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PlaceFort Klapperkop
This was the third fort erected by the German firm Krupp and designed by von Dewitz and Werner. The German forts were of the pentagonal reinforced type, which…
EventJames Sebe Moroka is born
Dr James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, landowner and politician who was elected president-general of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1949 to 1952, was…
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
“The truth is revealed in people’s eyes. Words have so little value. You need to get under people’s skins. See what is inside.”[1] -The Shadow of Imana:…
EventThe United States shuts its embassy in Nairobi
The United States (US) shut down its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, after a terrorist threat. Following the threat, the US and British governments warned their…
EventChairman of the IEC resigns
Chairperson of the South African Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Judge Johann Kriegler, resigned from his position two years after the Commission's…
PlaceAmsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
Town some 77 km East of Ermelo. It formed part of the Scottish Settlement established by Alexander McCorkindale. It was proclaimed a Town in June 1881. At…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
Names: Madlala-Routledge, Nozizwe Charlotte Born: 29 June 1952, Magog, KwaZulu-Natal In Summary: A student activist aligned to the Black Consciousness…
EventSouth Africa allowed to compete in the Olympics again
After being banned from the Olympic games for 21 years, the Olympics Committee ends it ban on participation by South Africa. This allowed South African…
EventThe Black Consciousness Movement of Azania is formed in London
Following the waning of the influence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), members of the movement formed new groups and some joined other liberation…
EventP.W. Botha resigns from the National Party
Former leader of the National Party (NP) and head of state, P.W. Botha, resigned from the party in protest against President F.W. de Klerk's reform proposals…
EventNoby Ngombane is murdered
Noby Ngombane, 38, head of the Free State government's policy monitoring and evaluation unit in the premier's office, was shot dead at his house in…
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
An assassination attempt was made on first Ghana President, Kwame Nkrumah. The bomb, intended to eliminate Nkrumah, exploded and killed four people, scores of…
EventPeter Scott is born
Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town.[i] Peter is a South African alpine skier.[ii] His family immigrated to France when Peter was nine years…
PlaceThe Durban Centre for Photography
The Durban Centre for Photography (DCP) was originally conceptualised and founded by Angela Buckalnd in 1995. The DCP opened at the BAT Centre, Durban, with an…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
Topic 1: The world around 1600 What was the world like around 1600? Europe is considered as one of the world’s major super powers which played a…
The oldest forms of human communication
Some of the oldest forms of human communication include talking or making sounds, drawing or painting, dancing, acting, and using symbols. From sounds and…
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
The coastline of the Eastern Cape is treacherous, and several ships ran aground or sunk offshore after Vasco de Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1498…
ArticleSALDRU Newspaper Clippings Archive 1974 - 2000
The clippings collection built up by the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (Saldru) in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
Harry Frederick Oppenheimer was born in Kimberley on 28 October 1908 to Ernest Oppenheimer and Mary Lina Pollock. Oppenheimer completed his primary education…
EventThe first Gay Marriage in South Africa
On this day in South African history, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls became the first same sex couple to legally wed in the country, one day after President Thabo…
ArchiveBolt Number 9 August 1973
Editorial, Christopher Hope. A Look at the Line, Mongane Wally Serote. Fernando Pessoa: The Man with Four Faces, John Torres. Pretoria 1956 to 1960: A White…
EventSouth Africa mourns the passing of Beyers Naudé, apartheid struggle stalwart and Afrikaner cleric
Beyers Naudé, or Oom Bey, as he was affectionately known, passed away at 3:30 am on Tuesday morning 7 September 2004 at a retirement home in Johannesburg . He…
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
Ashwell Prince was appointed as South Africa's first Black Test cricket captain to lead the Protea team in Sri Lanka. This announcement was made by Cricket…
EventFour men die instantly in car races
Four men were killed instantly when a car swerved to avoid a second, which was spinning on the Odi race track, and ploughed into spectators watching from the…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
President Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma. Mbeki makes the announcement during a special joint sitting of the two houses of parliament, almost…
EventMbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
South African President Thabo Mbeki, accompanied by Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad, arrived in Abidjan (Ivory…
EventEgyptian women files divorce under new law
Thirty-two year old Egyptian women, Waffa Mossaad Gabr, was the first to file for divorce under a new and highly opposed law that doesn't require women to…
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
Former State President and National Party leader Frederik Willem de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament. He says it is time for South Africans to…
EventFive American nuns are shot to death in Liberia
Liberia was 'founded' by the American Colonisation Society (ACS) in 1822 and was to serve as the home of freed slaves from the United States. Although Liberia…
Rhodes Must Fall Exhibition: "Echoing Voices from Within"
“Echoing Voices from Within”, captures with precision the multi-layered and intersectional voice of black bodies – the students, workers and staff who have…