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PlacePolokwane Art Museum
… and the outdoor collection consists of many sculptures on permanent display. A mass of metal, made up of melted guns … destroyed at the end of the Makgoba…
EventANC members, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe go overseas under false names
… for Peace and Friendship". After this, they embarked on an extensive tour through the countries behind the iron … Russia and Communist China. They returned…
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… African Congress of Democrats (SACOD), who were arrested on the morning of 5 December 1956, but all eventually … in 1955 to endorse the Freedom Charter and…
EventDemocratic Republic of Somali is formed
… On 1 July 1960, the independent Somali Democratic Republic, … Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland, situated on the eastern coast of Africa and bordered…
EventSA artist Mizream Maseko is born
… Mizraim, Mizriam, Mizram), South African artist, was born on this date. He completed his schooling in the Transvaal. He … up house painting and began…
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
… On 24 June 1976 the Principal's office in Hlengisi Primary, … Town is burnt down. The broader context of this is that on 16 June 1976 school children in…
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
… Geneva, Switzerland. South Africa regained its membership on 9 June 1994. In its three consecutive congresses in 1995, 1999 and 2003 South Africa was elected…
EventSA trade unionist Raymond Budd dies
… role internationally, died in Tonbridge, London, England. On 25 May 1933, Budd joined the Cape Town branch of the … there in hospital. Budd was born in the…
EventJacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation world champion title
… On 15 May 1993, Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, won the World … Plaatjie in Port Elizabeth in 1980. Matlala then went on to become the South African Flyweight…
EventTrade Unionists convicted of kidnapping and assault
… African and Trade Unions (COSATU) offices for five hours on 28 August 1990. A fine of R2 000 each or one year in … conviction and sentence. Click here to…
EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… of 924,000, adopted several resolutions. It called on its members and supporters to join a campaign of sustained … in the week before the country's general…
Event17 anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act
… On this day in history, State President P.W. Botha amended … restrict the activities of organisations or individuals. On the same day, 17 anti-apartheid…
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
… bank by anti-apartheid protesters had a detrimental effect on the bank's business in other areas. Student campaigns … against Barclays Bank, initiated in the…
EventConstable Vlotman is given a R500 fine and a five year suspension sentence
… On 18 January 1987, Constable Vlotman a member of the South … was simulteneously making a mockery of the attack on the journalists and showing a concealed…
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… - Go to 'Menu: About Desmond Tutu' for information on his life, his Curriculum Vitae, and other biographical … - A biography on the Nobel Prize website …
EventCorner stone of Mission Church is laid in Graaff-Reinet
… donated a piece of land and six windows, building started on the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in Graaff-Reinet. The corner stone was laid on this date and…
EventSix SA Tsunami survivors arrive at Lanseria
… of the tsunami in Thailand arrived at Lanseria airport on board a rescue flight from Bangkok. The tsunamis were set … a week previously by a massive…
EventFormer member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC
… United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu, who disappeared on the eve of the 1991 trial in which he was expected to … stated that Madikizela-Mandela had ordered…
EventRebel commando leader Fourie is executed
… being found guilty of high treason. The finding was based on the fact that he had not resigned from the Active Citizen … General Beyers in protest against…
EventDurban mass meeting endorses Smuts and Gandhi agreement
… earlier in January. The official ratification took place on 30 June 1914 through the exchange of letters between Smuts … the Union parliament passed the…
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
… On 4 September 1899, an 1820 Settler and early South African … Charles Darwin with valuable information for his work On the Origin of Species (1859). She was…
EventMarks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto
… player and businessman born in Meadowlands, Soweto on 16 February 1962. Maponyane played professional football … defunct Dynamos. After he retired, Maponyane…
EventDrum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners
… The popular Drum Magazine called on South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster to follow the … ill with cancer, was released a few weeks before his death on 8…
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… On 13 June 1976, Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu was detained for her … in the ANC’s Department of Intelligence and Security. On 25 May 2014, Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu…
EventA teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington
… A teacher training college in South Africa opened on 26 January 1896, in Wellington, in the Western Cape, South … foundation stone for the building, Murray…
EventGwen Lister is born
… and anti apartheid activist. She was born in East London on 5 December 1953. After graduating at the University of … as a political Correspondent. In Namibia…
EventDr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins
… appear in Aix-en-Provence for extradition proceedings on 31 July 1979. This followed the receipt of extradition … while Dr Connie Mulder was Minister of the…
EventWorld Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally
… several well-known writers either died or were born on the day. Activities on the day include relay reading, the distribution of …
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
… Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), Lilian Ngoyi died on 13 March 1980. She was 68 years old. Living as a … for women to the Union Buildings and personally…
EventA memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC
… Minister of Coloured Relations. The details were released on 11 September 1977. They were also revealed officially by … legitimate right to make laws…