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EventJames Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, dies in Tsolo, Transkei
… On 16 May 1976, South Africa lost a poet, author and a clergyman. James Ranisi Jolobe made a contribution to South African arts and culture through poetry…
EventMozambique gains independence
… After a prolonged liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial … over the reigns in FRELIMO until he delivered the country to independent in 1975. Machel…
EventBritish labour conditions in South Africa condemned
… below the relevant poverty line. New British Ambassador to South Africa, Sir John Nicholls, made three main … They were: the British government should…
EventChoirmaster and composer Kumalo dies
… (Mkhonto) Kumalo, Zulu choirmaster and composer who was a founder member and first secretary of the Bantu Social … (YMCA), died in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg…
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… 1993 by the South African parliament led by President F.W. de Klerk, became effective four months before the first … than seven million people in the former…
EventANC promulgates its constitutional proposals
… Africa (CODESA) talks. The ANC's proposals envisioned a two-phase transition to a post-apartheid democracy and were supported by the South …
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
… The unbanning allowed all political organisations to resume their political activities in Transkei. In the same …
EventMswati III becomes King of Swaziland
… who was fourteen years old when his father died, was ready to take the reigns. Queen Shongwe ruled from 1982-1983 while … King of Swaziland Mswati III…
EventFuneral service of Wilton Mkwayi takes place in Eastern Cape
… A special official funeral service for Rivonia trialist and … because of his extra-ordinary credentials and contribution to building a free and democratic…
EventReginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born
… Reginald 'Reg' September was a prominent trade unionist, the leader of the South African … in Cape Town on the 13th June 1923, the son of Florence, a…
EventPastor Sekano Ntoane is born
… and his positive leadership when the DRCA was still trying to find its feet, and his role in laying the foundations of …
EventFirst aeroplane flight takes place
… Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under complete control of the … for fifty-nine seconds and travelled 852…
EventKen Oosterbroek is killed
… the East Rand, just two weeks before South Africans went to the polls in South Africa's first historic democratic elections. It was a bittersweet time for…
EventSouth African cricketer, Hashim Mahomed Amla, is born
… Hashim Mahomed Amla is a South African batsman. He is the first cricketer of Indian descent to reach the national squad. Amla began his professional …
EventUN Special Committee on Apartheid urges a boycott of all SA racist sporting organizations
… The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid urged a boycott of all South African racist sporting organizations and supported the African bloc’s…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress Consultative Conference: Speeches and Resolutions
… Sizwe, Programme of Action, Statament of Oliver Tambo at a public rally in Johannesburg, 16 December, 1990, and speech by Nelson Mandela to Soccer City Rally…
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.
… Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan socialist political leader who led the country to independence in 1962. He became prime minister of Uganda … on his life…
PlaceHouses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein
… Sir Hamilton J Gould-Adams. The tuckshop probably dates to 1908 and has been a popular gathering place for pupils of Grey College ever since. It was declared…
EventLanga, Nyanga and Gugulethu students march through the Cape Town CBD
… the country was re-imposed until 31 October. Just a day after the ban was re-imposed, coloured students marched to the CBD, however, the police were prepared…
EventBotha announces third naval base
… then Minister of Defence, announced the establishment of a third South African Naval Base to be located at Saldana Bay, about 128 kilometres north … Kalley,…
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… I am hereby sharing some letters Ismail Mohamed wrote to me in 1980/81/87. But first I give a snapshot of his life, achievement and involvement in the ……
EventSoldiers die from gas leak at Naval base in Durban
… On 17 February 2017, six people were killed and more than a dozen injured at the Salisbury Island Naval base in Durban. … Force (SANDF) soldiers, while the…
Umrabulo Roundtable discussion, 7 March 2016
… Somadoda Fikeni. Members of the media are invited to cover the discussion which will be held as follows: DATE: …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 2 September 1982, Volume 3
… of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to inquire into, report and make recommendations about, the …
ArchiveA study of the theoretical aspects of ANC mobilisational methods in the Eastern Cape Townships of Cradock and Port Alfred, 1980-1988
… A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements … the mechanisms utilised by the African National Congress to mobilise support for its programme…
PlaceYokohama, Muizenburg
… On Muizenberg Main Road, you’ll find a historical house called “Yokohama”, it was constructed in … 1906 out of paper maché, imported from Japan. The house is…
PlaceCottages 60 and 62 Simonstown Road, Fish Hoek
… and the property was soon afterwards subdivided into lots to form the township now known as Fish Hoek. The original …
PlaceRavenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens
… Building was probably erected between 1817 and 1835 by M. A. de Kock, as one of a series of Houses for letting and is situated on a part of the former…
PlaceOfficial residence, Commander of British forces in South Africa, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… and Lord Methuen, probably also lived there. From 1921 to 1932 the building was used by the South African Air Force … has since been renamed…
PlaceAustin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
… residence of more than 170 different species and provides a protective roosting place and breeding ground for thousands … within the city boundaries of…