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37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
… Umbulwana Hill. General Buller's despatches, praising the work of the Corps, were just out, and the administration was … except after a delay of months…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… of Sizanani Bus Services, in 1986. He was pursued in his bus until he was cornered at Matakathini and shot dead … ". 56 When Victor Ntuli came out of hiding…
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…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… Authorities and Township Councils as an extension of the Apartheid administration. Alexandra residents responded by …
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… election. With the process of re-constructing post-apartheid society, little attention was given to the Rwandan …
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… as a location for political protests, particularly during apartheid. One of the most well-known marches on the Union …
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… as a location for political protests, particularly during apartheid. One of the most well-known marches on the Union …
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… Group Areas Act, which was one of the cornerstones of its Apartheid policies . The size of the ghetto depended on where …
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…
PlaceAnton van Wouw House, Museum- Pretoria
… is typical of the materials that Eaton liked to use in his designs and the house was designed to blend well with … factory. At these places he learned…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… and Mining Tycoon, Sammy Marks. He lived there with his wife Bertha and their nine children. The Estate became a … to South Africa in 1868 aged 24. At first…
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Five years after the Government forced him to relinquish his general Secretary, the name of E. Sachs still lives in … members enjoy a 40-hour week. Emil…
PlaceVelddrif, Western Cape
… came into existence when a farmer, Theunis Smit, took his stock through a drift in the veld, to find grazing across … 100 artists and craftsmen in the region…
PlacePietermaritzburg, Umgungundlovu District Municipality
… from a train here in 1893, an event that set him on his Political path! The newest Museum here is; Comrades …
EventLiberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe publically offers to resign
… Doe offered to resign in response to rebel incursions in his country. Doe was eventually kidnapped during a truce … meeting, tortured and on 9 September he…
EventMaxwell Mlilo, South African actor, dies of diabetes
… local dramas like Tsha Tsha and Home Affairs. Just before his death, Mlilo was well known for his role as Ngconde in the local sitcom Emzini Wezinsizwa…
EventZulu King Dingane orders the execution of Piet Retief’s men
… signing of Dingane and Retief's treaty, Piet Retief and his party were treated to a farewell dance by the Zulu impis … had reached a frenzied climax, King…
EventSA sprinter Oscar Pistorius reaches the final
… High, Oscar Pistorius, fell coming out of the start of his 200m heat for leg amputees, then showed mind-blowing … at the Athens Paralympic Games. He was…
EventJoseph Kasavubu, first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo dies
… member of the Bakongo ethnic group. Kasavubu did not know his father and lost his mother at the age of 4. He was raised by his older brother who sent him to…
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
… the Free State commandos. A day before the assault De Wet, his men and burghers, set off from Smitsdrif. Following a few … a burgher with a flag of truce to…