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10th Annual Oral History Conference
… The Department of Arts and Culture in partnership with the Oral History Association … conference will focus their deliberations on the Land Act and its…
EventPriscah Jeptoo is born in Nandi Kenya
… runner up in the World Championships in Athletics in 2011 and third in the 2012 London Olympics. So far, Jeptoo has claimed victory in marathons in Paris,…
EventAbout 130 people are reported drowned or missing when a Nigerian boat capsizes along the coast Cameroon
… on 23 March 2005. 130 passengers are said to have drowned and only 23 survived. The boat had departed Oron, Nigeria on … with passengers from Nigeria, Benin,…
ArchiveThe National situation, an address delivered at the Edendale Conference of the All African Convention
… The second, was the arrest of more than 200 African men and women of Sekukuniland. The third event of great political … is seen as an instrument for fighting…
EventJustice Sfiso Ka-Mkame, SA artist, is born in Durban
… in Clermont, Durban in 1963. He studied art in the 80’s and gained fame in 1988 when he sold his ‘Letters to God’ … Front (UDF). He was very involved in the…
PlaceVictorian Manor-house, 59 Musgrave Road, Durban
… The House was designed and built by the Architect William Street-Wilson who was … Buildings in Natal. The House was completed in 1897 and latter passed…
Devout domesticity?
… Abstract Introduction 1. Class, Consciousness and Organization in the Political Transition in South Africa: A Conceptual Overview 2. Class,…
PlaceStendahl Mission
… the mission land in 1860. By 1924 the land was subdivided and the major share was sold to Whites. A larger proportion … remain on the land, however this was…
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… years thereafter comments made at this press conference and at the summit in general help cement her reputation as a … among the participants as opposed…
EventRugby player Breyton Paulse is included in the national team after the ANCYL challenged the decision to omit him
… War so that a match could be played between the British and the Boers. The first series that the British lost … developed along with the political ideology…
PlaceGannahoek Farm
… farm was bought by Performance Farming Enterprises (PFE) and they became official owners. The new owner wanted to … on the land since their forefathers had…
PlaceAluimkloof, Calitzdorp- Western Cape
… to the occurence of the double sulphate of aluminium and potassium, found there! Potassium alum, potash alum, or … purification,leather tanning, dyeing,…
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
… On 10 December 2013, South Africans and more than 90 world leaders gathered together at the … the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. Thousands of people sang and…
EventSoweto Town council asks SADF troops to stay
… Defence Force troops be withdrawn from the township and that the councillors resign. On 4 June, 1986 the Soweto Town Council rejected the demands made by the…
PlaceAlbertinia, Mossel Bay- The Garden Route
… Bay. It was laid out in 1900 on the farm Grootfontein and became a Municipality in 1920. The name is derived from … foremost source of Aloe Juice, used in…
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe: its role in the ANCs onsl
… armed struggle; The relationship between Umkhonto we Sizwe and the ANC-SACP alliance; The organisation, leadership and funding of Umkhonto we Sizwe; The…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.2 Jan-Mar 1961
… The Single Standard. Cartoon, Papas. The Referendum and After. Cartoon, Gask. The Same Boat, an anon. … Forman. Four Years of Treason, Freda Troup. Monckton…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 7 Union Street, Gardens
… This House was probably erected in 1895 and has a number of prominent Architectural features … unusual hexagonal Turret surmounting the front Verandah, and…
PlaceHouse of Parliament, Cape Town
… the legislative capital, Bloemfontein the judicial capital and Pretoria would be the administrative capital. There was a devastating fire , on the 2 January…
PlaceKwaNdebele
… place of the Ndebele) was granted self-government in 1984 and was intended to be the new home for the Transvaal Ndebele … centres like Johannesburg . Its…
PlaceCora Terrace Houses (1,3,5,7,9,11), Port Elizabeth
… you can walk to the Old Fort, the Donkin Memorial and St. George’s botanical gardens. It is about 5 minute … within walking distance to St. George’s cricket…
EventANC command structure in the Western Cape is arrested.
… The South African police announced that they have uncovered and arrested members of the African National Congress (ANC) … on strategies for change, the…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… refusal to grant Zimbabwe independence after Tanganyika and Northern Rhodesia (now known as Zambia) and Malawi. The British government refused to yield to…
EventThe Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is passed
… Gazankulu, Kwazulu, Lebowa, QuaQua, Swazi Homeland and Venda. In 1974 the establishment of a tenth homeland, … 2 million ha due to the homelands in terms…
EventAndrew Charles Hudson, South African cricketer is born
… himself as a cricketer by playing in 35 tests and 89 One Day International cricket matches for South Africa in the 1990s. Hudson was a right-handed batsman…
EventNelson Mandela is arrested
… Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was … six months’ military training in Oujda,…
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… is a former African National Congress political activist and a lawyer. In 1998 he became South Africa's first National … all political posts to avoid…
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… Dr Baldwin Sipho (Ben) Ngubane, political activist and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) politician, was born at … Ngubane occupied many high political positions…
EventPik Botha is born
… (GNU) under President Nelson Mandela as Minister of Energy and Minerals Affairs from 1994 until 1996. In 1996, he renounced his National Party membership and…
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… Dr. Allan Boesak was arrested and appeared in court on charges of trying to enter a Black … in terms of section 29 of the Internal Security Act, and was…