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EventSouth African poet Vincent Oliphant is born
… cultural organisation and the following year was invited to take part in the annual Poetry International Festival in …
EventPolitician and Community leader Horatio Mbelle dies
… the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923. Click here to read the report on interview with Horatio I. Mbelle, J.W …
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… President. In 2000 he bowed out of politics in order to concentrate on other business ventures he had undertaken. …
EventEzrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae is born
… Programme and visited the United States America. From 1972 to 1974 he was director of the art programme at African Music …
EventTeboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games
… at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. He fell to his knees in elation after equalling his own record of …
EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983, which led to him being closely watched by the Apartheid government. In …
EventDeath of Harry Oppenheimer
… a short illness at the age of 91. Oppenheimer was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Johannesburg Hospital with …
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
… watched a colleague murder Mxenge. In 1996, Coetzee had to appear again, this time before the Truth and …
EventKabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC
… chiefs from the vast country's eleven provinces took turns to congratulate him. …
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… in the United States for 20 years. In 1995 he returned to South Africa and became a commentator for the SABC and …
EventEgyptian author, and trade unionist, Gamal al-Banna is born
… of Islam, believing that Muslims should be encouraged to have a more autonomous relationship with their religion. … Halawa O., (2011), Gamal al-Banna: No to…
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
… had begun experimenting with flight in 1896. They had to design and build their own engine for the plane since they … Eye witness to history The Wright…
EventWhite sympathisers join evicted Black squatters in a protest
… The Apartheid government then shifted its attention to destroying settlements that had sprung up around …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… 46 kilometres east of Petersburg (Polokwane). According to General Viljoen this took place within a mere 200 metres …
EventThe Chernobyl computer virus damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world
… versions. Lately viruses have moved from data destruction to information extraction, such as credit card information. …
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the first time …
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… a number of schools for years. In 1951, he left teaching to become Organising Secretary of the Northern Rhodesian …
EventNatasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.
… the soapie, Egoli, launching her acting career. This led to other shows such as the now defunct, The Wild and more …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… highlights two important events that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa - farming and …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education
… highlights two important events that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa - farming and …
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
… the venue for the funeral on Saturday has been changed to the Wattville Stadium. MEMORIAL SERVICE - CAPE TOWN …
PlaceAha Hills, Northern Cape Border With Namibia and Botswana
… Due to the almost total absence of water, there are few animals … Botswana, some 10km north of Nxainxai. The name is said to be Khoikhoi or San for 'small…
PlaceGrand Parade, Cape Town
… have built on its fringes, and today it has shrunk to about one half of its original area. It was declared a …
PlaceGoedverwact
… of Piketberg. The farm was originally (1838) bequeathed to six of his freed slaves by H. S. Burger. On the death of …
PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
… on the site of the old Botanical Garden, which is situated to the West of the City Centre. It was declared a National …
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… power, the new government was deposed in a coup which led to Lumumba’s arrest. He was executed by a firing squad on 17 …
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… forces the rebels enjoyed popular support and managed to register some victories. On New Year's Day 1959 the 26 …
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… had written letters dictated by Seme when he was unable to write after losing an eye in an operation, Buthelezi's …
EventThe Second Battle of El Alamein starts
… 62 000 25-ponder shells. The battle lasted from 23 October to 4 November 1942, when Montgomery finally broke through the …
EventThe official launch of the SABC
… in South Africa. The investigation ultimately led to the formation of the South African Broadcasting …