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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
PlaceMariannhill, Pinetown
… occurs when extremism is involved, an uprising led to his being suspended and a new order began, that went on to … the World. It was also very active in the…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
EventIOC extends South Africa's ban from Olympic games
… heavily in the international sports arena as result of its apartheid policy. Prior to the Tokyo Olympic games in 1964, …
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…