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EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… he established a network through which he recruited people to uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the ANC. In 1963, he was arrested and sentenced to 17…
PlaceAlbany, Eastern Cape
… Somerset. He was promoted full General in 1814, elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Howden in 1819, and to the Peerage of the United Kingdom under…
Invitation: BikoHausen - Steve Bantu Biko and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Johannesburg, 1971
… Aukema (Editing) At the end of a working lecture tour to South Africa in March 1971, the composer Karlheinz … collaborators. Together, they intuitively…
PlaceMilnerton
… Milnerton on 22 September 1904. Then the area began to grow steadily. Today, Milnerton has become one of the … shimmering lagoon, golf course and its close…
EventSouth African cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born
… runs than any other player on either side and second only to Ernie Vogler as top wicket-taker. When the time came for him to retire from the game, Faulkner…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… short history of Electrical Supply Commission (ESKOM) aims to provide an overview of the history of the power utility … had several feats and failings. This…
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
… 1994 Inauguration.[1] She has also treated South Africans to a number of critically acclaimed performances, including … album, Ancient Evenings, is…
EventJohn Kani was born on this day
… at Newell High School and his love for theatre led him to work with several drama groups in the New Brighton area … 1975.[1]His numerous other involvements…
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… exile with her husband in 1964 for 26 years. She returned to South African in 1990 and worked for ANC Womens League. … in due course. We send our sincere…
Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary
… themselves into ‘World Class’, Global City status, we have to ask ourselves, “at what cost”? " Not in My Neighbourhood … struggles, trials and triumphant…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
… David Marais. Rhodesian Liberals on Dilemma: The Road to Union, Frank Boston. Keep Britain White, H.A. Naidoo. … Dr. T. Olawale Elias. Nigeria’s…
PlaceLions Head, Mt.
… the path you will find a series of chains and ladders to assist you as you scramble up a particularly steep section … over Cape Town are simply fantastic. …
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… with mounds of security and miles of tickertape. According to reports, the security for Mandela included 12 000 city … At the steps of the City Hall Mandela…
PlaceDoringbaai, Cape West Coast
… and Langebaan, about 300 km West of Cape Town. You can get to Doringbaai next to the N7, after which you travel for a while along the …
PlacePublic Library, Port Elizabeth
… work be done. Therefore it is not at all possible to gain entry into the building, either as a tourist or a … of the Africana Section is the only one…
PlaceBourke's Luck Potholes
… a claim in the Area. The two Rivers that come together to create these formations are the Treur River (river of … lowveld. It crosses the Kruger National…
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… or the old Transvaal, was transferred from Potchefstroom to Pretoria in 1860. With the city becoming the capital, it marked the end to Boers’ settlement…
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… famous for his caricatures and political cartoons. He came to Cape Town in 1882 as a clerk in the Master’s Office, where … 1903 he became the first…
Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Flyer announcing Third Annual Conference, 17 January 1923
… 1923, at 8 p.m. sharp. Do you know what this is going to be? Five years ago you knew nothing of a "Labour … will see for yourself Delegates sent by various…
EventJoyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.
… Holmes in Durban. Barker made a significant contribution to the growth of opera in South Africa. She won the Ernest … orchestras. After an absence of ten…
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… he joined the ANC and furthered his studies. He later went to England and obtained a Master of Arts Degree in … cabinet. In 1998, he joined the Reserve Bank…
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… in exile re-established the organisation and used it to mobilise international solidarity against the apartheid … of political organisations in 1990, SACTU…
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… arrest of Rosa Parks. Parks boarded a city bus and refused to give up her seat for a white person. The bus driver called … apartheid, or the policy of racial…
EventWhite ministers and theologians of the DRC reject apartheid
… rejected on Scriptural grounds. This was contrary to the official view of the White DRC at that time. However, … the 1986 Synod, thousands of church members…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… issues and his community work. He became the 51st person to die in police detention, and was the first White person to die under those circumstances since…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… Police in Johannesburg used force to break up demonstrations against a "rebel tour" of South … National Sports Congress demonstrated against a visit to South…
EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
… the Religious Mother of Constantine the Great. Close to, or near the mouth of the Berg River, the explorers set in to make repairs, look for water, and…
EventBreyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for his poetry
… Viëtnamese wife Yolande Ngo Thi Hoang Lien. He returned to South Africa with a false passport in 1975, was arrested, … and jailed for seven years. After his…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… of his birth this year (2008) is a fitting tribute to a hero who has won the Nobel Peace Prize and several other … whose gallantry in the face of adversity…
EventBill Flynn, popular SA actor dies in Johannesburg
… African actor Bill Flynn, 58, passed away, allegedly due to a heart attack. Flynn was born on 13 December 1948, and … also sang in a band, "The Rock Rebels",…