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Three people are injured on the railway line in Maitland, Cape Town, in what can be considered SA’s first serious motorcar acci
… Three people are injured on the railway line in Maitland, Cape Town, in what can be considered SA’s first serious motorcar acci …
Australia comes first in the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, winning 199 medals; England wins 136, Canada 99 and SA ends fi
… Australia comes first in the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, winning 199 medals; England wins 136, Canada 99 and SA ends fi …
Josephus Suasso de Lima (46), first editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper in SA, ‘De Verzamelaar’, dies in Cape Tow
… first editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper in SA, ‘De Verzamelaar’, dies in Cape Tow …
The first cases of Spanish Flu, also called ‘Great flu’ are diagnosed in Durban, starting the influenza epidemic in SA that kil
… of Spanish Flu, also called ‘Great flu’ are diagnosed in Durban, starting the influenza epidemic in SA that kil …
The first cases of Spanish Flu, also called ‘Great flu’ are diagnosed in Durban, starting the influenza epidemic in SA that kil
… of Spanish Flu, also called ‘Great flu’ are diagnosed in Durban, starting the influenza epidemic in SA that kil …
Sir Henry Rider Haggard, author of adventure books (i.e. King Solomon’s Mines) who worked in SA for several years, dies in Lond
… of adventure books (i.e. King Solomon’s Mines) who worked in SA for several years, dies in Lond …
The Huguenot Church, designed by Louis Thibault and oldest church building in SA after the Groote Kerk in Cape Town, is consecr
… designed by Louis Thibault and oldest church building in SA after the Groote Kerk in Cape Town, is consecr …
Ayanda Bam, executive chair of Kuyasa Mining, the first Black owned mining house in SA, is born in King Williams’ Town, Transke
… chair of Kuyasa Mining, the first Black owned mining house in SA, is born in King Williams’ Town, Transke …
Philip Alan Moore, politician, soldier, educator and financier who emigrated to SA in 1913, is born in Peel, Isle of Man, UK.
… soldier, educator and financier who emigrated to SA in 1913, is born in Peel, Isle of Man, UK. …
The SA Communist Party, in alliance with the African National Congress and the Congress of Trade Unions will use mass action in
… The SA Communist Party, in alliance with the African National … and the Congress of Trade Unions will use mass action in …
Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Kitchener succeeds Lord Roberts as commander-in-chief of the British forces in SA and Lord Roberts succe
… War 2: Lord Kitchener succeeds Lord Roberts as commander-in-chief of the British forces in SA and Lord Roberts succe …
Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), who left SA to study in Moscow in 1
… of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), who left SA to study in Moscow in 1 …
Business Day announces that Deutsche Bank has taken the lead among foreign banks operating in SA by selling a 25% stake in its
… Bank has taken the lead among foreign banks operating in SA by selling a 25% stake in its …
Reverend Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile
… and Miriam Ngcongcobela, was born on 27 December 1944, in the Winterberg District of Adelaide, Eastern Cape. He was … of the NEC of the ANC, becoming its…
BiographySurinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam
… ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam was born on 27 July 1935 in Sea View, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He had 12 siblings. He grew up in very dire circumstances…
BiographyJan van Eck
… Van Eck was born in Holland on 18 December 1943, the first born of five … join the ANC long before the first democratic elections in 1994 and served the ANC…
BiographyNorman Stewart Middleton
… Norman Stewart Middleton was born in January 1921, in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now … ’70s, and ’80s, until the dawn of the country’s freedom in…
BiographyCedric Nunn
… Cedric Nunn was born in Nongoma, Natal (KwaZulu-Natal) on 22 December 1957. He … (Nothing Will Separate Us) held in Bern in 1983. In 1994 he was part of a…
BiographyJohn James Issel
… John James Issel was born on 17 August 1946 in the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town . At … Western Cape. Following the first democratic…
BiographyDawood Seedat
… as a bookkeeper, Seedat entered the political struggle in 1938. He was elected secretary of the Communist Party of … (CPSA – now the South Afrian Communist…
BiographyRexon ‘Scotch’ Mathebula
… Mathebula also known as Scotch was born on 15 April 1926 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Mathebula left Sophiatown when … years old and went to live with an…
BiographyOhm Collins Chabane
… Ohm Collins Chabane was born on 15 April 1960 in Xikundu Village, in Limpopo (then Northern Transvaal). He attended Shingwedzi … After his release, Chabane…
BiographyLucas Radebe
… Lucas Radebe was born on 12 April 1969 in Diepkloof, Soweto. When he was 15 years old, his parents … sent him away to Bophuthatswana to avoid the violence in…
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
… artist, priest and humanitarian was born on this day in Pittem, western Belgium. After completing his studies, he immigrated to South Africa in 1946 as a…
EventSA sugar magnate Sir Hulett is born
… Natal planter, industrialist and politician, was born in England and came to South Africa in 1857 at the age of 19. Hulett pioneered the country's … sugar…
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… Daniël Cornelis Boonzaaier was born at Patatsrivier in the Cape Province in 1865. Boonzaaier became famous for his caricatures and political cartoons. He…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… of Artists Under The Sun, was born at Dinokana village in Lehurutshe, Western Transvaal (now North West Province). A break in Mohl’s career came when he was…
EventBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born
… Benjamin Mzimkulu (Ben) Macala was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State). As a young boy he tended cattle on a farm in the Free State and…
EventAnnesu de Vos, SA poet, is born.
… Annesu de Vos was born in Johannesburg on the 5 August 1964. She is well-known as the youngest published poet in South African literature history. When she…
BiographyGwede Mantashe
… Gwede Mantashe was born in the village of Lower Cala in the Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He received a B.Comm … as National Organizer for the same union in…