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EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on 1 April 1875 in Greenwich, England. Both his parents were … actors. He started his career at the age of eleven…
PlaceNiewoudtville
… The village of Nieuwoudtville was established in 1897 on the farm Groenrivier which, as the name implies, was sited on the banks of the Groen River. The area…
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… (SASO), a black student’s organization that was focused on the resistance against and liberation from apartheid. In … Zimele Trust Fund to aid political…
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
… The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Policy of Apartheid of the Government of South Africa … after the conclusion of the Rivonia trial. As he was on the…
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
… African Defence Force (SADF) in violence in South Africa on 16 October 1992, they released a press statement on this date, giving particulars relating to the…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
… and they were sent to France to train in trench warfare. On 31 May 1916, the brigade left its training area and … km to the Somme area. The ill-fated Somme…
PlaceDurban Natural Science Museum
… and education programmes with a particular emphasis on Biodiversity Conservation, and Ecology. The mission of the … knowledge about the Earth, its history,…
EventSoweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged with negligent and drunken driving
… after being involved in two car accidents in Boskruin, on the West Rand.Maphanga was involved in a collision with … Maphanga, calling him a good cop who…
EventThe first Prime Minister of the DRC, Patrice Lumumba, declares martial law in Katanga
… shortly after DR Congo gained independence from Belgium on 30 June 1960. On 4 July 1960 soldiers rebelled against the DRC government. … to Kasai at the end…
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… activist and academic, Neville Edward Alexander was born on 22 October, 1936 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He went on to complete three university degrees in…
EventBuilding of Delagoa Bay railway line is completed
… of the Delagoa Bay railway line to Pretoria was completed on this date. It was scheduled to be opened for traffic on 2 November 1894, however, the official…
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land ownership dispute. On 16 May 1876, the Volksraad of the South African Republic declared war on Sekhukhune and his…
EventPrime Minister Verwoerd’s assassin transferred from prison to a mental asylum
… On 30 June 1994, the Minister of Correctional Services in … parliamentary messenger who assassinated Hendrik Verwoerd on 6 September 1966 was to be moved…
EventAfrican bus boycott lasting ten weeks is initiated in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
… commuters would be unable to afford the increased fare. On 7 January 1957 the Alexandra People’s Transport Committee … the commuters and the company finally…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… On 1 May, South Africa will enjoy Worker's Day (effectively a … socialist and labour movement celebrations conducted on 1 May. May Day was born from the…
PlaceClifton and Camps Bay Beaches, Cape Town
… teases with transparent turquoise waters, yachts floating on the postcard horizon and water temperatures cold enough, … , Frisbee and Beach Bats, pop up in…
EventSouth African artist, Maggie Laubser, is born
… On 14 April 1886, South African artist Maggie Laubser was born on Bloublommetjieskloof farm in the district of Malmesbury, Cape Colony. Laubser went on to…
PlaceGroot Constantia, Constantia Valley
… over the last 3 Centuries! Regardless of development on the farming land, nearby Groot Constantia has stood the … one of Napoleon's last requests before he…
Closing Address of Comrade Nelson R Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC 16 December 1990
… called by the National Executive Committee to consult you on a variety of important issues and provide you with an … the country. Two hours were set aside…
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… his experience in jail. Monday 21 March 1960 We heard on the radio today of the frightful massacre at Sharpeville in the Transvaal when the police opened…
PlaceSt Stephen’s Church, Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town
… Square to build a theatre upon the site. This was opened on 17 November 1800 and by all accounts was considered by … the week and as a place of worship and a…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the … The first church building (1857-1882) was…
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… On 26 September 1897, Prof. James Leonard Brierly Smith was … over to Ichthyology, the branch of zoology which focuses on the study of fish. During this time…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… Reformed congregation of Bloemfontein was established on 13 November 1848, and its services were initially held in … a humble thatched building in St George…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… 1897 to 1904. It has since been established that he died on 18 April 1905. Enoch Mankayi Sontonga wrote the first … Johannesburg and Natal. This song made a…
Presidential address by Alberth Luthuli to the Annual Provincial Conference of the Natal Branch of the African National Congress, 5 July 1956
… (Press report) "The struggle for freedom must go on no matter how hard the struggle might be! It must go on because Freedom is the noblest human attainment…
International Council for Traditional Music
… Call for Proposals: 2nd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on African Musics (Updated on 29 June 2017) The International Council for Traditional Music Study…
Save South Africa calls ‘People’s Assembly Against State Capture’
… The Save South Africa campaign is calling on all South Africans to unite behind that great symbol of … to a “People’s Assembly Against State Capture” in…
EventChumani Maxwele ignites the #RhodesMustFall Movement at UCT
… On 9 March 2015, Chumani Maxwele threw human excrements at a statue of Cecil John Rhodes that was situated on the campus of the University of Cape Town, on…
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… The cottage formerly used by Cecil John Rhodes, stands on the main road to Simonstown, between Muizenberg and St … Formerly known as Barkly Cottage , it was…