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EventJudge Goldstone calls for “truth commission” on atrocities
… Justice Richard Goldstone called for the establishment of a "truth commission" on Apartheid atrocities because "victims would not be able to forgive without…
PlaceAbangani Art Centre, Durban
… illustrator, joined the Abangani Open School in Durban as a youth organiser and an arts and craft teacher. Abangani was formed as a response to the demand of…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… of the people who built them. These sites also allow us a glimpse into the everyday. Each place is a repository, a landscape containing an epic story that…
PlaceGroot Constantia, Constantia Valley
… of slaves and their traditions ! "All of these added to the successful wine making methods over the last 3 … nearby Groot Constantia has stood the test of…
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… it sounds. Thus not too far from Johannesburg , Vryburg is a large(ish) Town that finds itself in the heart of Cattle … citizens regarded themselves as 'free…
Post NEC & Lekgotla Briefing, 30 January 2017
… The African National Congress invites members of the media to a media briefing on the outomces of the NEC meeting and NEC Lekgotla held on the 25th to the…
EventThe first Gay Marriage in South Africa
… Gibbs and Tony Halls became the first same sex couple to legally wed in the country, one day after President Thabo … on the continent and the fifth country…
EventAlexandra Action Committee member is shot dead in Johannesburg
… On this day Mr Mahlomela Mabizela, a member of Alexandra Action Committee (AAC) and chairman of … Congress (ASCO) was shot dead through the window of a…
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
… A Railway Station between Drummond and Botha's Hill. Takes its name from a flat-topped Hill nearby, which in turn takes its name from … Lord Alverstone…
PlaceAan de Doorns, Western Cape
… The name is Dutch for 'at the thorns'. A Settlement situated just 8 km from Worcester on the R 43 to Villliersdorp. Aan de Doorns has one of the largest Wine…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 18 May 1983, Volume 72 and Volume 73
… (continued from 17 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council … of Churches (SACC), chaired by the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 4 November 1982
… from the transcript of evidence from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council … of Churches (SACC), chaired by the…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 2: Aug. 22 elections and you
… Peoples Democratic Union of South Africa) is calling for a boycott to the elections and is seen as the only method of rejecting … and segregation; they will…
EventDr. Andries P. Treurnicht is re-elected NP leader in the Transvaal
… of the NP, he re-affirmed that the party will continue to work for independent national groups on a geographical basis. Fourteen years later (1994) the NP…
EventThe trial of eleven Soweto students charged under the Terrorism Act begins
… Students' Representative Council (SSRC) they conspired to commit sedition and terrorism between May 1976 and October … 11 May, 1979they were convicted of…
EventSouth African born Charlize Theron wins an Oscar for best actress in the movie Monster
… on 29 February 2004, making her the first African to do so. Theron portrays real life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the movie. She had to alter her…
EventPercy Montgomery, Springbok rugby player of the Western Province, is born.
… born in Walvis Bay, Windhoek (now known as Namibia). He is a retired Springbok and Rugby Union player. Montgomery became the first Springbok to score 800…
EventWilliam Selborne Dies
… Africa was established. After his retirement he returned to England and continued serving in politics. Click here to read more on the life of Selbourne. …
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
… University of Fort Hare in recognition of his contribution to the music industry. He died due to cardiac failure at Free Hospital, East London and was …
EventThe Democratic Party is founded
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The Democratic Party officially came into being at a one day conference held in Johannesburg. The…
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
… National Congress (ANC) reaffirmed their commitment to the Groote Schuur Minute at discussions held at the … violence by the ANC as part of the on-going…
EventA prison warder is killed in Groote Schuur Hospital
… A 31 year-old prison warder Jacques Horne on guard duty, was … an attack by gunmen at Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital to free a prisoner, apparently a…
EventSwanepoel and Du Preez found guilty of killing soldiers
… brother Petrus was acquitted after the state failed to prove that he had envisaged the soldiers' death. … were transporting ammunition in an army truck from…
EventHeroic act by boer soldier Windvogel
… at Vlakfontein and captured the field guns. Dixon launched a counterattack and Kemp withdrew. During the Republican … an after-rider, Windvogel, acted…
EventSouth African artist, Maggie Laubser, is born
… the district of Malmesbury, Cape Colony. Laubser went on to become on of South Africa's most renowned South African … and soon after returning to South…
EventFormer ANC president, Z.R. Mahabane, is born
… Mahabane, who combined politics and Christian ethics to fight racism, was born in Thaba Nchu, Orange Free State (OFS). As politician Mahabane tried to…
EventPercy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police
… Klaaste were arrested by the Special Branch police in a mission to shut down the two Black publications. Qoboza and Klaaste … months in solitary confinement…
EventSouth African police close the investigation into the death of Steve Biko
… When Steve Biko was found dead on a cold cement floor in a Pretoria prison, police claimed that he died of hunger strike. The following investigation failed…
News SABC ‘should be hitting the panic button’ over Jimi Matthews’ resignation by Ndileka Lujabe (City Press), 27 June 2016
… longer be part of it,” he said in his resignation letter to Professor Mbulaheni Maguvhe, chairperson of the SABC … was effective immediately. “[The…
Congo gains its independence from Belgium
… State ” region. [ii] However, the atrocities committed to the people in the Congo were so immense and severe that … and Belgium took over the region from…