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EventClarence Mlokoti is shot dead by hijackers
… club, was shot dead by hijackers while trying to take his car in Pimville, Soweto. The highjacking took place on Tuesday night while Mlokoti was waiting for…
EventBarry Hough, SA literary critic and successful author of mainly teenage books is found dead
… other books that would prove to be more successful than his debut novel. Hough was found dead in his flat in Melville, Johannesburg on 17 August 2004. His…
EventAhmed Helmy, Egyptian actor, is born
… Ahmed Helmy was born on 18 November 1969 in Banha, Egypt. His career as an actor began when Sherif Arafa noticed Helmy in a children’s programme and was…
![Freddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/event_pics/Freddie%20Mercury.jpg?itok=Vuq6ADKe)
EventFreddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.
… Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, East Africa. His parents were Parsis from Bombay (now Mumbai), India. … in India and grew up there. At the age…
EventDr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in Pretoria
… Van der Bijl was born into a very influential family as his father was a produce merchant and a property investor who … inexpensive power to South Africa…
EventPaul Adams, former South African cricket player, is born
… only when cricket player and Coach Eddie Barlow recognized his bowling talent that his career took off. Barlow helped place Adams in the Western … province B…
64. Congress addresses the Union Parliament, 1946
… maintenance of Western standards of life, for investing his money in this country, for purchasing property so that he … may live on a higher standard, for…
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…
Chaskalson was a pillar of strength in my battle against HIV/Aids by Justice Edwin Cameron - Constitutional Court, 9 December 2012
… he also had a tender side. That was mostly reserved for his beloved wife, Lorraine, and his sons, Matthew and Jerome, and their families. But those … to…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… lot of support from Mahatma Gandhi, who had already begun his campaign of passive resistance against racism. E.S. REDDY … Transvaal went to prison. He had…
How I have cooperated with the Hawks by Pravin Gordhan (Times Live), 01 September 2016
… he was not obliged to do so. He said in paragraph 3 of his answer that‚ “I wish to co-operate fully with any … Hawks were investigating charges against the…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… for ivory and, presumably, to further investigate his find. This time, Kruger was accompanied by a party of … of Potchefstroom stands today. All but Erasmus…
Graveside tribute to Robert Shell by Joline Young, 3 February 2015
… know about Robert: That he was a brilliant man, that his was the biggest contribution to Cape slave history … the funding office to try and get financial…
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…
Quotes by Steve Biko
… by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression - the … that seek to make him a foreigner in the…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… was serving a three-month prison sentence in Newcastle for his role in the passive resistance campaign, was brought from … CPSA claimed that the strike was a…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… now'. He captured the aspiration for self rule with his popular slogan: "seek ye first the political kingdom, and … Portuguese colonies were extensions of…
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA's first Executive President
… they viewed the new constitution as a means to enhance apartheid. …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to ANC National General Council fundraising dinner at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 19 September 2010, Durban
… to health services for all South Africans. A lot of good work is being done in this regard. Our progress on MDG 1- … extreme poverty and hunger is mixed. We…
Address at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 4 March 2002
… and influential organisation, we must intensify our work in promoting democracy, good governance, sustainable … and xenophobia, drawing on the invaluable…
Bantu Education boycott
… would make them good for what the government wanted: to work in the factories and so on; they must not learn properly … to stay in the reserves except when…
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… antipathy towards Gumede's fraternity with communism, and his neglect in circulating information increased sharply. … figure in South African politics. In…
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… He became the principal of the Kenya Teachers College on his return and in 1947 was elected the president of Kenya … the sole presidential candidate in each…
EventPrime Minister Vorster holds talks with Dr. Kissinger
… that led to Kissinger's going ahead with the meeting, was his intention of seeing whether South Africa would be willing … Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith…
EventMax the gorilla is shot
… as he grappled with a fleeing armed robber who jumped into his zoo enclosure. The suspect, Isaac Mofokeng, ducked inside … Max, by now enraged, bit Constable…
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… Orange Free State. Geldenhuys earned acclaim for his diplomatic and negotiating skills in South West Africa … in the murders of activists Dr Fabian Ribeiro…
EventThe United Nations (UN) imposes sanctions on Libya
… al-Megrahi, was released from prison in Scotland. Upon his return he received a hero’s welcome from his countrymen at Tripoli Airport.In February 2011, after…
Event”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria
… the South African criminal history a man was hanged with his name known only by authorities. The 37-year-old White male was accused of criminally assaulting…
EventRiky Rick, one of the most esteemed South African hip hop artists is born
… musician, music producer and actor. Ricky Rick is produces his own unique sound by harmonizing a blend of South African … Live Performance, where he studied…
EventJack Parow, the Afrikaans rap artist is born
… popular Afrikaans hip hop artists in South Africa.[ii] His breakthrough single was the song “Cooler as Ekke” in late … Lang Pette” in 2014, and lastly “Die…