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EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… Paris.[iii] Smith turned professional boxer shortly after his Olympic win and continued boxing up until 1936.[iv] He …
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… Africa and the world long after the memory of Verwoerd and his flunkeys shall have ceased to disturb the minds of decent …
Remember Khwezi beyond the Zuma rape trial, says Marianne Thamm (Cape Talk) , 10 October 2016
… forced to conceal her identity to avoid a witch hunt by his supporters. After Zuma was acquitted of the charges, …
PlaceMadikwa Game Reserve, North West
… of the Farms described by writer Herman Charles Bosman in his short stories no longer exist, quite a number having been … of the Farms described by writer…
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
… studying at the University of Oxford.[v] After completing his studies abroad, he immigrated back to South Africa, and …
PlacePhiladelphia
… and, as a result, a local farmer donated a portion of his land to the local brethran to build a Church. This is …
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… FIFA World Cup in Germany, was the main favourite. During his speech the FIFA President Sepp Blatter stated that “the …
PlaceOnderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute
… best doctor in the world is a veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter - he's got to just know." — …
PlaceDjibouti
… of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, is currently in his 4th term of office, two terms beyond that which are …
Document 37 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 29 November 1930
… (who has now been expelled again from the Federation by his recent backers, prospects having been offered them from a …
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… Savimbi had been the main protagonist of the war and that his death meant a greater chance for lasting peace. The …
EventNearly 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape
… the world would end in 1920. This caused a pilgrimage of his followers from all over South Africa. About 3 000 people …
EventLord Alfred Milner, British Colonial Secretary, and architect of the Union of South Africa dies
… of 1899 to 1902 (also referred to as the Anglo- Boer War). His mission was to reconcile the British and the Afrikaner …
PlacePioneer Museum, Silverton Pretoria
… and new Farming Methods, such as erecting outbuildings for his poultry, and, because of the ideal position of the farm …
EventSharlto Copley is born
… Copley began producing amateur theatre and film. He met his business partner Simon Hansen during his high school years at a Johannesburg private school…
PlaceBuntingville, Eastern Cape
… jointly with the District Mission Unit have been tasked to work hard to make the stated dream a reality!" …
PlaceCoastlands Musgrave Hotel, Durban
… the iconic Royal Hotel to its portfolio and is hard at work to restore this ‘old lady’ to its former glory. … while sipping your favorite cocktail after a…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, 01 July 1987, Managua
… solidarity we can extend to you is to hasten the defeat of apartheid and the establishment of a nonracial, democratic …
Document 3 - Resolution on ‘the South African question’ adopted by the Executive Committee of the Communist International following the sixth Comintern congress
… process from a most undemocratic and non-transparent apartheid regime, which used the budget to advance its …
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
… properties since 1899 before acquiring Vergelegen. His wife and eight children lived with him in the Old … modernizing the estate. When mining magnate Sir…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world's first human heart transplant
… Hospital. After a decade of heart surgery, Barnard and his gifted cardiothoracic team of thirty (which included his brother Marius), were well equipped to…
"Racial Problems in South Africa": Speech at the Second Pan-African Youth Seminar by O. R Tambo, Dar es Salaam, 5 August 1961
… they rest. It is true that man is mainly concerned with his day-to-day affairs. But it is also true that youth, by … lives here. He was what you would…
”Racial problems in South Africa”, Speech by Oliver Tambo at the second Pan-African Youth Seminar Dar Es Salaam, 5 August 1961
… they rest. It is true that man is mainly concerned with his day-to-day affairs. But it is also true that youth, by … lives here. He was what you would call a…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Social Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… level of discussion in the commissions suggested that good work had been done in the provinces to get comrades to engage … change offensive names…
PlaceJacobsbaai, West Coast
… this local farmer became indebted to them they took over his Farm on a 99 year lease holding basis as a way to pay off his debts. There was also a more…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… the case for the Indian subjects of Her late Majesty. In his dispatch dated the 4th September 1895, he stated: In … have to ordinary civil rights in British…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… Mnisi had just dropped off a friend and waited at his companion`s driveway when two men emerged and pointed …
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… champion at the time.[iv] Raymond claimed the title after his Olympic victory by beating Brian Norton, and retained the …
Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… to Taipei to obtain a degree in advertising. He completed his MA in New York, where he worked as a sneaker designer and …
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… nicknamed “Muis” (English translation for mouse), due to his petite physique when he registered as a member of the …