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EventJoe Kachingwe is appointed Malawi’s first Ambassador to South Africa
… Ambassador to South Africa and assumes office in Pretoria on 29 July 1971. This diplomatic move by both countries …
EventAn inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale finds no-one criminally liable for his death
… Security Police headquarters, John Vorster Square on 8 August 1982, found no-one criminally liable for his …
EventWorld No Tobacco Day is observed
… smokers, with the average smoker spending R 400 a month on cigarettes. Laws discouraging smoking were introduced over … [online] Available at: https://www…
EventJomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted
… arrest came shortly after the Lari massacre that happened on 26 March 1953 where close to 100 people were killed and …
EventThe University of South Africa is officially opened, replacing the University of the Cape of Good Hope.
… University of South Africa (Unisa) was officially opened on 2 March 1918. It had been known as the University of the … of Unisa [online] Available at: www…
EventSeveral leading members of trade unions affiliated to the UDF are arrested
… (UDF). The move followed nationwide unrest which broke out on 3 September 1984. The Vaal Civic Association organised a …
EventHestrie Cloete, world champion high jumper, is born
… Hestrie Cloete was born in Germiston, East of Johannesburg on 26 August 1978. She began participating in sports at an … [online] Available at: www…
EventSA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia
… medals from the World Gold Championships in Slovakia on 24 August 2007. The team consisted of 26 members with … Available at: www.goldfeverprospecting.com …
EventGovernment declares that five ‘non-White’ South African University Colleges will be entities separate from the University of South Africa
… On 3 April 1968, South Africa Prime Minister B.J. Vorster …
EventA ferry carrying 200 passengers capsizes near the coastal town of Robersport in Northwest Liberia
… close to 200 passengers capsized in Robersport, Liberia on 14 December 2002. The passengers were returning from the … [online] Available at: www.reliefweb…
Ikwezi
… the process of building a Marxist-Leninist Party based on the Chinese model of revolution and the writings of …
EventA new right-wing group Aksie Eie Toekoms (Action for our Own Future) (AET) is founded in Pretoria.
… for a White Afrikaner State and segregation. Lubbe is on record saying that desegregation and harmony between races …
EventTryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo
… Catherina Charlotte Kotzenberg was born in De Aar on 13 January 1910. She started writing books at the age of … [online] Available at: www.humanrousseau…
PlaceLesotho
… with the baSotho in 1837, declared a separate Republic on their lands in 1843. A series of inconclusive territorial … that an alliance be formed between the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela opening the morals summit called by the National Religious Leaders’Forum Johannesburg, 22 October 1998
… the legitimacy of their leadership will also depend on the extent to which they root out these things in their … forces and the communities they serve, and…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 8 - The Impracticality of Realism
… control those hidden social forces that places constraints on us in a capitalist society and to minimize the abuse of … is not. The stability of present…
ArchiveFrom the Archive of Steve Bantu Biko by Mafika Gwala, 23 May 2019
… Zulu Popular Praises (1991), a literary commentary on Zulu poetry, which includes two of his praise poems. … in turning the cars and buses carrying mourners…
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
… On 31 March 2020, a group of scientists from around the world … and sent to all medical institutions in Wuhan City on 4 January; city-wide training was…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… Essa Moosa was born in District Six, Cape Town on 8 February 1936.[i] He was a judge in the Supreme Court of … members of the Hawks.[viii] Judge Essa Moosa…
EventCliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born
… Eric Clifford “Cliff” Drysdale was born in Nelspruit on 26 May 1941.[i] He was widely regarded as one of the best … Handsome Eight, a group of talented…
Duties as Minister of the Interior, Resettlement, Township Administration, Inkatha and KwaZulu politics
… strikes 20:58 - 22:68 - Representations to Pretoria on the question of trade unions 22:68 - 23:59 - Payment of … 56:91 - 59:15- Disadvantages of taking this…
PlaceUNISA’s Department of Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology
… Town to equip students with technical assistance and one-on-one training sessions where possible. Part of the teaching … theory and practice. "UNISA is the…
PlaceBritish Bechuanaland
… Heliopolis. This was located 16 km south-east of Mafeking. On 6 August 1883 a second group of Boers established the … of a formal postal infrastructure for…
PlaceClarkebury, Eastern Cape
… in Thembuland. Made to socialise with other students on an equal basis, he claimed that he lost his “stuck up” … a prefect. With Jongintaba’s backing,…
Document 47 - “Answer to Government’s Apartheid Unions”, The Citizen. 1 3, 30 April 1956
… 30 April 1956 "THE LABOUR MOVEMENT MUST FIGHT ALL ATTEMPTS ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL THE FREE ASSOCIATION … SAID MR. JOHN GOMAS WHEN…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the President’s Cup 2003 Fancourt 20 November 2003
… prestigious friendly tournament, the President’s Cup 2003. On behalf of the government and people of South Africa, I … the sport, which millions around the…
PlaceShri Jagannath Puri Temple, Tongaat
… Area down. The Temple's physical design was created Based on only one other Temple Kamal's Grandfather had seen in … Declared a National Monument under old…
Message to the Soweto Rally to Welcome Released Leaders by O. R. Tambo, 29 October 1989
… of our country. Those who have chosen to turn their backs on our festivity are the small minority who continue to cling … and a bitter conflict between the…
African farmers in Southern Africa
… cattle received so much attention, survival' depended on the cultivation of crops which was the work of the women. … objects of the San and the Khoikhoi are…
Constitution of the ANC
… later than 6 weeks before the annual national conference. On failure on the part of any provincial committee to function in terms … new provincial committee…