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EventLife magazine is banned in Egypt after publishing an unflattering article about King Farouk
… Life Magazine was founded in in 1883 and was published for 53 years as a general interest light … The magazine featured illustrations, social commentary and…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… members. Presently the membership exceeds 2 million and is still growing. This year COSATU celebrates 26 years as a trade union and 21 years in the…
EventVuminkosi Zulu, S.A. sculptor is born in Mapumulo, Natal
… November 1948.He studied art at Rocke’s drift art school and completed his course in 1972. He decided to stay on as a … artist until 1974. Zulu is famous for…
Where is Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser? by Noni Mokati (IOL News), 7 May 2016, Johannesburg
… on those hot African nights - I exist for the comfort and convenience of a woman - But no no no make no mistake - I am not here to please a man - And I…
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… year the first bricks were made for a House on this Site, and this was probably completed by 1663. The Farm, later … van der Stel made it his preferred place…
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… silenced Black opposition through bannings, arrests, and imprisonment of leaders. South Africa's economy grew and for White South Africans, life was good…
Passive Resistance, 1946 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1948
… Meer 1948 SAIC in Court The refusal of the President and the Joint Honorary Secretary of South African Indian … to be held on 11 May last year to discuss…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… to bring to people's attention the worldwide challenges and consequences of the epidemic, in order to prevent the spread of HIV and improve the lives of…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The siege of Okiep, in Namaqualand, starts
… the 'scorched earth' tactics Lord Kitchener employed and the fact that the British confined much of the rural … This was after the neighbouring towns of…
EventParliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki
… September 2008. Parliament convened on Monday 22 September and accepted his resignation. The African National Congress … the National Assembly on the…
PlaceParow
… Captain Parow settled down in; the Cape of Good Hope and married: ' Johanna Wilhelmina Timmerman '. (She was the … value of the Tyger Valley Area North of…
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
… it however marks a new beginning. Few months ago NEDLAC and later parliament passed a new LRA which is a corner stone … COSATU will study the green paper in…
ArchiveZondeni Veronica Sobukwe interviewed by Ntsikelelo Sandi,King Williams Town,12 May 1997
… Veronica . We welcome you Mrs Sobukwe in this hearing and we will ask Reverend Xundu to help you take an oath. REV … Clause. I took my younger sister…
EventThe Choice of Termination Act is enacted by the Parliament of South Africa
… the access available under the Apartheid -era Abortion and Sterilisation Act of 1975 under which abortion access was extremely limited to certain…
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… NMC legislation on 26 May 1978. National Cultural History and Open Air Museum, Pretoria. Pretoria Boys High School, … 18 Rhodes scholars, several government…
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… on 12 June 1948. After 1954 the group expanded worldwide and obtained interests in 27 countries. According to his … in his garage, which he eventually built…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… African Muslim guerrilla movement. Other than the PAC and Qibla, other anti-Apartheid organizations that received … Libyan support were the Black People's…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… of service for all white males between the ages of 17 and 65 years old. Conscripts became members of the South … against liberation movements, anti-apartheid…
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… the greed of Portuguese traders. Unlike the English, Dutch and French designed ocean going vessels, who held manoeuvrability and sturdiness as their foremost…
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… of midwifery, he was fascinated by the origin of mammals and used his medical profession to support his travels around … From 1903 to 1910, he worked as a…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… the period following 2010, around 1000 people were killed and an estimated 500,000 were internally and externally displaced in the four month civil war due…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the capital city, Pretoria, now known as Tshwane. It was designed by Sir Herbert…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the capital city, Pretoria, now known as Tshwane. It was designed by Sir Herbert…
ArchiveZuma's rape accuser questioned (BBC News), 07 March 2006
… supporters have gathered outside the court tearing up and burning pictures of the woman. This follows Monday's … High Court, the 31-year-old woman described…
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… then leader of the BCP, was based in Diepkloof, Soweto and was believed to have been directing LLA operatives from … In order to understand why this…
EventFlorence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born
… was her calling to become a nurse, but mainly due to class and gender prejudices, Nightingale only trained to become a … Turkey. She was appalled by the…
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… No. 79551. It stated the bearer was a British national and a resident of Toronto. In fact, he was Solomon Plaatje, … Congress — the party Nelson Mandela…
Liberal Opinion/Reality
… democratic government; human rights; racial discrimination and non-violence for all South African citizens. The Liberal … the Prohibition of Political…
ArchiveCommittee report: Education charter campaign
… Organisation, the Congress of South African Students and the National Union of South African Students. Presented … of South African Students to the campaign,…
Commemorating fifty years since District Six was declared for whites only
… be home to whites only. All infrastructural development and investment into the area would be for the benefit of the … who had resided there for generations,…