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EventEmily Hobhouse reports on her findings regarding concentration camps during the Second Anglo Boer War
… , an English philanthropist and social worker who visited the Transvaal and Orange Free State Republics during the Second Anglo Boer War , reported to the…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
… a choir, and traveled throughout Europe performing. One of the highlights was the 1897 Jubilee at the London Royal Albert Hall where she performed for the ……
EventThe death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed
… On 28 October 1971, the death of anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol, was officially confirmed. It was revealed that the thirty year old teacher at the…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement on the update of Conference Proceedings,28 June 2012
… The National Policy Conference of the ANC has resumed its third day and is proceeding according … this morning and will complete their sessions at 12:30. The…
EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
… Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrived in the Cape. Both Freykenius and Nederburgh were Commissioner-Generals of the Dutch East India Company …
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
… on 30 January 1899 in Pretoria. He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1916 to 1918. He graduated at the London School of…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Lionel Bernstein, Volume 26
… Extract of evidence from Lionel Bernstein, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Raymond Mhlabo, Volume 25
… Extract of evidence from Raymond Mhlabo, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Ahmed Kathrada, Volume 24
… Extract of evidence from Ahmed Mahomed Kathrada, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter…
Remember Khwezi beyond the Zuma rape trial, says Marianne Thamm (Cape Talk) , 10 October 2016
… legacy behind for young female activists to continue, says the Daily Maverick's Marianne Thamm. Thamm says the silent anti-rape protest held in August,…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Bruno Mtolo, Volume 16
… evidence from Bruno Mtolo, charged with sabotage, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Bruno Mtolo, Volume 15
… of evidence from Bruno Mtolo, charged with sabotage, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Walter Sisulu, Volume 20
… Max Elliot Sisulu, charged with 2 counts of sabotage, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… We meet in the wake of great international gatherings concerned with the building of a future of peace, progress and friendship … legend of the white man's…
ArchiveFounding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders
… Frank Chikane, Beyers Naude and Desmond Tutu, to urge the US Administration to lift the State of Emergency, release political prisoners, to unban…
EventFormer Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.
… Then President F.W. de Klerk, the last president of the white minority rule who abandoned the unsustainable and untenable apartheid system towards a … news…
EventSA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia
… team returned with one gold and two bronze medals from the World Gold Championships in Slovakia on 24 August 2007. The team consisted of 26 members with…
EventPresley Chweneyagae, star of the Oscar winning movie Tsotsi, is arrested for fraud in Pretoria
… driver's license. He was released on bail of R2 000. At the end of February, Chweneyagae, who portrayed a gangster in … pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud…
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… On 10 January 1908 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first time in South Africa for refusing to carry an obligatory identity document card commonly known…
EventPolice open fire, killing 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana
… left wounded while more than 250 people were arrested. The protesting miners were demanding a wage increase at the Lonmin platinum mine. This was the biggest…
EventTRC releases documents revealing plot to kill UN Secretary
… Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) chairperson, … Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden. He stated that although the TRC could not verify the authenticity of…
EventThe Rosebud, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Diaz Beach, Mossel Bay
… The Rosebud was a British three-masted wooden schooner, … and was commanded by Captain J. Collie. On 30 August 1888, the Rosebud was wrecked on Diaz Beach at…
EventA Pretoria biker is caught doing 284km/h on his Suzuki motorcycle on the R59
… when he was caught travelling at a speed of 284km/h on the R59 south near Kliprivier in Ekurhuleni. The biker’s excuse for travelling at such speed was that…
EventA car bomb explodes at Ellis Park Rugby Stadium
… remote control outside Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. The detonation occurred directly after a Free State - Transvaal rugby game. Two spectators were…
ArchiveLegislation and race relations: a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations
… This book provides a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations. Acts … others those relating to political rights, Africans in the…
EventApartheid policemen apply for amnesty at TRC
… agent Craig Williamson, applied for amnesty before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Amnesty Committee for … campaign against liberation…
EventSouth African born Charlize Theron wins an Oscar for best actress in the movie Monster
… actress, Charlize Theron won an Oscar for her lead role in the movie “Monster” on 29 February 2004, making her the first African to do so. Theron portrays…
EventInternational Literacy Day highlights the importance of literacy in areas such as health and education
… This day is meant to raise awareness in countries all over the world about the high levels of illiteracy. Projects and activities that promote literacy are…
ArchiveLetter from Terrence Tryon of SASO to Secretary of the Soweto Students Representative Council 1977
… A letter of invitation to the Soweto Student's Representative Council to attend the 9th General Students Council Meeting of the South African Students…
EventSenior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday celebrations committee
… Balfor and Nams Wessels were released from detention. At the time, the apartheid government had banned all gatherings and the activists were arrested for…