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EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
… Thamsaqa 'Thami' ka Mnyele was a talented graphic artist and a political activist. Due to his political activities, Mnyele was forced to leave his … H-Net A…
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
… The Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) passed a resolution on the Johannesburg area "Fietas", (the name by which Pageview and Vrededorp was known).They objected…
EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… government invited all South African political refugees to make formal application to leave the country, to indicate … through South Africa would be arranged…
EventMangope calls out troops as unrest flares in Bophuthatswana
… the persistant tensions in Bophuthatswana homeland came to a head after the homeland's government decided against … and the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… of Stompie Seipei Moeketsi in December 1988. Moeketsi was a young activist and member of the infamous Mandela Football Club, established by Winnie Mandela as…
EventAmanzimtoti blast kills five
… Five civilians were killed and forty injured in a bomb explosion in the Sanlam shopping centre in Amanzimtoti … Andrew Sibusiso Zondo, who detonated the…
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The state of emergency … after it was announced on July 20. P W Botha in an attempt to suppress growing…
EventSoweto High School under siege
… South African Defence Force soldiers, travelling in a convoy of more than ten armoured vehicles, surrounded the … high school in Soweto and arrested 200…
EventMoses Kottler, A leading South African sculptor of his time, is born
… Kottler was born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth; some give it as 11 June 1892, … He settled in South Africa in 1915 and…
EventA plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn
… The government withdrew its plan to place a limit on the number of black students admitted to … of Fort Hare), was established on the site of Fort Hare, a…
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
… with the youngest survivor aged one and the oldest a grandmother aged seventy-six. From August 2005 to July 2006 the Centre treated 743 rape cases, an…
EventTakudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player, is born
… for Vainona High School in his home country. He then moved to Texas, USA, where he played for Plano Rugby club before … is one of the best wingers in rugby…
EventSA raises concern with the Dutch government
… The South African government instructed its ambassador to The Hague to inform the Dutch government of its displeasure over a grant of 100,000 guilders being…
EventUN investigative team visits SA
… A United Nations (UN) team, led by Mr. Abdulrahim Abby Farah, … under-secretary-general, visited South Africa from 9 to 10 June to meet representatives of…
PlaceMarket Theatre
… the demise of the apartheid regime in the 1990’s. Due to the fact that the Market Theatre ran as a non-racially biased theatre, which at the time, was…
PlaceTanzania
… Gama explored the East African coast in 1498 on his voyage to India. By 1506, the Portuguese claimed control over the … observed annually across the…
EventA fishing trawler off the South African Coast catches a coelacanth
… two-year-old Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, northeast of … waters of the Indian Ocean. When he…
EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
… in France. The Edict of Nantes, passed in 1685, inspired a great deal of resentment among non Catholics. Fleeing … free burghers. In the 1690s the Huguenots…
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 20, December 1988
… African Communist Party. Issue covers an SACP delegation to Scandanavia, a letter sent to comrade Meir Vilner, General Secretary of the Communist Party in…
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… was the 2nd and 4th President of Uganda. He first came to power in 1962 but was ousted by Idi Amin in 1971. Nine … are the easier questions to answer. Obote…
PlaceThe AVA Gallery
… that was founded in Cape Town in 1850. The Society aimed to form a permanent art gallery and art library that exhibited and … in 1871. Their first meeting…
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
… In the following article Patricia Storrar provides a brief history of the Harker graves in Plettenberg Bay. The … the Heritage Association of South Africa)…
PlaceCape Point and the Lighthouse, at the Southern Point of the Cape Peninsula
… Cape Point is a promontory at the South East corner of the Cape Peninsula , which is a mountainous and scenic landform that runs North-South for … . Table…
PlacePondoland
… 1899 provisions of Proclamation 314 allowed for Umsikaba to be partitioned into the divisions of Lusikisiki and … resettlement. This was followed by the…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… the latter part of the 19th century. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 16 July 1982. Two blocks to the west of Melrose House…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the State dinner hosted by the Governor-general of New Zealand, Dame Catherine Tizard Wellington, 15 November 1995
… Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. I would like to use this opportunity to thank Your Excellency as well as … during this visit. I had the privilege…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South … Sunday 25th July, while the congregation of 1400 listened to a hymn of worship, a group of…
PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
… their lives, plus art exhibits & performances. It is now a Military Museum, which can be visited between the hours of 8am to 4pm. The Old Presidency or Ou…
ArchiveDurban and Districts Council of Churches Cultural Festival 10 June 1990
… a gathering of black Christian youth. Different choirs and other groups were invited to perform and show off their talent. The topic for the … death. The…
ArchiveNegotiations, armed struggle and the ANC
… Congress. Covers the African National Congress approach to negotiations and the armed struggle in a historical context, what negotiations should be achieving…