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EventGeneral Lord Roberts marches on Pretoria
… Lord Roberts left Bloemfontein and began the 'March to Pretoria' with nearly 44,000 men, 18,000 horses, and 1200 … field-guns. The War had started eight…
EventThe Transkei Constitution Act is enacted
… into effect on 30 May 1963, gave partial self-government to the Transkei within the Republic of South Africa. This … December 1962. The Act provided for a…
EventVuminkosi Zulu, S.A. sculptor is born in Mapumulo, Natal
… art school and completed his course in 1972. He decided to stay on as a resident artist until 1974. Zulu is famous … won him praise and a sculpture award…
PlaceDurban Main Post Office
… African National Convention, which took place in a hall to the left of the building. It served as the town hall until … in 1910, and is situated opposite the…
EventAt Botha, SA artist, is born.
… a few productions. His first love is painting; he admitted to have loved the craft since childhood. Botha’s paintings … Botha has never received any formal…
Black Student Politics
… apartheid and creating the conditions for the transition to democracy in South Africa. However, few works on political resistance to apartheid and capitalism…
Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, December 1964
… Secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress, is reported to have said that there are talks being held between the ANC … technique of telling untruths and…
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… was nicknamed “Muis” (English translation for mouse), due to his petite physique when he registered as a member of the … jockey title for 11 times in a row,…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… Africa. One year later, professional soccer was introduced to South Africa when, on 11 May 1959, the National Football … Today, the professional league has…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… Royal Empire Society prize. In 1929 Van der Poel returned to South Africa and declined a position at UCT as lecturer … South African Teachers' Association,…
EventMahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913
… who advocated non-violence as an appropriate response to aggression and fore grounded the need for equitable … Leo Tolstoy. One of the aims of establishing…
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… of defensive works, consisting of trenches and sangars, to be constructed on a ridge south of the city centre. They … an impressive structure and even in its…
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
… the 20th Century, the economy of the Town diversified to incorporate manufacturing of railroad equipment, … W. Eduard Bok. The Main Reef Road linked Boksburg…
EventNizaam Carr, the South African rugby player is born
… Alexander Sinton High School, before being offered to play rugby for Bishop Diocesans.[ii] Nizaam played Craven … of the Year.[viii] Nizaam is the first…
ArchiveSishaywa Zimvula Nje, Simanikiniki Nje, Umhlol’Usekhaya – Reading Mafika Gwala in Times of Thunder and the Terror of the Elements by Sanibonani Molweni
… afternoon Dumelang Hello Absheni! Hola! It is an honour to be with you this afternoon. The task at hand certainly … is a quest for a meditative invitation of…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… and not that of Angola. Transfer of political power to a democratically elected government was essentially … accomplished and accepted. However, it would be…
EventUnited Democratic Front member dies after asthma attack
… charges at Fort Glarmorgan Prison in East London According to police reports he died of asthma on his way to the hospital. However, there were allegations…
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… the hearing for the Appeal against the sentence handed out to them by the NDC of the ANC will be held on 12 April 2012 … letter dated 30 March 2012 from the…
PlaceAmathola/Amatole District Municipality
… Range, 15 km North-East of Alice, extending Westwards to the Great Fish River. The name is Xhosa and means 'weaned calves'. Some sources link the name to a…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
… in the SA Council of Churches, and Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council … (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr…
ArchiveCommittee report: Education charter campaign
… of the National Union of South African Students to the campaign, the nature and structure of the campaign and broader issues which might be linked to the…
PlaceMaitland Road
… Milestones where used to measure distance, by the early settlers, in Cape Town. A … Peregrine Maitland, who was Governor of the Cape from 1844 to 1847. …
Commemorating fifty years since District Six was declared for whites only
… years ago, it was decreed that District Six should be home to whites only. All infrastructural development and … were kicked out and their homes and…
EventTwenty former SA political prisoners launched a campaign against apartheid laws
… after he was transferred from Robben Island (1982-1988) to Pollsmoor prison. Following this meeting, Mandela issued a … that only dialogue with the outlawed…
EventTutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa
… estimated participants in Cape Town. This march leads to more peaceful marches in Johannesburg and Durban with … Anglican bishops at the helm. The marches…
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
… believed it was within the party's rights and mandate to launch such a protest as they were inclusive in their … membership, henceforth Black people, being…
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… Party in 1997 and later changed the name of the party to New National Party. Van Schalkwyk became controversial for … Under his leadership, the party support…
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
… elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive president. This was a newly … developments, they viewed the new…
EventANC mounts a sabotage attack on fuel depot in Ermelo
… during 1984 is set at 44 as cited in the ANC's submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Most of these … morale and ultimately forced the…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… that the proposed constitutional reforms would not lead to the formation of a federal system of government based on a … The Frontline States, which quickly…