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EventUN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign
… The Mugabe government used police and bulldozers to demolish street stalls and residences in urban shantytowns … recently that Mugabe's ruling party reacted…
Event14 Year old girl is convicted in Pietermaritzburg High Court
… two men, Sipho Hadebe and Vusi Tshabalala, and asked them to kill her. They were given some items such as clothes, … house as their payments. During the…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… in 1998 and offered a large reward for information leading to his capture. Police further linked Chauke to 17 murders and 30 robberies in which R82-million…
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… and other officials were cleared of all charges relating to the murder of thirteen people in KwaMakutha in 1987. The … however the prosecution did not bring…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… Rev. Hale of the London Missionary Society, on his visit to the school. With the help of Mohl’s grandfather, Hale arranged for Mohl to attend Tiger Kloof…
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 Congress were…
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 … of other women in an illegal march from the Transvaal to Natal. In October 1913, once…
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 … lived until the age of seven. He and his mother…
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 the West Indies. He later managed to buy…
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 … up a teaching post in Alice. In 1947, Matshikiza moved to…
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 … pushed Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble for a…
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 … Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. This…
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 … December, World Aids Day and ended…
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…
Speech by President Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Celebration, 25 April 1998, KwaDukuza
… Buthelezi, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am truly honoured to celebrate nation-building, freedom, peace and unity with you, as you pay tribute to some of the…
PlaceGeorge, Garden Route- Western Province
… Johannesburg . It is on the Railway Line from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth , 51 km North-East of Mossel Bay and 72 km … the junction for the 68 km branch line…
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 … held a workshop for Street…
PlaceZululand District Municipality
… Coast , in a malaria-free area, Zululand extends up to Richard’s Bay along the north coast of KwaZulu Natal and … into the rural heart of KwaZulu Natal,…
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 … armed uprisings, but…
EventG7 meeting on world finance kicks off in London
… opened a two-day meeting in London that, while unlikely to yield any major changes in exchange rate policies, offers fresh hope for a bold move to combat…
EventFinance Minister Chris Liebenberg presents his budget
… Chris Liebenberg, presented his 1996 - 1997 budget to parliament. It was a cautious package intended to reduce the fiscal deficit and provide tax relief to…
EventThe first experimental radio broadcast in South Africa takes place
… Electric Company. Radio broadcast has grown since then to include Public, Commercial and community radio stations. According to research there are…
EventNatal Indian Congress is formed
… Indian Congress (NIC) is formed by Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal. The … party became the first permanent…
EventANC leads march through central Durban
… (ANC) led a march through central Durban, attended by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The march was organised a few … Zulu King Goodwill…
”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something
… the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something to eat after his escape from Pretoria the night before. The … for Lorenço Marques six days later,…