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PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… to Klerksdorp commenced at Krugersdorp, and simultaneously work started on the erection of a much larger and more …
EventInauguration ceremony of the South African College School (SACS) takes place
… juniors all the way up to seniors doing collegiate work. The school was located at the Weeshuis on Long Street …
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… the time of colour photographs. She produced splendid work that propelled her to greater things. In 1927 she was …
VIII - The Pathologists
… brain lesions occasioned by the application of force to his head; the injury was suffered between the night of 6 … an automatic reflex action whereby a…
Durban Historical & community
… Indian Congress and father of India’s independence, set up his first experiment in communal living inspired by Tolstoy - …
Matthews being used to turn SABC into a laughing stock: ANC (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… described as “opportunistic” the public announcement of his resignation as acting group CEO on Monday. Editors … Matthews for resigning from SABC Matthews…
EventRebels take control of Kinshasa, Zaire
… into suspected massacres of Rwandan refugees on his march to power. After his allies, Uganda and Rwanda, turned against him, Kabila … becoming unpopular,…
EventIOC extends South Africa's ban from Olympic games
… heavily in the international sports arena as result of its apartheid policy. Prior to the Tokyo Olympic games in 1964, …
PlaceHouse Preller, Hartebeesport
… Afrikaans language. He occupied this house from 1935 until his death, and many of his later historical works were completed here. It was … including Eugene…
EventGovernor-General Sir Patrick Duncan dies
… in 1936, the first South African to hold this high office. His children presented his papers, numbering nearly 17, 000 items and consisting of private and…
EventPope John Paul II visits Africa
… Pope John Paul II began his first tour of Africa, including visits to Zaire … Volta (now Burkina Faso ) and the Ivory Coast. He started his tour in Zaire,…
EventFather Smangaliso Mkhatshwa served with restriction order
… was served with a five years restriction order for his involvement in political activities. The order restricted … magisterial district. Since he could not…
EventFirst victim of the land invasions in Zimbabwe, David Stevens, is murdered
… Stevens, was shot dead in Zimbabwe by squatters occupying his land. He was the first White farmer to be killed in the … Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party…
EventTraditional Bushman artist Vetkat Regopstaan Kruiper, aged 38, dies suddenly from natural causes
… healer. Vetkat had many artistic skills including music. His main passion however was for the veld and animals. … training, Vetkat rose to fame as a fine…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… in 1867 and the ruins of the ancient city of Zimbabwe. On his return to Potchefstroom, South African Republic, he … by King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba…
EventSA cricketer, Herschelle Gibbs is born
… In school he played soccer and rugby, but chose cricket as his sport of choice. He is a right handed batsman who made a … at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, India…
EventVigilante mob beats man to death in Diepsloot
… confrontation with two men who got upset when he reversed his car too close to where they were standing. When the … got out of hand, Ramoloyi, who was…
EventHenry Olonga, Zimbabwean Cricketer is born
… father and a Zimbabwean mother. The family moved back to his father’s homeland, Kenya, before settling in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He is one of five siblings; one…
EventGeorge Pauling, builder of railway lines in SA, dies
… countries. He came to South Africa at the age of 20. His company Pauling and Co. was a major contributor in the … in Southern and Central Africa. Though he…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… Phoenix served for a time as an important home to Gandhi, his family and his followers as they strove to follow a path of social … and the printing press he…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… farm wheat, maize and tobacco and in 1889 built a mill on his land. He gave his mill the edge over his competitors in the area by commissioning a Rustenburg …
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot
… that, Obote would surround himself and fill key posts in his administrations with members of his ethnic group, the Lango. Failure to do this would have ……
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
… even if Jacob Zuma was correctly found “not guilty” in his rape trial. The complainant could not appeal. That was the prerogative of the state, which did not…
PlaceHanover Park, Cape Town
… 2022 it has grown to 34,625! Consequently oppression and apartheid left neighborhoods like Hanover Park! Their …
EventMuhammad Ali defeats Charles Liston in the World heavyweight title fight
… By the 7th round, Liston was too exhausted, had hurt his shoulder, and suffered a cut under his eye. Liston refused to continue the fight, leading to Ali ……
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
… Hospital. After a decade of heart surgery, Barnard and his gifted cardiothoracic team of thirty (which included his brother Marius), were well equipped to…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… spent exorbitant amounts of money on the transformation of his home village. At independence, Ivory Coast was one of the … Outarra from running for the…
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… Agency (NIA) security chief, was found dead in his car parked near the Botanical Gardens in Pretoria, with a … bullet wound to the head. Mdluli is rumoured…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… and missionary. Of course, he is most remembered for his exploits as an explorer. In 1858 the British government … of the Zambezi, and discovered Lake Nyasa,…