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EventDaisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.
… he was approaching the age of 21. De Melker was hanged on 30 December 1932. …
EventUDF is launched
… Community Centre in Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town on 20 August 1983. Its inception was inspired by the union of …
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… which has blown up from the adjacent beaches over a period on the order of a hundred thousand years. Below the sand, the bedrock is in general the …
53. The significance of the settlement for the colonial-born India
… In the following article, Albert Christopher reflects on what settlement held for South African-born Indians. As he … sense. The abolition of that iniquitous…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at dinner hosted in his honour by the Minister of External Affairs of India, Mr. P.V. Narasimha, 21 January 1983, Rao, New Delhi
… relations is a policy of bullying, blackmail and bribery on an incredible scale. Thus, on the one hand it is offering constitutional bribes and … the growing…
Remembering the Artistry of Photojournalist Ranjith Kally by Kalim Rajab (Daily Maverick) 21 June 2017
… Some years ago, Muhammed Ali was asked for his thoughts on the death of the great African-American boxer, Joe Louis. … he and I held a talk about the book we…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s ‘Mother of the Nation’ who was never First Lady by Mashupye Herbert Maserumule (TheConversation.com), 3 April 2018
… mother of the nation’ – took the apartheid system head-on, at the huge personal cost. Her life typified the courage … spied for the apartheid government,…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… Bonner, Philip. "The PoUtics of Black Squatter Movements on the Rand, 1944-1952." Radical History Review 46/7 (1990): … 37-46. Callinicos, Luli. A Place in…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… formed. The leadership was composed of the working class. On the 21st of May 1946, women decided to take action against …
Part 2: Ahmed Kathy Kathrada Addresses Gandhi Satyagraha Tour Delegates
… House . Video shoot and edit by Lynnea Bylund . Recorded on 9 June 2014 at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, …
The death of Mama Luthuli,16 December 1996
… near Stanger. Yet Nokukhanya was a freedom fighter on her own right. The ANC deeps its revolutionary banner to …
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… On 21 October 1986 Jacob Thabo Lengane, the father of …
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… formed. The leadership was composed of the working class. On the 21st of May 1946, women decided to take action against … history.org.za/article/second-world…
PlaceMbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit
… Situated on corner Henshall Street and Samora Machel Drive/N4, it is …
EventMarsha Cox, the South African hockey player is born
… Marsha Marescia Cox was born in Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 13 January 1983. She is a South African hockey legend. …
ArchiveInterview with Amabutho members
… of school students, but with little to lose and time on their hands to roam the streets, they became the most …
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… On 29 May 1994 the South African government signed an … of) ', [online], Available at www.dfa.gov.za [Accessed on 28 May 2013]|O’Malley (1994) ‘1994’ , …
PlaceAir Force Museum, Port Elizabeth
… Air Force Museum, Forest Hill Drive, Southdene, is located on the southern side of the Port Elizabeth Airport. The …
EventThe inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Bantu Biko, opens in Pretoria
… Steve Biko died naked and unattended on the cement floor of a cell in a Pretoria prison hospital … African History Online (2011). ‘X - Counsel's Submission…
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… Sizinzo and Mvula Nduna. The casualties were buried on 14 February 1981. …
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
… with 7 other members of Umkhonto we Sizwe High Command. On this occasion Sisulu was not released. He, together with … history [online] Available at: www.anc…
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… On 15 February 1995, President Nelson Mandela revealed he …
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… On 12 March, 1975, Stanley Mabizela the African National …
EventPoqo members arrested
… Armed Poqo members were intercepted by the police while on their way to assassinate Chief Kaiser Matanzima. An armed …
Event13 year-old South African Native mineworker is published in a newspaper
… On 7 March 1960, a photograph of a 13 year-old Native boy in …
EventMargaret Rheeder is hung in Pretoria
… her husband, Benjamin Fredenman, was hung in Pretoria. On the morning of 27 April 1957 Rheeder went to a pharmacy in …
EventMac Maharaj is born
… board, to prevent his presence from having negative impact on business. …
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
… The Langa summit came a year after the Wiehahn commission on labour was tabled before parliament. Click here to read …
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… On 9 January 1994, Abdul Shariff a freelance photographer was …
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… gathered without a single country boycotting the events. On 25th July, Nelson Mandela attended the opening ceremony at …