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EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… issued a stern warning that should he not be consulted on several issues, he was going to follow Mangosuthu …
EventStompie Seipei’s murderer goes to jail
… the torture of Seipei, who was sjamboked and bounced on the floor by Richardson. Seipei was allegedly tortured and …
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… this area was allegedly sparked by a hand grenade attack on the house of ANC supporters. The ANC retaliated quickly, …
EventAfrikaans is declared an official language of South Africa
… African identity. However this identity was largely based on race and Afrikaans as a language thus became synonymous …
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… called Spanish Flu or 'Great Flu', were diagnosed on this date in Durban. This started the worst pandemic ever … Department,University of Cape Town,…
EventAnna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born
… and author was born in Graaf Reinet in the Eastern Cape on 24 December 1906. At the age of five she joined theatre …
EventThe first known reference to Antjie Somers, a South African bogy figure, is made in The Friend
… It is also claimed that Antjie favoured coming out on warm summer nights, which is how he got his other name …
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… On 23 August 1862, the first rugby match heralded the start …
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
… at that time, the technology to do so was nonexistent. On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Dr. Martin Cooper placed …
EventAmina Lawal’s sentence upheld
… On 19 August 2002, an Islamic high court in the Katsina state … [online] Available at: https://news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed on 13 August 2012]| Alfadi (2011)…
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… Thirty-four years ago, on 6 December 1977, Bophuthatswana was granted ‘independence' …
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. …
The 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 …