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EventFeminist writer and activist, Diana E. H. Russell is born
… of Cape Town, Russell left for Britain. In 1963, she moved to the United States where she completed her PhD at Harvard … has written books on the subject and…
EventUnrests break out in the Coloured townships
… of the Western Cape joined the protest and refused to attend classes. A number of Indian schools in Pretoria and … In Lenasia, the Parents’ Action Committee…
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
… In 1956, Ngoyi led a march against pass laws for women to the Union Buildings and personally knocked on Prime Minister J.G Strijdom’s door to hand over the…
ArchiveBlack consciousness: a reactionary tendency
… movements in view of the segregation and making reference to schools as bush colleges.The impact of Black Consciousness to the South African socio-economic…
EventHestrie Cloete, world champion high jumper, is born
… Marx, discovered her at the age of 13. Hestrie proved to be a top athlete when she won a gold medal at the world … married Afrikaans singer, Jurie Els and in…
EventThe Kenya-Uganda railway is completed
… the British East Africa Company and stretched from Mombasa to Kisimu. Construction of the railway began in the 1890s and … railway systems. The railway,…
EventThe DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast
… for a marine line along the South African coast, similar to the United States coastguard but with no military … Eksteen said: “My Department is working on…
EventRev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, is elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
… in the United Kingdom in 1909. His parents later sent him to New Zealand in the hope of broadening his experience. … Taylor later trained for the priesthood…
EventGeorge Pauling, builder of railway lines in SA, dies
… and other Southern and Central African countries. He came to South Africa at the age of 20. His company Pauling and Co. … and Central Africa. Though he…
EventA new right-wing group Aksie Eie Toekoms (Action for our Own Future) (AET) is founded in Pretoria.
… harmony between races would mean White people would have to share with other races that which is their own. He also felt that segregation was the only way to…
EventKwame Nkrumah, the first President of independent Ghana escapes 5th assassination attempt
… Nkrumah forced a constitutional amendment allowing him to dismiss any judge. Ghanaians were not happy with the … was bombed in Khungulu village. Following…
PlaceBrandvlei, Karoo
… A Khoikhoi name derived for the bushes they used, to make digging apparatus. Brandvlei is situated 170 km … Cape Province of South Africa. Brandvlei lies…
ArchiveThe politics of the South African Communist Party 1962 - 1990
… that have confronted the party in the period 1962 to 1990. Firstly it investigates the organisational form of … Finally it explains the SACP's current…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979)
… developments of white and non-white sport in South Africa to 1950; A synopsis of the development of white and non-white … sport in South Africa and the…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979
… developments of white and non-white sport in South Africa to 1950; A synopsis of the development of white and non-white … sport in South Africa and the…
Rethinking the William Fehr Collection
… past through a colonial lens? Can they help us not only to understand our colonial past, but encourage dialogue … The current display represents the…
ArchiveSome reflections of civilisation in Africa
… marks of civilisation, is the ability of people in society to work together effectively; as social co-operation. … human relations throughout Africa, with…
ArchivePenal reform and race relations
… of terms of reference and recommendations with comments to the problem of crime-prevention and the measures taken in … caste structure which exists in South…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
… under old NMC legislation on 15 March 1985.The gateway to Boshof House was built in 1793, and is one of the few structures to have survived from the old Goed…
EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
… a MP. In his dramatic announcement he stated that he came to the conclusion that Parliament was incapable of bringing … Africa. In 2002, then President Thabo…
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… and freedom. A number of his policies were a response to occupying the post-colonial space that invited reliance on Arab values, Arab ideas and Arab…
PlaceMandela House
… site for a Museum that charts the long, hard-fought path to democracy. Nelson Mandela lived with his first wife, … Nearby is the home of Archbishop Desmond…
EventMpho Gift Leremi, Mamelodi Sundowns soccer player, dies
… after losing control of his car in Brackensdowns, next to Alberton. He was returning from a CAF Confederation Cup … a teenager. He played for Pirates until…
EventThe battle of Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) marks the continuation of the South African War
… war would soon be over, but the Republican forces proved to be far from surrendering. Elsewhere in the Free State, the … Biddulphsberg. Subsequently, a…
EventTanganyika formally ends all trade ties with South Africa
… Tanganyika became one of the first countries in Africa to impose sanctions on South Africa. The majority of … bloc and all those making up the eastern bloc…
EventANC activists bribe warder and escape from prison
… having flown there from Swaziland. They eventually flew to London where their families joined them. Moolla was later … a chronology of key political events…
EventThe Riotous Assemblies Act Commences
… gathering that the minister of justice saw as a threat to public peace, commenced. It included banishment as a form of punishment. It allowed the government…
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… Administrative "Region" of China. His parents moved to Johannesburg in 1956 when he was only thirteen years old. … which he ranked number forty-three, he…
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… They were protesting against apartheid and its dangers to African education, freedom of movement, land and … and employment opportunities. The proposed…
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… and the need for housing schemes for poorer Indians to the Minister of the Interior. Fietas ,as the Pageview … destroyed by the Group Areas Act from the…