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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 …
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…
PlaceKeetmanshoop
… development of Keetmanshoop, where Nama Kaptein, Tseib and his followers had settled in 1866 . The name of the … supervised the construction. He chose the…
EventDavid Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg , Northern Transvaal
… Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) in 1932.Upon completing his high school studies he left for Johannesburg. In … at Joubert Park in the Johannesburg inner…
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…
EventThe death of Andries Tatane
… protest turned ugly in Ficksburg, Free State. Following his death, eight Free State policemen were arrested on … of the helmets that were worn. Less than two…
EventANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
… the former Transkei , now part of Eastern Cape Province . His involvement in political activities started at an early … detained in Pollsmoor Prison and on …
EventBritish racing driver Tom Pryce dies in a freak accident during the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami
… had been carrying. Pryce was partially decapitated by his helmet strap and died instantly. Pryce is the only Welsh … Grand Prix. A statue of him has been…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… everybody opposed to the Nationalist government, whatever his motives or beliefs, as an ally. The Congress leadership, … are all of them bourgeois!" Here…
From retirement to parliament
… that the Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa and his delegation to the Peace Conference will represent the … from different parts of the country was…
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 …
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… Committee was born in Moruleng, Rustenburg district. His teaching career started in the Orange Free State in 1935. … area covering the Potchefstroom and…
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… white authorities with death if they attempted to do so in his district. Attempts to enforce his compliance failed and he was deposed and another chief…
Esau Mokhethi reburial speech by AZAPO President Cde. Koti Dikobo
… Maivha of the PAC of Azania. My brother Thabo Ngoepe and his wife. All Mourners. Comrades and Friends. Let me start … Cde Esau Mokhethi. I never had the…
PlaceKwaDukuza
… huts. On the 22nd of September 1828, Shaka was killed by his two half-brothers, Dingane and Mhlangane and his servant, Mbhopa. A memorial stone was erected…
EventMac Maharaj is born
… Department of Transport (DoT). During the years prior to his appointment as minister, he had been an activist, a … was investigating him for corruption and…
EventSASO leader, Abram Tiro is assassinated
… Tiro was completing an application form to continue his studies through the University of South Africa (Unisa) … exhumed by the Azanian People's Organisation…
EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
… Philip) returned to Port Natal on board the Conch after his heroic rescue operation. King, accompanied by his young after-rider Ndongeni as far as Pondoland,…