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ArchiveThe agrarian problem
… An address delivered by I B Tabata to the Society of Young Africa (SOYA); an organisation affiliated to the Unity Movement and consists mainly of young urban…
PlaceRiebeeck Square, Cape Town.
… developed during the 18th century, when the town began to expand laterally into the Table Valley, and marks the … the annexation of the Cape by the British…
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… the leadership of South African Indian Congress (SAIC) to recommend a massive defiance campaign to their respective annual … Congress (ANC) in December 1951…
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South West of Johannesburg. Motaung began playing soccer at a young age and turned…
EventSA joins World War II
… September 1939, SA Prime Minister Gen. J.B. Hertzog tried to pass a resolution in parliament, proclaiming South Africa's … Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p…
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
… The South African parliament under President F.W. de Klerk adopted the Abolition of Racially Based Land … 108 of 1991, which scrapped the segregation laws…
EventEpainette Mbeki receives the Order of the Baobab
… A 90 year old Epainette Mbeki, businesswomen and community … of the Baobab in Gold for her "exceptional contribution to the economic upliftment of the…
EventTrevor Manuel predicts SA economic growth
… boosted by infrastructure spending and low interest rates, to exceed 4 percent in the coming year. "Our outlook for … expand for twenty-four consecutive…
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
… of the Witwatersrand discovered the petrified skeleton of a 3,5 million year old hominid (ape-man) in the Sterkfontein … near Krugersdorp. The near-complete…
EventSouth Africa approves the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission
… South Africa joined in September 1994 but the country took a little more time before ratifying the constitution. AFCAC is a specialised and independent body…
EventXhosa Chief Sandile is killed
… born in the Ciskei in 1820, was killed in Denge Forest in a skirmish with the Fingos under Captain J. Lonsdale. Sandile was a son from the Great House of…
EventThe Battle of Gingindlovu
… British because victory would give them the opportunity to relieve the small town of Eshowe close to the Zulu capital Ulundi and guarantee victory against…
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
… Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is a Togolese footballer. He was born to parents of Yoruba descent in the city of Lomé. After a talent scout spotted him playing, he…
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
… Hayward was born in Johannesburg on 19 March 1909. He went to study in England where he met playwright Noel Coward who became his patron. He starred in a few…
EventIvorian Footballer Didier Zokora is born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… Académie MimoSifcom. His younger brother, Armando was also a budding footballer. Unfortunately, Armando died in a drowning accident. Zokora’s first team…
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… born in Turalei, Sudan on 16 October 1965. He came from a family of tall people; both his parents were over two … soccer, but his height hindered his play,…
EventMark Thatcher arrested
… Thatcher was accused of providing about $275 000 (R1.8m) to finance the botched coup in Equatorial Guinea.He denied any involvement and claimed to have been…
EventThe Young Communist League (YCLSA) is officially formed
… in Johannesburg and Cape Town. In 1922, the YCL played a supportive role during the great white mineworkers’ strike … miners downed tools because the Chamber…
EventDaisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.
… Daisy De Melker was a nurse believed to marry men, only to kill them for financial gain. She married three times and … Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite…
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
… against the Union government. About 700 women marched to the Bloemfontein City Council in the Orange Free State to petition the mayor. The Orange Free State…
Rafique Mayet
… school, including working in the local shipyards, as a computer operator, a radio-cum-sound and lighting technician and a radio … of these pictures were…
ArchiveProposed joint statement on: call for national unity against apartheid and the emergency
… and the emergency as the state of emergency seeks to destroy the democratic organisations and thereby attempting to halt march to freedom …
ArchiveA blueprint for education
… The Black People's Convention (BPC) has drawn up a blueprint on education and intends to submit it to its national congress at the end of the year for…
ArchiveThe relevance of Black Theology
… of the Black Theology in South Africa in relation to the question of colour, in relation to the heretical ecclesiology, and in relation to the proclamation…
ArchiveCoal not dole!: an exclusive interview with a British miner
… workers in regularly. This would mean about 1 500 to 2 000 per week is being produced, compared to a normal production of about 15 000 to 20 000 tons. … Coal…
ArchiveAmended working principles
… Principles created by the United Democratic Front in order to run the organisation fairly and to keep things on the right track. It also explains everything…
Bishop Tutu hits back at Dr Koornhof
… Journal article with a reaction by Desmond Tutu to a statement made in Parliament by Dr Koornoof about an …
ArchiveFactory wage talks in paper industry
… pulp and paper industrial council, employers have agreed to refer the wage negotiations back to factory level in an attempt to break their deadlock with the…
PlaceAi-Ais, Namibia
… Ai-Ais Hot Springs Resort is at the source of a mineral and sulphur-rich hot Spring, and means 'burning … and Ai-Ais in Namibia. The hiking routes from Ai…
PlaceNiewoudtville
… (prior to 1910) The village of Nieuwoudtville was established in … purchased by the Dutch Reformed Church who developed it as a kerkplaats (church farm). On…