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EventFormation of the South African Native National Congress
… president in absentia. The organisation developed out of a situation of racial exclusion and discrimination under the new Union of South Africa. SANNC…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… South Africa Act was passed in Britain granting dominion to the White minority over Native (African), Asiatic (mostly … party supporters gathered at Market…
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… and children, as well as their black servants, were taken to concentration camps, where they were met with appalling … implemented by March 1901. On 16…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
… in the southern region of Katanga. His father was said to be the first Congolese millionaire, amassing a fortune through a variety of business ventures…
PlaceAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI), University of Cape Town
… Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI) is a non-profit company, specializing in research and … peers on the African Continent. Since then ASAI has begun to…
Statement congratulating Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira on winning the Hopman Cup, 8 January 2000
… of their extraordinary determination and commitment to South African tennis in particular and sport in general. They also continue to serve as role models…
Establishment of the Food Committee
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , South Africa was undergoing a downturn in economic fortunes. Unemployment and food … provision of basic…
Establishment of Food Committee
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the South African economy … provision of basic needs. On 11 August 1943, in response to increasing food…
Establishment of the Food Committee
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , South Africa was undergoing a downturn in economic fortunes. Unemployment and food … provision of basic…
Democrats Film Screening
… We are planning a screening launch of our film Democrats which focuses on politics in Zimbabwe, and are looking to invite members within your organization/…
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
… for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS). Gwala was a prominent South African poet, activist and intellectual whose life and work played a leading role in…
PlaceTylden, Eastern Cape
… Tylden in the region of Eastern Cape is a town in South Africa. Serving as landing site and home of … home of the Xhosa people. The diverse landscape…
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… legacy of the local community. (So if you’re visiting on a Friday make sure you get there in time to watch a bread baking demonstration in the old working…
ArchiveBoycott the Can
… of Metal Box retrenched 22 black workers and after a week hired 3 white workers; On the 22 October 1985 workers … upon fellow working people in townships and…
PlaceMiddle Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… Middle and Lower Campuses together are often referred to as the 'main campus' The Campus as it stands today was … moved onto the Campus in 1928, and the…
EventAuthor and playwright Ronald Harwood is born in Cape Town
… Cape Town on 9 November 1934. He left Cape Town for London to pursue a career on stage. In London, he received stage training at … too foreign and Jewish;…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… Lorna Peirson . After completing his studies, he went on to teach at the Appelsbosch Training College at Oswatini from … Sibisi found himself back in school…
EventUN Secretary General is killed in a plane crash
… Rhodesia (now Zambia). Hammarskjold was on his way to meet with President Moise Tshombe of Katanga Province in … Press reported that the lone survivor,…
EventFormer premier of Mpumalanga, Afrikaans poet and lawyer, Mathews Phosa is born
… Unit that the Apartheid security forces were planning to kill him by means of a parcel or letter bomb. While in Mozambique he became … activities in South…
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… Prize award for his untiring efforts in calling for an end to minority rule in South Africa, the unbanning of liberation … and the release of political…
EventThe Prince Imperial of France dies in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
… forces, was killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a British reconnaissance party were attacked by about forty … horse, "Fate", bolted and the prince, in…
EventTrial of nine BPC and SASO leaders ends
… were found guilty under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to periods of imprisonment, three for six years and six for … they were driven from Pretoria to Cape…
EventSADF’s 31 Battallion is disbanded
… Defence Force's (SADF) 31st Battalion was disbanded at a public ceremony in the Cape Province. This Battalion was … townships and who fought in the war in…
EventANC’s economic plans
… Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the … that the ANC welcomed dialogue with the…
EventWinnie Mandela attacked by a group of people
… apartheid government, which, she said, was working hard to discrete liberation leaders. However, pro-government … the attack on her. Mandela was at the…
EventBartolomeu Dias reaches present Mossel Bay
… that he had sailed past the southern-most point of Africa. A strong wind had driven him so far south of Cape Point that he did not see it and had to sail…
EventNational Housing Department introduces new plan
… Housing Department Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, introduced a new housing plan to the media. The plan had been endorsed by the cabinet and … intention to…
EventSouth African Aerial Transports services are inaugurated
… were inaugurated in South Africa with the amalgamation of a London-based company, the South African Aerial Navigation … Barangwanath airport, near…
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… the South African News, and stressed, "We are at liberty to say that the Government regards these (Kruger's) proposals … as adequate, satisfactory and as…
EventSA artist Helen Martins is born
… the age of fifty, when her husband died, she stopped going to church. She began to create a series of extraordinary eccentric creatures of wire, …