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PlaceAbangani Art Centre, Durban
In the 1980's Joseph Bheki Ndlovu, an artist and illustrator, joined the Abangani Open School in Durban as a youth organiser and an arts and craft teacher…
Post NEC & Lekgotla Briefing, 30 January 2017
The African National Congress invites members of the media to a media briefing on the outomces of the NEC meeting and NEC Lekgotla held on the 25th to the 27th…
EventThe first Gay Marriage in South Africa
On this day in South African history, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls became the first same sex couple to legally wed in the country, one day after President Thabo…
EventAlexandra Action Committee member is shot dead in Johannesburg
On this day Mr Mahlomela Mabizela, a member of Alexandra Action Committee (AAC) and chairman of the Alexandra Student Congress (ASCO) was shot dead through the…
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
A Railway Station between Drummond and Botha's Hill. Takes its name from a flat-topped Hill nearby, which in turn takes its name from Lord Alverstone,…
PlaceAan de Doorns, Western Cape
The name is Dutch for 'at the thorns'. A Settlement situated just 8 km from Worcester on the R 43 to Villliersdorp.Aan de Doorns has one of the largest Wine…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 18 May 1983, Volume 72 and Volume 73
Transcript of evidence (continued from 17 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC),…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 4 November 1982
Excerpt from the transcript of evidence from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 2: Aug. 22 elections and you
APDUSA (African Peoples Democratic Union of South Africa) is calling for a boycott to the elections and is seen as the only method of rejecting the new…
EventDr. Andries P. Treurnicht is re-elected NP leader in the Transvaal
Dr. Andries P. Treurnicht, Minister of Public Works, Statistics and Tourism, was unanimously re-elected as the National Party's (NP)leader in the Transvaal. As…
EventThe trial of eleven Soweto students charged under the Terrorism Act begins
In September 1978 eleven Soweto students were charged under the Terrorism Act.The fifty-six page indictment alleged that as officers, members or supporters of…
EventSouth African born Charlize Theron wins an Oscar for best actress in the movie Monster
South African born Hollywood actress, Charlize Theron won an Oscar for her lead role in the movie “Monster” on 29 February 2004, making her the first African…
EventPercy Montgomery, Springbok rugby player of the Western Province, is born.
Percival Colin Montgomery was born in Walvis Bay, Windhoek (now known as Namibia). He is a retired Springbok and Rugby Union player. Montgomery became the…
EventWilliam Selborne Dies
William W. P. Selborne, British High Commissioner in SA and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, dies at the age of 82. His predecessor was Lord…
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
On 4 June 1978, Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer, choir conductor and organist, dies in East London. Two years before his death, Tyamzashe was…
EventThe Democratic Party is founded
Location: back to this day in history search archive The Democratic Party officially came into being at a one day conference held in Johannesburg. The…
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
The government and the African National Congress (ANC) reaffirmed their commitment to the Groote Schuur Minute at discussions held at the Presidency in…
EventA prison warder is killed in Groote Schuur Hospital
A 31 year-old prison warder Jacques Horne on guard duty, was shot dead and another injured in an attack by gunmen at Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital to free…
EventSwanepoel and Du Preez found guilty of killing soldiers
Marius Swanepoel and Hendrik Du Preez were convicted by Judge Faan Hancke for murder on two soldiers, Michael Leisanyane and Gilmore van Wyk, in an apparent…
EventHeroic act by boer soldier Windvogel
During the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General Kemp attacked Brigadier-General Dixon at Vlakfontein and captured the field guns. Dixon launched a…
EventSouth African artist, Maggie Laubser, is born
On 14 April 1886, South African artist Maggie Laubser was born on Bloublommetjieskloof farm in the district of Malmesbury, Cape Colony. Laubser went on to…
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…
EventPercy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police
The editor of The World and Weekend World, Percy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste were arrested by the Special Branch police in a mission to shut down the…
EventSouth African police close the investigation into the death of Steve Biko
When Steve Biko was found dead on a cold cement floor in a Pretoria prison, police claimed that he died of hunger strike. The following investigation failed to…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
For five decades Goldblatt has travelled South Africa photographing sites weighted with historical narrative: monuments, as well as private, religious and…
PlaceOrange River
It rises in the Drakensberg in Lesotho (where it is known as the Senqu) it flows westward for 2200 km, where it finally reaches the Atlantic Ocean at Alexander…
OR Tambo lecture by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa
The Deputy President of the ANC, Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa, will deliver a lecture to celebrate the life and times of Oliver Reginald Tambo during the Mid-term…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 23 May 1983, Volume 77 and Volume 78
Transcript of evidence (continued from 17, 18, 19 and 20 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 20 May 1983, Volume 76
Transcript of evidence (continued from 17, 18, 19 and 20 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 19 May 1983, Volume 74 and Volume 75
Transcript of evidence (continued from 17 and 18 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches …