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PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
… stands three statues. The 6.2 metre tall bronze statue of Chief Tshwane was unveiled in 2006 and shows the namesake of …
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. The son of a Baoulé chief, Houphouët-Boigny formed the first trade union in 1944. …
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… under government of Basutoland National party (BNP) led by Chief Leabua Jonathan who came to power as Prime Minister in …
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… circuits. His next appointÂment was that of first chief planner for the Tswana Territorial Authority …
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… a major weapons supplier to the rest of Africa. The chief executive of the Armaments Corporation of South Africa …
EventThe Pretoria Supreme Court orders for an inquiry into the doctors' treatment of Steve Biko at the time of his death
… made at the time, surgeon Ivor Lang, along with chief district surgeon Benjamin Tucker, collaborated with the …
ArchiveThe Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012
… George Bizos says late former Chief Justice would never have been a secret member of a … Unit, Legal Resources Centre, in honour of former Chief Justice…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… Khoi had a hierarchical society structure. There was a chief, headman, elders, servants and other members in the … community celebrations such as weddings…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… the end of the nineteenth century. Gcaleka, the paramount chief of the AmaXhosa, dies. Ngqika succeeds him under the … replacing gold and silver coins. 1782…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… (NEC), who became the Acting President after the death of Chief Albert Luthuli, assumed the leadership of the movement … Ndlovu (ZIPRA commander), Archie…
PlaceJohannesburg Civic Theatre
… who had relocated to South Africa in 1993, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company. In July 2013 Xoliswa … South African Theatre practitioner,…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the launch of COP 17 Legacy Projects in Groutville, Kwazulu-Natal, 08 December 2011
… the most outstanding leaders of our country and continent, Chief Albert Luthuli. This visionary, who was a president … the rooftops of a number of houses in…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally's 'Memory Against Forgetting', by Ranjith Kally with Kalim Rajab, 30 January 2015
… the Nobel peace prize. In braces and working clothes, the chief is framed by a crude wooden window. In the version used … complex photograph that would have…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the launch of the Siyakha Project, Groutville, 17 June 1995
… and again to consult with that noble son of this town, Chief Albert Luthuli. Even when I was arrested I was from one … by Groutville sugar-care growers under…
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… Henry Yardley and Henry Stump, as well as some of their chief officers and members of their crew. On 8 August 1917, …
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
… At the same time the complex also acquired a house for the chief gaoler. It was declared a National Monument under old …
EventPansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, announces her resignation
… Lotter Wepener, found that Tlakula’s misconduct as then-Chief Executive of the IEC warranted her removal from office …
Event5 Children Murdered in SADF Umtata Raid on Alleged APLA Arms Storage Facility
… staying at the house. According to General George Meiring, Chief of the Defence Force at the time, " There were actually …
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… of their greatest heroes. He won renown as commander in chief of the Orange Free State forces in the South African …
PlaceNgcobo
… a day known in the Christian calender as All Saints Day, Chief Fubu of the amaQwathi met with Archdeacon Waters and …
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army’
… the Mhlathuze and Tugela Rivers and installed as a 'chief'. When war between British and the Zulu became … jaar, (Kaapstad):|Ballard, C, (1985) "John Dunn:…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… a dawn announcement in Pretoria, General Constand Viljoen, chief of the South African Defense Force, explained that the …
PlaceCR Swart Building
… was not opposed to name changes in principle, DA chief whip David van Vuuren said. “But we are opposed to any …
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… After the discovery of diamonds in the OFS the Griqua Chief Nicolas Waterboer claimed that the area between the … his advantage being his personal…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… Mtimkulu and his executive staged a walk-out, with Chief Luthuli at that meeting. Chief Luthuli stayed on... Champion took over. In fact he … into the…
Testimony by Moosa Muhammed Moolla before the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights, Dar es Salaam, 22 June 1967
… was arrested, together with 156 other Africans, including Chief Luthuli, Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, on … authorities` treatment of political figures…
Communist Party of South Africa, What is the Native Independent Republic? (1934)
… Native peasants in the Native reserves is no better. The chief trouble from which the Native peasantry on the reserves … use of the land, the land is at the…
EventSwaziland welcomes SA's offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu
… The Kwazulu homeland government under the leadership of Chief Gatsha Buthelezi objected and successfully launched a …
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… groups among these people. Early this morning the chief of one group, the Gorachoquas, came to the fort. He …
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… Black workers to discuss his educational project. Zulu chief, Mqawe, Dube's uncle agrees to give Dube 500 acres of …