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EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… support. In 1974, he was dethroned in a military coup by his successor, Mengistu Haile Mariam. It was reported that … Selassie had died on 27 August 1975,…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… spike by nearly 900 and China slowly begins to return to work and daily life. 11 March- The WHO declares the Covid-19 … based on conclusive research and…
ANC media statement on comrade Carl Niehaus, 10 July 2009
… himself is unfortunate. Due to this, the ANC accepted his resignation and released him from all his duties at Chief Albert Luthuli House, to be able to deal…
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… figures in Egyptian history. He was well-known for his Arab nationalist and anti-colonial foreign policy. He is … World as a symbol of Arab dignity and…
EventMpho Gift Leremi, Mamelodi Sundowns soccer player, dies
… car accident on 03 September 2007 after losing control of his car in Brackensdowns, next to Alberton. He was returning … Leremi suffered grave injuries that…
EventAuthor and playwright Ronald Harwood is born in Cape Town
… training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He changed his name to Harwood under the advice of an English master, … sound good for a stage actor. In 1961…
EventSir Thomas Cullinan (74), founder of the Premier Mine where the Cullinan diamond was discovered in 1907, dies.
… Sir Thomas Cullinan was knighted for his discovery of the Premier Mine and his service to industry. He was one of the co-founders and a … 1910. The Cullinan…
EventMandela persuades Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103
… President Nelson Mandela earned worldwide praise for his role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects … not only scored a diplomatic victory but has…
EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
… Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, when he featured in his first test debut at the age of 18 years and 340 days. … In later matches he suffered for a…
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… in sports management at the university and also began his tennis career. During the 14 years of his tennis career, Curren had won four Grand Slam doubles ……
EventOmar Bongo, former president of Gabon is born
… one party system since he came into power in 1967. During his 41 years in office, he was implicated in a number of … corruption scandals including embezzling…
EventMannetjies Coetzer is killed by a crocodile in the Kunene River
… Mannetjie Coetzer and his family had gone to the Kunene River in Namibia on a trip … has a large population of Nile crocodiles. Mannetjie and his brother…
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
… Resident of Plettenberg Bay, should bury those of his family who predeceased him in the ground of the … He was granted a pension and the use of the residency…
ArticleThe Khoisan
… of’). This leader detached himself from this group with his followers and became the first great chief of the Korana. … Jan Kupido, Klaas Lukas and Pofadder…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - The linguistic classification of Kora
… study [4] of the family, and partly on recent work by Tom Güldemann [5] . They may not be complete or … included the |Xam language documented by Wilhelm…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - 1. The linguistic classification of Kora
… study [4] of the family, and partly on recent work by Tom Güldemann [5] . They may not be complete or … included the |Xam language documented by Wilhelm…
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
… Shakas two half brothers; Dingane and Mhlangana and his body servant, Mbopa assassinated King Shaka on the 22 … of execution of many of Shaka's enemies, also…
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… Cape, where the scenery would later be the inspiration for his paintings. Most of his paintings depict old farmhouses in Cape Town. He … landscapes of the…
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… taught artist, who learned and benefited greatly from his peers. One of his mentors was Harold Jeppe, who introduced him to art circles in Johannesburg. Most…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… honorary position of State President. However, his spell in the new office was short-lived. He relinquished … but preferred to turn a blind eye. He resigned…
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… in 1917, and drew and painted since childhood. His formal art studies started in 1929 at the Wits Tech Art … Teacher's Diploma) and etching lessons. Battiss…
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… skippers in single-handed racing around the world, died at his home in Gordon's Bay, Cape Town, after a long illness. He … from cancer. Reed will be…
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
… law at the University of Zambia and went on to form his own law firm, Mwanawasa & Company. He left the firm in … and became Zambia’s third President. He died…
EventDavid Malebane, a student at the Tompi Seleka Agricultural College in the Limpopo, shoots three lecturers before shooting himself
… the gun at lecturers that he believed were responsible for his failure to pass. In the end, he shot and killed three … It is reported that after the rampage,…
News SABC ‘should be hitting the panic button’ over Jimi Matthews’ resignation by Ndileka Lujabe (City Press), 27 June 2016
… has been praised as “doing the right thing” following his resignation from the SABC today. Matthews, who was acting … is wrong and I can longer be part of it…
PlaceGroote Schuur Estate
… Cecil Rhodes had a herbivorous menagerie on his estate and in 1896 he was given two lions and a leopard, … partly paved with marble and surrounded by…
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
… reports surfaced that he was allegedly mistreating one of his Khoikhoi laborers, he was summoned to appear in a … Bezuidenhout's brother, Hans, wanted to…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… 26 December 1918 in Qamata in the Transkei. Together with his brother Kaizer Matanzima, they founded the Transkeian … In 1979 George was appointed as the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Conference of the Association of African Universities: Cape Town, 22 February 2005.
… Century of the first Millennium, the outstanding African American scholar and combatant for African liberation, W.E.B. … of African Universities success in…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… of the Transvaal, there are manuscripts pertaining to his father Wilhelm August Schoch, a Swiss immigrant to South … published by Brieg, Kubisch, 1910. Both…