as the founder of the Islamic faith in the Cape, dies at Zandvliet (Macassar)
… alongside and supported Sultan Ajung of Bantam, Gowa, in his war against the Dutch. Twice Sheikh Yusuf escaped from … their promise and Sheikh Yusuf was…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… characterised by reform initiatives on the part of the apartheid state and by an upsurge in political opposition and … established on such campuses to co…
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… the foot of the Magaliesberg in 1841. After the death of his first wife and child, he married Gezina du Plessis, with whom he had 7 daughters and 9 sons…
ArchivePACT Dance Company: 2nd Season 1994
… Artwork of the back of a naked black man with his hands behind his head, and four white hands around his body. Notice of a dance programme at State Theatre, …
EventNelson Mukhuba is born
… gardener and house painter until he chose to promote his own Vhavhenda culture through his music and woodcarving skills. Mukhuba used mainly Marula and…
EventVasco da Gama dies
… to Asia around the southern point of Africa, died on his final voyage to India as Portuguese viceroy. He fell ill, probably of malaria, upon his arrival in…
EventCecil John Rhodes (48) dies in Muizenberg
… aged 48. He arrived in South Africa in 1870 and invested his inheritance from his grandmother in the diamond diggings in Kimberley. He helped launch the De…
B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
… speaker he is equally at home in Parliament as WELL as in his appearances outside Parliament. There is always a serious undertone in all his speeches…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… came when he was attending school in Mafikeng, where his talent was recognized by Rev. Hale of the London Missionary Society, on his visit to the school…
EventBill Flynn, popular SA actor dies in Johannesburg
… African entertainment industry, and was well known for his roles in local movies such as Heel Against the Head and Running Riot, and his role as Willie Loman…
EventOlaudah Equiano, enslaved person and writer dies
… islands and the West Indies. He later managed to buy his freedom and settled in the United Kingdom. One of his slave masters had taught Equaino to write…
The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
… He worked at the University of Cape Town from 1972 until his retirement as an Emeritus Professor of Sociology in 2008. …
Tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu by Nelson Mandela (News 24), 25 January 2011
… a man of whom I have already said in these sad days since his death, that from the moment when we first met he has been … to or approve of us doing so. We do…