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PlaceBloemfontein, Capital City of the Free State Province
… the 'City of Roses', or Manguang , 'the place of cheetahs' and the landscape is predominantly dry grassland. … is currently the Judicial Capital of South…
Remember Khwezi beyond the Zuma rape trial, says Marianne Thamm (Cape Talk) , 10 October 2016
… is evidence of this. Kuzwayo accused Zuma of rape in 2005 and was forced to conceal her identity to avoid a witch hunt … Kuzwayo had to flee into exile after…
Class Struggle
… (also known as the bourgeoisie) who owned the factories, and the working class who sell their labour to the factory … the struggle was between the nobility…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… condition of his release is that he renounces violence, and violent protest, as a means to bring about change in … , the only White found guilty at the…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… George Matanzima. Six senior cabinet ministers resigned and George Matanzima officially resigned on 2 October. George fled to South Africa and then Austria,…
EventA German gunboat, the Panther, reaches Morocco, increasing tensions between European powers
… that the British would side with them against the French, and possibly request some sort of alliance. This was however not the case as this act drew the…
Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… in disputes over labour contracts between farmers and labourers. 5. The prohibition of young Africans not … parents live there. The proposals are Fascist in…
EventUnited Democratic Front call to Police
… Front criticized the police actions at a Guguletu Funeral and made a call for police to stay away from funerals. This … flags displayed, people giving the…
ArchiveOrganisational Report of the National Executive Committee
… legality. Examines the period after ANC legalisation, and the ANC National Campaigns Committee. Includes Reports … Department of Economic Policy, Department…
ArchiveThe birth of the African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… conference in which the national situation was discussed, and how it had been a plan to gather the many existing … of political organisation on a nation-wide…
PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
… In 1862 the property was purchased by President Kruger and remained in his family until; 1903. During this time an … in a Georgian style, as well as two…
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
… compared to others that have ravaged the country before and after this specific one. The latest earthquake to hit the … recorded was in 1716 .It measured 7.5…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… Former National Party leader and Prime Minister of South Africa, Advocate J. G. Strijdom … ideological principles of the African National Congress and other…
EventThe Population Registration Bill is read for the first time
… three race classifications, namely Whites, Coloureds and Natives (Blacks). Indians were initially classified as … on 7 July 1950, made the Group Areas,…
EventThe SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded
… that the Department of Information was being disbanded and replaced by a Bureau for National and International Communication. The move resulted in changes …
EventRobert Sobukwe, first PAC president, dies
… Founder and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) , … away in the Kimberley General Hospital between midnight and 01h00 on February 27, 1978…
EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
… Trade unionist, politician and businessman Allison Wessels George (A.W.G.) Champion died … Durban. He was known as a campaigner for racial equality and,…
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
… Students' Organisation (SASO), the Marxist Front, COSATU and the Azanian Liberation Movement. The unbanning allowed … Mayaphi, Teko Mokhou, Tandisile Jada,…
EventPotgieter barters land from Chief Makwana
… the Voortrekkers, obtained the territory between the Vet and Vaal Rivers from the Bataung captain, Makwana, in exchange for forty-nine head of cattle and the…
EventSA struggles to fight HIV/AIDS pandemic
… as the government struggled to plug a shortage of doctors and pharmacists and other professionals needed to fight the HIV/Aids …
EventThe Supreme Court of Zambia ruled that former Zambian president, Frederick Chiluba should stand trial for corruption
… of Parliamentarians voted in favour of this motion and Chiluba was subsequently charged with corruption and embezzlement of state funds. …
EventSouth Africa win the most medals at the 7th All African Games
… on the log with 180, followed by Egypt with 156 medals and Nigeria with 128 medals. The closing ceremony of the … table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball…
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
… Bantu Holomisa was dismissed as Deputy Environment and Tourism Minister after revealing that the African … He also alleged that the owner of Sun…
EventTwo policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
… 1906. Twelve people were found guilty of the murders and subsequently executed. The executions, added to other grievances such as the increased squatters'…
EventSouth African cricketer, Hashim Mahomed Amla, is born
… in 1999. He had his Test debut in 2004 and his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2008. Amla is … International Cricket Council (ICC) in both Test Cricket…
EventFormer Minister of Public Works, Thoko Didiza, is born
… in Durban in 1965. Didiza became Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs in 1999 and in 2006 she became Minister of Public works under …
EventUN Special Committee on Apartheid urges a boycott of all SA racist sporting organizations
… boycott of all South African racist sporting organizations and supported the African bloc’s proposal to exclude the country from both the Munich Olympics and…
EventA Zairian aircraft crashes in Angola, killing 141 people.
… from Jamba Airport in Angola. A total of 141 passengers and crew members perished. It is not clear what caused the … the plane was overloaded by forty people…
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
… third win of the tournament, having won his first in 1993 and his second in 1997, beating South Africa’s Ernie Els. The … tournament has attracted the best…
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
… The Executive Committee of the Orange Free State Native and Coloured Women's Association sent a petition to … Women pleaded with him to persuade the Prime…