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EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
On 31 October 1933, Abdul Samad Minty was born in Hartebeesfontein, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo Province). In June 1958 he left for Britain to…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s…
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
The Union of South Africa was established in 1910. Although South Africa was no longer a British colony, it was not an independent country either. Its…
PlaceCradock Division
The Cradock division is known as The Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality or District. It is situated in the Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape Province. It…
PlaceTree Garden, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
Along President Brand Street (Bloemfontein’s ‘historical mile’) you will find classic sandstone buildings that surprise with their grandeur - the 3rd Raadsaal …
ArchiveAzikwelwa E Thembisa
Circular urges parents to unite with students in stayaways planned to oppose state oppression
ArchiveBirths, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act, Act No 81 of 1963
Act to consolidate the laws relating to the registration of births, marriages and deaths.
ArchiveMark Kaplan sent packing
Ex-detainee Mark Kaplan was given an hour to pack before being deported to Zimbabwe.
ArchiveKei Road farmers sabotage meeting claims priest
Newspaper article relating to the Kei Road Farmers Association meeting held to discuss farm dwellers' evictions.
PlaceDurban Natural Science Museum
The Durban Natural Science Museum has dynamic and innovative research and education programmes with a particular emphasis on Biodiversity Conservation, and…
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
John Langalibalele Dube (22.02.1871- 11.02.1946) was born at the Inanda Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal to James and Elizabeth Dube…
ANC statement on the passing of Epainette Mbeki, 7 June 2014
A The ANC has learned with sadness the passing of Epainette Nomaka Mbeki this morning at St Dominic hospital in East London following her sickness. Her passing…
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
After a 22-year civil war in which 2. 5 million southerners died, South Sudanese calls for independence from as early as 1954 were brought to a regional…
PlaceMaclear/Nqanqarhu
The Sivewright Bridge, in Station Street. Is a National Monument With its magnificent, Sandstone Bridge With Arches. This place was first known by the by…
PlaceFaculty of Health Sciences, UCT Observatory
The oldest medical school in South Africa, offer a variety of educational, training and academic career options within the context of health care and research …
Madiba The African Opera
Madiba the African Opera is the biographical opera in the life of Nelson Mandela whose libretto was written by the late former presidents Grand Nephew, HRH…
Symposium: Memory in a time of freedom
Description of event: The District Six Museum, in partnership with the Steve Biko Foundation, is hosting a symposium entitled, "‘Memory in a time of freedom"…
PlaceNew Somerset Hospital, Beach Road, Green Point
The building was opened in 1862 and in its time was the first teaching hospital in South Africa. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation…
PlaceLeinster Hall, 7 Weltevreden Street, Gardens
Leinster Hall was built in the 1850s by Sebastian Hofmeyr on a plot of land that previously formed part of the farm Weltevreden. The outbuildings date from the…
PlaceKliptown Museum
The story the Kliptown Open Air Museum tells of the thousands of people who contributed to the drafting of the Freedom Charter through photographs, news…
EventThe Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences
On July 1949,the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No 55 of 1949 that prohibited marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of…
EventThe twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela is marked by a call for his release by China
The twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was…
EventThe University of the Orange Free State is founded in Bloemfontein
The University of the Free State was founded on 18 March 1950. The institution began as a small college in what was then the Orange River Colony, called the…
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
On 4 March 1953, the Criminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commenced. This act made civil disobedience punishable by a three-year gaol (prison) sentence, and…
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
A well-known political activist and academic, Neville Edward Alexander was born on 22 October, 1936 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He went on to complete three…
EventJoe Slovo is born
Joe Slovo, the former South African Communist Party (SACP) and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. From 1950s…
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
On 24 June 1973, South African athlete Danie Malan set a new world record in the middle distance 1000m event in Munich. Malan was raised in the Boland area of…
EventNational Party wins general election
The National Party under Dr H.F. Verwoerd claimed majority of votes in a parliamentary general election, Verwoerd's last election before his assassination in…
Maqubela and Dyandyi are sentenced for necklacing
City Press reported that Wonke Maqubela and Neliswa Nohnuhna Dyantyi Busika, accused in a necklace trial in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, and found guilty of…
EventUnited Democratic Front member Pearl Tshabalala assassinated
Ms Pearl Tshabalala, a prominent businesswoman and member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Clermont, Durban, who had resisted moves to incorporate…