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EventSADF raid Southern Angola
… The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern … People's Organisation (SWAPO) fighters are…
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… post of minister of defence. Louis le Grange was appointed to the portfolio of minister of public works and tourism, … minister for defence and national…
EventThe Conservative Party decides on talks with National Party and expel a member
… The Conservative Party (CP) caucus agreed to hold talks with the National Party (NP) on setting up a White state (volkstaat). The caucus expelled a Member of…
EventButhelezi and Mandela meet and call for cease-fire
… On 29 January 1991 a summit meeting was held in Durban between the African … in 30 years that these two political rivals had met. In a joint statement called…
EventSipho Ngomane of South Africa wins the 80th Comrades Marathon in Durban.
… 80th Comrades Marathon race, after he ran down from Durban to Pietermaritzburg in a time of five hours, 27 minutes and 10 seconds mentored by … the race…
EventSchalk Burger wins two International Awards
… Newcomer honours from the International Rugby Union at a ceremony held in London. Burger became the first player to win both major categories in the…
EventTwo policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
… Two policemen were killed by a group of Zulus near Richmond, Natal, following local resistance to the collection of poll tax, which became payable on 1 ……
EventP.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference
… 1984 saw P.W. Botha elected to the position of President, having abolished the position … in 1980 that all South African races would take part in a…
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
… attracted the best players over the years and continues to be one of the most prestigious sporting events in the country. Apart from Price, the only other…
PlaceJames Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg
… , buses , trams , trains and cars - from the Model T Ford to electric cars . It is a museum, that aims to preserve and promote the History of over 400 years…
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…
EventFatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born
… Professor Fatima Meer was a writer, academic and human rights and gender activist who … Meer who was the editor and publisher of Indian Views a weekly…
EventTanzania gains independence
… on the East African coast made it easily accessible to Arab traders and slave traders, who operated in the … in Tanzania peaked towards the mid-eighteenth…
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… the Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality. However, Warden is a Hundred Years old (the Town celebrated its Centenary in September 2013). There is a larger than…
PlaceRed Location Museum
… winner Architect; Joe Noero . It derives its name from a series of corrugated iron barrack buildings, which are rusted a deep red colour. These were part of…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray ……
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray ……
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray ……
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray ……
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray ……
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray ……
EventSouth Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… Millions of South Africans attended church services where a national day of prayer took place to honour the memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and pray ……
Journal of Black Theology
… published by the Black Theology Project in Pretoria is a scholarly publication dedicated to the exploration of African and Black theology and its … poverty…
PlaceDe Goede Verwachting, 17 Cavalcade Road, Green Point
… included the whole of Green Point, was granted in 1814 to David Kuuhle. Construction of the house probably began … House. However as the city expanded, so…
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa’s withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
… the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted a resolution condemning the racial policies of the South … for South Africa's withdrawal from the ILO, by…
PlaceFeathermarket Hall, Port Elizabeth
… Square. Feather Market Centre, which has played host to glamorous business and cultural events for over a Century, was proclaimed a National Monument in 1980…
EventBotha appoints Hendrikse and Rajbansi into his Cabinet
… of the National People's Party (NPP) are appointed to the Cabinet as Chairmen of the Ministers' Councils, but neither is given a ministerial portfolio. Both…
EventOne person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani
… An unnamed person was killed in a car bomb explosion at the home of Chris Hani, then Umkhonto … Sizwe (MK) commander in Lesotho. Eben Frederick Coetzee, a…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
… on 29 April 1981, voters returned the National Party (NP) to power, albeit with a reduced majority in the House of Assembly compared to previous elections …