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Address to the Anti-Racist Day Meeting of the Greater London Council by O. R. Tambo, London, 21 March 1984
… you of these events, so that you may understand that what Pretoria seeks is peace to preserve apartheid and secure … invasions that were to follow. Detente…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… women on August 9th, 1956 to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the proposed amendments to the …
EventJames Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, dies in Tsolo, Transkei
… (1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.) J.J.R Jolobe [Online] Available at: …
EventPastor Sekano Ntoane is born
… in Africa (DRCA), S.G. Sekano Ntoane, was born in Hebron, Pretoria. Ntoane served on what was then the Education Advice … (ed.) New Dictionary of South…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
… and economic exploitation. It is a process that the Pretoria rulers can neither defuse nor halt. Within the … Town, East London,Paulpietersburg, Mkhuze,…
PlaceSonderwaterkraal
… level is 407 metres. Approximately 1,118 km South-West of Pretoria, the country's capital. The landowner wishes to …
PlaceAnton Smit's Sculpture Park, Bronkhorstspruit
… outdoor exhibition which is mere 40 minutes drive from Pretoria and 60 minutes from Johannesburg , is a destination … was held in 1980 at the Beuster…
Journal of Black Theology
… in South Africa published by the Black Theology Project in Pretoria is a scholarly publication dedicated to the …
PlaceBritish Fort, Marabastad, Polokwane
… War of Independence (1880–1881); they were situated at Pretoria, Potchefstroom, Rustenburg, Lydenburg, Wakkerstroom, …
EventDeath of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC. …
EventLesotho and Swaziland threatened with sanctions
… they could not riske the harsh treatment threatened by the Pretoria regime and announced backing down of direct support …
EventIndian students join the Coloured schools boycott
… was joined by pupils at a number of Indian schools in Pretoria and KwaZulu-Natal. Black Consciousness groups also …
EventAfrikaans Writer Breytenbach is sentenced
… for high treason under the Terrorism Act by the Pretoria Supreme Court. He had pleaded guilty for entering …
EventSA tenor Johan Botha is born
… his education and military training, Botha studied in Pretoria first as bass-baritone and later as tenor. He first …
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
… F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto. Fighting in …
EventFour men die instantly in car races
… took place in Kgabalatsane, near Mabopane, north of Pretoria. References: …
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin’s experiences in Nylstroom and Pretoria Central Prisons as a female political activist who … was arrested under the Terrorism Act and…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… towards the homeland leaders, calling them puppets of the Pretoria regime. The Theatre Council of Natal, a politically … designated The State vs Cooper and…
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… legend Joost van der Westhuizen, at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. After a long battle with Motor Neuron Disease …
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
… He died at the age of 80 at Eugene Marais Hospital in Pretoria after he was released on medical parole from Kgosi …
PlaceAbees, Bela-Bela
… 'place of cleansing or washing'. A Town 100 km away from Pretoria North. It was laid out in 1882 on the Farms: 'Het …
PlaceKwaMhlanga
… KwaMhlanga is a town in Mpumalanga near Pretoria and is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that …
EventVerwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.
… Centurion is a town inthe Gauteng Province located between Pretoria and Midrand (Johannesburg), that forms part of …
EventTrader and philanthropist Mohamed Joosub dies
… and devout Muslim, Mohamed Hajee Joosub, died in Pretoria. Joosub left his birth place Ranavav, India where he …
EventSmugglers of military recruits in court
… Twelve people (eleven men and one woman) appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court after being accused of smuggling …
EventUNHRC service is enlisted in repatriation process
… political exiles to South Africa from countries with which Pretoria did not have diplomatic relations. On 7 March, the …
EventBrett Kebble is shot dead
… His car and body were found on a bridge crossing the M1 to Pretoria. The following day police said that they were …
EventPioneer tomato farmer Bertie van Zyl is buried in Mooketsi
… in Mooketsi, Limpopo. He had died the week previously in a Pretoria hospital. The funeral was attended by top government …
EventPres Mandela’s testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
… In providing reasons for the decision of the Pretoria High Court to set the investigation of the Browde …
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
… Police Colonel Eugene de Kock began with his testimony in Pretoria Supreme Court by revealing his part in the apartheid …