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EventSA footballer, Steven Pienaar is born in Johannesburg
Steven Pienaar is a South African footballer who has made a name for himself internationally. Pienaar began his professional career with Ajax Cape Town in 1999…
EventThe ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk
… www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 19 June 2013)| South Africa History Online, ‘General South African History …
EventKaren Muir
At the young age of 12 years, 10 months and 25 days, Karen Muir from Kimberley became the youngest world record holder in any sport in the history of organised…
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
On 3 November 2016 Clive Derby -Lewis, the man who was convicted for the murder of former South African Communist party leader Chris Hani, died after suffering…
EventJoint call for June 16 Stay away
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), United Democratic Front (UDF) and National Education Crisis Committee (NECC) gathered to issue a call for…
ArchiveAfricans in Cape Town: state policy and popular resistance, 1936-73
Thesis presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the University of Cape Town. The study focusses on Cape Town's black…
ArchivePolitical Action Committee report
Report of the Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2…
ArchiveTo the people of Natal: race riots and the nation
This pamphlet is written with the specific purpose of concentrating on the relationship between the African and Indian sections of the Non-Europeans, and how…
ArchiveColour and Christian community
The tenth address in the Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Emory Ross, in which he discusses the conflict of race and colour from a Christian…
PlaceInn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
Inn On The Square is located on Greenmarket Square which was a meeting place of Caledonians and distant travellers centuries ago. In 1834, this square was the…
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… The National Women's Monument in Bloemfontein, South Africa, was created by architect Frans Soff and sculptor …
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame and respect for defeating the Italian colonizers. He…
EventRiots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape
Riots erupted in East London, Eastern Cape after strike meetings were banned by the government. 17 protesters were killed, as well as an Irish Nun who was…
EventVerwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.
Verwoerdburg originates from Lyttelton Township that was marked out on the farm Droogegrond in 1904. The area was inhabited predominantly by Afrikaans speaking…
EventLucas Seage is born
Lucas Seage, South African artist, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg. Seage attended Barolong High School in Gaborone, Botswana and then Damelin College in…
EventThe Joint Declaration of Cooperation ("Three Doctors’ Pact") is signed
Sixty-five years ago (1947-2012) the Joint Declaration of Cooperation known as “Three Doctors’ Pact” was signed by three doctors, Dr. A.B. Xuma, president of…
EventThe first Afrikaans Hymn book is published
After the promotion of Afrikaans by the Afrikaans Language Association and other societies like Our Language in Bloemfontein, the language was finally…
EventRobert Mugabe returns to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years
On 27 January 1980, the Rhodesian nationalist leader Robert Mugabe returned to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years. Mugabe had been trying to gather…
EventCommittee of Ten wants election of a new community board
The 'Committee of 10' formed by prominent Soweto residents, issued a programme for the election of a new community board to have total autonomy in Soweto,…
EventTwelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court
Twelve Africans on trial at the Supreme Court in Grahamstown, accused of having conspired to take over a town and kill Whites, were acquitted on the charge,…
EventSanctions are applied on Libya over Lockerbie bombing
Governments across the world applied United Nations (UN) sanctions against Libya because of its alleged involvement in the destruction of a Pan Am airliner…
EventMthunzi Njakazi, ANC member, is killed in shooting after returning from exile
On this day, Mthunzi Velemseni Njakazi an African National Congress (ANC) member was shot in the legs and chest at Warwick Junction taxi rank near the Berea…
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
After the release of Walter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba of the African National Congress (ANC) and Ahmed Kathrada of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) on 15…
EventBrett Kebble is shot dead
Mining magnate and African National Congress member Brett Kebble was ambushed in Melrose, Johannesburg, at around 21:00 on his way to a dinner engagement…
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
Gift Of The Givers Foundation logo Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, national co-ordinator of the Gift Of The Givers Foundation, announced in Johannesburg that the…
EventPres Mandela’s testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
… Institute, " President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v South African Rugby Football Union and …
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
Former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock began with his testimony in Pretoria Supreme Court by revealing his part in the apartheid regime's 'dirty tricks' campaign…
EventParties start submission to the TRC
The major political parties began their submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In a forty-three-page document the Freedom Front (FF)…
EventIFP commemorates Shell House shootings.
Thousands of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters marched through the streets of Johannesburg to mark the anniversary of the 1994 Shell House shootings…
EventXhosa poet Nontsizi Mgqwetho mourns the death of her mother
… Daymond,J. J., (9124), Women Writing Africa: The Southern Region , Nontsi mgqwetho, …