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EventFuneral service of Wilton Mkwayi takes place in Eastern Cape
… William's Town. He was awarded this honour because of his extra-ordinary credentials and contribution to building a free and democratic South Africa. His…
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
… and billionaire paid the sum of R5 million to secure his residence in South Africa. His responsibilities were assigned to former ANC Youth League …
EventKenyan men arrested as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities
… was chief Luka from Lari, who was known for ill-treating his own people as an indication of his loyalty to the British government. …
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.
… of Uganda and later president. In 1969, an attempt on his life was made when he was shot at while attending a UPC … opposition parties and adopted an…
Trade Unions in South Africa by Ari Sitas and Bianca Tame
… serious challenges that continue well into the post-Apartheid period. Key words: migratory labour system; labour …
EventNelson Mandela’s son, Thembekile is killed in a car accident
… Mandela and Evelyn Mase was killed in a car accident while his father was serving life sentence on Robben Island. … Mandela, who always played a brother…
EventSA tenor Johan Botha is born
… Transvaal (now North West Province). He attended his first singing lessons at the age of ten. After completing his education and military training, Botha…
EventBulelani Vukwani on a shooting spree
… guard Bulelani Vukwani shot dead eleven people, including his girlfriend, and wounded five at Mdantsane Suburb in East … to the scene of the original murder…
EventCuban Foreign Minister visits South Africa
… Roberto Robaina, visited South Africa at the invitation of his South African counterpart Alfred Nzo. They met in Cape … international and domestic context…
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… arrested and served life imprisonment on Robben Island for his involvement in MK. Mkwayi had to fight Robben Island … for twenty years for the right to marry…
EventSA footballer, Steven Pienaar is born in Johannesburg
… has made a name for himself internationally. Pienaar began his professional career with Ajax Cape Town in 1999. In 2009 … and English club Tottenham Hotspur…
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… human rights abuses and the deaths attributed to his governments are greater than those of Amin. Who was he, … that held it. In 1966, however, Obote began…
PlaceStone House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… This dwelling, designed by Herbert Baker in 1902 as his own home, is an important component of Parktown's … 1968. Baker's design for Stonehouse was completed…
EventRiaan Cruywagen was born on this day
… University and where he obtained a BA degree. He began his career as a journalist in 1965 when he started working … part time at the SABC in Cape Town. He is…
EventNelson Mandela is buried in the Eastern Cape
… Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013 at the age of 95, in his home in Johannesburg. He was born in Mvezo village near … he attended Primary school and was…
EventTwo men are sentenced to death for petrol executions
… Matsepane were found guilty of burning Solomon Maake and his son in September 1985, after they were accused of being … stoned. He also ordered Mr Jack…
EventTrader and philanthropist Mohamed Joosub dies
… Mohamed Hajee Joosub, died in Pretoria. Joosub left his birth place Ranavav, India where he was born in 1862, at … to contact him. Joosub died suddenly, a…
EventJournalist Percy Qoboza is released from detention
… was freed as result of an international campaign for his release. After his release, Qoboza remained in the country for another three …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
… in corruption during the Durban High Court trial of his former financial advisor, Schabir Shaik. Read the … sitting of parliament on the release of Jacob…
EventSeretse Khama is born
… the first president of the Republic of Botswana . Under his leadership Botswana developed from an impoverished and … role in Southern Africa. He served as…
EventEducationist Godfrey Nakene is born
… University of Witwatersrand. He died in January 1983 on his farm Kameelrivier in Groblersdal district. The University … in education posthumously on him in…
EventDr. Jan Bouws, Dutch composer, is born
… at the University of Amsterdam and on completion of his studies became a lecturer at the Watergraafsmeerse … Schoolvereniging in the east of Amsterdam…
EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
… on both sides of the law: first as a court interpreter in his younger days, and then as a condemned murderer. He was reprieved at the last minute and later…
EventDe Klerk calls for stringent safety measures
… on a motorist at Eikenhof, near Johannesburg, in which his wife, son and a friend of his son had been killed. …
EventEmmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer, is born
… Athletic on loan from Arsenal. In 2012, Frimpong switched his national eligibility from England to his country of birth, Ghana. He is hoping to represent…
EventPresident Modibo Keita of Mali is deposed by the army
… earlier, Modibo was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for his attempts to rebuild his country’s economy on socialist principles. However, Mali …
EventAt Botha, SA artist, is born.
… Hoër Onderwys and has performed in a few productions. His first love is painting; he admitted to have loved the … received any formal training and has had to…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… be kept further away from South Africa. South African apartheid laws were extended to Namibia and prevented black …
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
… and regret. There is not a glimmer of this in any of his letters with regard to the position he has adopted about his country and its freedom and that of his…
SABC CEO quits after about-turn by Shain Germaner (Cape Times), 28 Jun 2016
… for him – resigning with immediate effect. Releasing his resignation letter on social media, Matthews implied that his morality had been tainted for failing…