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EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes,a muralist and graphic artist, was born on 1 June 1926 in East London, … the art world. Skotnes produced many drawings, paintings…
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… She went on to become a prominent journalist in the 1970s and 1980s. Zille became well-known after she exposed the real … Democratic Alliance). She became a…
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
… in 1948. He studied law at the University of Zambia and went on to form his own law firm, Mwanawasa & Company. He … Kenneth Kaunda. He resigned as Vice…
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… He plays the forward position for the Western Province and Stormers teams. Burger was selected for the Springbok squad in 2003 and made his debut against…
EventAlexis Preller, SA visual artist, dies
… this time for Paris, where he visited studios, galleries and museums. Preller‘s work was hard for critics to classify. It seems to borrow from expressionism…
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… Mandela's cabinet, suspended the civilian constitution and refused South Africa's repeated demands for a return to … Council, with General Holomisa as…
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… in the Transvaal. Scores of people were left injured and others were detained. On 8 August 1960, charges against … to reports, one of the detainees had died…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.1 Feb 1980
… Contents and Contributors To Kill a Man's Pride by Mtutuzeli Matshoba, … , MALOPOETS, Durban, ABANGANI OPEN SCHOOL, Durban. Columns and Features: VOICES FROM…
EventFearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born
… the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, was born to John and Rebecca Fallows on 4 July 1789 in Cockermouth, … spare time studying, especially subjects like…
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… The first Transatlantic yacht race between Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) took place on this day. SAS … from time to time to include Punta del Este in…
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… government's growing desperation to quell social unrest and protests in the townships of the Western Cape. In … by Klipfontein Road, Belgravia Road, Thornton…
EventGideon Nieuwoudt dies
… of South African Students (COSAS), Siphiwe Mthimkhulu and Topsy Mdaka, were abducted, tortured and murdered at the behest of Nieuwoudt. During his amnesty ……
Entering Namibia without visas
… Assembly terminated the mandate over South West Africa and declared that henceforth the territory comes under the … for the transfer of the administration of…
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
… Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but … is regarded as the first transaction between the Europeans and the…
PlaceBeau Soleil Music Centre, Salisbury Road, Kenilworth
… manor house was built by Dirk Cloete in 1877, and boasts of a number of fine neo-Gothic and Victorian architectural features. Further additions, as … “Beau…
EventThe Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by Justice M.T. Steyn
… into the line between the rights of the media to inform and the right of the public to be informed, on the one hand, and the interests of the security of the…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… left in 1959 as part of the cast of the musical King Kong and was barred from returning when the apartheid government … the United Nations twice on the…
20th Time of the Writer
… Approximately 20 writers from South Africa, Africa and different parts of the world will feature in this year’s … roundtable discussions, readings, seminars,…
EventTwo ANC members gunned down in Swaziland.
… 1986, two African National Congress members, Sipho Dlamini and Busi Majola were shot dead in a house near Mbabane in … both formerly been students at the…
Secret Ballot
… This play is ‘A Protest Theatre And Political Satire Farce’. It follows the exploits of 5 … is one designed for the most elite Tender_prenuers and Busy_ness…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.1 Oct-Dec 1957
… The Prisoners, Gerard Sekota. Sex and Sedition. The South African Police, Harry Bloom. Cartoon, … Marais. The Press: Strijdom’s “Last Barrier”, George Clay…
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
… of South Africa's disenfranchised cut across ethnicity and had to be fought on a broad united front. He gave the … a new lease of life when he assumed its…
EventKenneth Kaunda accuses British Foreign Secretary of “kissing” apartheid
… Britain's foreign secretary, Geoffrey Howe, accusing him and President Reagan of supporting South Africa’s apartheid government. The attack by Kaunda on Howe…
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
… close relationship. Pamela Beira failed to appear in court and a warrant of arrest was issued, but the court learned … It banned extra marital sexual…
EventThe SACBC urges that lawful means be used to resist Apartheid
… wrote; "As Christian people we dare not remain silent and passive in the face of injustices inflicted on members of … expressing disturbance over reports of…
EventGamal Abdel Nasser is formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic
… until 1961). Nasser was the second president of Egypt and the first president of the United Arab Republic. His … of wasting Arab nationalism on an unwinnable…
EventMembers of Mau Mau uprising in Kenya to receive death penalty for resisting colonial rule
… to process those suspected of Mau Mau involvement. Abuse and torture was commonplace in these camps, as British guards used beatings, sexual abuse and…
EventSA joins World War II
… The minister of justice, Gen. J.C. Smuts, took over and formed a new cabinet and South Africa joined the war against Germany. This step caused bitter dissent…
EventThe Ben Schoeman freeway is opened
… The Ben Schoeman N1 freeway between Johannesburg and Pretoria, named after the then minister of transport, was … an intelligent transport system (ITS),…
EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… leave the country, to indicate proposed dates of departure and countries of choice. Transit rights through South Africa … (10-11 January 1967) between Prime…