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Isitwalandwe / Seaparankoe the Highest Award of Honour, 1955 - 2014
… the ANC to those who have made an outstanding contribution and sacrifice to the liberation struggle. Isithwalandwe, … means "the one who wears the plumes of…
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… came out in their millions to exercise their democratic and hard-earned right to vote. He will, amongst others, also commend ANC volunteers, the rank and…
PlaceBellville, a Suburb of Cape Town
… wagon halt for farmers bringing their produce to Cape Town and was known as; Twelfth Mile Stone. Since it is situated 20 … railway station on the line from…
EventGerard Bhengu SA artist, is born in Natal
… on formal art training for fear that it would spoil and corrupt his 'natural' gift. As a Christian, he was a … the same time he was considered by whites to…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods is banned
… government closed down the daily newspaper 'The World' and its associated 'Weekend World'. The actions provoked worldwide shock and protest. By 28 October…
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
… five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers to visit the prison on Robben … criminals. Though Robben Island has been…
EventCruel murder of Dora Bloch
… missing. Bloch, a 74-year-old woman with dual British and Israeli citizenship, was taken to hospital in Uganda … Hospital when the Israeli commandos raided…
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… His reign was characterised by widespread corruption and mismanagement. Mangope was deposed in 1994 after he … the same status as the British protectorates…
EventSA signs diplomatic relations with Vietnam
… the processes of the dismantling of the apartheid system and preparations for democratic rule under way, the Republic … world. Diplomatic ties were signed…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… 10 minuites then fled in fear. Fourteen hostel dwellers and residents are killed in clashes between hostel dwellers and Phola Park residents located in the…
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… NEC's proposals promised job security, pension packages and a general amnesty based on disclosure. President F.W. de Klerk described the ANC's proposals as…
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
… Thirteen people were killed and eighteen injured in an attack on Soweto residents after … Jabulani Stadium. In the ensuing battle between residents and…
EventHarms releases his report
… in the activities of South African Defence Force Army and South African Police counter insurgency units. Supreme … found no evidence to back up the…
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
… Luther King Jr Award for Non-Violence for his commitment and role during the struggle against apartheid in 1986. Tutu … for being deeply personally…
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… Sheik Yusuf, Islamic leader and brother of the sultan of Macassar, was banished to the … East India Company (DEIC). He arrived on board De Voetboog and with…
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… demanding a wage increase of 9 percent across the board and 10 percent for workers earning the minimum wage. During … in the city centres, in the process…
EventNelson Mandela is voted the greatest South African
… Former SA president and long serving political prisoner, Nelson Mandela, was … Madikizela-Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Gary Player; Jan Smuts and Archbishop Desmond…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
… two teams. Their first meeting was in 1995 in Johannesburg and ended in a 0-0 stalemate. This was a game between two … Germany had the upper hand over Bafana…
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… only opened in 1905. It was designed by architects Reid and Green from Johannesburg and was built in Italian Renaissance style, one of the last … to be…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… of its active participation in both chambers of parliament and in the constitution-making process. IFP leader Chief … with no choice after the African…
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… OAU, South Africa participated actively in all activities and structures, such as the Secretariat, the Centre for Conflict Prevention, Management and…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… decided to revive the old Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and to establish a united democratic front to mobilize … resistance on a national scale to…
EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
… 1988, Surendra Lenny Naidu, Lindiwe Mthembu, Makhosi Nyoka and Nontsikelelo Cothoza, all African National Congress (ANC) … was an ANC member at the Swaziland…
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson’s book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… was protecting her three cubs. Adams took the cubs home and together with his wife, Joy, raised them. The two older … Rotterdam zoo, while Elsa remained with…
The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker
… his mother who screams Africa screams the smell of freedom and heather in the locations of the heart under siege The … generations who scream Africa scream…
EventThe State Theatre in Pretoria opens
… theatre consists of five arenas, a large public square and a number of restaurants. It can accommodate any event, … product launches to shows such as opera, …
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… West Africa. Their task was to administer the Territory and to enter immediately into contact with South Africa to … was supported by eighty-five votes, two…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, which had previously been known as the … not state what the boundaries between the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 2 September 1982, Volume 3
… Transcript of Volume 3, evidence from Bishop Desmond Tutu and Joseph Wing (honorary life Vice-President of the SA … Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to…