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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 … Congo. In December of 1962, the United…
PlaceAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI), University of Cape Town
… peers on the African Continent. Since then ASAI has begun to understand its role as both a pan-African project as well … south. ASAI produces resources that…
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
… provision of basic needs. On 11 August 1943, in response to increasing food prices and unequal food distribution (due to the price hikes), a Food Committee…
Establishment of Food Committee
… provision of basic needs. On 11 August 1943, in response to increasing food prices and unequal food distribution due to price hikes, a Food Committee…
Establishment of the Food Committee
… provision of basic needs. On 11 August 1943, in response to increasing food prices and unequal food distribution (due to the price hikes), a Food Committee…
Democrats Film Screening
… which focuses on politics in Zimbabwe, and are looking to invite members within your organization/ department to the screening on the 28th,29th and 30th…
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
… whose life and work played a leading role in giving form to the debate about ‘a people’s culture’ in the 1970’s and 1980’s. The primary aim of these lectures…
PlaceTylden, Eastern Cape
… are arid deserts in the interior, or the lush, humid land to the east--home to elephants, buffalo, and the endangered black rhino. (links … READING and…
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… visiting on a Friday make sure you get there in time to watch a bread baking demonstration in the old working Victorian kitchen – you might even be lucky…
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 … below in the ‘Middle Campus’. Built by…
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 … at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art…
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 Congo in an attempt to end the fighting in…
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 … activities in South Africa. He returned…
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
… horse, "Fate", bolted and the prince, in attempting to mount his fleeing horse tripped and fell and was speared to death. A memorial, now a historical…
EventSADF’s 31 Battallion is disbanded
… that it would be disbanded as part of the efforts to end violence in South Africa, as they were allegedly … dispersed trained killers. The 1,000 soldiers…
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
… so far south of Cape Point that he did not see it and had to sail northwards to reach the coast. His first landing place was the bay of … and bartered live…
EventNational Housing Department introduces new plan
… Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, introduced a new housing plan to the media. The plan had been endorsed by the cabinet and entailed the government's intention to…
EventSouth African Aerial Transports services are inaugurated
… Barangwanath airport, near Johannesburg. The company aimed to convince the public of the feasibility and safety of commercial aviation and to secure a…
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 … such should secure a peaceful…
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 … camels, wise men…
EventBram Fischer born today
… in its activities. His anti-apartheid stance led him to be a member of the Congress of Democrats and to form part of the defence team for the leaders of the…
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… times as an activist, and would use his time in jail to write. He later went to exile in England before returning to his father’s native country Cuba, where…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
… north of Durban, where they declared they were opposed to the Tricameral Constitutional proposals which exclude … the National Party (NP) Government…
EventDr Alexander Logie du Toit, South African geologist, is born in Cape Town
… du Toit was a South African geologist. His work raised him to prominence and he became South Africa’s most important … of continental drift. He was also the…
EventThe western wing of Munitoria burns down
… fighters arrived. It took four days and 252 fire fighters to put out the fire completely and was the biggest fire the … end, nothing could be salvaged. The…
EventStephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
… club Hearts of Oak. Initially a striker, he later changed to midfield and was described as an all round box to box midfielder, able to defend, create goals…