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ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.3 and No.4 1988
… Contents and Contributors Preface A.W. Oliphant and lvan Vladislavic, First Editorial 1978; … by Njabulo S. Ndebele; Mamlambo by Bheki Maseko; To Fly by…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… the people's struggles and the fires of battle and found to be the only effective weapon, the only antidote against … or rebirth are noticeable on the far…
SAHO Milestones
… African History Online (SAHO) was established in 2000, as a not-for-profit Section 21 organisation 30 August - The … SAHO published the book Imperial Ghetto…
PlaceZonderwater
… Northern and Eastern fronts. At it's largest it held a total of 86 000 men at one time, in 8 seperate blocks. … like Zonderwater Museum Curator, Emilio…
PlaceIbeka, Simonstown
… it until 1842. In 1840 it was leased by the government as a temporary isolation hospital for smallpox patients! The meaning of the name has to do with your…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… known artists. He was born in Pretoria in 1886 and moved to Holland at the time of the Boer War. He studied there and … when his artworks became so prominent…
EventControversial ‘Black Jesus’ painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… Black Christ, depicts Luthuli crucified on the cross next to apartheid mastermind Hendrick Verwoed and former Minister … and the painting banned. The…
EventUgandan Prime Minister, Milton Obote announces the proposed division of Buganda
… most powerful province independent Uganda and considered a threat to the central government Hence the decision to divide the … by six ministers advised by…
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… They took place between the period of 1982 and 1990, a time when South Africa was banned from International … Cricket. In 1990, when South Africa went…
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… A government notice published on 6 November 1964 gave the … so-called 90 Day Act), consisting largely of amendments to the Suppression of Communism Act, had…
EventSA artist Tshela Matsoso is born
… 1972 he studied at the Bill Ainslie Studios and traveled to France, England and Italy. He then worked for the SABC as a graphic artist. Between 1970 and 1988…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… after twelve years in office, B.J. Voster was elected to the unprecedented honorary position of State President. … of Information. Vorster was implicated in…
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… (52), who left the cabinet at the request of President F.W. de Klerk to take up the appointment of National Party (NP) secretary-general, a post which he…
EventNelson Mandela announces intentions on nationalisation policy
… Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the … that the ANC welcomes dialogue with the…
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… as policemen in the Italian governed part of Somalia prior to World War Two, Barre was found to excel in the sphere of … Somalia gained independence he…
EventProposal for a new constitution
… Viljoen on 27 August 1990 said that negotiations for a new South African constitution should begin in 1991 and be … National Congress suggested that equal…
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… conference organised by COSATU in Cape Town, which aimed to include delegates from a broad spectrum of anti-apartheid organisations, and … homes or…
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
… restrictions on political organisations. The bill sought to curb the growing union movement and undermine gains made by workers since the 1970s. Cosatu's…
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… was one of the participants in the Rainbow Debate at a heritage festival held in Eersterust Township, east of … Boesak maintained he had stopped calling or…
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… Sibusiso Vilane, became the first Black South African to reach the top of Mount Everest, an 8 848m Himalayan peak, … briefing at parliament about his…
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… The South African parliament approved legislation to set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1995. … former victims of human rights abuses told…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… book Blame Me on History, which was in many ways similar to Can Themba's short story Requiem for Sophiatown (destroyed … Me on History was an examination of…
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… 1893. Cato was born in London, England in 1814. He came to South Africa as a trader. He was asked to plan Durban while it was still under the Natalia…
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… Three years prior to this date, the British had annexed the Transvaal under Shepstone. Following this was a period of passive resistance and repeated…
EventThe railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed
… in South Africa. The line was constructed as result of a mounting need for transport, as Natal had to hold its own in the advance of commerce and the general…
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… African author Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner is born to Gottlob and Rebecca (Rebekah) Schreiner. During her youth … Department of Tourism in the Eastern…
EventLesotho’s deputy Prime Minister shot
… Pakalitha Mosisili and Kelebone Maope in the mutiny over a planned government probe into the army. Parliament, whose … assistance, South African Defence…
EventTwenty die in an armed assault in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan
… In a massacre on 4 February 1994 Abbas al-Bager Abbas opened … fire killing 20 praying muslims and wounding 33 others in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan. Abbas…
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes,a muralist and graphic artist, was born on 1 June 1926 in … served in the South African forces in Italy. On his return to South…
EventJazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg
… Mhleli Ntoni died of heart attack, after he was admitted to hospital on Thursday due to persistent cough. The famous … jazz bass player was born in Langa ,…