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EventMandela confirms Kerzner’s contribution to the ANC
President Nelson Mandela confirmed that hotel magnate and socialite Sol Kerzner did indeed make a contribution to the ANC electoral funds as alleged by Bantu…
EventBram Fischer born today
Abraham (Bram) Fischer, lawyer and champion against apartheid, was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 23 April 1908. This man, from staunch Afrikaans…
EventKabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC
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EventSeven impalas are trapped in a camp and viciously beaten to death at Skukuza, Kruger National Park
Four South African National Parks (SANP) employees were arrested for beating seven impalas to death and cutting them up for meat in Skukuza, Kruger National…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of Kwa Zulu met President Kaizer Matanzima of Transkei in Tongaat, north of Durban, where they declared they were opposed to the…
EventThe western wing of Munitoria burns down
The Munitoria building, a municipal building in Pretoria burned down in 1997. The fire spread though the building very quickly and was already out of control…
EventThe inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned
The inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett was adjourned until 20 September. This was after the Court was told by…
EventSol Kerzner admits to the Harms Commission, that he has paid R2m for the personal benefit of Chief George Matanzima
South African billionaire Hotelier Solomon Kerznerfound himself under investigation for corruption in a case that began in 1987. Kerzner, who owns Sun…
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
At a ceremony at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, the African National Congress (ANC) President, Oliver Tambo,…
EventChief Albert Luthuli is banned for a further five years
Chief Albert Luthuli, President General of the African National Congress (ANC), led the Defiance Campaign in 1952, a non- violent protest against the pass laws…
EventNegotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
At the end of the South African War (also known as the Anglo-Boer War) of 1899-1902, negotiators for the Afrikaner republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free…
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… Focus (2000) Harvard Reports Efforts Against AIDS in Africa [online] Available at: …
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
In the second worst bus accident in South African history, a double decker school bus with seventy-six learners of Hoërskool Vorentoe plunged into the Westdene…
EventNatasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.
Natasha Sutherland began her career in the early 1990’s as presenter of children’s show Kideo. She then joined the cast of the soapie, Egoli, launching her…
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a poet and writer who later became president of Senegal. He was educated in Paris where he got acquainted with Aimé Césaire. After…
Archive‘It’s Dangerous and Difficult’: Artist William Kentridge on the Challenges for Young Artists Facing Quick Fame and Market Speculation by Devorah Lauter (news.artnet.com), October 20, 2021
… conversation and because of the cultural boycott of South Africa, it was possible to not be terrorized by what is …
EventANC founder John Dube’s daughter passed away
The youngest daughter of the former African National Congress leader John Langalibalele Dube died in Durban at the age of 84 years. Lulu Joan Dube passed away…
Accredited Events
The National Centenary Task Team (NCTT), has established a sub committee referred to as the Content and Copyright Sub Committee whose primary function is to…
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
Please find below information on additional services for the late Adelaide Tambo. Please note that the venue for the funeral on Saturday has been changed to…
EventClarence Makwetu Passes Away
At the age of 88, Clarence Makwetu passed away in Queenstown Private Hospital at 13:30 after a long illness. Makwetu was born on the 6th of December 1928 in…
Soweto: urban politics, poverty and race in apartheid society
A dissertation presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Department of Politics. Abstract:…
EventThe 1st troop ship to set sail after the sinking of the SS Mendi
Following the sinking of the SS Mendi troop ship carrying the Fifth Battalion of the South African Native Labour Contingent, the recruitment process for troops…
EventTwo top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.
… Cape Times , Available at: The National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus|CradleofHumankind.co.za, N.D, …
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (1986), Southern Africa News Calendar: June and July 1986, from the …
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
A Commission of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) published a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs. This came a…
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… Liebenberg, B.J. & Spies, S.B. (eds) (1993). South Africa in the 20th Century, Pretoria: Van Schaik Academic, p. …
EventProtest against pass laws in Langa
Hundreds of Blacks assembled in the Langa township outside Cape Town to protest against new pass laws. Delivering a fiery speech to the crowd Dora Tamana, a…
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
Pixley ka Isaka Seme died in Johannesburg on 7 June 1951. He was a political activist, journalist, lawyer and a co-founder of the African National Congress …
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
Actress Elizabeth Taylor secretly remarried her ex-husband Richard Burton, also an actor, while on holiday in Chobe Game Park, Botswana. Taylor and Burton were…
EventNelson Mandela announces intentions on nationalisation policy
The African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if…