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EventThe First Draft of the Constitution is published
… The 63-page document was the culmination of 18 months of work by the Constitutional Assembly with Cyril Ramaphosa, …
PlaceMariammen Temple, Pretoria
… constructed against the Northern site wall. Restoration work undertaken by Gordon Verhoef & Krause in 2011, included …
EventJomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya
… been sentenced to hard labour and was restricted following his arrest in 1952 related to allegations of his complicity in the Mau Mau rebellion. He was…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift
… African College, now the University of Cape Town . During his studies, having been denied entry to the Rhodes … now the University of Stellenbosch , because…
PlaceMalay Quarter, Cape Town
… incursions from commercial development and the threat of Apartheid legislation. It is one of the oldest parts of Cape … incursions from commercial…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the Senate 18 June 1996
… as a condition for freedom and peace. The struggle against apartheid was an act of building unity amongst the oppressed …
EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
… The organization saw the capitalist system rather than apartheid as the main oppressing force in South Africa and …
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
… mounted on the South African government to dismantle apartheid, and township protests erupted in the 1980s, the …
EventCourt approves same-sex couple's right to marry
… Congress, which under Nelson Mandela led the country from apartheid to democracy, said that the developments confirmed …
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
… affected by landmines that were largely supplied by the apartheid government to the rebel movements they sponsored to …
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… from different political organizations detained by the apartheid government. In her first case, after starting her …
PlaceCompensation, Settlement near Durban
… translated means ‘eye opener’.Land was bought by the Apartheid State during the early 1960s and first used at the …
EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… in which the South African Indian Council (SAIC), an apartheid-created body established in 1968 as the Indian …
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
… later, in 1956, some 20 000 women, protesting against Apartheid laws, undertook a procession to the Union Buildings …
ArchiveInterview with Mr H Molooi
… in Durban, South Africa, in which he discusses his acquaintance with Mrs Ngcobo, and his experiences as a labourer at that time. Mrs Ngcobo was …
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is born in Nongoma
… eldest son of King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon and his second wife, Queen Thomo was born in Nongoma, Zululand … instruction in traditional Zulu customs while…
EventNP wins by election
… The by-election was the result of Mulder's fall-out with his constituency after the Information Scandal of 1978, that brought his political career within the…
EventSifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins
… Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at the time of his death secretary-general of the recently formed United … a self admitted 'warlord' terrorising the…
EventAmnesty application of Gideon Nieuwoudt fails
… the notorious former police officer Gideon Nieuwoudt, for his role in the death of Steve Biko in 1977. In a seven page … had failed to demonstrate a…
EventNigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated
… Yar’ Adua’s inauguration ceremony was successful despite his rivals’ disputing the April election’s results. His main rivals were MuhammadBuhari of the All…
EventNasty C, the South African hip hop artist and song writer is born
… signed to the Mabala Noise record label. Nasty C released his first mixtape titled “One Kid a Thousand Coffins” in May … Hip Hop Album”, and “Song of the…
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… as a second dwelling house. It was later occupied by his son Fred Trautman who,. after the birth of his son in 1878, enlarged it by the addition of two extra…
PlaceLions Bridge, Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria
… the fourteen years of working for the government, he and his team developed the Republican Style (also known as … Wilhelmiens), designing numerous…
EventIan Smith of Rhodesia and Henry Kissinger meet in Pretoria
… Smith accepted the principle of majority rule in his country. Despite this major breakthrough there were no … except an announcement by Smith on 24 September…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
… was born in 1919 in the southern region of Katanga. His father was said to be the first Congolese millionaire, … battle Tshombe's soldiers and the hundreds…
Speech by President Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Celebration, 25 April 1998, KwaDukuza
… abakwaLanga; ibuyis' inhloko yadi' amadoda! His Majesty the King, The Mayor of KwaDukuza, Mr Siyanda … was around these hills and valleys that King Shaka…
Time for ANC members to speak out when democracy is at stake by Denis Goldberg (Sunday Times), 17 April 2016
… to accept the president's belated apology. Yet, all his actions in response to the public protector's report … not distance himself from these misleading…
PlaceMagistrates Court, Main Road, Simonstown
… occupant. Admiral Lord Nelson is presumed to be one of his first visitors after his arrival in Simons Town on 21 May 1776. Towards the end of …
EventNotices served on Solly Sachs
… Africa (GWU). The first notice ordered Sachs to relinquish his position in the Union within thirty days and not to … the activities of the union. The second…
EventJan Volschenk, a well-known South African painter, dies
… in watercolour. He also produced some wood engravings. His early works were ancient in effect, but this changed as he progressed further in his career. …