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EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
… Zubeida Jaffer , former reporter from the Cape Times and her husband John Issel , were detained by the security … she was put into isolation, with no access…
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… was ruled by colonial powers that left a legacy of ethnic and class divisions. The Tutsi had been the preferred group of the former Belgian colonialists and…
PlaceElephant House, Ridge Road, Durban
… on the Berea Ridge overlooking what is now Jameson Park and the Indian Ocean, and is the oldest home in Durban. The Elephant House was originally used by the…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… Grey Street is the teaming business and residential Indian sector of the Durban City Centre , and is also the educational, cultural and business heart of;…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys, 01 August 1983, Londo
… not until the National Party came into power in 1948 and was physically violent. The obvious thing was to respond … was our policy to be consciously,…
34. Further immigration restrictions, 1903
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A fresh piece of legislation sought to … a petition submitted on 23 June 1903…
Nelson Mandela Family Tree
… The Mandela family tree drafted by Nelson Mandela and K.D. Matanzima. From the book Higher Than Hope - …
Enuga S Reddy: Meeting with SWAPO in Dar Es Salaam -1969
… Namibia. South Africa was making propaganda in the towns and villages of Namibia by pointing out the weaknesses of the UN and telling the people that UN…
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Yellow, red, black and white poster. History of cotton in the Southern United States of America, the start of the Civil War, and the end of slavery. Series…
ArchiveWe are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain.
… Yellow, brown, black and white poster. Map of ancient world. Ancient … History of how the Spanish destroyed the Aztecs, the Incas and the Mayas of South…
EventThe IPI appoints Joel Mervis
… Joel Mervis, to report on matters affecting the conduct and freedom of the press. He will observe court actions and Press Council complaints brought against…
EventDusi Canoe Marathon commences
… Fred Schmidt, Ernie Pearce, Basil Halford, John Naudé, and Willie Potgieter. The men had to make their way through the Umsindusi, the Valley of a Thousand…
EventClarence Makwetu Passes Away
… 1928 in the Transkei, as the 2nd of five children of Minah and Gqongo Makwetu. He served as a political activist from 1954-1996 and was a Pan-Africanist…
PlaceGrand Parade, Cape Town
… The Parade is inseparably associated with the Castle and was used by its garrison as a training ground. Despite … of Cape Town planted a number of oaks…
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
… the women’s rights organisations that emerged in the 1950s and conducted a massive campaign against apartheid laws, the pass laws in particular. FEDSAW was…
EventNUSAS disbands
… in 1924, the aim of the organisation was to represent and promote the various interests of tertiary education learners. It was open to members of all races;…
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… from several governments, the United Cricket Conference and organizations like The United Nations. They took place between the period of 1982 and 1990, a…
EventThe Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna
… ultraviolet radiation which could cause mutations and damage in human, animal and plant cells. In 1974 scientists published their first … for decades or even…
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… Johannesburg. He was a self- taught artist, who learned and benefited greatly from his peers. One of his mentors was … Johannesburg. Most of his works are a…
EventSA’s first official commercial airline service is launched
… Allister Mackintosh Miller secured a government subsidy and introduced the first official commercial air service in … (Pty). On this date the first flight…
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… Former Minister of Education and professor of political science at the Rand Afrikaans … held for only thirteen months, resigned citing ill-health and…
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
… protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA) and restrictions on political organisations. The bill sought to curb the growing union movement and…
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… had representatives from all the major political parties and liberation organisations. The constitutional assembly sat between May 1994 and October 1996…
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… parliament approved legislation to set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1995. The Commission, based on the Promotion of National Unity and…
EventThe League of Nations hands over German colonies
… colony Deutsche Ostafrika, was transferred to Britain and in 1961 became independent as Tanzania. The greater part of the colony of Togo and lesser part of…
EventThe Battle of Ulundi begins
… the Anglo-Zulu War. It took place on the 4th July 1879 and marked the end of the Anglo-Zulu War, as well as the … July, Lord Chelmsford (British Commander)…
The National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein is celebrating its 100-year existence this year
… Friday, 18 October 2013 17:00 – Opening of festival market and entertainment Saturday, 19 October 2013 08:00 – Zumba Dance Exercise Group Market and…
EventDavid Malebane, a student at the Tompi Seleka Agricultural College in the Limpopo, shoots three lecturers before shooting himself
… in Limpopo. He had failed to graduate several times and when he received results showing that he had failed again … On 15 January 1999, he stormed into the…
EventThe Pretoria Show is opened for all races
… show is an annual event that began as an agricultural show and grew to include arts, entertainment, education and exhibitions over the years. The show began…
PlaceIndigo Vats, Pinetown
… Dutch Indigo Planters from Java, Mr Theodorus Colenbrander and Mr von Preen went into partnership with Mr Murray, of … Plants were packed into brick vats,…