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EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… Born in the Netherland, Pieter Wenning came to live in South Africa in 1905. Though he had settled in the … all over South Africa and developed a special…
ArchiveNon-Violence Newsletter, Third quarter 1983
… Includes a letter to encourage non violent action towards peace and justice in South Africa, also to encourage others to report on injustices wherever they…
WhatsYourHeritage
… a space for entrepreneurs and youth from the community to learn from and be inspired by leading experts from a … Phakeng, who celebrates diversity and…
ArchiveThe rehabilitation scheme: a new fraud
… Native Policy in which the Black man is kept as a slave to the White man and to invariably create wealth or him. A plan directed for those … government felt…
Rixaka
… journal of the African National Congress, was launched to establish a platform allowing full expression of the … power of the resistance movement and inspire…
EventBlacks are making bonfires of their “passes” in Johannesburg
… pass laws was announced. Many Natives turned a deaf ear to the warning made by the Minister of Justice Mr. Erusmas. He cautioned that reference books will…
EventThe South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu
… Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu. The government also promised to improve facilities in those areas. The statement was made … Viljoen. Viljoen stressed that this…
EventMandela suspends talks in the wake of Boipatong Massacre
… ANC blamed President F.W. de Klerk for not doing enough to stop the violence and decided to withdraw from the Convention for a Democratic South Africa ……
EventLocal elections receive go
… session was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to be held on November 1. This step was taken in…
EventGandhi leaves South Africa
… Cape Town by ship for England, from where he would return to India in January 1915. Deliberations between Gandhi and Gen J.C. Smuts led to the passing of…
EventNelson Mandela delivers a speech marking his first 100 days in office
… of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, delivered a speech to the joint sitting of parliament in Cape Town. The speech … the Reconstruction and Development…
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… support for RENAMO, claiming that the country is committed to the Nkomati Accord of 1984. The Nkomati Accord was signed … (FRELIMO). In this agreement both…
EventDr. Neville Alexander and four others are found guilty of sabotage
… four others were found guilty of sabotage and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. The judge found that the accused … offshoot of the Yu Chi Chan Club (YCCC)…
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… and violence that made it hard for most foreign companies to remain operational. Esso South Africa was an affiliate of … of petroleum products. Esso was one…
Clarion Call
… and as a mouthpiece of the Inkatha Institute developed to foster the aims of Inkatha - "a liberation movement committed to non-violence, peaceful change and…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… as a teacher at Lovedale Institution and was then sent to a Methodist Mission school in Nancefield, near … differ about the year of his death, ranging from…
PlaceMamelodi
… "Mamelodi" was the name given to President Paul Kruger by the Africans because of his ability to whistle and imitate birds, also meaning Mother of … us,…
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
… animals of over 20 species running in many herds of 100 to 500 Eland, Gemsbok, Springbok and Zebra to mention a few, may be seen here. This is without…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
… continent. This was solidified by a royal charter, granted to William Mackinnon's Imperial British East African Company … the local economy was dramatically…
PlaceGlen Grey Division
… Settlement, a group whom the British had hitherto assumed to be their allies. Following their defeat, these groups were … of British Kaffraria. In due course…
ArchiveBantu Investment Corporation Act, Act No 34 of 1959
… The Act was to constitute a Corporation the object of which is to promote and encourage industrial and other undertakings and to act as a development,…
UCT defends stance on artistic freedom after Goldblatt pulls out by Paul Herman (News24), 4 March 2017
… expression, after the David Goldblatt Collection chose to move its collection to Yale University in the US. Goldblatt recently told UCT management that he…
Photography David Goldblatt by Sean Jacobs, 1 September 2009
… Tisch School of the Arts and a new media consultant to news and photo organizations) reviews the exhibition … an enormous magnifying glass, distancing the…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… it became known as the ANC in 1923, and it main aim was to seek the political, social and economic upliftment for the … he was arrested and charged with…
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… of the government by the National Party (NP) in 1948 led to friction between the UN and South Africa. The … South Africa's representation at the UN from 1955…
EventThe Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps
… the liberation struggle was aimed at bringing these abuses to an end. When apartheid crumbled in the late 1980s the task … human rights abuses and the…
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… on the 22 April 1554), the reason for the wreck is said to be due to the greed of Portuguese traders. Unlike the English, Dutch … were more focussed on cargo…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… in rolled down a cliff on a mountain road on the way to Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho. After four months of … was under the influence of alcohol and…
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… Zondi (also spelt Bambada, Bhambada), flatly refused to collect the poll tax and threatened white authorities with death if they attempted to do so in his…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… in some of the most prominent organizations that worked to end apartheid in South Africa, including the Federation of … her teenage years until her death and…