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EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… famous for his caricatures and political cartoons. He came to Cape Town in 1882 as a clerk in the Master’s Office, where he started drawing … 1903 he became…
Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Flyer announcing Third Annual Conference, 17 January 1923
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … HALL, CITY HALL ON WEDNESDAY, January 17, 1923, at 10 a…
EventJoyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.
… started training under Daisy Holmes in Durban. Barker made a significant contribution to the growth of opera in South Africa. She won the Ernest … in London…
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… completing his high school studies, he registered for a Bachelor of Commerce Degree at the University of the North … he joined the ANC and furthered his…
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… in exile re-established the organisation and used it to mobilise international solidarity against the apartheid … of political organisations in 1990, SACTU…
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… stimulated by the arrest of Rosa Parks. Parks boarded a city bus and refused to give up her seat for a white person. The bus driver called … African…
EventWhite ministers and theologians of the DRC reject apartheid
… (DRC) (Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk) family issued a statement in which apartheid in church and politics was … rejected on Scriptural grounds. This was…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… attended his funeral. His labour organisation issued a call that on 11 February 1982, that on the day of his … revolutionary songs. Aggett's funeral was…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… Police in Johannesburg used force to break up demonstrations against a "rebel tour" of South Africa by the English Cricket team. … mainly black National…
EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
… set off from the Tagus River on 8 July 1497 with a crew of 148 men in a squadron of three square-riggers, the Sao Gabriel, the Sao … the Religious Mother of…
EventBreyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for his poetry
… Hertzog, former premier of the Union of South Africa and a champion of the Afrikaans language. The prize was sponsored … by Rapport, an Afrikaans Sunday…
EventDiscovery of the wreck of passenger liner SS Waratah
… from Durban bound for Cape Town, and disappeared without a trace. For 90 years the fate of the ill-fated ship remained a mystery. The SS Waratah was the…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… people. The commemoration of his birth this year (2008) is a fitting tribute to a hero who has won the Nobel Peace Prize and several other …
EventBill Flynn, popular SA actor dies in Johannesburg
… African actor Bill Flynn, 58, passed away, allegedly due to a heart attack. Flynn was born on 13 December 1948, and was … the University of Cape Town (UCT)…
EventBob Woolmer, former South African coach, is found unconscious in his hotel room during the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies
… After weeks of investigation his body was returned to his family in South Africa. Bob Woolmer was one of the … by England and the West Indies. In addition,…
EventSouth African writer J.M. Coetzee is born in Cape Town.
… Born John Maxwell Coetzee in Cape Town to Afrikaner parents, Coetzee uses his initials as his pen … 1962, he left for the United Kingdom where he worked as a…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… 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 unhappy about…
EventMolly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident
… Molly Blackburn was a political activist who joined the Black Sash in 1955. She … councilor0f Walmer, Port Elizabeth. Blackburn returned to black Sash in…
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… Zambezi River and the Victoria Falls. The Zambezi River is a border separating Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia) from … bridge links the two countries. The…
EventPolice increase their presence in Soweto
… of firearms by the police, the government was faced with a looming crisis. The government response was to rushed in a large force of policemen into Soweto…
EventJacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.
… of South Africa from 1968-1975. Fouche was initially a farmer in the OFS Orange Free State and a staunch republican as well as member of the National Party ……
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… after test cricket was first played at Lords. Not even a Country at the time, South Africa had started its journey … of the great cricketing Nations…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… Methuen (b. 1845 d.1932) was the 3rd Baron Methuen and a soldier all his life. Before arriving in South Africa in … at the Battle of Magersfontein where the…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… 29 km from Durban . It was founded in 1928, proclaimed a Township in 1939 and became a Borough in 1952. In 1961 Amanzimtoti, Isipingo Beach and … is Zulu and…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… The Rivonia Trial Chapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 Chapter 10 Problems of imprisonment Chapter 11 The escape Chapter 12 Hangings Chapter 13 A…
PlaceJonkershoek
… This Nature Reserve is home to the majestic Jonkershoek Mountains and parts of the Jonkershoek valley, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site! The rugged…
PlaceFraserburg
… part of the district of Worcester and was proclaimed a separate division on 12 December 1853. In about January 1890 its Southern Districts were given over to…
EventSpringboks beat New Zealand in Rugby Wold Cup final match
… (famously known as the Springboks) beat New Zealand in a mouth watering clash. The All Blacks, New Zealand’s Rugby … nor New Zealand could break through the…
EventGerard Bhengu SA artist, is born in Natal
… Bhengu's remarkable skill attracted wide attention from a largely white patronage. Despite the support of some of … that it would spoil and corrupt his …
EventTwenty-four Africans from the Graaff-Reinet district appear in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act
… It is alleged that they had conspired or incited others to kill White people or police in the Graaff-Reinet district … provided for further restrictions,…