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EventMozambique gains independence
… rulers, Mozambique became independent as People's Republic of Mozambique. Mozambique was colonised by the Portuguese … launched in 1962, was spearheaded by…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… Anglo-Boer War II, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state Artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic, …
EventFormer ANC president, Z.R. Mahabane, is born
… Clergyman, teacher, politician and president of the African National Congress (ANC) Zaccheus Richard … to fight racism, was born in Thaba Nchu, Orange Free…
Khoisan Identity
… In his State of the Nation address on 9th February 2012, President Zuma … promise that provisions would be made ‘for the recognition of the Khoi-San…
EventAWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested
… The leader of the right-wing political organisation, Afrikaner … Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), Eugene Terre'Blanche, and nine of his followers were arrested and…
EventPrincess Margaret dies
… Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 71 at King Edward VII Hospital. She…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… Students Representative Council (SSRC) . Recent accounts of the event suggest that the SSRC was motivated and guided … of Guinea and Liberia respectively…
EventOne person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani
… person was killed in a car bomb explosion at the home of Chris Hani, then Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) commander in Lesotho. Eben Frederick Coetzee, a department…
EventCuban Foreign Minister visits South Africa
… The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Mr Roberto Robaina, visited South … visit to South Africa would pave the way for an extended state…
EventFrancis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, is born
… was a lawyerand politician. He became the first president of the Senate of the Union of South Africa. He was very popular and loved … of Stellenbosch. He…
PlaceHouses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein
… These three buildings form the historical core of Grey College, the oldest school in the Free State. Brill House and Andrew Murray House were designed by ……
Griqua
… Introduction The arrival of the Boers and the colonial masters to the area known as … the independence they had searched for in the Orange Free State area…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… In the late 1960s and early 1970s, after the banning of the ANC and PAC, the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) … Biko’s main outlet for political activity…
EventEllen Khuzwayo is born
… Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo, ANC member of parliament and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985, translated into … and other books, was…
PlaceStasiegebou, Sannaspos
… This Railway Station Building of sandstone was completed shortly before the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). It is one, of only a few Station Buildings erected…
EventCosatu offices in Durban under attack
… spilled into central Pietermaritzburg when the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) offices in the town … National Congress (ANC) made them an…
EventLord Milner leaves England to return to SA
… Africa to become British administrator for the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. His other responsibility was to … South Africa. To that effect he…
EventChurch bombing kills 15 people in Nigeria.
… Church in Bauchi, Nigeria. Mohammed Ladan, the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, confirmed the incident. About 15 people were … Although no group claimed…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… 90th anniversary. Initially known as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), the party changed its name to the … in Europe and were inspired by the first…
African Claims in South Africa by Dr Xuma, ANC Conference, 1943
… Including "The Atlantic Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa" and "Bill of … to the transfer of the Protectorates to the…
EventThe ANC unveils its proposed constitutional principles
… a discussion document, which to some extent had the effect of shifting public focus away from the prospect of a total breakdown. Among the things that the…
PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… the West, Northern Cape Province to the North West, Free State Province and Lesotho to the North. KwaZulu-Natal … Ocean to the South East and South. The…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… the Cape Town International Airport. Clinton was on a tour of two weeks in Africa, showing a level of interest in Africa unprecedented for a Western head of…
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… Date of birth : 29 October 1938, Monrovia, Liberia. Ellen Johnson … As the 70s progressed, life under Liberia's one-party state became more polarised - to…
EventSouth Africa sends troops to Ciskei
… On 4 March 1990 Brigadier Oupa Gqozo of the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF), and a former member of the South African Defence Force (SADF), leads a coup in … of…
ArchiveANC 2019 Election Manifesto
… and grow South Africa. Over the past 25 years, the lives of the people of South Africa have changed for the better. … the loss of integrity in some of the…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… History of the farm Boschhoek Farm, (known locally as kwaHlathikhulu) … The Farm was previously owned by the Sigweje people. The State now owns the land…
ArchiveFederation or desolution
… Utopia has fallen to pieces"; he also challenges the State President to give the people of KwaZulu and Natal an opportunity to embark on a …
Safety and security issues
… clinic. Northern Province. © Liam Lynch The occurrence of domestic violence has always been alarmingly high in South … Though domestic violence is not…
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… A public memorial service was held by the state to commemorate the Rugby legend Joost van der … The public memorial for Joost was televised, as members of…