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PlaceAllanridge, Free State Province
… Allanridge is a Gold Mining Town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province in South Africa, 34 km North of Welkom. It was…
ArchiveSouth African political prison-literature between 1948 and 1990: the prisoner as writer and political commentator
… Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject English at the University of South…
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… on an anti-pass passive resistance campaign, Black women in Bloemfontein that were committed to this movement returned … subject to the authority of the…
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… Second Creek, East London, West of Buffalo Harbour. Named in honour of Balthazar John Vorster, 1915-1983. Former Prime … formerly known as the John Vorster…
EventProfessor John Fleming “Jack” Brok dies
… Brock died – he was a scientist, physician and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town. Fleming was born on 27 March 1905 in…
EventSoweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged with negligent and drunken driving
… driving and one of drunken driving after being involved in two car accidents in Boskruin, on the West Rand.Maphanga was involved in a collision with another…
PlacePublic Library, Port Elizabeth
… was officially opened on 29 July 1902. It was built in the late Victorian style incorporating a mixture of … which is CLOSED for the forseeable future, is…
EventItalo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 is signed
… of friendship with Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia). In the treaty, which was called the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of … to upholding lasting friendly relations…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… African nuclear programme was to produce nuclear arms in order to prevent a Soviet invasion of South Africa. This … at Velindaba and Pelinda was eventually…
EventFreedom of press is established at the Cape
… The freedom of the press was established in the Cape Colony through the efforts of journalist John … to what became known as the "Magna Carta" of press…
EventNatal Law society apologises to Gandhi
… a racist decision barred the young lawyer from practising. In 1894 Gandhi became the first non-White lawyer to apply to practise in the then British colony…
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… a Polish immigrant, on 10 April 1993 shot and killed Hani in the driveway of his home in Dawn Park, Boksburg. He used a gun supplied by … failed to make a…
EventHendrik Witbooi, Chief of the Nama, dies
… Hendrik Witbooi was born into a prominent Nama family in 1830. He was educated at a Lutheran Mission and was fluent in a number of European languages, as…
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… (Mikro), Afrikaans author, was born at Van Reenensplaas in Williston district, Cape Colony. KÁƒÂƒÂ¼hn attended school … University of Stellenbosch and…
EventThe Birkenhead runs aground with 638 passengers
… the southern point of Walker Bay, at present day Gans Bay in the Western Cape . The ship was carrying reinforcements … into the only two life-boats available…
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
… of Angola (UNITA) of Jonas Savimbi, signed a peace deal in Lusaka, Zambia. The peace deal, called Lusaka Protocol, which ended the long and ravaging civil…
EventAthlete Mathews Motshwareteu enters the annals of the country’s athletics history after only five weeks of track athletics
… Mathews Motshwareteu was born on 2 November 1958 in Soweto, Johannesburg. His talent for athletics became apparent in his primary school years, which he…
Document 26 - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956
… - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956 In the train Patrick Duncan 3 October 1956 Dear Sir, I very … not quite accept your paragraphs 2…
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… History was made in Western Africa when, for the first time, a woman, Ms Ruth … of West African States (ECOWAS). Although serving in a non-partisan capacity,…
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
… the Corner of Old Fort Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in Durban. In addition to its Headquarters function, Warriors Gate is … Hats). This Military…
EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
… It was in the early hours on 9 February 1955 when around 2 000 … were loaded at the back of police trucks, and dumped in Meadowlands where they were forced…
EventBritain proposes the sale of arms to South Africa
… Heads of State of the British Commonwealth of Nations held in Singapore, Britain proposed a sale of arms to South … study group was set up to consider the…
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… (now Zimbabwe ) and Nyasaland (now Malawi ) was made. In 1959, before the fall of the federation, nationalist … them, Dr Hastings Banda , were detained…
Time for ANC members to speak out when democracy is at stake by Denis Goldberg (Sunday Times), 17 April 2016
… demand from the national executive committee for silence in the ranks of the ANC is precisely the attitude that paved … six to allow our party to slide into…
ArchiveAppendix 4 Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe by Denis Goldberg
… a new, independent body, formed by Africans, It includes in its ranks South Africans of all races It is not connected in any way with a so-called 'Committee…
69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation
… Pachai Many Indian leaders who had formerly held office in the Congress became disenchanted with the strategy adopted … of the Natal Indian Congress if they…
EventPhyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho
… by Omar Badsha, Richard (Rick) Turner and others. In Lesotho she joined the African National Congress (ANC) and was involved in providing for children who…
EventP.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues
… by a Durban housewife, Mrs Lolly Mackenzie. An incident in which a Black pupil was banned from competing in an athletics competition at Menlo Park High…
PlaceBelvidere, Knysna
… Captain Thomas Henry Duthie emigrated to the Cape in 1826. In 1830 he visited Knysna, where he was the guest of George … Rex, whose daughter Caroline he…
EventKaiser Matanzima of Transkei announces his intention to retire from the Presidency
… announced his intention to retire from the Presidency in February 1982, to devote more time to traditional and family affairs. However, in 1986 Matanzima was…