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ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
… including Organs of State'. In May 2017, following an African National Congress National Executive Committee (ANC … . Accessed 14 January 2022 The South…
EventSA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board
… 29 November 2004 in London's Royal Lancaster Hotel. South African flanker, Schalk Burger, was named IRB 'Player of the Year', South African coach Jake White…
EventIsidingo will air it's last episode
… On 25 November 2019, the South African Broadcasting Commission (SABC) issued a statement … and TV slots. The soapie has won its fair share of South African…
ArchiveJohnny Clegg: South Africa’s universal man of uncommon passion by David Coplan, 25 July 2019
… on “township music”. Like me, Johnny was a devotee of African music and dance and a senior student in anthropology. … of the Witwatersrand (Wits), interest…
ArchiveApartheid's Sporting Afterlife by Clark Easley
… Easley · Eleven Named People The challenge facing South African sport is no longer formal segregation but inherited … - guided one of the most principled…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… Prominent South African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of …
Albert Luthuli`s message to New Age on 25th anniversary of Progressive Press, 22 March 1962
… has been and continues to be, the fighting mouthpiece of African aspirations. I sincerely trust that in the future, …
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… The African National Congress has in its ranks people who are …
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… maritime radio beacons have become outdated. All 24 South African radio accommodation including this one, were …
Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships
… of 10 years of documenting life in the Cape Flats African and Coloured townships of Cape Town by one of South …
PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
… used for 70 years for harbor administration by the South African Railways and Harbours, in Port Elizabeth. Sir Rufane …
PlaceMoletzie Bird Sanctuary
… Namibia and Southern Zimbabwe. One of the largest southern African vultures with a total length of about 106 cm and is …
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… His father, Govan Mbeki, was a prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape. The …
EventNelson Mandela is born
… stepped down. He had also resigned as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1997 at the Mafikeng … at www.historyplace.com (Accessed: 05…
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political …
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… the Republic of Transkei was not recognised beyond South African borders. The General Assembly of the United Nations …
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… United States to end their economic support of the South African government. These calls were initially unheeded, but …
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… to independence. Then, without warning, outgoing South African Prime Minister John Vorster reneged on the U.N. plan. …
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… Transkei , which was regarded as independent by the South African government. However, she chose to remain in South …
EventIan Smith of Rhodesia and Henry Kissinger meet in Pretoria
… in Pretoria to discuss majority rule for Rhodesia. South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster joined the final stages …
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… creating a new educated Black middle class opposed to the African National Congress and other liberation movements. …
EventThemba Sono is expelled from SASO
… Themba Sono was forced to resign as president of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) before he was expelled … (1972), ' Professor Themba Sono…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
… On 3 December 1967, South African doctor, Dr Christiaan (Chris) Barnard, performed the …
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… he had formed the first agricultural trade union for African farmers. He established a strong relationship with …
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
… disclosure of the complicity of elements of the South African Defence Force (SADF) in violence in South Africa on …
EventTurkish newspapers criticise of ANC leader Nelson Mandela for refusing to accept Turkey’s peace award
… On 14 May 1992, Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress, was subjected to harsh criticism …
EventDay of mourning held for Kinross mine disaster that claimed 177 lives
… by the mine's management. COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) supported the call for the 1st October …
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… in the Comoros, led by Bob Denard. Further ReadingSouth African Spy Chief Probing Coup When Slain - Orlando Sentinel. …
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… it had around 23 000 members. More than 12 000 South African servicemen fought in World War One, and fewer than 4 … [accessed 16 September 2009]…
EventC James reports that South Africa is a poor market for produce
… for produce. He undertook this voyage during the South African War (Anglo-Boer War). As a produce distributor … Southland Times. (1900) A disappointed South…