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EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… Frensch Verwoerd, former South African prime minister and chief architect of apartheid was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Willem Johannes Verwoerd…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… of Ulundi, during the Anglo Zulu War against Sir Frere and his men. Cetshwayo undertook the trip to request that he … with the British again. The Queen…
EventThe Battle of Gingindlovu
… 1879. It occured shortly after the Battle of Kambula and Rorkes drift. During this battle, King Cetshwayo's 10 000 strong army was defeated and his military…
EventIvorian Footballer Didier Zokora is born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… part of the Ivorian team reputed to be hugely talented and yet has been eluded by any major trophy in the last decade. He was in the team in both the 2006…
EventJames Kantor, a lawyer, is arrested for his involvement in Liliesleaf farm activities
… James Kantor was a lawyer who owned a law firm and employed his brother in-law Harold Wolpe. Unbeknownst to … August 1963 in his office. He was released…
EventSpecial Committee on Apartheid publishes its first Interim Report
… the number of countries that had broken off diplomatic and commercial relations with South Africa. The Committee … close to twenty member states still…
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
… State commandos. A day before the assault De Wet, his men and burghers, set off from Smitsdrif. Following a few gun … the station was surrounded by 1 000 men…
PlaceElizabeth le Roux Hostel, Bloemfontein
… 8 August 1975. The building has wood windows, old lamps, and border trellis work. The building is built in a victor … the Anglo-Boer War the building was…
EventUgandan President Idi Amin releases political prisoners
… who would become their worst nightmare. His guards purged and killed Obote’s supporters who were seen as a threat to … administration. In 1972 he savagely…
EventA two-day All-in African Conference starts in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
… from 145 religious, cultural, peasant, intellectual and political bodies was hosted in Pietermaritzburg, Natal. … convention of elected representatives of…
EventUDF is launched
… was intended to give little recognition to Indians and Coloureds and none to Blacks. Fifteen thousand people defied threats by the apartheid government and…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… was founded by twelve football clubs from Johannesburg and Pretoria, none of which exist today. Ted Wallace was … which was played between the White…
EventChurch Council meets PW Botha over unrest
… Council of Churches (SACC) met with President P W Botha and other government leaders, following calls by the church … discussions on the causes of unrest,…
EventRobert McBride is arrested in Mozambique
… in restoring South Africa's international credibility and put to rest allegations that the weapons were being used … The team comprised of Sydney Mufamadi,…
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… of January last year, we workers of Steel Ceilings and Aluminium Works Ltd. formed our "African Metal Trade … dismissal etc. All were rejected. We all signed…
ArchiveStop LeGranges law: no to a permanent emerge
… Black and white background and lettering. …
EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
… Kwela was born in Kwazulu Natal. He was exposed to Western and traditional African music, both of which were important … met musician Spokes Mashiyane. They…
EventZelda la Grange was born on this day
… South Africa. She completed a 3-year National Diploma and started her career at the Department of State Expenditure … Manager of Stakeholder relations, Aide…
The death of Mama Luthuli,16 December 1996
… its revolutionary banner to this great patroit, heroine and Titan. She may rest in peace for the seeds of her struggle and that of her organisation, the ANC,…
PlaceBill Ainslie Studios, Johannesburg
… the Bill Ainslie Studios had become a school with students and teachers. In 1977 it became known as the Johannesburg Art … of a school was of a network of…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein
… tot Drakenstein. The area between what became Franschhoek and Stellenbosch, acquired the name Jan de Jonkershoek, so named after combining the name and…
EventThe inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Bantu Biko, opens in Pretoria
… Steve Biko died naked and unattended on the cement floor of a cell in a Pretoria … detention. Police admitted to keeping Steve Biko shackled and naked for…
EventThe launch of the Progressive Women’s Movement of SA
… voice addressing their concerns regardless of race, class and religion. On that same day, they also celebrated the 50th … consists of more than thirty-five…
EventMargaret Rheeder is hung in Pretoria
… she left the pharmacy, Rheeder signed the poison register and the owner who served her, Mr A. Redhouse, warned her about the danger of the product to human…
EventManto Tshabalala - Msimang, controversial minister of health, is born
… she managed to obtain her BA degree. Tshabalala-Msimang and other twenty-seven politically driven students were … President Thabo Mbeki was one of them…
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… Johannesburg suburb of Yeoville. The Sharpeville massacre and its aftermath drew him closer to the African National … was a member of the South African…
EventPrime Minister P.W. Botha announces Ciskei will become independent on 4 December 1981
… The homeland known as Ciskei, between the Fish and the Kei River, was created between 1961 and 1982 by the then Nationalist Party Government.. This was … 000…
EventWorld Health Organization publishes indictment of apartheid
… was not only detrimental to the cultural, economic and emotional wellbeing of those on whom it was imposed , but … its subjects, exposed many to physical…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs second heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital
… twenty months. Surgeons worldwide followed Barnard's lead, and by October 1971, recorded heart transplants numbered 178. … Mrs Dorothy Fisher was given a new…
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… imposed in September 1985. While some European countries and the US initially refused to impose sanctions on South Africa, the growing social unrest and…