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EventAnatii, the South African rapper is born
… in 2009.[2] He was even commissioned by Lebohang Morake to produce four songs for the Coca-Cola “Summer Yama Summahh” … was also approached by the co…
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
… the Khomani San a people who, until recently, were thought to have vanished. Their once vast and open, red dune … brings the number of South African World…
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… Company Ltd. Donated the original portion of The Wilds to the Johannesburg Town Council on condition that it be kept … Even in winter the park is evergreen,…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… (CPSA). At the farm police found documents relating to the manufacture of explosives, Mandela's diary of his … and Elias Motsoaledi. Goldreich and Wolpe…
EventThe first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrives in South Africa
… as military purposes. This aircraft is no longer used to transport cargo or passengers, as more reliable and … South Africa during apartheid, particularly…
EventEvelyn Dalberg, SA opera singer, is born in Germany
… professional career at Covent Garden in 1953, and went on to sing in TannhÁƒÂƒÂ¤user (Wagner), The Marriage of Figaro … a member of the Cape Town City…
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… of the Witwatersrand (WITS), and later appointed to a teaching post in the Marico district of the North West … African Opinion and Trek (1944-9). In 1950,…
EventJohn Traicos makes his International Cricket Test debut for South Africa
… Born on 17 May 1947 in Zagazig, Egypt, Traicos returned to international cricket in 1992, aged 45, playing in … their trade overseas. When Zimbabwe was…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… only known in the Ladysmith area, but by 1967, they began to make recordings for Radio Zulu and went on to win several choir competitions. In 1968, their…
EventSA author, Nadine Gordimer, is born
… laureate was an ardent opponent of apartheid and refused to be part of the system, despite growing up in a community … it was accepted as normal. Her work…
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
… Belgium. After completing his studies, he immigrated to South Africa in 1946 as a Catholic missionary. He was initially posted to the Orange Free State,…
EventChief Kausobson Kausob is killed
… in battle near Slypklip on the Vaal River. According to the anthropologist Stow, his headquarters were beyond the … as his home. In 1854 Kausob sold the land…
PlaceWupperthal Mission Station, Clanwilliam
… writer C. Louis Leipoldt ) arrived in the Cape in 1829 to spread the Word among the indigenous people. The two … and concentrated on their spiritual…
EventCPSA is founded
… South Africa (CPSA) took place in Cape Town from 30 July to 1 August 1921, however, the party was founded on 29 July … Although there was much conflict in…
ArchiveBanned
… Statement calling on the public to support a petition of the Students Representative Council … of the University of Cape Town, asking the United Party to…
Forging Solidarity: Southern Perspectives of Popular Education
… the ‘south’, and particularly in South Africa, responding to various, precarious economic, political, cultural and … connect individuals and communities…
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the announcement by FW de Klerk concerning the release of Walter Sisulu and other political prisoners
… and other political prisoners. Calls for more sanctions to be imposed and for the struggle to be intensified. …
Banned
… Statement calling on the public to support a petition of the Students Representative Council … of the University of Cape Town, asking the United Party to…
ArchiveResolution on the International Communist Movement
… States that all communists should urgently come together to evaluate the serious problems facing the movement, such as US agression in Vietnam, attempts to…
ArchiveANC Perspective on models for South Africa's future constitutional dispensation
… Conference. Examines models that could be appropriate to a future South Africa, the advantages of a federal system as opposed to a unitary state, whether…
ArchiveThe boycott as weapon of struggle
… the leaders' and intellectuals' are outlined in relation to the oppressors'. There is much discussion on the role of … and how state spent tremendous amounts…
ArchiveConsultation in preparation for the meeting with law professors from white South Africa
… Notes regarding a meeting to discuss and work out an agenda for an African National … Johann van der Westhuizen of the University of Pretoria to Jack Simons,…
ArchiveSpeak
… is a publication focussing on issues of interest mainly to women. Violence against women, including wife battery and … by trade unions, including domestic…
EventManilal Gandhi leads a resistance group across the Natal
… Certificate given to active supporters of the Passive Resistance Campaign … but members of his group are arrested and sentenced to three months hard labour…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed first Black Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg
… million membership in South Africa. He used this position to intensify his opposition to the Apartheid system in the country. …
EventSADF seals off Vaal townships
… Sharpeville and Boipatong. They carried out house-to-house searches, arresting 358 people, some of who were … immediately charged in special courts. The…
EventPolice pounce on AWB members
… in different parts of the country. The caches were linked to the AWB after its leader had been accused of orchestrating … a series of attacks against the…
EventNew Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports
… enacted on 21 April, maintained the existing commitment to the principle of separate residential areas, schools and … It is assumed that this step was taken…
EventPFP stays its ground concerning president Vorster
… Party (PFP), official opposition in parliament, refused to congratulate John Vorster on his appointment as State … the centre of controversy, should not have…
EventJustice Minister, Jimmy Kruger, announces mass arrest
… The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, made an announcement to the effect that 697 were being held for various security … as witnesses; 323 were held for…