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EventThe 4 x 100m men's relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
… The South African squad of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian …
EventThe People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
… Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I'Ons (85) dies
Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. He was born in Islington, Middlesex, England on 15…
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
… on Friday 27th November. • A partnership with South African History Online has been set up and work will begin on …
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
… officially by Kobie Coetsee on 22 February 1991. The South African Police Services used the building as offices until …
PlaceBritish Bechuanaland
… did not support this claim and the Transvaal, or South African Republic, was forced to abandon it. In 1868 the …
Appeal For United Front, July 1948
… Similar threats were hanging over the heads of the African people. Task of Non-Europeans In view of all these …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Narasimha Rao of India New Delhi, 25 January 1995
… India has extended to us as representatives of the South African Government. For those who did not know history it …
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… known, was a former member of the Ossewabrandwag, a South African group that supported pro-Nazi activities during World … Times,Treaster, J.B (1983) ' John…
Document 47 - “Answer to Government’s Apartheid Unions”, The Citizen. 1 3, 30 April 1956
… 'official recognition' must never forget that most South African workers, so-called 'Africans', are not even …
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
… to buy memories and gifts for those back home, and an African Art Centre, where local arts and crafts are …
Chapter 28. I Fight Back - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… must have a bed". He shouted in Afrikaans to Kitchen, an African long-term prisoner, who was helping to run the … of the white man is not overlooked. The…
EventIOC extends South Africa's ban from Olympic games
… Olympic Committee (IOC) after serious threats by African nations and the Soviet countries. On 15 May 1970, the …
Chapter X - Final word
… Indians and one for the coloureds, but nothing at all for African representation, for the voteless millions still left … at this stage, if ever, for the…
Book Launch: The Nightwatchman, Hlonipha Mokoena
… and historian Khumisho Moguerane on the portrayal of African men in colonial South Africa and how the Black male …
EventIan Roberts is born
… The South African actor, playwright and singer was born on this day in …
EventVorster announces that the ‘homelands’ will be perfectly free to form a federation among themselves
… two years after the Prime Minister completed a tour of African homelands in the Northern Transvaal during which he …
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
… other political organisations, including the CPSA and the African National Congress (ANC) . From organising the …
EventDale Steyn retires from Test cricket
… On 5 August 2019, Dale Steyn South African cricketer announced his retirement from the Test … Fast bowler calls time on his Test career,” The South African,…
EventNational Party refuses to serve on Buthelezi Commission of Inquiry
… The South African Prime Minister, P.W. Botha lashed out on the …
PlaceMakhandra Aerodrome, Grahamstown
… from Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and other South African destinations to the Airports in Port Elizabeth and … from Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and…
PlaceCyril Ceoghegan Cycling Track, Durban
… track is named after champion cyclist and ex SACF (South African Cycling Federation) president, Cyril Geoghegan. It is … track is named after champion…
EventANC's Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
… African National Congress's deputy president Nelson Mandela …
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa calls for national lockdown for 21 days in South Africa
… Given the speed and the spread of this virus, South African government decided to take drastic measures to …
EventPres Mandela's testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
… set the investigation of the Browde Commission into South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) Affairs aside, Justice …
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… eventually merged with it to become a major force in South African politics. …
Colonial history of Polokwane
… could be reached, and war became inevitable. The South African War broke out in October 1899. The capitulation of …
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… are in the Free State camps and 55 969 in the ZAR (South African Republic/Transvaal). 523 deaths are recorded for the …
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… English to Literature to reflect world literature with African and third world literatures at the centre. He …
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
… a means of reinforcing the legacy of an outstanding South African leader. Writing in the foreword, President Thabo …