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EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… Mayor of Sharpeville, Sam Dlamini was hacked to death by a group of youths, and doused in petrol and burned. The … South Africa Act 110 of 1983 had been…
EventPrime Minister P.W. Botha announces Ciskei will become independent on 4 December 1981
… Fish and the Kei River, was created between 1961 and 1982 by the then Nationalist Party Government.. This was done as … Government's plan to further its…
EventWorld Health Organization publishes indictment of apartheid
… of those who bore the brunt of it. This was shown by a study done by the World Health Organization in 1975. The report …
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… of the Impact Visuals co-operative said Shariff was hit by fire from a hostel occupied by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters. Apparently, the …
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… was South Africa's first participation after a long ban by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its … 1972 and well attended. The previous ones were…
EventCODESA’s starting date set
… the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were joined at the talks by the Pan Africanist Party (PAC) , Democratic Party (DP) , … of a delegate from each of the twenty…
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… of non-racialism, and retains the constitution drawn up by members of the Progressive Party in 1959, the forerunner of the Democratic Party which was led by…
EventSAA Helderberg 747 crashes
… caused the crash of the jet. The board of enquiry, headed by Mr Justice Margo, reported that the fire was fuelled by plastic and cardboard packing materials,…
EventMemorial service for the victims of mining disaster
… . They had succumbed to poisonous fumes released by burning plastic, which spread along sections of the tunnel … 5 000 miners paid their tribute at a…
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… claims from the government of Botswana for damages caused by the July 1985 South African Defence Force raid on … R 3000 million of it was from direct war…
EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
… Conch after his heroic rescue operation. King, accompanied by his young after-rider Ndongeni as far as Pondoland, had … in aid of Captain T.C. Smith whose…
EventThe NPA does not pursue charges against Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the SADF
… Defence Force (SADF), on the charges originally quashed by the Pretoria High Court. Makhosini Nkosi, NPA … that their decision was based on the final ruling…
EventMbeki unveils Women’s Monument at Union Buildings
… Earlier on there was a march to the Union Buildings led by Ms Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and the veterans of the 1956 march. The monument was executed jointly…
EventPresident Mandela addresses the National assembly of Mali
… closing Mandela mentioned the many challenges still faced by African nations. He and urged the assembled politicians … to the continent. This visit was part…
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… and police opened fire on the car and de la Rey was killed by a ricochet. At the burial the situation at the graveside … It was largely due to the pacifying…
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… Rights Act, restoring the rights of those dispossessed by discriminatory land legislation dating back to the 1913 Land Act, was passed by Nelson Mandela and…
EventStruggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island
… a quasi-nationalist movement among the Western Xhosas, led by the 'prophet' Makana, which led to a renewal of the civil … Gaika and Ndlambe. The Xhosa…
Descom Bulletin
… tried to support those that were detained without trial by the government. Due to the conditions under which the … be allowed to see detainees. This request…
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… the Union of South Africa, which was established in 1910 by the British government under the premiership of Louis … The country was criticised for its…
EventBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born
… Skotnes at Jubilee Art Centre in 1964. He was also guided by Ephraim Ngatane in the mid 1960s, and was a pupil of Bill … pastel on paper, and his work has…
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
… after the suppression of political and cultural renewal by the ANC and the banishment of nine members of the ANC at … ANC communities at Dakawa and Mazimbu…
PlaceBloemfontein City Hall
… Is a large stately sandstone building which was designed by the well known, Sir Gordon Leith. The Bloemfontein City … House in New Delhi, India. This can be…
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2004 (Before National Elections)
… Zambia, while opening what proved to be parcel bombs sent by agents of the apartheid system. These were Onkgopotse … 24th of May, 1994. In that Address he…
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… was suffering from some comÂplaint and was asked by the newly married couple to stay with them for a period of … under the control of a Socialist regime…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… Africa. Many of these English speakers also felt alienated by Macmillan’s ‘Wind of Change’ speech and felt that, … Congress, wrote that blacks had been so…
ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
… north and east from Cape Town. This movement was led by the Trek Boers, who were looking for fresh grazing land … in the area. The local farmers fought back…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… Cape Town. It spreads out in the valleys that are made by the eastern part of the Magaliesberg Mountain range, where … and gaps in the mountains. Some of…
Say It out Loud - The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923 1 Two years have gone by since our last…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph I remember well that first meeting with the … during the depression years, driven off the land by poverty into…
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The Congress of the People was over. We had … the night after a very late start, interminably delayed by the…