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EventNelson Mandela’s son, Thembekile is killed in a car accident
… a car accident while his father was serving life sentence on Robben Island. Mandela, who always played a brother figure … the fatal crash. Thembi died when…
EventMarais Viljoen is inaugurated as state president
… Africa's fifth state president after he had been elected on 4 June 1979. Viljoen replaced B.J Vorster who had resigned on that date. Before being elected to…
EventLouis Washkansky dies
… Christiaan Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on 3 December 1963. Washkansky died of pneumonia brought on by a weakened immune system. Heart…
EventMother of an ANC Youth League official, is killed by a hand grenade
… On 29 April 1992, Mrs Alinah Smith (52) of Sebokeng, Gauteng, … to sources, the hand grenade was under the pillow on which Mrs Smith was sleeping. Mrs Smith…
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
… two Tests between Sri Lanka and South Africa were to start on July 27, while India would be the third team in a one-day triangular tournament to end on…
EventCuban Foreign Minister visits South Africa
… Nzo. They met in Cape Town to deliberate extensively on international issues, the situation in their respective … particular, bilateral relations. The two…
EventFrancis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, is born
… Francis William Reitz was born on 5 October 1844 in Swelllendam in what is now the Western … degree from the University of Stellenbosch. He died on 27 March…
EventGhana is declared a republic
… country in colonial Africa to gain its independence on 6 March 1957. On 1 July 1960, Ghana was declared a republic with Kwame …
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
… delivered by Chief Justice M M Corbett in Johannesburg on 7 May 1990, in celebrating the Diamond Jubilee year. In … his introduction, the author, commends…
EventOver a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
… On 22 April 1960, about 1,575 people were detained under … that was declared by the South African government on 30 March 1960. The move by the government to…
Archive'Winnie hired me to kill Dr Asvat' (Mail & Guardian), 05 September 1997
… of the killing of Dr Abu Baker Asvat at his Soweto surgery on January 27 1989 described this week how they were … murder of Asvat. Cebekhulu was spirited out…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1980 - 1989 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… the IMA at the Medical School, University of Natal, Durban on March 14-I5, 1981. Many of the health workers were pleased … [JIMASAJ. 2. Bulletin of the IMA …
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… Motor Neuron Disease (MND), Joost was rushed to hospital on Saturday in a critical condition. The public memorial for … unifying moment in South African…
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
… On 3 November 2016 Clive Derby -Lewis, the man who was … Eugene Marais Hospital in Pretoria after he was released on medical parole from Kgosi Mampuru II…
EventKing Williams Town schools are closed in commemoration of Victoria Mxenge
… On 1 August 1986, students of Lamonville high school, as well … civil rights lawyer, Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge, who died on that day the previous year. …
ArchiveBlack consciousness and white liberals in South Africa: paradoxical anti-apartheid politics
… University of South Africa. This thesis includes chapters on Black Consciousness, Black Theology of Liberation and the … Students Organisation; Steve Biko…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.3 1986
… Mike Nicol. Features: Images of Youth; Some Thoughts on Fools by Melanie Donald ; Thoughts on Bongiwe by Thami Mnyele; Language, Literature and the …
50 years of forced removals under apartheid
… to join & to bring banners with their communities' names on them. The programme will end with speeches, performances … impact of apartheid displacement and…
ArchiveRenewed fighting in April
… On April 1 1989, the start of the implementation of … combatants and 23 security force members were killed . On April 10 1989, South Africa, Angola and Cuba…
PlaceRuimzicht House, 10 Milner Road, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
… front and side gables as well as cast-iron decorations on the façade. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. THE…
EventThe Excelsior, biggest diamond till then, is found in the Jagersfontein mine, OFS
… Diamond was discovered by a miner while loading a truck in on 30 june 1893. The diamond, which is described beingas … pieces, which has been described as a…
EventAhmed Ben Bella, former president of Algeria, is released after fourteen years in prison
… placed under arrest for the next 14 years. He was released on 4 July 1979 and placed under house arrest until 1980. Bella died on 11 April 2012. … Available…
EventDjibouti, France’s last colony, gains independence
… Djibouti is a very small country located on the horn of Africa. It is so small that it has an … colonized the country, had named it French Somaliland. On…
EventVerwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.
… originates from Lyttelton Township that was marked out on the farm Droogegrond in 1904. The area was inhabited … of former South African Prime Minister…
Event12 people are killed after Kenyan jets bombed Somali town
… of Somali insurgents it blamed for a series of kidnappings on Kenyan soil and frequent assaults on its security forces in the border provinces in the North …
EventCommuters cause damage estimated at R30m when they set fire to several coaches and two offices at Germiston Station
… On 6 October 2005 angry commuters set fire to several coaches … known how the commuters started the fire. Setting trains on fire is not unusual in South…
EventSA withdraws from the International Labour Organisation
… Initially, South Africa declined to withdraw, but on this date it stated in a communication its decision to … declaration by the International Labour…
EventThe South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee is founded
… On the 13 January 1963, the South African Non-Racial Olympic … SAN-ROC opposed all racial sport structures and went on to advocate for the expulsion of South…
EventThe first regular jet flight leaves London for Johannesburg
… to introduce a passenger jet, the de Havilland Comet. On 2 May 1952 the first regular jet flight, with a Havilland Comet, left London with 36 passengers on…
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb ‘Devil’s Tooth’ in the Drakensberg Range
… 1950, the Devil's Tooth was considered unclimbable, but on 11 August 1950 E. Scholes, D. Bell and P. Campbell formed … summiting of the Devil's Tooth, still…