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EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
… Mbeki’s AIDS denialism has become synonymous with his presidency and in 2008 it was determined that his influence on policy resulted in thousands of…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… time. Yoweri Moseveni from the UPM refused to recognise his government and with Yusuf Lule, the former President of … and ousted him. Obote was forced to…
EventSomerset concludes a treaty with Ngqika (aka Gaika)
… stealing cattle. Gaika thus received British help when his uncle, Ndlambe, attacked him at Grahamstown in 1819. … trying to escape. Ndlambe eluded capture,…
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… chemistry at the University of Stellenbosch, and completed his PhD at Oxford. After he returned from Oxford, he began to … 22 December 1938. The fish was…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… known as Zimbabwe). This represented an about turn from his announcement of the Unilateral Declaration of … on 11 November 1965. On this occasion, Smith led…
Introduction
… no overt dishonour to either side. Gandhi conceded before his departure that the quest for future improvements rested squarely with South Africa's Indians…
ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
… only released after former President Jacob Zuma withdrew his application to interdict the release of this report. The … the eve of a meeting of the ANC's NEC…
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
… the settlement, he was called Abraham, he was fleeing from his master in Batavia, he arrived as stowaway on 2 March … could not choose where they lived or…
The Lessons of the Transition Era, Inequality and the Politics of Universal Health Care: Re-visiting the Proposals of the Macro-Economic Research Group (MERG) and the Reconstruction and Development Programme by Robert Van Niekerk
… health care which was a core demand emerging from the anti-apartheid civil society and the progressive trade-union …
The Durban Mystery Unraveled: An empirical analysis by Eddie Cottle
… was based upon a perception of the repression by the apartheid government of the 1960s at the point of …
PlaceAvalon Cemetery, Soweto
… The Avalon Cemetery opened in 1972 during the height of Apartheid, it was reserved exclusively for Blacks. It spans …
EventStompie Seipei's murderer goes to jail
… political mobilisation of township youths to stand against apartheid. Jerry Richardson abducted Seipei and three other …
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
… two weeks; furthermore students must not be tested on any work that they have not already been taught up to now. Any … the Tokiso Report, “...one of the…
PlaceCape Peninsula University of Technology
… offering education to; Coloured people during the apartheid era, the institution opened its doors to all races … of Engineering , Business and Science …
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… South African Surfing Awards.[v] Travis Logie announced his retirement from the Association of Surfing Professionals … administrative position within the…
PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
… are of the Voortrekker leaders Andries Pretorius and his son Marthinus Pretorius. Marthinus founded Pretoria in 1855 and named it after his father. …
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… Nkrumah formed the Convention People's party (CPP). After his 'positive action' campaign created disturbances in 1950, … in 1966, with the help of western…
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… then king of Lesotho, Moshoeshoe, and replaced him with his son, Letsie. Lekhanya had promised to restore civilian … Soldiers supporting the labour action…
EventRobert McBride is arrested in Mozambique
… held by several South African political parties regarding his involvement in gun running. They called for a commission … The delegation reported to President…
PlaceRiverside
… who settled in Griqualand East in the 1860s and made his home at Riverside. A notorious miser whose mode of dress … extensive dealings in land. At one stage…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… violence. Gbagbo had refused to relinquish power following his defeat in the 2010 election, which he lost to Alassane … victimisation and human rights abuses…
PlacePacaltsdorp
… a mission to this people, and continued with them till his death ... On revisiting this kraal in 1819 ... I found … William Anderson joined the mission, and…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State
… in November 1996. Rapid Decent into Dictatorship : When his efforts to justify his coup and subsequent questionable elections failed to … and legislative…
ArchiveLetter to Jack Simons from Acting Principal Immigration Officer
… Letter to Jack Simons refusing his application for a passport. …
ArchiveA voice from the farms: Zwelakhes story
… The story of Zwelakhe Bongwana, about his life as a farm worker …
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… at Sea, as to sound signals and speed in a fog, and by his more serious default in failing, without any reasonable … (a) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894…
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
… television presenter and a rap artist. ProVerb started his hip hop career in 1999, and has released four studio albums, namely his debut album The Book of…
PlaceHugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo
… was the son of Jacomina Hendrina van der Poel and his physician, anthropologist, geologist, and collector … Hugh Eksteen lived to the age of 91 and during…
Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 27 October 1930
… no idea of what it contains but from the proceedings of his Industrial Committee of which he has probably sent your … no good in the Conference. I ventured a…
Event90-Days Act comences
… In a remarkable example of double-speak, Vorster outlined his motive for introducing the bill, saying it is "because … of security laws and Vorster justifies…