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EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… custody for 88 days pending extradition to South Africa. His trial was held at the Pretoria Supreme Court in 1979. His charges included seven counts of fraud…
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom
… In 1835 a group of Voortrekkers left the colony under his leadership. After crossing the Orange River the various … elected as the Chief Commandant. By 1837,…
EventGrant Baker, SA surfer, wins the Mavericks Surf Contest at Santa Cruz
… Evan Slater in the six-man final. Baker started his charge to victory in style by scoring a great 10 point ride which helped him win his opening heat,…
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… the boy collapsed onto the tarmac. According to reports his arms and legs were so severely frozen to a point that rescuers were unable to remove his coat and…
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… Editor-in-chief of television news, Joe Thloloe, announced his resignation due to irreconcilable differences with Group … came on May 23 after a disciplinary…
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
… electrical engineer Charles Tilston Bright as part of his project to link the British Empire with growing … 1870s, technology improved considerably and…
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
… to the British for protection, and on 12 March 1868 his country became a British protectorate, and the current … of the Caledon River, which was ceded to the…
PlaceFunda Community College
… alternative educational opportunities under the oppressive apartheid government, are no longer a viable source of …
PlaceNelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
… is symbolic of Nelson Mandela’s role in bridging the apartheid divide and uniting South African society. In 2010 …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… Town, David Philip, 2002. Hall, Martin. Archaeology under Apartheid . Archaeology, Volume 41 No 6: 62-4, 1988. Hall, …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
… southern Africa. They also show how, during the period of apartheid, the government created its own “turning points” to …
PlaceMohodi
… after leaving Mphakane in the Sekgosese district. When the Apartheid government implemented the Bantu Authorities Act, …
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… in a little cemetery 10 kilometres from Matjiesfontein. His tomb is located next to the grave of George Lohmann, a famous English cricketer who spent the…
ArticleInsurrections I: Tracks and Lyrics
… me I do also frighten See, I pull him by the tail Hear his screams, crying like a little cry-baby) 7. Grounding … bent with the honey of solidarity…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… SANSCO didn't need to formulate concrete alternatives to apartheid. They could be satisfied with general ideas of …
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… they supported one another in their struggle against apartheid. On 23-24 April 1979, after the formation of …
Performance, Violence and the Collapse of a Cultural Movement by Ari Sitas
… the best creators dating back to the creation of cultural work in the 70s in Durban, then at Dunlop, the Culture and … its networks between 2003-6. This is a…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… at the age of 32. The sources differ about the year of his death, ranging from 1897 to 1904. It has since been … (Gold) was bestowed on Enoch Sontonga…
ArchiveHow a slave from Mauritius led a rebellion in Cape Town by Nigel Worden (Ground Up), 30 March 2016
… in 1793 the slave Cesar van Madagascar was reprimanded by his owner for getting up late. He replied, “I was awake early … than the respectful u expected of a…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… UNITA stronghold at Mavinga, the strategic key to his base at Jamba near the Caprivi Strip. At first the … led the party delegates to Angola. It was agreed…
Chapter 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948
… class. and against Indians and coloureds. The NP policy of apartheid grew out of the policies of national oppression and … called up, many Africans were…
EventAnatii, the South African rapper is born
… DJ Khaled in 2014;[6] and “Feeling on Me” in 2015. His hit single “The Saga” featuring AKA won the “Best Music … at the 2015 South African Hip Hop Awards…
Khoisan leader given state funeral despite last wishes by SAPA, 1 July 2012
… of Kruiper, Petrus Vaalbooi, addressed the delegates in his own language He reprimanded government for the bad social … would have preferred the money [to be…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… to the manufacture of explosives, Mandela's diary of his African tour and copies of a draft memorandum, 'Operation … and Wolpe later managed to escape from…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… and killed a man and a woman before being repulsed. In his report Snyman expressed alarm at his discoveries regarding Poqo and called for immediate …
EventNomsa Mapongwana is assassinated
… windows and set furniture on fire. Mr Mapongwana dragged his wife and children into the kitchen and hid underneath the table until the shooting stopped, when…
EventWriter J.M. Coetzee is awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature
… "We were very much convinced of the lasting value of his contribution to literature. ... I think he is a writer … civilization. The Nobel Academy praised…
EventAnton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya
… that South Africa was doing its best to find him and bring his body back home so that his family could give him a decent funeral. The Hammerl …
EventBafana Bafana, SA’s National soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Final
… South Africa and African soccer at large. Clive Barker and his team became national heroes. The match was attended by … then President Nelson Mandela, who…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan's Day
… December 16 continued to form part of the history of post apartheid South Africa. On 16 December 1995 the name was …