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EventSA artist Sydney Khumalo is born
… . He began studying at Polly Street Art Centre in 1952 and worked there under Cecil Skotnes and later Edoardo Villa. He was an art instructor at the … Villa…
EventControl of communication bureau is placed under Foreign Affairs
… Dr. C.P. Mulder would remain Minister of Plural Relations and Development, the Bureau for National and International Communications (BNIC), which replaced…
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, is refused a passport and thus permission to attend an international church … of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the…
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… After losing the Wakkerstroom and Oudtshoorn by-elections in April, prime minister and leader of the South African Party (SAP), J.C. Smuts, … the Nationalist…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene, from Gaborone and transporting him to South Africa. Later the Minister of … presence in South Africa. He was…
ArchiveReturning to the scene of the crime by Inside Time (Inside Time), 31 May 2017
… would be prepared to return to the scene of their crimes and be photographed. But the plan was not just to take … see people who have committed crimes not as…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thembinkosi Khumalo
… Students of 1976 I would like to fully, with no restraint and with no fear state the fact that I understand. I … has allowed me to say the following words…
PlaceMandela Capture Site, Howick in Kwa Zulu Natal
… Mandela !" Visit the Capture Site between Nottingham Road and Howick in KwaZulu-Natal. In 2012, to mark the 50th … It consists of 50 steel poles between 6…
PlaceGreytown, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… 1853, the District residents met to name the Town, and decided on 'Pretorius' after Andries Pretorius . The … had already been fixed to the plan drawn by the…
PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
… with a magazine illustration. The windmill was functional and was used to pump water into irrigation furrows so that … Second World War. He established a…
24. Muslim traders petition against Free State law of 1884
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1885 thirteen Gujarati Muslims (known … the undersigned are all traders in…
Letter to the Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid by O.R. Tambo, President of the ANC, 06 October 1975
… by our Information Department exposing the dangerous and sinister policy of the Government of the Federal Republic … show that the collaboration between the…
PlaceNelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth
… King George VI Art Gallery. It was opened on 22 June 1956 and renamed in December 2002. The collections are housed in two Buildings framing the entrance to…
Interview with Peter Donald Hjul
… 1950s. Drawn to politics by a strong social conscience and a dislike for both the National Party government and the United Party opposition in Parliament, he…
EventTwenty-four Africans from the Graaff-Reinet district appear in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act
… Cape Province). The killings occurred between January 1966 and January 1967. The Sabotage Act commenced in June 1962. … health or safety of the public, the…
EventUN names four experts to investigate apartheid in South Africa
… Josip Djerdja (Yugoslavia), Sir Hugh Foot (United Kingdom) and Alva Myrdal from Sweden. This followed a resolution taken … Africa to cease the continued…
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… since 6 November 1962. The report was unanimously approved and published on 18 September 1963. The Special Committee … year. When Western powers at first…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… Rivonia raid; Moosie Moolla, accused in the Treason Trial; and Charlie Jassat, escaped from the Johannesburg Central … on 11 August 1963. Mannie Brown was…
EventGabon gains independence from France
… early in the 1990s Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new constitution that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and institutional…
EventA South African Defence Force Capt. Wynand du Toit is captured in Angola
… the 21 May 1985, Capt. Wynand du Toit was taken captive, and two other South African commandoes were killed. The rest … the existence of a large African…
EventStudents at Durban
… of Durban-Westville (UDW) owing to political activism and a continuing struggle between the Azanian Students' Movement (AZASM) and the Student Representative…
EventYouth rage follows the funeral of Victoria Mxenge
… Victoria Mxenge, a civil rights lawyer, who was respected and liked by the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) and other youth organisations across…
EventThe French Foreign Legion is founded
… motivated - as their reasons for joining were desperation and self preservation rather than patriotism. To forge the … regular French army. The legion's…
EventAfrica Women’s Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
… Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana and finally to South Africa - Johannesburg, in time for the … awareness around the impact of civil wars…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… an engine with enough power so he dismantled the aircraft and shipped it to France. It is possible that John Weston … a Voisin. In France he fitted a Gnome…
EventIndian Rights Campaigner Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal is born
… Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal, a journalist and campaigner for Indian rights, was born in Johannesburg as … the northern districts of Natal, particularly in…
PlaceVrede
… town of peace', lies between the North-Eastern Free State and the Mpumalanga border of Volksrust . It was named in 1863 … between its founders. Like most…
PlaceFort Cunynghame
… was a telegraph office which, together with Komgha and a number of other establishments in the Transkeian Territories, was manned by the Frontier and Mounted…
PlaceCape Maclear, Malawi
… Peninsula, is on the southern shore of Lake Malawi and is the busiest resort on Lake Malawi. Cape Maclear is close to the islands of Domwe and Thumbwe on…
EventLiberia is established
… 1847 the Liberian Declaration of Independence was signed and Liberia became a sovereign nation. The story of Liberia … colonists formed an influential group…