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Siyanqoba Bafana-Bafana Siyanqoba!!! Siyavena Bafana Bafana Siyavena!!!, 3 June 2010
… in front of the ANC Head Office, Luthuli House, from 12h30 to 15h00. The theme for the bash is Siyanqoba Bafana, … This bash is the ANC send-off of the…
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
… Belvoir.” It was important for this archaeological project to include descendant communities early in the process. Some, including Hayes-Williams, were able…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
… To mark the 40th anniversary of the death of former ANC … of the ANC political discussion journal Umrabulo dedicated to his life and memory. The special…
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
… Kuboes lies nestled between the Mountains of Ku Boesberg to the North, Van der Stel Berg to the East and the Ploeg Berg to the South. The Village of Kuboes,…
EventVorster appoints a Commission of Inquiry
… Potgieter of The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to investigate South Africa's security network, and to hear objections to its security legislation…
EventWorld Press Freedom Day
… According to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and … the objective of World Press Freedom Day is “to evaluate press freedom around the world, to…
EventThe South African Police Services (SAPS) celebrates its 10th anniversary
… celebrated its 10th anniversary for providing a service to South African democracy on 27 January 2005. Since this … cabinet approved 27 January as National…
EventUDF is launched
… in opposing the Tricameral Constitution about to be introduced by the Apartheid Government.The launch date was chosen deliberately to coincide with the date…
EventThe Ben Schoeman freeway is opened
… forty years of its existence, traffic volume has increased to such an extent that it poses a serious problem. In an effort to ease congestion on the Ben…
EventThe government launches ‘Operation Iron Fist’ in townships
… F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of quelling the unrest. Following these … the government announced 'Operation…
EventNamibia’s constitution is ratified
… The independence of Namibia can be directly traced to an accord agreed upon by Cuba, Angola and South Africa. … until 1990. This meant that South African…
EventMalebane Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… Party, led by Rocky Malebane Metsing, attempted to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope. … in Kemonosi Stadium. Metsing issued an…
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… commissioned officers. He was Obote’s close ally, rising to become the army's chief of staff. Amin became famous in … neighbouring Tanzania . The Tanzanian…
EventThe Johannesburg Meteorological Observatory opens
… Meteorological Department, and was initially meant to be used to watch weather patterns. Astronomer Dr Robert Innes moved from Cape Town to become the first…
EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
… British statesman and colonial Administrator. Milner came to South Africa in May 1897. In South Africa he became … of the Cape. The cape was under British…
ArchiveDeportation of NUSAS President Elect
… Appendix B to President's address to the 44th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 30th June to 9th July, 1968. Contains general…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… the passenger side. They cocked their guns and were ready to fire at me. They ordered me out of the car at gunpoint, … that they take me with them and…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… went on a killing spree with his pistol and attempted to shoot every Black person he encountered. He killed 8 … driver working in the legislative capital…
Thanks, Jimi, this is good for you and the broader SA (The Times Editorial), 28 June 2016
… Matthews joins a long list of staffers who are not prepared to stomach nonsense and take the public broadcaster on a … has for months now found comfort in…
PlaceSeal Island
… well known as the port of departure for scenic day trips to Seal island or Duiker Island, home to a colony of thousands of Cape Fur Seals. Drumbeat Charters,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… The decision of the Confederation of African Football to hold the 20th Nations Cup Tournament in South Africa is the best gift Africa could present to our…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… the protest. Two hundred angry women marched into town to see the mayor who maintained that his hands were tied. The … arresting them. Eighty women were…
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… tension developed between the Hutu and Tutsi, leading to massacres throughout 20th century Rwanda in which both … war, in which the Rwandan Patriotic Front …
EventThe Pretoria Supreme Court orders for an inquiry into the doctors' treatment of Steve Biko at the time of his death
… the South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) to hold an inquiry into the conduct of the two doctors who … Biko was beaten and tortured into a coma…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… it was known by many names, most commonly referred to as "Town". This is as opposed to going to West Street, which was seen as the "White section" of the …
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… Vlakfontein Monument.The Vlakfontein Monument was erected to commemorate the Jameson Raid of 1895/ 96, in which the Boer Commandos managed to prevent the…
EventThe first mountain zebra foal is born in at the National Mountain Zebra Park
… The Mountain Zebra is an endangered species native to South Western Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. It is … and Hartmann's Mountain Zebra. These two…
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… Idi Amin Dada Oumee fled Uganda on 29 March 1979* first to Libya and eventually to Saudi Arabia. Amin began his career as a cook in the … Somalia. He was…
EventDr. Margaret Roach ‘Killie’ Campbell, collector of Africana, dies in Durban
… and St. Leonard's School in Scotland, where she is said to have developed a profound interest in history. Campbell … collection of Africana, which is made up…
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
… among the many South Africans who fled across the border to join the African National Congress (ANC) in their armed … Thandwefika Radebe, were stopped at a…