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EventJudge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987
… woman who was stoned and stabbed to death after disclosing on a local radio show that she had HIV. Cameron has been … Applied Legal Studies, he co-drafted…
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… forces were forced to retreat. The colony surrendered on 9 July 1915, bringing 31 years of German rule to an end. On 21 March 1990, Namibia was granted its…
EventThe prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed
… Court of Justice at The Hague. Extensive evidence was led on behalf of South Africa. On 21 March 1990, Namibia officially gained its independence … P., (2012…
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… Boeremag, Dirk Hanekom and Henk Van Zyl, were apprehended on a farm in Memel district, Free State. They were taken into … of the right-wing Boeremag at the…
EventThe Pretoria Show is opened for all races
… began in 1939 and was only open to whites only. However, on 22 August 1977 the show was officially opened to all … it was briefly changed to Tshwane Show…
EventBritish troops land in Madagascar.
… the French, would allow Japan to set up military bases on the Island. If this happened, it would have seriously … threatened its sea routes leading to India…
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
… at the University of Grahamstown and later went on to teach the subject at the University of the … Webster was gunned down outside his house by Ferdi Barnard…
EventAfrica Malaria Day
… Malaria Day is observed annually on 25 April. The day was officially instituted by the World … malaria in countries worldwide. The annual observance held on…
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… It is believed that thousands of years ago, people lived on Robben Island. After the Dutch had settled at the Cape, … from the rest of the community…
EventAlexis Preller, SA visual artist, dies
… Alexis Preller was born on 6 September 1911 in Pretoria. Before pursuing a career in … innovative artists of his time. He died in Johannesburg, on 13…
EventThe League of Nations grant Belgium the right to govern Rwanda
… On 31 August 1923 the League of Nations passed a resolution … court. The Belgian government continued its reliance on the Tutsi power structure in governing…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… On 5 September 1909, a tireless fighter for national and … liberation, socialism, non-racialism and internationalism. On 19 September 1983, Dadoo died while…
When your position can't be sustained, create a scarecrow - The Menace of Post-Apartheid South Africa by Thabo Mbeki, 18 January 2016
… the selection of candidates for the 1994 elections, and so on, had meant that the leadership had to encourage wide and … our organisation and broad…
Yet another Myth: Mbeki and the Monopolisation of Power by Thabo Mbeki, 25 January 2016
… carried an article headed “Mbeki’s shock as ANC turns on him”, written by one Chris McGreal. Among others McGreal … 2008, the ANC canvassed for the support…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in London, 21 March 1984
… the interests of preserving the apartheid system, nothing on that scale had occurred since the accession to power of … has led in its own way to the…
Press Conference In London by O. R. Tambo, 21 March 1984
… the interests of preserving the apartheid system, nothing on that scale had occurred since the accession to power of … has led in its own way to the…
Address at the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town 12 October 2000
… Gentlemen, When we spoke at the National Assembly in June on the occasion of the discussion of the budget vote of the … the Hon Sydney Mufamadi, has now…
Document 38 - “How to Build o Revolutionary Mass Party in South Africa: A letter from the Executive Committee of the Communist International, “Umsebenzi, 12 December 1930
… crisis; (b) the attack of the bourgeois ruling classes on the native working masses and on the lower paid section of the white workers; (c) in the … backward…
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… cells, with not a day of remission of their sentences. On release they were restricted and banned under the … Murdered near Lesotho He had decided not to…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… was established in 1962 and had a significant impact on the development of South African art and craft in the … life. GraduÂates of the ELC fine art course…
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… Located on Mzilikazi Street in Mofolo, the Mofolo Arts Centre is a … for a short period before the initiative passed entirely on to black artists. …
PlaceSeychelles
… is made up of 115 small Islands. They were first settled on by the French, leading a small party of Whites, Indians … period Seychelles also saw the…
PlaceSomerset Road, Green Point
… night. While the Parking for most of these Restaurants is on the street, there are a few Parking Lots, within walking … Parking Area, there is ample parking…
PlaceVineyard Hotel, Colington Road, Newlands
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 February 1977.Over the past two Centuries, The Vineyard … a modern Hotel. While time and…
PlaceBo-Kaap Museum
… Situated at the foot of Signal Hill, on the fringe of the city centre, and formerly known as the … almost a Century. Take a leisurely walk as she takes you…
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… On 6 June 1995 a historic resolution was taken by the … The ruling followed the Constitutional Court's hearing on the death penalty which took place in…
PlaceFort Schanskop
… was also built by the German firm Krupp, was completed on 6 April 1897 and cost £47 500. Christiaan Kuntz was in … reduced during the course of the Second…
PlaceKruger House Museum
… Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 April 1936. This was the last house in which President … to amputate his thumb after a shooting…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Mandela, to the International Solidarity Conference Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
… this, to help us move from apartheid to democracy. We are on the eve of great changes, that place enormous responsibilities on all our shoulders. These are…
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… Congolose Movement (NCM). Independence Day was marked on 30 June 1960, with the election of Lumumba as prime … country, and tension rose between Congolese…