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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…
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…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… Prime Minister, expresses its grievous disappointment at his refusal to abandon the proposed legislation and to … General Smuts has seemed to think it fit to…
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…
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…
The Industrial Workers of Africa, 1917-1921 by Bikisha Media Collective
… In 1907, the white miners strike, but are driven back to work after scabs are brought in. In 1913, a general strike by … money? And again thrown into prison…
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…
National Arts Festival 2017
… for political and protest theatre during the height of the apartheid era, and it still offers an opportunity for …
EventSandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa
… including infamous serial killer Daisy de Melker. The Apartheid years saw a steady increase in the number of people …
PlaceVenda
… as a strategy, of the South African Government, to further Apartheid. Venda was not recognised as an Independent …
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… unions were still required to register with the state. The apartheid government used this registration process as a tool …
EventNelson Mandela condemns the Lockerbie bombing, the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists
… of the 1988 bombing in 1991. In 1997, after the fall of apartheid, Nelson Mandela, accompanied by Graça Machel and …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
… here to read more about the Dutch Reformed Church and Apartheid. …
PlaceCity Hall, Cape Town
… majority of South Africa, black and white, recognise that apartheid has no future,’ Mandela said. ‘Our march to freedom …
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… fame? They called him Mr Knock-Out, I suspect because his songs were chart-busters. He was the most famous coloured … Steenkamp, a coloured player from…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
… into lush green irrigated fields with fruit trees. His vision also included farm produce being delivered via … to Kimberly. Everyone was investing in diamond…
EventJRR Tolkien born in Bloemfontein
… J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. His parents, Mabel and Arthur Tolkien, were British but … a bank in South Africa. He was a sickly…
Last kicks of a dying horse July 1992 - June 1993
… A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman The era of … broken down. An atmosphere of profound mistrust…
The ANC Gauteng condemns violent protests and ongoing disruption of schools in Gauteng Province!, 7 September 2011
… We have directed all the local and regional structures to work together with all ANC-governed municipalities and … are therefore a platform to get the ANC in…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… Assembly writes the new Constitution 1995 TRC begins its work 1998 Initial report of the TRC to the President 2003 …
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… in England, without the permission of the tribal elders. His uncle and regent, Tshekedi Khama, wanted Khama to return … a divorce. When Seretse Khama…
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium denies accusations of brutality in the Congo Free State
… warned foreign powers not to interfere in the running of his private country. CFS was a “private project” undertaken by the Leopold II to mine rubber and…
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… Schreiner has said, and being amongst the most loyal of His Majesty's subjects, as Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Alfred … when once he has accepted a certain…