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ArchiveInterview with Sibongile Mthembu Mkhabela
… Oral interview with Sibongile Mthembu Mkhabela, conducted by a third year class in African Politics, University of the …
ArchiveThe Government of divided communities
… The fourteenth Hoernle Memorial Lecture delivered by David Thomas in which he describes the fears of the worlds …
ArchiveBolt Number 9 August 1973
… Kirkwood; New Poetry of Mexico, John Torres. Typesetting by Joy McDonald, Durban. …
PlaceRooihuiskraal Battlefield, Pretoria
… (1880-81). During the war, Pretoria was besieged by Boer forces for a period of 100 days. This battle was the …
PlaceLong Cottage, Newlands Avenue, Newlands
… formed part of the historic estate established in 1751 by Governor Ryk Tulbagh. Long Cottage was built as the slave …
EventUN Special Committee releases its report
… Nations Special Committee on Apartheid, which was set up by the General Assembly under resolution 1761 (XVll), …
EventGeneral Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister
… The United Nations General Assembly decided by 67 votes to 1 (South Africa) with 20 abstentions, to …
EventIndian people march in Durban to protest against the Ghetto Act
… was one of the many anti-Indian legislation bills passed by the South African government. Dr G M Naicker, President of …
EventPaul Mosaka establishes the African Democratic Party
… an ANC affiliate, but was finally forced out of the ANC by A B Xuma. Mosaka died in Manzini, Swaziland on 25 April, …
EventCapital City of Zimbabwe is renamed
… its cities, towns and streets. This was an attempt by Zimbabwe to eradicate all symbols associated with the …
EventThe Democratic Party is founded
… conference held in Johannesburg. The conference, attended by about 200 delegates from the four provinces, unanimously …
EventMaluzi Gigaba is born
… in Eshowe, Natal. Gigaba was appointed deputy minister by president Thabo Mbeki after the 2004 general elections. …
EventThousands protest the killing of Chris Hani
… a year prior to South Africa's first democratic elections, by two right wing associates Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz …
EventAllan Boesak marries Elna Botha
… Uniting Reformed Church and had divorced his wife Dorothy, by whom he had four children. Boesak had resigned from the …
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
… in the Internal Security Act and suspension of violence by the ANC as part of the on-going negotiations to end …
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
… was made after a number of protest multiracial swim-ins by anti-apartheid activists. He further promised the …
EventCosatu offices in Durban under attack
… Trade Unions (Cosatu) offices in the town were attacked by a mob armed with pangas and other weapons. Cosatu and the …
EventSwanepoel and Du Preez found guilty of killing soldiers
… Marius Swanepoel and Hendrik Du Preez were convicted by Judge Faan Hancke for murder on two soldiers, Michael …
EventUN Tribunal on Rwanda sentences Jean Kambanda
… The tribunal panel was comprised of three judges led by a Senegalese, Laity Gama. Kambanda cooperated with the … HANDS DOWN LIFE SENTENCE FOR CRIMES OF…
EventInhabitants flee UNITA occupation
… for the Independence of Angola (UNITA), formed in 1966 by Jonas Savimbi to contest power and access to minerals in …
EventThe first experimental radio broadcast in South Africa takes place
… The Broadcast was of a music concert and was made by the Western Electric Company. Radio broadcast has grown …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… Republic, also known as Transvaal Republic), was dynamited by its crew under Lieutenant H Du Toit before falling into …
EventNatal Indian Congress is formed
… The Natal Indian Congress (NIC) is formed by Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight discrimination against …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… Middlesex, England on 15 November 1802 and, accompanied by his wife, moved to the Cape Colony in 1834. They settled …
EventThe Bloemfontein Convention is signed
… The Republic of the Orange Free State was established by the signing of the Bloemfontein Convention (also called …
EventANC leads march through central Durban
… (ANC) led a march through central Durban, attended by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The …
EventSA announces its decision to allow multi-racial teams to represent the country in international events
… Japan. The decision to ban South Africa was announced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Switzerland. …
EventLimpet mine explodes and damages substation in Durban
… was thrown at a Railwaypoliceman in Soweto, followed by an explosion that damaged a Pretoria sub-station. …
ArchiveCircular from Oliver Schreiner, Deputy Vice-President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… making, and student benefits administered or provided by the National Union. …
EventHenry Morton Stanley’s expedition reaches Fort Bodo, Congo
… an English explorer who lived in America, was commissioned by The New York Herald with the task of finding explorer …