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EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… marriage, making South Africa the first African country to do so and one of only a few in the world at the time. MPs from the African National … except the…
EventFormer MK members are dismissed from SANDF
… complied with the minister's deadline and returned to camp. The trainees cited their unhappiness with the slow … of the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
… Born to Indian Emigrants from Tamil Nadu, India, Mudaliar grew up … under. When Mudaliar was sixteen she joined her mother and a large group of other women…
EventJohnny Clegg, South African musician is born
… Johnny Clegg was born in England in 1953 to an English father and a Zimbabwean mother. He left England for Zimbabwe where he … immigrated to South Africa…
EventOlaudah Equiano, enslaved person and writer dies
… kidnapped and sold into slavery. The slave trade took him to places such as South America, the Caribbean islands and … of his slave masters had taught…
EventTodd Tozama Matshikiza, musician, composer and writer, is born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape
… Todd Tozama Matshikiza was born to a musical family in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape on 7 … 1921. He obtained music and teaching diplomas and took up a…
EventShaun Pollock makes history in a test match
… Pollock, became the only player in Test cricket history to have taken 300 wickets and score 3 000 runs. This … landmark when he pushed Indian leg spinner…
EventDutch East Indian Company, pioneer in the expansion of European settlement in South Africa is formed
… Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) popularly referred to as 'the Company', was founded when seventy-three directors … Chartered Company was established…
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… English born Thomas William Bowler was a self taught painter and printmaker who spent most of his … marrying Jane Elizabeth Hawthorne, he set himself up as a…
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
… Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in Durban. In addition to its Headquarters function, Warriors Gate is also a Museum of Militaria, displaying many hundreds…
PlaceThe Durban Centre for Photography
… of photographic prints ever held in South Africa. This was to raise money for the DCP. Buckland set up the collective … Khubisa, Jeeva Rajgopaul and, of…
PlaceiSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park
… A World Heritage Site, iSimangaliso Wetland Park (the former … astonishing variety of habitats from the Ubombo Mountains to Grasslands, Forests, Wetlands,…
ArchiveAppendix 5 Notes on Palestine and Israel by Denis Goldberg
… it and defeated it because it was unjust We fought it to be free to rebuild our country The world condemned … Arabs The suffering of people prevented from…
PlaceZululand District Municipality
… Known as: 'The Kingdom of the Zulu' . KwaZulu-Natal is a: "melting pot of African, European and Indian cultures" . … KwaZulu-Natal . Just north of the…
PlaceCofimvaba, Eastern Cape
… seat for Tembuland , which had originally been located to St Marks, which has subsequently, been transferred to a more accessible location. It derives its…
PlaceBelvidere, Knysna
… Captain Thomas Henry Duthie emigrated to the Cape in 1826. In 1830 he visited Knysna, where he was … he subsequently married in Cape Town in 1833. He retired…
EventSpringboks wallop Scotland
… South African rugby team, (Springboks/Amabokoboko) went to Murrayfield, Edinburgh in Scotland to engage their Scottish counterparts. The last time the team…
EventInternational Candlelight Memorial Day
… Day. It was started by people living with HIV and Aids to break down the barriers of stigma and discrimination. The … began on 1 December, World Aids Day…
ArchiveCosatu News
… African Trade Unions, documents the struggle of workers to gain power in the workplace in order to improve wages and work conditions and ultimately to…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from artists such as the … artworks of the 17th century Dutch and Flemish artists to…
Nelson Mandela University presenting AEE REP qualification programme
… and IT at NMU was the ideal choice for the EnTF to expand its training programs to other regions within … for practical visits within its surrounds. REP is a…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Pretoria
… town, Pretoria (1855). The congregation was moved to Bosman Street where a new church building was inaugurated in 1904. Today it is … Church tradition in…
PlaceOpera House, Port Elizabeth
… This building, designed in a late Renaissance style based broadly upon the Doric order, … was erected in 1891 under the direction of GW Smith, a prominent…
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… Mangena, Richard Msimang and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National Congress (SANNC). … introduce new…
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… southwest of Mount Kenya. Kenyatta ran away from home to become a pupil at the Church of Scotland Mission, where he studied … 12 November, p.2. [Accessed 11…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… He did his education at Mbokothwana mission before moving to St John's College in Umtata where he qualified as a teacher. After qualifying, he began his…
Documentry on the Life and Death of Ahmed Timol Premieres on SABC3, on 1 February 2015.
… television documentary tells the story of Ahmed Timol, a 29-year-old Roodepoort teacher and anti-apartheid activist … Timol: Quest for Justice , and directed…
4. Complaint of ill-treatment on an estate
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … I.I./1/18, 18911884, Natal Archives. I am indentured to Mr. J. Meikle. Five of the…
EventGeneral Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister
… The United Nations General Assembly decided by 67 votes to 1 (South Africa) with 20 abstentions, to censure the Foreign Minister of South Africa Eric Louw…
EventThousands protest the killing of Chris Hani
… Chris Hani was shot and killed, thousands of Blacks took to the streets to protest against the killing of Chris Hani, commander of … in South Africa urged…