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EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… Zolla Budd was born to an Afrikaans family on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein. She was one of five children. …
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… The Defiance Campaign was launched two months later on the 26 June and took the form of large-scale contraventions of …
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa's withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
… Organisation, [online] Available at www.ilo.org, [Accessed 26 May 2011] …
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… organisations in order to oppose the white state and on 26 June 1955 the Freedom Charter was adopted. The inclusive …
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… (b. Eisfeld, Germany 11 May 1852, d. Zurich, Switzerland, 26 January 1932), who founded a diamond company in Kimberley … Professor. Umhlangano Banner,…
Preface
… This study of "protest art" in South Africa for the period 1968 to 1976 presented me with several difficulties of … and neo-Marxist revolution of thought…
ArticleCOVID-19: The Whens and Whats of the Deadly Virus
… extraordinary response; there can be no half measures”. [26] President Cyril Ramaphosa said that contact between … strict government actions) of South…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… it has already been done by somebody else.’ (Knape, 25-26) He was not afraid to speak him mind, which tended to get … were ever printed. When his passport…
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… 25 Denis Goldberg: Rivonia Trail's 'Baby' turns 80 Chapter 26 Community H.E.A.R.T Chapter 27 The Freedom Charter …
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… Army closes down sinister CCB, The Daily Mail, Vol 1, No 26, p. 5. Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor …
EventThe Castle of Good Hope, oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa, is completed.
… on the Castle of Good Hope was complete on the 26 April 1679, and the five bastions were named after the …
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… of this daily paper, and the first issue was published on 26 July 1915. Die Burger was originally published in Dutch, …
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… Homestead’[online] Available at www.swelco.co.za [Accessed 26 July 2011] The-art-world.com, 2011. ‘Pieter Wenning - …
PlaceGuinea
… October 1958. Spanish Guinea, became Equatorial Guinea in 1968. Portuguese Guinea, became Guinea-Bissau in 1973, Bissau …
PlaceStone Chapel, Tokai, near the Porter Reformatory School
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 September 1968. Roodebloem Complex, Elson Street, Woodstock. This …
PlaceUnion Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 September 1968. …
PlaceGriqualand West
… remained the Supreme Court of Griqualand West until 1968 when it moved to its present position in the Civic …
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
Four years after the unbanning of the liberation movements and release of political prisoners, SA held its first multi-racial elections. The elections resulted…
EventWomen's Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein
… 000 people from all over the country, was to commemorate 26 251 women and children who died during the Anglo-Boer War …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… convicted of attacking police stations, are hanged. 26 June, A sculpture in a city park by Elisabeth Frink … 17th September, and up to 65% of residents heed…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… National Party of the Orange Free State was born and on 26 August the Transvaal followed. The Cape National Party was … Die Burger newspaper was therefore…
PlaceAkkoordskop, a Hill in the Western Cape
… fleets easier! This hill was 12 km South of Albertinia and 26 km West of Visbaai This Hill became known as Akoordskop, …
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… Available at www.sahistory.org.za , [Last accessed: 26 May 2011] …
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… Riebeeck festival. The Campaign was in fact launched on 26 June 1952 by the ANC and South African Indian Congress. …
EventThe UN decides not to support the request of the Union of South Africa concerning the treatment of Indians in SA
… within the domestic jurisdiction of SA. Two days later, on 26 October, the General Assembly decided to include the …
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… On 26 October 1938, Richard Goldstone,a well-known figure in the …
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… country and extended to the outskirts of the Mogadishu. On 26 January 1991 USC rebels entered Mogadishu and toppled … Bobby-Evans, A., This day in African…
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… tributary of the Zambezi. He arrived in Monomotapa on 26 December 1560, and remained there until his death. During …
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… farmers were believed to be motivated by this slogan. On 26 July 1993 members of APLA opened fire on a congregation in …
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… charge to Sapa for the service. Chisholm announced on May 26 that she would not be renewing her two-year contract when …