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PlacePolokwane
… early history of the city in the fascinating photographs on display at the Hugh Exton Photographic Museum , and take a …
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… profile, an argument that he had already tried out on Yusuf Dadoo and Villa Pillay, SACP leaders in London, who … have put him completely at odds with party…
Citizenship and Justice: rethinking Political Theory and Political Philosophy
… Philosophy, UWC invites you to a Reading Group and Seminar on the work of, and with, Prof. Carlos Forment, Graduate …
EventPhakisa Freeway opens
… The Phakisa Freeway located in Welkom, Free State, opened on 10 October 1999.[i] The Phakisa Freeway was constructed by …
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… His wife was in prison for about 4 months and then freed on the grounds that she was expecting a child, and freed also …
EventThe "Battle of Andringa": violently separating Stellenbosch
… engaged in a fight with the town’s Coloured residents on the corner of Andringa and Plein Street in Stellenbosch. …
ArchiveThe Black Sash: a case study of liberalism in South Africa 1955-1990
… of the Black Sach's activities, notably its concentration on extra-parliamentary politics and its nationwide network of …
EventNasty C, the South African hip hop artist and song writer is born
… Junior Ngcobo, stage name Nasty C was born in Durban[i] on 11 February 1997.[ii] He started rapping at the age of …
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
… watch their favourite bands play. The concerts are held on the lawns at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden …
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 July 1982. …
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 February 1962 .Also Called Seven Castle Hill or No 7 …
PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
… Commissioner of the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board. This was on the 14th January 1904. The exterior of the building has …
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 October 1980. The Grand Old Lady of the city, the …
PlaceMoletzie Bird Sanctuary
… parts range from brown to cream to stone becoming lighter on the wings. The blue grey head and neck are sparsely …
Famous Gatsha Buthelezi Editorial in SASM Newsletter, April 1973
… the "Bantus." Some of the masses have pinned their hopes on him and him alone. When Gatsha speaks, they clap hands and …
EventMuhammad Ali defeats Charles Liston in the World heavyweight title fight
… On 25 February 1964, Cassius Marcellus Clay also known as …
EventMoroccan Army of Liberation attacks Spanish enclave of Ifni
… Army began to infiltrate Ifni and Spanish Sahara. On 23 November 1957, they attacked the Spanish enclave at …
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
… decline, and Mali re-joined the French community in 1967. On 19 November 1968, Keita was overthrown in a bloodless …
EventPercy Qoboza, editor of the Post, states that it is difficult to see how a credible newspaper for Blacks can be created in South Africa
… Qoboza then left for the United States, stating on 22 January 1981 that it would be difficult to create and …
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… On 1 May 1979, the first interim report of the Wiehahn …
EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
… Zambia, in arranging a meeting of the two warring parties on the bridge at the Victoria Falls, however, the two parties …
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… of Bantu Education were slowly beginning to impact heavily on government and businesses in South Africa. As a result, …
EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… South African control respectively since the late 1700s. On 16 August 1993, South Africa relinquished sovereignty over …
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… On 29 July 1990 the South African Communist Party(SACP), …
EventJulius Nyerere chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) addresses the ANC in Arusha
… advocated for an independent, socialist programme based on a concept derived from a variant of African socialism. … at the Tshwane University of Technology …
Event18 mineworkers die in Carletonville
… On 29 July 1999, a team of AngloGold mineworkers at the …
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… scorched earth policy had been implemented by March 1901. On 16 August 1901, De la Rey, a Boer general, had protested …
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… On Lord Roberts' return to England in November 1900 Lord …
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… the Boer soldiers. They were being supported by the people on the farms so he initiated the "scorched earth" policy. …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… On 25 January 1995, King Moshoeshoe II was formally …