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EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… Parktown High School and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS). After marrying Diana Malkin in … wife to the United Kingdom (UK), where he…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… as Egypt, and Bechuanaland (Botswana). At the outbreak of war in South Africa, he was given command of the British 1st Division. In December 1899 he…
Address by Nelson Mandela at the Funeral of Adelaide Tambo, 10 February 2007
… this morning we come to pay our last respects to a member of our generation of freedom fighters and patriots. Over these last few years … we have with…
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… Roodepoort. During the conference Aubrey Mokoena, a member of the Black People's Convention (BPC) and the Black Parents … about Black Consciousness, in which…
Democracy - The only solution by Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC 1 July 1992
… Unemployment is running as high as 40 per cent! Millions of Rands of taxpayers' money, supposedly earmarked for black … by government officials with impunity…
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… his high school studies, he registered for a Bachelor of Commerce Degree at the University of the North (now University of Limpopo). However, he went into…
EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
… Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, was the eldest child of Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, (descendent of Jan Smit and Adriana Tol) and Elizabeth Magdalena van der Merwe, …
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… at the South African Native College (now University of Fort Hare), but dropped out after two years. He returned … National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and became…
EventPresident Paul Kruger authorises the construction of the railway line to Delagoa bay
… The discovery of various rich mineral resources in Southern Africa saw the construction of various railway lines. Of note was the construction of the Delagoa…
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… On the 31 August 1997 Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Spencer, the former wife of Prince Charles, was killed with her companion Dodi Fayed … by the SABC. The…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho died in a car accident shortly after he reclaimed … on a mountain road on the way to Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho. After…
EventDeputy Minister of Bantu Education,Treurnicht is warned about deteriorating conditions in Soweto
… Rene de Villiers, member of parliament for Parktown, drew the attention of deputy minister of Bantu education, Dr Andries P. Treurnicht, to the fact … Muller…
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…
EventQueen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
… became a British colony in 1795. This led to great number of changes, such as the expansion into the interior of South Africa and the discovery of gold and…
ArchiveA mapping of the KwaZulu Natal political conflict with reference to Inkatha (1990-1993)
… Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree magister philosophiae in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Port Elizabeth…
EventThe hijacking of an Egypt Air passenger jet to Malta ends in bloodshed.
… The crisis began after gunmen took control of the passenger jet ten minutes after take off from Athens … divert to Malta, where the plane landed on a remote…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… would meet at the farm.Virtually the entire leadership of Umkhonto we Sizwe(MK), armed wing of the ANC, were arrested on this day. This moment came as a…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… On 20 September 1915 a new battalion consisting of Cape Coloured men, called the Cape Corps was established with the view of being dispatched to East Africa…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during the state of emergency after the banning of the organization in 1960. He soon became a leading figure ……
EventSouth African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… With the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (or South African War) imminent, thousands of Black men and women were left stranded in Johannesburg. … the…
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… as Zimbabwe, became a British colony in 1890. A number of civil unrests occurred during this time. By the 1960's, … itself independent through the Unilateral…
EventRecord of Understanding is agreed to by the SA government and the ANC
… National Congress (ANC), both parties agreed to a Record of Understanding. The Record set up a timetable for … should be released. They agreed that the…
ArchiveStatement issued by the S A Council of Churches in reply to the Baptist Union
… Statement issued by S A Council of Churches (SACC) expressing conern about the withdrawal of the Baptist Union from the Council on the issue of the claim on…
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… The South African government threatened to pull out of the United Nations (UN) peace plan for Namibia unless … the South African government agreed to give up…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… On this day in history, 4 of Winnie Mandela's (now Madikizela-Mandela) bodyguards, … including Jerry Richardson and Jabu Sithole (coach of the Mandela United…
EventGang leader Andre Stander is shot dead in the United States of America
… former police officer, South African fugitive and leader of the Stander Gang consisting of Patrick Lee McCall, Allan Heyl and Stander himself, was shot dead…
In memory of Archbishop Dennis Hurley by Phyllis Naidoo, 16 September 2009, Durban
… march in 1989 with other religious leaders. On the morning of the 17 August 2009, my copy of The Witness and yours held the story of Paddy Kearney’s second…
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… On 31 January 1985 the State President of South Africa, PW Botha, speaking in parliament, offered … violence as a political weapon'. This was the sixth offer…
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… law and practiced as a lawyer in Vereeninging, south of Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). In 1975 he became information officer of the Transvaal…
Archive“In my stride”: a life-history of Alie Fataar, teacher by Yunus Omar
… “In my stride”: a life-history of Alie Fataar, teacher by Yunus Omar …