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EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… with members of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) to destabilise the country and disrupt the Convention for … President, Frederick W. De Klerk , for not…
Extraordinary Life: Zapiro
… African journalism’s Don Quixote: he has taken up his pen to defend the vulnerable, honour heroes, point fingers at the … a biting satirist and courageous…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… for a new church and, at the same time, presented a bell to the congregation. The building was only completed on 29 … in 1874 when architect AW Wocker was…
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… The Cenotaph on Du Toitspan Road, is a Memorial to 400 of Kimberley’s Men who died in the Great War (World … is unusual about the Cenotaph is its memorial…
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… after Baron Pieter van Rheede van Oudtshoorn who came to South Africa in 1741 and was appointed Governor of the Cape in 1772. He died aboard ship while…
PlaceLibya
… toppling of long-term leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 led to a power vacuum and instability, with no authority in full … Islamic State group briefly took…
PlaceAlbasini Dam, Limpopo
… Range. Named after Joao Albasini who lived from 1813 to 1885. He was the first European Settler in the Lowveld and … Albasini Dam was built in 1952 and was…
PlaceVictoria Tower, Uitenhage
… Uitenhage developed from 1804 to 1910 from a settlement with a typical Dutch Layout popular … buildings located in a narrow stretch in one street, to a semi…
Secret Ballot
… counted. It is at these gatherings where we are introduced to Nkunzi Emnyama (The Commander In Chief), The IT Cadre and … is an exploration of how Political…
ArchiveThe Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… This pamphlets tries to highlight a series of events that the Pan African Congress (PAC)has been involved with in relation to the freedom struggle of the…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… after independence when he stepped down temporarily to work on the revitalization of the Tanganyika African … headquarters of the Committee of Nine, an OAU…
Coloured by History, Shaped by Place - New perspectives on Coloured Identities in Cape Town
… that have grown around coloured identities. It attempts to rethink what it means to be coloured in post- apartheid South Africa. It argues … part of black…
EventKenneth Kaunda accuses British Foreign Secretary of “kissing” apartheid
… must welcome you. But as a messenger of what you have come to do in South Africa, you are not welcome at all." Howe denied the accusation, saying he was…
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… for resisting moving after every 20 minutes, failing to keep his goods in a vehicle and for trading in a … of only one racial group could live. All others…
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… People's Organisation (APO) , he was the first non-White to become a member of the Cape Town City Council (from … him as a great leader who was at all times…
EventGang leader Andre Stander is shot dead in the United States of America
… resulted in him being shot. He died on the wet driveway to his apartment block while waiting for an ambulance. Stander had fled to the USA after McCall was…
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… Biko's death as well as a post-mortem report submitted to the Attorney General of the Transvaal, signed by Professor … least a dozen injuries in the period…
EventUnrest breaks out at Naledi High School as Security police confront learners
… Security police arrived at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest the leader of the local branch of the South Africa … on 4 June. The students were…
EventSouth Africa signs a multilateral treaty prohibiting the development of biological weapons
… stockpiling of any weapons which would enable a country to embark on biological warfare. This prohibition was a supplement to the 1925 Geneva Protocol. This…
EventVerwoerd’s grandson joins ANC
… he joined the organisation. His main aim of joining was to reconcile with, and embrace the people his grandfather made to suffer because of their political…
EventAlgerian head of state Mohamed Boudiaf assassinated
… appointed Ali Kafi, who was also a member of the council, to lead the country. On July 8, only a week later, Prime … Twenty months after the coup, the…
EventNOCSA announces SA participation in Olympic games
… announced South Africa's acceptance of an invitation to participate in the Olympic Games in Barcelona in June, … Africa, but instead the Olympic hymn,…
EventSA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
… Prize for Literature. She was the first woman in 25 years to be awarded the honour and the seventh woman laureate in … in her native country, Gordimer has…
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… Supreme Court ruled otherwise, organised the rally to celebrate the United Nations’ International Year of Peace. … mob. SWAPO believed that the government…
EventSA TV Producer reported killed in Air crash
… at 7 p.m. Saturday night 22 October as Flight 210 en route to Abuja -- a trip that should have taken about 50 minutes. … that the plane was presumed missing…
EventSA sprinter Oscar Pistorius reaches the final
… leg amputees, then showed mind-blowing speed and tenacity to surge from last to victory in a world record 23.42sec for double-amputees at … field down." This…
EventThe Opening Ceremony of 2000 Olympic Games takes place
… opened in the capital Sydney. Australia won the right to host the games in 1993 when it was selected over Beijing, … and Manchester. The opening ceremony…
EventNP demands apology from TRC
… In a letter to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), lawyers for … of state opponents. De Klerk, in his earlier applications to the TRC, rejected…
EventNP holds federal congress
… held its federal congress (1 - 3 August) in Cape Town to unveil its policy plan on anti-poverty strategies. The … name. We can't sell it in black townships."…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… Desmond Tutu, the first Black archbishop of Cape Town rose to fame in the 1980’s. After the1976 Soweto Uprising, Tutu … Mandela on 29 November 1995. The…