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PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… 1936 The Wilds has been planted with indigenous flora only and remains one of Johannesburg's most attractive parks. It … small Corporate Events. It is a…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… sent a public message that they would not be intimidated and silenced by unjust laws. After the petition was handed … You Strike a Rock) has come to…
EventAt least 100 people drown in a flood at Laingsburg
… were left visible. At least 100 residents lost their lives and the bodies of 72 people were never found. A total of 184 … leaving only 21 houses standing…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… when the National Party came into power. The NP defied and refused to send quarterly reports on Namibia. In … led by Andimba Toivo ja Toivo. In the 1960s…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… Bishop Desmond Tutu, noted bishop of the Anglican Church and former general secretary of the South African Council of … in Oslo on 10 December 1984 in…
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… Hendrik Truman Prince is a South African politician and the former mayor of the Beaufort West Local Municipality. … soliciting underage prostitutes, which…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… killings in early July, when Deputy Mayor, Percy Thompson, and eight other people were shot and killed near a tavern in Richmond. All were members of the ……
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… Point, Cape Town between one team made up of civilians and one made up of military members. The first rugby club, Hamilton, was formed in 1875 and was soon…
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
… "Assegai of the Nation". Both the "Assegai of the Nation" and the NCL support the Liberatory Movement. However, no one … opinions attack is against the…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
… negotiations. South Africa itself denies political and economic rights her 8,000,000 Africans. 83 percent Land … cable regarding South West Africa. "My…
EventLord Charles Somerset arrives in the Cape as Governor
… as Governor with a mandate to further develop the colony and to improve conditions for the inhabitants. He was one of … had a leaning towards geography to…
Statement on the release of the NDC decision, 29 February 2012
… Committee of the African National Congress has met and received mitigating and aggravating arguments as per the directive of the African … 29 February 2012,…
Seedtimes Retrospective Omar Badsha
… exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His … he is acknowledged as having crafted a new…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.5 No.3 1983
… Contents and Contributors VOLUMES NUMBER 3,1983, Stories: The Night of … Sole; D P Parenzee; Sam Mtamba; Karen Press. Gallery and Graphics: Mzwakhe; Bongiwe;…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.4 Jul-Sept 1960
… IN EXILE Contents: Sunshine and Sharpeville. Cartoon, David Marais. The Nineteen Days, anon. correspondent. The Lion and the Cockrell, Michael Picardie…
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Pretoria
… Institute. Thus it serves as a recreational space and also as a scientific research centre. Besides having 50 … to more than 198 species of birds, a number…
EventMandela discharged from Pretoria hospital
… lung infection. His condition was described as serious and there were times where his condition was unstable. … from hospital his condition once again became…
EventThe World Health Organisation confirms that Ebola virus killed thirteen villagers in Gabon.
… Ebola is a severe hemorrhagic fever. It is often fatal and infects humans, monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees. Much about the disease is still unknown. ……
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
… tabled a draft resolution requesting the UN Economic and Social Council to denounce of racial discrimination. The … by thirty votes, with three countries -…
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
… the cyclone was concentrated in Inhambane, the winds and rains were felt as far away as the Province of Gaza. … The country was just recovering from flood…
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… 156 leading figures, 104 Africans, 23 Whites, 21 Indians and 8 Coloureds, of the South African Congress of Democrats … namely the ANC, South African…
Zindzi Mandela is born
… of African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela and his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was born in a year of turmoil, during which the ANC…
EventDr. Essop Goolam Pahad, former Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa is born
… range of political duties as designated by the President and had specific responsibility for the Office on the Rights … the Status of Women (OSW), the…
EventC.J. Langenhoven dies in Oudtshoorn
… Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven, SA author and writer of the words of Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (The Call … died at his home 'Arbeidsgenot' in Oudtshoorn. Die Stem…
EventVaal Triangle erupts in violence
… Boipatong, Bophelong, Evaton, Sebokeng and Sharpeville, five Black townships in the area known as … on this day. In the weeks following the killings five men…
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
… African National Congress (ANC) leader and Anglican clergyman, James Arthur Calata, dies in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He joined the ANC in 1930 and rose to…
EventPaul Biya becomes president of Cameroon
… became president he eliminated some of Ahidjo's policies and reshuffled the cabinet, and eventually Ahidjo was forced into exile. Biya has been heavily…
EventPope John Paul II visits Africa
… Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso ) and the Ivory Coast. He started his tour in Zaire, where … as a strong defender of human rights, workers…
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… Chief Botha J. Sigcau as the Transkei's first President and Kaizer Matanzima as Prime Minister. The new republic did … rejected the declaration of…
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
… in their schools. Riots raged in the township for 3 days and quickly spread throughout the country. In Natal the University of Zululand's library and…