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PlaceMqhekezweni - Mandela's Ancestral Home, OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape
Declared a National Heritage Site by the South African Government, Mqhekezweni is a very significant early great place of the Abathembu nation under King…
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
The political importance of women’s food committees in Cape Town during the 1940s has been emphasised by both Cheryl Walker and Tom Lodge. According to Lodge,…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
Terms You Need to Know: Christopher Columbus arriving in the America. Image Source Abolition: The ending of a law, a system or an institution. During…
The strangulation of activity
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman The classical freedoms of association, assembly and…
EventANC's economic plans
African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the…
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885 Signed by the representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium,…
PlaceTygerberg Hospital
Tygerberg Hospital is a tertiary hospital located in Parow, Cape Town. The hospital was officially opened in 1976 and is the largest hospital in the Western…
EventSouth Africa Declares Gender-Based Violence a National Disaster
… Velenkosini. Statement by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on the National Disaster … Classification. Pretoria: Department of…
PlaceOlive Convention Centre, Durban
The Centre originally opened their doors in 2010. Since inception, the Olive Convention Centre has become a firm favourite in the Conferencing and Events arena…
EventSouth West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo…
PlaceBotshabelo, Motheo Region near Bloemfontein
Botshabelo, which means 'place of refuge', is the largest Township in the Free State, after Soweto which is the largest in the South Africa. Botshabelo and…
EventZambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born
Fred M'membe is a Zambian journalist who founded the country's first independent newspaper, Zambia Post. As the only independent newspaper in Zambia, Zambia…
EventANC's Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
African National Congress (ANC) leaders, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe went from house to house in Orlando, Soweto near Johannesburg rallying support amongst…
EventProtest against gender- based violence throughout South Africa
On 4 September 2019, people gathered outside parliament in Cape Town to address gender- based violence in South Africa. They carried posters on which was…
EventMalebane-Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
A dissatisfied faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and some members of the National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive Party, led by Rocky…
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President's Council a chance
The leader of the New Republic Party (NRP), Vause Raw announced that his party was ready to give the President's Council a chance as a start on the road to a…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg, but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years…
ArchiveHow history will judge FW de Klerk by RW Johnson, politicsweb (28 November 2021)
Many of the obituaries of F.W. de Klerk were rather bad-tempered and some were downright spiteful. It seemed to stick in the throat of many people to have to…
PlaceVersfeld Pass
This superb Pass is rich in South African folklore. John Versfeld was a resourceful farmer from Bo-Piketberg who built the original pass in 3 months, with only…
PlaceFordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
Named after Lewis Peter Ford of the Jeppe and Ford Estate Company, Fordsburg was built on the outskirts of the Johannesburg gold reef to house miners. The…
EventNigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
Nigeria's Federal Troops launched a major offensive against multiple targets in Biafra on the 19th of August 1968. Despite claims that scores of people were…
PlaceMarcus Island Marine Protected Area
Marine protected areas aim to conserve marine life and promote the conservation and effective management of biodiverse marine areas. They are an example of…
EventCODESA’s starting date is set
Delegates from twenty groups agreed, after preparatory talks in Johannesburg, on a date for the start of substantive negotiations on South Africa's future…
EventLesotho's deputy Prime Minister shot
Lesotho's Deputy Prime Minister, Selometsi Baholo, is shot dead by dissident soldiers during an apparent kidnapping attempt. They also seize four cabinet…
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death
The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem report…
EventSA's first official commercial airline service is launched
Major Allister Mackintosh Miller secured a government subsidy and introduced the first official commercial air service in South Africa under the name of Union…
EventJan van Riebeeck's statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck, was unveiled. The statue stands on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town. It…
EventLegendary artist Johnny Clegg dies
On 16 July 2019, Jonny Clegg died at the age 66 years at his home in Johannesburg, Gauteng after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015. He is known…
EventIFP proposes a truce with ANC
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) proposed a truce with the African National Congress (ANC) as an effort to distil violent clashes between members of the two…