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EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
… Sandra Reynolds was born on 4 March 1934 in Bloemfontein, Free State.[i] Reynolds was nicknamed the … She claimed the South African women’s singles titles in…
EventGeneral H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti
… to the South African Communist Party (SACP) and leftists in exile. BOSS was at the cutting edge of Apartheid South … to infer that the ANC was also a tool of…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… During the period of transition and negotiation in South Africa, the core area of the conflict in the late 1980s was in the KwaZulu-Natal area where battles…
EventPaedophile Gert van Rooyen and mistress commit suicide
… van Rooyen and his mistress, Joey Haarhoff, commit suicide in Pretoria while being pursued by the police. Paedophile … three former National Party (NP)…
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
… Hamilton Hope, the third resident magistrate at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, and his staff to Sulenkama where they … defeat the Basotho during the Gun War of…
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
… The Bantu Dramatic Society was founded in Johannesburg by Herbet Dhlomo in 1933 and was devoted to promoting black theatrical … playwrights to develop…
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… and is one of the most important tourist attractions in South Africa. Although Africa includes both low- and … poverty rates are still high. The majority…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… Prominent South African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of … of the North, South Africa. She holds…
Statement of the African National Congress and the South African Tamil Federation National Working Committee, 14 November 2014
… community was here to stay and to be part of the solution in South Africa to build a strong state and a South African … first organisations to meet the ANC…
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… Oak Villa is one of the first townhouses in Hout Bay and the first to be erected in the Baviaanskloof area. The original portion of this cottage, consisting…
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… accession, was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. In 1559 Her Majesty enforced the Protestant religion by law and in 1587 she had Mary Queen of…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… World War broke out with the German invasion of Poland in 1939. By 1941, the Japanese had launched a military strike on the United States by attacking their…
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… a rally with Steve Biko. Shortly after her release in 1976, Fatima survived an assassination attempt, when her … of the initiators of the Free Mandela…
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… to the dusty Afrikaner dominated town of Brandfort in the Free State where she was unceremoniously dumped at … Winnie took a provocative stance and would…
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief, was found dead in his car parked near the Botanical Gardens in Pretoria, with a bullet wound to the head. Mdluli is…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
… African Infantry Brigade was recruited at Potchefstroom in August and September 1915 for service overseas. It was … there was successful and they were sent…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… with the view of being dispatched to East Africa in 1916 to fight on the side of the Allies in World War One. The corps was made up of coloured members ……
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House Assembly forming the first government of the Union of South Africa. The Union was…
EventC James reports that South Africa is a poor market for produce
… In 1900, C James, an official of the British colonial … he needed to establish if he could sell any produce in East London, Natal and the Cape areas. The…
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… Mbulelo Goniwe had been active in the liberation struggle and with the inception of new … the post of African National Congress (ANC) chief whip. In 2006, it…
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… the Johannesburg Municipal Council. Her words, belted out in an unfamiliar English accent, somewhat clipped and … continued as if nothing untoward had…
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… on the resistance against and liberation from apartheid. In 1973 he was banned by apartheid government. Under the ban, … on his way home from a political…
EventMass funeral for those killed at Sharpeville commemoration
… Eighty thousand Blacks attended a mass funeral in KwaNobuhle township for the twenty-eight people killed by police during a demonstration in Langa on 21…
PlaceCity Hall, Cape Town
… This is a large Edwardian building in the centre of Cape Town city. It was built in 1905, on the Grand parade, West of the Castle of Good … from honey…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
… of diplomatic relations between the Union and India in order to remove the Indo-Union dispute from the purview of … further condemns all moves to form…
Address of the President of South Africa and the current Chairperson of the G77 and China, Thabo Mbeki at the 61st Session of United Nations General Assembly 19 September 2006, New York
… one of the most challenging periods of this Organisation. In the midst of increasing poverty and underdevelopment … that it will be an African Century. It is…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
… guests; Friends; comrades and fellow South Africans. In history, men and women of rare qualities make a mark that … with their legacy. Their mere presence…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the XIV Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, Havana, Cuba 14 September 2006
… important leader of the South can take his rightful place in this conclave. We would also like to sincerely thank the … organisation with distinction over…
ANC pays tribute to the late Arthur Goldreich, 26 May 2011
… Arthur Goldreich will go down in history as one of the rare breeds of revolutionaries that … he took what was his and declared it a collective asset in…
PlaceDurban Natural Science Museum
… 23rd 1887, the Museum celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2007/08 and these celebrations culminated in the sealing of two time capsules on the 23 September…