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EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… art, which was rather progressive for the time. She comes from the same era as some of our greatest old masters but was …
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… The Boers decided not to, and Blacks were excluded from the vote. …
EventAlbert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
… four papers on mass-energy equivalence, Einstein deduced from his equations on special relativity what has been called …
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… and studied at the Westminster School of Art in London from 1926-32. Until 1938 she studied in Paris under Naum …
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… one of the best, if not the very best, Xhosa translator from English into his mother tongue. During his lifetime his …
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… Cape Town, after a long illness. He had been suffering from cancer. Reed will be especially remembered for his brave … Rodger, (2006), SA Skipper Bertie Reed…
EventChief of the Lebelo group of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, dies
… chief Lebelo Seroto, Kekana's father, broke away from the Ndebele in the area of the present-day … Johannes Jane Tane Kekana (1840 - 1887) ",From: remembered…
EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… on 1 November 1901. In 1959 it moved its head office from Pretoria to Johannesburg and in 1970 it took ownership … Bank reinforces its commitment to the…
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… Dream Life and Real Life. The Letters of Olive Schreiner. From Man to Man. So Then There Are Dreams. Thoughts on South … SA Places,(2014), " The Schreiner…
EventBattle of Viervoet (Basotho-British war)
… territory and the Basotho under Moshoeshoe, and stretched from Cornetspruit and the Orange River through Vechtkop to …
EventFNB cancels its R20 million anti-crime initiative designed to encourage President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his priority
… only to delete some of the content after a backlash from the ANC. The ANC labeled the campaign treasonous, and … Reporter ( 2007) FNB backs down over anti…
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… later grew to oppose Mugabe’s policies and broke away from ZANU-PF to form his own party, the Movement for … Britannica, Morgan Tsvangirai , from Britannica…
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
… Kaunda. He resigned as Vice President in 1994, and retired from politics in 1996. He returned 2001 when he was elected … Boddy-Evans A. (2013) Biography:…
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… to hold SA liable for contributions relating to the period from 30 September 1974 to 23 June 1994. …
EventThe prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed
… 21 March 1990, Namibia officially gained its independence from South Africa and was called The Republic of Namibia. Its … SAHO, ‘Namibia’ , from South…
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
… an extraordinary prison cell interview with Jeevan Vasagar from the Guardian. Apparently this was his first since he was …
EventIgnatius Royston Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell, SA satirical poet, is born in Durban.
… the USA and Canada and his translations of literary works from Spanish, Portuguese and French broadened the English …
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… it was believed it was safer to keep them separated from the rest of the community. Patients were quarantined on …
EventDr JT van der Kemp, controversial missionary and physician, dies
… Khoi languages. Not dissuaded by the disapproval received from Whites, he laboured among the Xhosa and the Khoi Khoi … Theodorus | 1747 to 1811…
Fighting Talk
… Guinea and Algeria in their quest for independence from western control. Publication of Fighting Talk ceased in …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National Congress …
PlaceIndigo Vats, Pinetown
… In 1854 two Dutch Indigo Planters from Java, Mr Theodorus Colenbrander and Mr von Preen went …
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… Having been dismissed from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for … 40263.| sahistory, ' Lawyer, anti-apartheid activist ' ,from sahistory ,…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1929 … of political rights. The strongest denunciation came from quite an unexpected source, namely,…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… and Joshi support this stand. The Africans too have learnt from the passive resistance struggle that the Indian people … the Indians with suspicion. Their…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 9
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African … Kajee too took legal advice and received the assurance "from equally able counsel" that no…
First National Consultative Conference: Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… came to Africa. Unending Resistance to White Domination From the time alien rule was imposed there has been - … was punctuated by struggles involving…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… constituted the bedrock on which our movement has grown from strength to strength. This, then, is Jubilee Day for all … and in practice, that finally its…
Archive2003 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2003
… throughout their lives. These are Mr Marcus Mbetha from the Northern Cape, Mr Johannes Maseko from Mpumalanga, Mr Lesley Monnanyane from the Free State, Mrs…
PlaceUniversity of Fort Hare, Alice- Eastern Cape
… Site. The University of Fort Hare produced graduates from South Africa and as far North as Kenya and Uganda . Many … their Nations. In the Arts, Fort Hare…