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PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… he resided here for less than a month, and on 26 March 1902 he died in the house. It remained in the …
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… Artist George Msimang was born on 26 October 1948 in Durban. Msimang's interest in art began at …
EventP.W. Botha and Kenneth Kaunda in a historic meeting
… between Prime Minister B.J. Vorster and Kaunda on 25-26 August 1976. The two leaders were together for nearly four …
EventCruel murder of Dora Bloch
… 139 (an Air France A-300B Airbus, hijacked from Athens on 26 June) was reported as still missing. Bloch, a 74-year-old …
EventEgyptian and Israeli forces in fierce fights
… From 6 to 26 October 1973 Israel and a coalition of Arab nations led by …
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… in Cambridge, where he became a teacher and fellow. On 26 October 1813, Fallows was appointed to be the principal …
EventLiberia is established
… On 26 July 1847 the Liberian Declaration of Independence was …
EventThe introduction of new South African flag 1994
… Africa since 31 May 1928 until just before midnight on 26 April 1994.The national flag first flew on 10 May 1994 …
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… Zolla Budd was born to an Afrikaans family on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein. She was one of five children. …
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… The Defiance Campaign was launched two months later on the 26 June and took the form of large-scale contraventions of …
EventFormer ANC president, Z.R. Mahabane, is born
Clergyman, teacher, politician and president of the African National Congress (ANC) Zaccheus Richard Mahabane, who combined politics and Christian ethics to…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act of 1950. …
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
Black women in what was then the Orange Free State protested when they were included in Pass legislation previously reserved for African men only. The…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee
… the Congress since the National Day of Protest—26th June 1950. The white rulers have concentrated all their energy …
ArticleCOVID-19: The Whens and Whats of the Deadly Virus
… extraordinary response; there can be no half measures”. [26] President Cyril Ramaphosa said that contact between … strict government actions) of South…
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… (b. Eisfeld, Germany 11 May 1852, d. Zurich, Switzerland, 26 January 1932), who founded a diamond company in Kimberley … Professor. Umhlangano Banner,…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… this dichotomy is made evident: Mbatha Elizabeth (b.1950) Double turkey jar Through Gowenius, [Azaria] Mbatha … of the work. Shilakoe, who died tragically at…
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa's withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
… Organisation, [online] Available at www.ilo.org, [Accessed 26 May 2011] …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… with dismissal. The chamber made a final offer on 26 August, on the 18 th day of the strike, but NUM refused to … announced on 29 August that it accepted the…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… Farewell arrived aboard the Antelope . It numbered about 26 persons and included in its number a Dutchman, Josias … laying in additional stores, it headed…
History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Africa: 1932 - 1949 History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 …
EventSolly Sachs leaves South Africa
… two notices in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act (1950) had been served on him on 19 May 1952 and his arrest on …
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
The Nationalist party government announced its intention to consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas from 113 to 36. The homelands were…
EventLife magazine is banned in Egypt after publishing an unflattering article about King Farouk
… best writers and cartoonists in the world. In the April 10 1950 issue of the magazine, it featured an article about King … Herald- Journal 11 May 1950 Ban…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… the previous year under the Unlawful Organisations Act of 1950. …
Post-detention weapons
… provisions of the Suppression of Communism Act (SCA) of 1950, which were more far-reaching. Section 10 of this Act … The Internal Security Act (ISA) of 1976…
EventGovernment's final consolidation of 'homelands'
The Nationalist party government announced its intention to consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas from 113 to 36. The homelands were…
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… 25 Denis Goldberg: Rivonia Trail's 'Baby' turns 80 Chapter 26 Community H.E.A.R.T Chapter 27 The Freedom Charter …
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… Army closes down sinister CCB, The Daily Mail, Vol 1, No 26, p. 5. Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor …
EventThe Castle of Good Hope, oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa, is completed.
… on the Castle of Good Hope was complete on the 26 April 1679, and the five bastions were named after the …