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EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… which, led to South Africa’s first non-racial polls on 27 April 1994. His announcement came at the time when the … to read African National Congress Kwazulu…
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… Mandela called for the erection of a memorial to Sontonga on the first post-apartheid Heritage Day. On 18 April 2005 the Johannesburg City Parks planned an…
EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… Boer negotiators, immediately deleted "ACT OF SURRENDER' on the title page and replaces it with "ACT OF PEACE". The … Cape government announced that Rebel…
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… by J. L. Dube in Ilanga Lase Natal, with special focus on Dube's attitude to Dinizulu as indicated in his reportage on the treason trial of Dinizulu,…
EventGerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys a section of land, which is later declared part of the Witwatersrand gold reef
… On 6 April 1874, Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen bought a … of the Witwatersrand gold reef, when gold was discovered on the property. When the main gold reef…
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
… strike and Indian Passive Resistance campaign erupted on the Witwatersrand and in Natal (kwaZulu Natal). The police … 19 000 miners took part in mass action…
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… Miriam Zenzile Makeba was born in Johannesburg on 4 March 1932 to a Swati mother and a Xhosa father. Her … to Harry Belafonte and Hugh Masekela. Makeba died…
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… Frene Noshir Ginwala was born on 25 April 1932. She studied in the United Kingdom (UK) … later a doctorate in history from the Oxford University. On her…
EventA Second Plenary session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene
… II ended in a deadlock as parties involved could not agree on an interim government and a constitution. The first … with the Government in the wake of a…
EventStanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal
… Stanley Bongani Nkosi was born on 25 November 1945 in Newcastle, Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). … 1980 he visited New Zealand and the USA where he appeared on…
EventNine policemen are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban, shortly before the infamous Sharpville Massacre
… On 24 January 1960, nine policemen were killed by an angry … , where 69 people were killed when police opened fire on protesters, with scores left injured. …
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… Trevor Andrew Manuel was born in Kensington, Cape Town on 31 January 1956.Manuel first became involved in politics … its deputy co-ordinator in the Western…
PlaceAlbany, Eastern Cape
… The Region was established on 7 January 1814 by Sir John Craddock, In 1811, he was … Governor of the Cape Colony and commander of the forces on that station,…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 4
… of a few individuals buying houses and occupying them on the fringes of the Indian areas. It affected Europeans … to see the other man's point of view…
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… the results of a new study presented at the 7th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, suggested that …
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… the European powers into the region. When Mzilikazi died on 9 September 1868 near Bulawayo, his son, Lobengula, became …
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… An Arabic inscribed coin from Kilwa, a Swahili trade city on the coast of East Africa, also confirm Great Zimbabwe's …
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… youth movement had been under discussion from 1981. On the eve of its launch in 1983, groups of African arrived …
29. Removal to locations: the people are terrified
… Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, vol. 3, pp. 86-90. On behalf of the Indian community in Johannesburg, I beg to … Hajee Dada, Mr. H. O. Ally, Mr. Abdul…
ArchiveCHAPTER 9 - Tactics of talks, Tactics of confrontation, The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. by Howard Barrell
… for revolutionary confrontation. But old disagreements on how best to apply revolutionary pressures persisted after … [the township serving Nigel] we didn’t…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… their businesses, and chat with European busiÂness men on terms of friendship and mutual confidence. They … to put a young European friend of his, Sidney…
EventDie Burger publishes the term 'Apartheid' for the first time
… On 26 March 1942, an article was published by an Afrikaner … and in the case of South Africa, the implicit emphasis was on the racial differences between…
PlaceEerste Rivier, Cape Town
… Eerste River. It was acquired by the Cape Government on 1 January 1873. The Village of Eersterivier is the site of … Eersterivier as "A very pretty and…
ArchiveZambia, the ANC and the struggle against apartheid 1964-1990
… support for the ANC. While the focus of the study falls on Zambia's support for the ANC, the following issues have … the ANC under the refuge of a host state…
PlaceMaclear/Nqanqarhu
… of this procession was painted by the San in a cave on the Farm of' Ben Strachan'. This is located in the Inxu … the Tsolo district. Dinosaur Footprints were…
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… On 23 July 2017, Welile James Nkohla, also known as ‘Bomza’, … after a long battle with cancer. Nkohla was born on 22 February 1946. He started playing…
EventBafana Bafana legend Philimon Raul Masinga dies
… On 12 January 2019,legendary Bafana Bafana striker Philimon … after a long battle with cancer. Masinga was born on 28 June 1969 in Klerksdorp, North West…
Symposium: Memory in a time of freedom
… also be presented along with 3 other community projects on Saturday 24th October after 3pm. Cost: R100 per day or … Claremont Histories will give a 10…
PlaceNew Somerset Hospital, Beach Road, Green Point
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 April 1971. New Somerset Hospital is a government/public … accredited antiretroviral (ARV)…
PlaceLeinster Hall, 7 Weltevreden Street, Gardens
… Leinster Hall was built in the 1850s by Sebastian Hofmeyr on a plot of land that previously formed part of the farm … was declared a National Monument under…