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EventInaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue
… at the event. The primary objective of the meeting was to discuss the issues and challenges that faced women in the … a fundamental role in transforming…
EventHerman Charles Bosman guilty of murder
… found guilty of murdering his stepbrother and sentenced to death at the age of 21. Later, a reprieve was granted and his sentence was mitigated to 10 years…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… government for having put constant pressure on them to leave the consulate. Despite the fact that the government … orders against them, in what was seen as…
EventA car bomb explodes at Ellis Park Rugby Stadium
… stadium. Dumakude also testified that the act was intended to send a message to the White community regarding the futility of apartheid as …
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… on 13 September 1932. During the period of 1982 to 2008, the university transformed into a bilingual, … races. In 1993, a policy document was introduced,…
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… for Africa," when the European colonial powers raced to divide the remainder of Africa for themselves. By the end … 1903, and 13,000 by 1910. In 1903, the…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… end of World War I. The League of Nations was put in place to ensure that war is avoided at all costs globally. The … refined version of its predecessor. Its…
EventRenowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, is born in Ogidi, Nigeria
… first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), partly in response to what he saw as inaccurate characterizations of Africa and … in Africa and describe the struggles…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
… . London, Macmillan, 1991. Delius, Peter. The Land Belongs to Us . London, Heinemann, 1984. Gerhart, Gail. Black Power … 1997. Karis. Thomas and Carter,…
Treasurer General`s PBF Breakfast and Networking, 24 March 2009
… that the Government work never done, and that much needs to be done in the next five years, as the ANC members are aware with the fact that they need to fast…
PlaceEastern Fort/Battery and Blockhouse, Chapman’s Peak, overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town
… perceived that the Bay offered a possible landing place to an invading military force. Consequently, towards the end … and although the new Batavian…
PlaceNZASM Goods Office, Railway Street, Pretoria
… the Belgrave Hotel. Once the scheduled train services to Elandsfontein and Komatipoort came into operation, goods … CSAR. Its existence was endangered when…
PlaceFort Daspoortraand
… was built by the firm Schneider & Co, which was connected to the French firm, Le Creusot. Military engineers, Leon … rooms were also underground, and…
PlaceDolobran, Parktown, Johannesburg
… magnificent entrance hall with a double staircase leading to a broad landing lit by the most spectacular of the stained … and weather vane on the cupola put…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… from the University of South Africa before proceeding to study Linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington … Building Complex in Giyani. Ntsan’wisi…
EventBlast opposite the Athlone Magistrate’s Court and police complex kills two people
… were killed when the explosive device they were attempting to plant opposite the Athlone Magistrates Court and Police … It is plausible that the cell Coline…
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… In the 1960s, the ANC extended resistance activities to armed struggle and thus set up an underground armed wing … he sanctioned the raids on the…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… Xolo who was shot in the head. Because of its proximity to Shoshobane, the site of the Christmas day massacre of … the fragile peace process in Kwazulu…
EventAnna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born
… 1906. At the age of five she joined theatre and continued to perform until high school when took part in Die laaste van … and the first female broadcaster…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… enlisted Moosa as an investigating judge in 2014, to pay closer attention to the complaints laid forth from and against the members of … Alliance, as well as…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… Me Scratch) and the accents sounded convincing enough. To lend credence to its Cape identity, the album cover was the iconic Table … and I suspect it also…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… College, in the United States of America.She went on to study at Johns Hopkins University where she obtained a … May 2017). ↵ [3] Olive Shisana and Peter…
PlaceWits Art Museum
… closed as a larger space was needed for the art works to be displayed and archived. In 2012 they reopened the … doors as the Wits Art Museum and it has…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… It began as an apolitical organisation, which aimed to further national cooperation between students, and … students broke away after a debate about the…
PlaceLions Bridge, Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria
… the previous bridge (Arcadia Bridge) which it replaced to better withstand floods. It is unclear where the name … though it is known that he was originally…
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… National Congress(ANC) military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe(MK) to use violence to overthrow the government if the negotiations, which were …
References and links: Learning from Leaders
… February 2015] Soul Pancake, (2013), ‘ Kid President - How To Change The World (a work in progress) ’, (video file), …
Bibliographical Data
… are listed in a footnote in the introductory essay to the Defiance Campaign but contain little biographical … Press, 1966). The autobiography of Michael…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… He also beat Teddy “The Pride of Poplar” Bradlock[v] to claim the British bantamweight title, a title widely … history.[vii] On 20 December 1955, Smith…
PlaceAlgiers, Capital of Algeria
… Presumed to be named after the Harbour City, on the West side of the … competition with Kora traders for the Kalahari trade led to friction between the…