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EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… son Matthew Berger (9 years) stumbled across a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, estimated to be 2 million years while looking for fossils at…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… Died: 11 February 1990, New York, New York, United States of America In summary: exile, photographer, and author. … was born Ernest Levi Tsoloane Kole on 21…
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… This was the first such declaration of a State of Emergency by the Apartheid state. During these periods, the government had … "State of Emergency in the…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… The Museum of Military History offers adults a fascinating look at all forms of war vehicles and weapons. And it will captivate children with the visual…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… In an interview with the New Nation, Felix Ndimene alleged that the Selous Scouts of Pietersburg and Five Reconnaissance Regiment (5RR), part … SA Special…
PlaceDitsong National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg
… Lovers of military history are sure to enjoy a tour of the Ditsong National Museum of Military History. The museum, located on an 80ha site next to the…
PlaceUniversity of Fort Hare, Alice- Eastern Cape
… Parliament, Thursday, 9 October 2025 – The Select Committee on Education, Sciences and the Creative Industries has noted with sadness the violent protests at…
ArchiveHow the Violence Affects the Youth in the Townships
… How the Violence Affects the Youth in the Townships …
ArchiveThe battle for the Congo and the November aggression
… The battle for the Congo and the November aggression …
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… 13, 1931 in Oguta, located in eastern Nigeria. She was the eldest of six children born to parents, Christopher Ljeoma, an agent for the United Africa Company…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Town and Holiday Destination on the South Coast, 29 km from Durban . It was founded in 1928, … all amalgamated into a single Municipality. Named after the…
ArchiveThe Comet
… Page from The Comet newspaper. The Comet replaced The Star newspaper because of a ruling by State President Paul Kruger banning the … The Comet …
PlaceBensusan Museum of Photography and Library, Johannesburg
… The Bensusan Museum of Photography is named after Dr AD Bensusan, a former mayor of Johannesburg and a man who has devoted himself to the promotion of the…
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… On 6 September 1960, six of the Treason Trial accused were missing when the trial resumed in Pretoria. The defence team lawyer, Bram … Six Treason Trialists…
ArchiveArtwork of first world war soldiers
… Artwork of soldiers firing guns, carrying a red flag. Black, white and red poster. Artwork of a horse. … Artwork of first world war soldiers …
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… Thirty years after the first Treason trial in 1956, 16 members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) were accused of treason in … Treason Trial of 16 UDF…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress (of South Africa)
… Black, green, yellow and white French poster. Photographs of scenes of South Africa. ANC logo. Lutter Produire Apprendre logo. … African National Congress …
4. Complaint of ill-treatment on an estate
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Indians were good; on others conditions were bad. Among the…
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… Angola becomes independent after 14 years of armed resistance to Portuguese colonial rule. The three major movements fighting the war, the Movimiento Popular…
ArchiveWe cannot afford more of this
… election poster. Black, white and grey poster. Photograph of a woman crying with a small girl looking on. ANC assertion of a Third Force. ANC logo. … We…
EventWorld Health Organization publishes indictment of apartheid
… The system of Apartheid was not only detrimental to the cultural, economic and emotional wellbeing of those on whom it was imposed , but also on the physical…
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… Nelson Mandela, leader of the Transvaal branch of the African National Congress (ANC), was acquitted of treason … O'Malley P., Nelson Mandela's Testimony at…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
… Haile Selassi was born as Lij Tafari Makonnen in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century … Haile Selassi I,…
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
… After the Goldstone Commission's first disclosure of the complicity of elements of the South African Defence Force … Fraser, R. (1992). Keesing's Record of…
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
… After a prolonged parliamentary session lasting 127 days, the new tricameral constitution was passed by 119 to 35 votes … President Marais Viljoen three…
EventItalo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 is signed
… On 2 August 1928, Italy signed a twenty-year treaty of friendship with Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia). In the treaty, which was called the Italo-Ethiopian…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… Uganda experienced a number of changes of government since it attained its independence … rule in 1962. In December 1980 Apollo Milton Obote, from the Uganda…
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… A government notice published on 6 November 1964 gave the names of 303 persons on whom banning notices under the General Laws Amendment Act of 1963 (the so…
EventAllan Boesak guilty on charges of fraud
… Allan Boesak, liberation theologian, chairman of the Western Cape region of the African National Congress (ANC) and director of the … Allan Boesak guilty on…
EventState of emergency is lifted in Natal
… President F.W. De Klerk lifted a four year state of emergency in Natal. The state of emergency was as a result of the violence caused by a power struggle…