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EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… 18 March 1936. de Klerk grew up in a political family. He later studied law and practiced as a lawyer in …
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… closer to Mannie and he was forced into hiding while his family went into exile. The prison break came roughly two …
EventGovernment admits responsibility for Mdluli’s death
… (50), on 19 March 1976 and agreed to pay damages to his family. A claim for loss of support by Mdluli's widow against …
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… May 1969. On his release, Sobukwe was allowed to join his family in Galeshewe, Kimberley. However, he still remained …
EventIFP declares attacks on UDF as self-defence
… Party (IFP) men on United Democratic Front UDF (UDF) family members were self-defence. This was despite the fact …
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… (DEIC). He arrived on board De Voetboog and with his family and retinue; they were forty-nine people in total. In …
PlaceMjanyana Hospital
… sick people is provided and support, for their vulnerable family members. Assessments and referrals for people with …
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… about Brenda and brought her to Soweto to live with his family. She soon joined the group Joy and later formed her …
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… liquor) brewing aunt (whom Abrahams described as the family’s “cornerstone”) worked and sacrificed to insure that … 14 years, he used his personal…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… Our family history in South Africa starts back at the beginning … that Backsberg would become one of the most important family-farming businesses; I expanded…
PlaceIsipingo, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… he enjoys spending weekends at the Dakota Beach with his family or friends. “It’s ideal for family outings. There’s security at the gate as well as a …
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… Mdluli was killed in detention in March 1976. When Steve Biko was killed in 1977, the AAM called for an inquiry, a … David Owen attended an IDAF-organised…
ArchiveThe New South African Revolution by Prithiraj Dullay, 03 April 2017
… Above all of this was the manipulative hand of a former family of Indian nationals, namely the Guptas, who recently … citizenship. This financially powerful…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… War . He was only 15 years old when he settled with his family in Klerksdorp, after which he moved to Krugersdorp … occurred. Prior to the end of World War I…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… banned by the South African authorities. Members of Ferus' family were with him when his car crashed, but none of them …
PlaceMvezo, Eastern Cape
… known as being the birthplace of Nelson Mandela, whose family serves as its chiefly dynasty. It is Home to the … known as being the birthplace of Nelson…
Speech at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London by O. R. Tambo, 8 May 1977
… behalf of the African National Congress to members of his family and assure them that the loss sustained by them is not …
PlaceAloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
… for train excursion purposes. Come and enjoy a fun-filled family day whilst embraced by picturesque scenery enjoying …
PlaceKookfontein
… Coast. The working farm has belonged to the Engelbrecht family for over two centuries. The cottages look out over the …
PlaceRoodepoort Museum
… items of note include; Art Deco Figurines, a 1699 Dutch Family Bible and Pierneef, Walter Battiss and Maggie …
EventAdvocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated
… (SAMI). Further reading: TRC testimony of Lubowski's family members. Website: doj.gov.za. 24 April 1996. The …
EventThe first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers, is published
… publish under it's own masthead until 1920. The Grocott family began publication of Grocott's Mail in 1870, and …
EventNiger President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara is assassinated
… two days after his death in a funeral attended by only family members and foreign diplomats. Mainassara's death was …
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born into a Hindu Modh family in Porbandar, India. In 1893 he accepted a year-long …
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is born
… He made last-minute arrangements for the safety of his family and left his home in Molofo. He intended to give …
71.The Group Areas Act
… has happened to them in terms of the destruction of their family life and the break-up of joint families and the … upon the spirit and upon the emotions of a…
Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
Intersex South Africa (ISSA) is an organization founded in 2010 by late activist Sally Gross. According to ISSA’s manifesto, the goals of their mission include…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… at the expense of Africa and the slaves themselves. Family farms using slaves could increase their output and … In 1849 she fled slavery, leaving her husband…
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… around Christian concepts of sexuality, marriage and family as they were being imposed and self-imposed in the … women can be discerned, together with…
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… was in progress in the Lesotho Courts. I think the Hani family moved following the bombing of their Qoaling home. The … his annual two-week wife and children…