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ArchiveInterview with Peter Donald Hjul
… by the security police, Hjul and his family left South Africa for Britain on an exit permit in 1965. Hjul continued …
PlaceBensusan Museum of Photography and Library, Johannesburg
… was donated to the city in 1968 and forms part of Museum Africa . The collection includes rare and valuable …
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… estate of JR Reid. Historical events in the rest of South Africa kept Rhodes away from his home, and it was only in …
EventNathaniel Nakasa, South African journalist and writer, dies in exile
… manner meant he would never be allowed to return to South Africa. Nakasa was part of a group of journalists, many …
Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari
… Franchise, 1906 A letter to the Coloured People of South Africa Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps. (1919) …
EventJohn Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town
… Regarded as the father of free press in South Africa, John Fairbairn left England and arrived in the Cape … in Every Step of the Way: The Journey to Freedom…
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
… reputed to be one of the oldest Railway Stations in South Africa. At this quaint museum, two vintage locomotives, a …
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
… gave rise to the largest and most vibrant city in South Africa. The original 10-stamp battery mill that was used to …
EventGerard Bhengu SA artist, is born in Natal
… paintings have been part of the art collections of Museum Africa, the University of Fort Hare and the Albany museum in … Loots A. (2001) The Early Pioneer…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… League (YCL) and, by 1946, in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). After the passing of the Suppression of …
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
… Limited and Acting judge of the High Court of South Africa. Ntsebeza also founded the South African Black lawyers …
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… this date, gave a detailed review of developments in South Africa's racial policies since 6 November 1962. The report …
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… "The Blood Knot" was the much talked about play in South Africa which had a cast of only two characters, a White and … Play' from Cape Time , (National…
EventGabon gains independence from France
… the four territories, which had formed French Equatorial Africa, achieved independence. Gabriel LÁƒÂƒ©on M'Ba become …
EventSA artist, Bongiwe Dhlomo, is born
… artist Kagiso Mautloa. Dhlomo-Mautloa exhibited in South Africa, Botswana, West Germany and Sweden. In 1983 she …
EventColoureds are removed from the voters roll
… avoid the collapse of White civilisation in the whole of Africa, as this move would guarantee their wishes. …
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… an honourary doctorate from the University of South Africa. He died on 31 August 1938 in Cape Town. … D.J et al. (eds) (1971) Standard Encyclopaedia of…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… arrived in Britain with his family after fleeing South Africa via Lesotho and Botswana. Woods was prosecuted seven … South African Guide, (2010), South…
EventSoweto agrees to pay rent
… to create a just local government system in South Africa. The two parties agreed to: To end the five year rent …
EventIFP proposes truce with ANC
… to read more about the role of State violence in South Africa. Click here to read about the increase of Inkatha …
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… standards of education for Black children in South Africa. The boycotting students were also reacting to the …
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… et al. (eds) (1970) Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa. Cape Town: NASOU, v. 4, p. 424. …
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… England, America, the Netherlands, Poland and South Africa, where they could enjoy religious freedom. The Dutch … & Rousseau.| Giliomee et al. (2007), New…
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… in the Vaal Rand area. The dispute affected half of South Africa's transport businesses and had a considerable impact … wsws Workers Struggles: Europe &…
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
… Troglodytes, which were once widespread in west-central Africa. The team of researchers, led by Paul Sharp of …
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
… reigning European champion while Bafana Bafana had won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996. However, Germany had the upper …
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… Botha, who became Prime Minister of the Republic of South Africa in 1978 and later its President from 1984-89, made his …
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province), Union of South Africa. The campaign was prompted by the introduction of the …
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… 39 bells making it one of the largest carillons in South Africa. The City Hall overlooks the Grande Parade, flanked by …
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… have a profound influence on political activists in South Africa during the liberation struggle, as it resonated with …