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EventTrader and philanthropist Mohamed Joosub dies
… Ranavav, India where he was born in 1862, at the age of 14. He undertook a voyage to South Africa in 1876 and opened …
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
… organisation again. After he broke ranks with the FA on 14 March 1994, Viljoen led his party the FF to take part in …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… its first seventy-eight years. The significance of these dates is as follows: ESKOM was started in 1923 by the … mining experts including engineer Hendrik…
A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter
… as part of the world wide struggle for Socialism. 5.08.08 …
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Between those two dates, her many novels and short stories articulated key …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… of the Cold War and the nuclear age. Its common usage only dates from the time when the adversarial relationship of the … beside the U.S. flag during the…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… the richest in plant life worldwide, containing nearly 20% of Africa's total flora. Its scientific value is … Islamic cities and in the middle of urban Cairo…
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… Harmony, Diversity', report in The International, January 14, 1916. Document 11: '170 Million Recruits', editorial in … published in The International,…
JANAM People’s Theatre Group Tour!
… research in SA. The lecture / performance ( 12:00 – 14:30 , Senate Chamber, UWC) is open to all interested …
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… on 16 April allowed him to march into Cairo triumphant on 14 June. One month later, on 14 July, the second Ottoman army landed at Aboukir, …
Condolence book for Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, 28 March 2017
The African National Congress mourns the passing of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe, Comrade Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada who passed on earlier today, 28 March 2017. …
Document 33 - League of Atrican Rights, Announcement of Meeting, 25 August 1929
… Announcement of Meeting, 25 August 1929 Workers' Hall 14 Market St. A MASS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE ABOVE HALL …
EventPhumizile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed as SA Deputy President
… been fired from his position by President Thabo Mbeki on 14 June 2005 for his alleged corrupt relation with Schabir …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated at Union Buildings
… He was unanimously appointed by the new parliament on 14 June and inaugurated two days later at a ceremony held at …
EventWoolf Joel is killed due to his refusal to kidnap President Paul Kruger
… On 14 March 1898, 34 year old Woolf Joel, Barney Barnato's …
EventOubangi-Shari achieves independence as the Central African Republic
Oubangi-Shariachieved independence as the Central African Republic (CAR) with David Dacko, the cousin of the former Prime Minister, Barthélémy Boganda (who…
Document 25 - Response by Nelson Mandela to De Klerk’s 2 July 1992 memorandum
… of Employment as reflected in the statement dated 14 July 1997. COSATU is disappointed at the threats to …
ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
… issued by the North Gauteng High Court in its judgment of 14 December 2017, I have decided to appoint a commission of … Gauteng. The first day of the…
PlaceHellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town
… in the Country and regularly pulled in crowds of more than 20,000. They were champions in 1971 and runners-up in 1972 … to their involvement in a match…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… Expo held in Paris during 1900. The Games began on 20 May 1900 and only finished five months later on 28 October … he attended on a Sunday was Church…
EventTunisia: The self-emulation of Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi sparks the Jasmin Revolution
… El Abidine Ben Ali’s 23-year presidency, died in Ben Arous 14 days later. Bouazizi’s death, however, acted as a trigger … Available at: https://www.iar-gwu…
PlaceCuyler Manor, Uitenhage
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 14 March 1980. …
EventGoldstone report on police shootings in Sebokeng is released
… township of Sebokeng, near Johannesburg, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 380. The people of Sebokeng …
EventANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands
… dismantling of Apartheid legislations. In Bophuthatswana, 14 people were killed, after police shot at demonstrators who … Nelson Mandela [online] www…
EventCardoso’s murderers convicted in Mozambique
… in a Maputo suburb while probing the disappearance of US$14 million in privatisation funds from the Commercial Bank of … [online], Available at www.cpj.org …
EventSA cricketer, Herschelle Gibbs is born
… Despite his troubles, he has won man of the match 14 times. …
EventA ferry carrying 200 passengers capsizes near the coastal town of Robersport in Northwest Liberia
… close to 200 passengers capsized in Robersport, Liberia on 14 December 2002. The passengers were returning from the …
PlaceWitbank, Mpumalanga
… is at the centre of a coal-mining area in which more than 20 collieries operate. During the South African War … a separate General ICU. The Paediatric wards…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… the Order if the Disa by the Western Cape Province in 2004. He served as judge for 13 years before retiring in …
PlaceSarah Baartman Centre for Women and Children, Manenberg
… children are referred to neighbouring schools. In 2004, the Centre opened the first four second-stage housing …