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EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
… 2001 when he was elected as the presidential candidate by the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) for the 2001 …
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… Nations (UN) recalled resolution 48/258 A and adopted by consensus an invitation to SA to resume its participation … Commission Welcomes the Adoption of the…
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… SA Rugby Player of the Year award. Schalk has been plagued by injuries and illness. In 2013 it was reported that he …
EventJudge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987
… Cameron has stated that his disclosure was inspired by the case of Gugu Dlamini, a woman who was stoned and …
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… On 21 March 1990, Namibia was granted its independence by South Africa. …
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… Federal Party. It is not clear whether this was prompted by the declaration between the two organisations. On 5 …
EventAfrikaans is used for the first time in an international document with the signing of the Convention of Mozambique in Pretoria
… Africa. It is a derivative of the Dutch, language spoken by settlers who arrived in the Cape in the 17th century. …
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… some of Brink and his contemporaries’ books being banned by the Apartheid government. Some of his most notable works …
EventBritish troops land in Madagascar.
… was previously a French colony controlled at the time by the French Vichy government. The British were afraid that …
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
… without trial. Webster was gunned down outside his house by Ferdi Barnard on instruction of the Civil Cooperation …
EventA commemorative exhibition of the work of painter and cartoonist John Amshewitz opens in the City Hall in Johannesburg
… In 1943 a commemorative exhibition of his work, opened by Lord Harlech, was held at the Johannesburg City Hall. …
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… after the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March were dropped by the Acting Attorney-General for the Transvaal, Mr. P.S. …
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… forced to yield to their demands, which were investigated by proper structures. He also berated the soldiers for lack …
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… of racial discrimination and apartheid. Dadoo was known by many for always forging closer links between …
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… He was listed as one of the top 20 public intellectuals by Foreign Policy (US) and Prospect (UK) magazines in 2008, … Please RSVP online , or via email or…
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
… furnace and formed part of the iron works established by Cornelis Delfos, better known as the Pretoria Iron Mines … time of the unbundling, the mines that…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… is now known as Gqeberha. The name change was approved by the South African government in 2021 and is an Xhosa name, … for British emigrants . The Area was…
Editorial on taxation, in November 10, 1884 [Extract]
… out of one or two facts, which ought not to be ignored by Government. It was to be expected that the people would plead the hardness of the times caused by a…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
… proportioned and well executed. The Memorial was designed by William Tait Conner, a Scottish Architect born in Glasgow … hung. It was unveiled on Easter…
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
… The Executive Committee noted the wording proposed by the ANC in an attempt to break the deadlock in the … to allow the government to redress the imbalances…
PlaceElgin
… fruit trees. These were initially grown and maintained by his farm labourers, largely as their own seperate concern, … known as Appletiser. Appletiser is now…
EventOrlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa dies
… and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper and captain was shot dead by two armed men who entered the house in Vosloorus township, …
EventTwo ANC members gunned down in Swaziland.
… military precision of a well planned pre-emptive strike by an outside group.”The South African Defence Force …
PlaceAlbasini Dam, Limpopo
… built in 1952 and was subsequently raised to 34 meters, by means of spillway gates in 1971. This Dam was built to … New Dictionary of South African Place…
ArchiveThe African National Congress in exile: strategy and tactics 1960-1993
… years, in which these organizations were officially banned by the white minority apartheid government. More precisely, …
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… State House, Dar-es-Salaam, on August 10, 1963, were made by Professor Gwendolen M. Carter of Smith College, USA …
ArchiveThe agrarian problem
… An address delivered by I B Tabata to the Society of Young Africa (SOYA); an …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.1 Oct-Dec 1959
… de Bunsen. The Treason Trial, E.V. Stone with illustration by David Marais. The Question of your Removal, Jenny Joseph. …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.1 Oct-Dec 1957
… of a Suburb: Hillbrow, Arnold Benjamin. South West Africa by Jariretunda Kozonguizi. The Challenge of Federation, Hon. …
After Apartheid – Culture in the New South Africa Vol. 2
… cultural expression of its citizens was severely limited by the policies of the previous regime. In building a new, …