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Matthews being used to turn SABC into a laughing stock: ANC (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… CEO on Monday. Editors commend Matthews for resigning from SABC Matthews had declared his decision by posting a …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.2 Jun 1980
… Amandla by Miriam Tlali. Columns and Features: Voices From the Ghetto: My Lifestyle by Joel Matlou, Staffrider …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.3 1992
… Abu Solomons; Three Poems, Damian Shaw; Letter from the Vortex, Rustum Kozain; Three Poems, Carsten Knoch; …
PlaceOppenheimer Gardens, Kimberley
… life, which ended in 1970, he created a number of scenes from the Bible. Other significant themes of his work include …
PlaceFort Daspoortraand
… and running water pumped by a steam engine, probably from the nearby Skinner Spruit. Initially the fort was manned …
PlaceDiamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance
… encouraged by Botha’s revived determination and the news from the Free State, a core of about 5000 burghers were …
Khoisan leader given state funeral despite last wishes by SAPA, 1 July 2012
… funeral in Andriesvale in the Kalahari despite concerns from traditional Koisan members. The funeral was attended by …
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
… a ban on nuclear testing began in the mid-1950s. Officials from both nations came to believe that the nuclear arms race …
EventGeneral Law Amendment Act No 37 is approved
… gave the state powers to ban people after their release from detention. This restricted them to a specific geographic …
EventThe first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrives in South Africa
… the first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrived in South Africa from America. This aircraft has remained in the service of …
Event”Ghetto Act” or The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act No 28 of 1946 is passed
… no longer purchase new properties. They had to lease land from Whites on condition it was used for trading purposes. …
EventSir Christoffel Joseph Brand succeeds his brother, P.A. Brand, as editor of De Zuid
… four pages, until 1841 when it appeared twice a week, and from 1880 when it appeared three times a week. De …
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… Africa during the war. After WWII the OB gradually faded from the political scene, as the majority members realised …
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… behind his wife Louise and their two sons. Read passages from the latest publication on Kader Asmal: Politics in My … Davids, N. (2011). ‘Kader Asmal dies’…
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… After this, he was imprisoned for four and a half years, from the age of 21. After his release he pursued a career in …
EventThe Bethal Treason Trial resumes
… was later charged and found guilty of trying to escape from custody. He later sued the Minister of Police without …
EventJohn Traicos makes his International Cricket Test debut for South Africa
… at Durban in their final series before their banishment from Test cricket. Born on 17 May 1947 in Zagazig, Egypt, … Williams, M. (e.d) 'John Traicos' from…
EventJohn Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shoot
… that he hoped justice would be done. A statement taken from Mrs. Mandela seemed to confirm the information released …
EventAmy Biehl is murdered in Cape Town
… Amy Elizabeth Biehl (who was 26 years old), was dragged from her car by a 100-strong mob of youths in Gugulethu, a …
EventThree people are murdered at Eikenhof
… and PAC to free the 'Eikenhof Three', they were released from Johannesburg prison in 1999, having spent five years in … (1998), Eikenhof Three sit as …
EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… were more vocal when Treurnicht promised further defence from any attack by the ANC. Underlying his weakness; …
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… was shot dead on *6 December 1991. He was on his way home from a family gathering in Kwa-Zulu Natal when he was stopped …
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… Delegates from twenty groups (SA government, 'homeland' governments, …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
… framework was the result of unified opposition by people from all over the world, who collectively put pressure on the …
EventAdriaan Vlok, Minister of Law and Order, announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes weapons in “conflict situations”
… and this eventually led to a demand that Vlok be ousted from his position. …
EventMigrant workers ransack Phola Park
… styled defence units attempted to defend their community from their well-armed attackers. Over 1000 shacks were burned …
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… residents responded by calling on workers to stay away from their work and scholars also boycotted their classes to …
EventBlast opposite the Athlone Magistrate’s Court and police complex kills two people
… Two activists, Coline Williams and Robbie Waterwitch from Cape Town, were killed when the explosive device they … Commission Report (1996), " UWC Hearing-Day…
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… anti-apartheid organisations in 1960 and increasing terror from the Apartheid security forces, these movements went into …
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… she taught at a school in Clairwood, Durban until 1958. From 1958 to 1960, she worked as a journalist for the Golden …