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EventUnFreedom Day
… to highlight how there is “no democracy for the poor”[1] and to replace the usual “pompous speeches” by politicians to … far we have come’” with music, dance…
Steve Biko Bridge, East London
… mid-70s. The Bridge links East London with the West Bank and airport, and crosses the Buffalo River. East London Waterfront lies … docking bays for yachts,…
Madiba The African Opera
… wish to document the history of the Thembu Royal Family and Nation. He soon realized that a unique story about our … Therefore, Mtirara grew up with family…
Symposium: Memory in a time of freedom
… scholars, community activists, artists, historians and those who are merely interested to participate in its workshops and talks which aim to "explore the…
Africa South Vol.3 No.4 Jul-Sept 1959
… Trapido. The Africanists Cut Loose, Peter Rodda. Congress and the Africanists, Walter Sisulu. Sports test for South … Sampson. The Nyasaland Crisis, M.W…
Africa South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
… African Literature(VII), Dr. A.C. Jordan. Anglican Bishops and Racial Conflicts, Rev. Richard Roseveare with … illustrations by Mickey Munro. British West…
PlaceSacramento Cannon, Cape Recife
… 30 JUNE 1993 IN MEMORY OF PORT ELIZABETHAN DAVID ALLEN AND DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE PORTUGUESE GALLEON … IN THE PORTUGUESE TERRITORY OF MACAO,…
EventIndependent African States resolve to impose sanctions against South Africa
… to boycott all South African goods, to refuse landing and passage facilities to all aircrafts belonging to the Government and companies registered under the…
PlacePublic Library, Port Elizabeth
… style incorporating a mixture of idiosyncratic Gothic and classical features. It was declared a National Monument … for the forseeable future, is situated in…
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… South Africa. Post- apartheid Pretoria turned a new leaf and became a centre for change when President Nelson Mandela … its political history which has…
EventMpho Mathibela, one of the Siamese twins separated in an operation six months earlier, leaves hospital for the first time
… Mpho and Mphonyana Mathibela made headlines when they were born … on 7 December 1986.The twin girls were joined at the head and a decision was made for them…
EventSouth Africa holds a referendum to decide if SA should become a republic
… The voting age restriction was lowered to eighteen years and included the white voters in South West Africa (now Namibia). The two former Boer republics,…
EventJimmy Kruger announces amendment to the Internal Security Act
… to exceed twelve months. All public gatherings were banned and schools in Soweto and other areas of unrest were closed. The government was … an end to the…
EventNational Party wins general election
… 166 seats representing the White voters of South Africa and South-West Africa, nineteen were uncontested. Out of … receiving, however, only 23 percent of the…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… he stated that Value Added Tax (VAT) would be increased and for the first time it would be added to all foods. The … of social expenditure proposed as…
EventOupa Gqozo, military leader of the Ciskei, quells a second coup attempt
… Onward Guzana, a former member of the Military Council, and Major-General Charles Sebe were killed after being … in his accusations of coup plotting. Both…
EventBomb in Benoni Wimpy kills Mary
… men, Tebogo Kebotlhale, Molwedi Mokoena, Phumzile Sigasa and Elgas Mabore Ndhlovu who declared themselves as ANC members, applied for amnesty to the Truth…
EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
… his western allies by refusing to consider immediate and major reforms in the country's apartheid system. This … his party had, but would not give in to…
EventFreedom of press is established at the Cape
… newspaper, Fairbairn appealed to the British government and gained the right to publish without hindrance. This led … as the "Magna Carta" of press freedom…
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… of Sierra Leone was conceived by British philanthropists and abolitionists as a home for African slaves freed in … Company for the "free community of…
EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
… the Sao Gabriel, the Sao Raphael, the Berrio, and a supply ship. The commander-in-chief, Vasco da Gama … the explorers set in to make repairs, look for water…
EventUN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign
… international community. The Mugabe government used police and bulldozers to demolish street stalls and residences in urban shantytowns in its "Operation…
EventAt an international summit in SA leaders pledge to push for a new global trade deal that will help poor countries
… Network, is comprised of centre politicians, academics, and leaders. The two day meeting that commenced on 11 of … Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi, Swedish PM…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… September 1903, John Koenakeefe Mohl, South African artist and founding member of Artists Under The Sun, was born at … return to South Africa he opened a…
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… South Africa, Lord Alfred Milner, proposed that educated and prosperous 'non-Whites' should be allowed to vote in the … Africa (Transvaal, the former ZAR,…
PlaceFort Beaufort
… of Fort Beaufort fell under the district of Albany, and was proclaimed a separate division on 8 March 1848. At … place. Its landscape was rugged, with well…
EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… making South Africa the first African country to do so and one of only a few in the world at the time. MPs from the … African countries. The bill provided…
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
… to subdue Sekhukhune, was routed with heavy casualties and barely escaped with his life at Magnet Heights. … to reduce Sekhukhune to submission. The mission…
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… of the South African Republic declared war on Sekhukhune and his followers. A Boer commando under President T.F. … Bapedi, also armed with rifles, offered…
EventBritain imposes an embargo on Rhodesian trade
… we could possibly accept. Indeed, in the latest verbal and confidential message delivered to me last night we find … that I would continue to negotiate to…