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Mupia-Mupia Exhibition by Maurice Mbikayi
… Mupia-Mupia is a Luba term that translates to "new and shiny". Maurice Mbikayi draws on this term as a …
PlaceAddington, Township of Durban
… It was laid out by the Natal Government and gives its name to the renowned, Addington Hospital , a 571 bedded and 2 200 …
ArchiveWiehahn Commission: precis of speech
… and considered that its recommendations would not serve to give black workers effective participation in an …
ArchiveANC/UCT Position Paper proposals
… Cape. Discussed the need for the University of Cape Town to undergo transformation; the definition of an African …
Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1949-1950
… Professional, technical and vocational training; Evidence to Commissions; Research and investigation; Institute …
ArchiveAfrica beyond the Union
… each other and that South Africa, especially, has much to learn from it's neighbours. …
PlaceWestoe, Westoe Road, Mowbray
… The property was originally granted to Francois Pieter de Necker in 1785 and formed part of the …
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… early in 1885, and in April 1894 its name was changed to Elliot, after Sir Henry Elliot , a prominent Colonial …
PlaceMill House and Water Mill, farm Naauwpoort, District of Marico
… Click on image to enlarge The mill was probably erected during the early …
EventThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is founded.
… and security against The Soviet Union. Another reason was to encourage European political integration. One hundred and …
EventGamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt
… French, and Israeli government declared war on Egypt to regain control of the Suez Canal. …
EventMalan introduces Asiatic Bill
… the Class Areas Bill, which had been introduced to merely enforce segregation. …
EventCedric Mayson is charged with treason
… and arrived in Britain the day before his case was due to resume on 18 April 1983. … a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 ,…
EventANC attack on Booysens Police Station
… Commission (TRC) granted amnesty for the attack to Siphiwe Nyanda, Solly Zacharia Shoke and Malekolle … a chronology of key political events from…
EventMugabe announces the merging of ZANU and ZAPU
… ZANU and ZAPU (the Zimbabwe African People's Union), are to be merged under one command after the political …
EventProgressive Reform Party is formed
… the Progressive Party and the Reform Party. The decision to merge was made at simultaneously held congresses in …
EventRetief Goosen is born.
… Outstanding Achievements award in 2001. Goosen is married to Tracy, and they have two children. …
EventThe ‘Afrikaner Volksfront’ is founded
… was founded as result of mounting right wing resistance to the multi party negotiation process held at Kempton Park. …
EventBafana Bafana wins against Botswana
… of neighbouring Botswana , two years after its readmission to international games. The game, which was attended by …
EventReggie Hadebe ANC Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, is gunned down
… from an aborted peace meeting, which was scheduled to take place in the Ixopo area. …
EventANC members meet with Adriaan Vlok and Gen. Magnus Malan
… Vlok and Defence Minister Gen. Magnus Malan in Cape Town, to explore the possible involvement of a "third force" in the …
EventMugabe is refused accommodation by 2 SA hotels
… was housed in a guesthouse after two 5-star hotels refused to accommodate him because of human rights abuses in his …
EventChairman of the IEC resigns
… Dr Brigalia Bam, until she was appointed permanently to the position by President Nelson Mandela. …
EventCOSATU withdraws from parliamentary session on budget
… a people's budget based on expansionary economic policies to promote growth and create jobs. Opposition parties also …
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
… Thabo Mbeki, made the party's second major submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The ANC … Submission before TRC (1997), ' Responses…
EventPrime Minister of Transkei George Matanzima is born
… toppled by its military forces and Matanzima was forced to flee from the Transkei after a bloodless coup led by …
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift
… Cape Town . During his studies, having been denied entry to the Rhodes University College in Grahamstown and Victoria …
PlaceCoerney, Port Elizabeth
… station 64 km North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the Sundays River Valley in Sarah …
EventBaden Powell is born in London, England
… is born in Paddington, London. Baden-Powell was considered to be a distinguished member of the British colonial army, …
EventIFP makes election threat
… they would not present their list of election candidates to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) unless their …