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EventSir George Gray, governor of the Cape, lays the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital
… established in 1818, after Dr S. Bailey saw the need for a public hospital in Cape Town. Dr. Bailey used his own funds to build the hospital. In 1855, the…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… and the National Party (NP) had reneged on an agreement to invite international mediation on the constitutional … 1993, Buthelezi had been calling for the…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa , a township near Cape Town . She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a…
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
… at Fort Hare University in the Eastern Cape and, according to Mphahlele, it is going to revive the organisation. A turnaround strategy aiming at making the…
EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… Jacob Dlamini. At the time of their arrest, Sefatsa was a street vendor, Mokoena a trade unionist at an engineering firm, Diniso a building … not guilty on…
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004
… and Comrades, Family Members, We are gathered here today to remember and pay tribute to our heroes and martyrs of our … each year came at an immense price…
PlaceConstantia
… The other picture of a Mansion, 'owned by Deputy Minister- Paul Mashatile , in … was over 7.63 square kilometres, in extent and was granted to Governor Simon…
ArchiveEmergency convocation of churches in South Africa: package of preparation material
… An Emergency Convocation of Churches was decided upon to work on and develop effective non-violent actions to pressure the government to the negotiation…
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… Suburb of Kimberley to the South of the Big Hole and North-West of New Park. It … Albertyn who lived from 1878 to 1967. Albertyn obtained a BA degree from…
PlaceVenda
… In 1962, the South African Government created Venda as a Homeland for the Venda-speaking people. The area set aside … or homeland , was in the North East of…
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… born in Johannesburg in 1908. Her father had immigrated to South Africa from Germany in 1894. She studied Social … to get involved in ways to improve their…
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… president of South African Student Organisation (SASO), a black student’s organization that was focused on the … by apartheid government. Under the ban, he…
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… of democracy in South Africa. Its role was primarily to uncover human rights abuses during the Apartheid era, … of what had occurred being told would lead to…
EventMoroccan Army of Liberation attacks Spanish enclave of Ifni
… been ruled by the Alaouite Dynasty since 1631. In 1859, a war was waged against Spain in an attempt to remain independent. Following this war, the French ……
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… Khama the Good, ruler of the Bangwanto people. Subsequent to his father’s death Khama was considered the rightful heir … in Botswana (then known as…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… of Poland in 1939. By 1941, the Japanese had launched a military strike on the United States by attacking their … Hawaii. The Americans then entered the war…
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) President and the first person to be banned under the 1976 Internal Security Act, Fatima Meer, was banned again for a further five…
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… Durban strikes of 1973 and the Soweto uprisings of 1976 to look at industrial relations system in South Africa. Two … of the closed shop bargaining system…
EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
… attempt by African National Congress (ANC) members to smuggle weapons and literature into the country. Mahlangu … had joined the ANC in September 1976, and…
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… constitutions in the world. The process that led to its approval was not an easy one. It began in 1990 with … and the release of political prisoners. The…
EventMohandas K. Gandhi is arrested as he leads a march of Indian miners in South Africa
… On his journey to South Africa in 1893, Mohandas Gandhi had first -hand … years of his arrival in South Africa, Gandhi had become a political leader,…
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… Mancoba was born in Boksburg, Transvaal. He left for Paris to further his studies in 1938. Mancoba never returned to … studies it became apparent to him that…
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… 1858 after the Cattle Killings, ranging from August 1856 to February 1857. The slaughter of cattle was incited by … River. She shared her vision with her…
EventThe Trojan Horse Massacre
… Thornton Road and Alexander Sinton High School became a gathering place for anti-apartheid protests, particularly … the incident, Security and Railway police…
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… Seretse’s name means ‘the clay that binds’, and referred to the reconciliation after a rift between his father and grandfather. In 1925 Khama … was sent to…
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… are one and the same organisation. Leballo went further to say that the organisation’s revolutionary council was … the end of 1962 and the middle of 1963…
18. Narayanan searches for his wife and child
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Narayanan, who worked for a Port Shepstone sugar mill,…
PlaceNamaqualand
… With a Magisterial District of 47 962 sq km, in the North-Western Cape . This region is sometimes referred to as Little Namaqualand, so as to distinguish it…
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
… Mfeketo, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen: It is a proud day indeed for Cape Town to join the global community with a world-class international…
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
… South Africa and contemporary Israel, with an eye to strengthening and broadening today’s movement for justice … half-century. And since all they are willing…