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EventSoldiers die from gas leak at Naval base in Durban
… On 17 February 2017, six people were killed and more than a dozen injured at the Salisbury Island Naval … gas leak. The men had reportedly been underground…
Umrabulo Roundtable discussion, 7 March 2016
… The discussion will focus on the Land Question; progress and challenges. Panelists will include, ANC NEC member Comrade Gugile Nkwinti and Professor Somadoda…
Read SABC CEO Jimi Matthews full resignation letter (Staff Reporter), 27 June 2016
… atmosphere has impacted negatively on my moral judgment and has made me complicit in many decision which I am not proud of. “What is happening at the SABC is…
PlaceRavenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens
… Double-Storeyed Building was probably erected between 1817 and 1835 by M. A. de Kock, as one of a series of Houses for letting and is situated on a part of…
PlaceCarnarvon District, Karoo
… its boundaries portions of the divisions of Fraserburg and Victoria West. It is located in the heartland of the Karroo, and because of its semi-arid nature,…
PlaceOfficial residence, Commander of British forces in South Africa, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… This building was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and was completed in 1903 as the official residence of the … Neville Lyttelton, whose successors, Sir Henry…
PlaceKoedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
… Town, piloted by Lieutenant-Colonel Pierre van Ryneveld and Flight Lieutenant Quintin Brand, took 46 days to complete. Both van Ryneveld and Brand were…
PlaceBritish Fort, Marabastad, Polokwane
… Rustenburg, Lydenburg, Wakkerstroom, Standerton and this one at Marabastad. This fort was established after the Battle of Bron and is a Provincial Heritage…
PlaceNorth Lodge, Parktown, Johannesburg
… North Lodge was modeled on French and Scottish castles! The building, designed by Herbert J … on 17 December 1982. The house is owned by Wits University and…
EventNelson Mandela’s son, Thembekile is killed in a car accident
… “Thembi” Mandela, the eldest son of Nelson Mandela and Evelyn Mase was killed in a car accident while his father … the fog-bound Touws River road, leaving…
EventSouth Africa gets a new R5 coin with distinct security features designed to outsmart counterfeiters
… The new coin was bi-metal, with a silver coloured border and a bronze coloured center. It was also thicker and heavier that the old coin. The coin went into…
EventKenyan political activist Jomo Kenyatta released from jail
… Kenyan political activist and President of Kenya Afican National Union, Jomo Kenyatta … authorities. The rebellion took the British by surprise and rendered…
EventPius Langa is born
… Nkonzo Langa, deputy president of the Constitutional Court and Chancellor of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) … Deputy Chief Justice of South…
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… of African Unity (now AU), Non-Align Movement, and non-governmental organisations in South Africa, the … same solidarity to demand the release of Nelson…
EventThe new RSA Constitution Bill is read in parliament
… Among its provisions were the abolition of the Senate and the creation of a sixty-member President's Council comprising of White, Coloured, Indian and…
EventPrime Minister Botha visits Soweto
… be written off. He told surprised residents of Soweto and of the independent 'homelands', which he also visited in … These visits were part of his 'Total…
EventAfrikaans Writer Breytenbach is sentenced
… writer Breyten Breytenbach was betrayed, arrested and sentenced to nine years imprisonment for high treason … or Okhela, a resistance group fighting…
EventFour men die instantly in car races
… avoid a second, which was spinning on the Odi race track, and ploughed into spectators watching from the sidelines. Three people were seriously injured and…
EventFirst day of office for Mboweni as Governor the SA Reserve Bank
… to Stals in 1998, when he resigned all of his elected and appointed positions in the ANC. Click here to read Mboweni's statement of farewell to Dr Chris…
EventCuban Foreign Minister visits South Africa
… issues, the situation in their respective regions and, in particular, bilateral relations. The two Ministers … on the subject of human rights, both in…
EventOlivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda
… Olivia Forsyth escaped from her guards and took refuge in the British embassy in Luanda. She was a … at the ANC Quatro prison camp in Angola for seven months…
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… Wilton Z. Mkwayi , trade unionist, treason trialist and acting leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was born in … the eldest child in a family of thirteen. He…
EventKing Dinuzulu dies
… Dinuzulu's son,Solomon Nkayishana succeeded to the throne and although the White authorities viewed this as an … of Shaka remained deeply revered as…
EventThe British attack in the battle of Colenso
… besieged town of Ladysmith. This purpose was not realised and as a result the British lost over 1,100 men, including … of Field-Marshal Lord Frederick…
EventBritish Kaffraria becomes a province with its own administration
… was overrun by violence between British colonisers and local Xhosa inhabitants from the early 1830s. Several … wars. Read more about the Berlin Missionary…
EventConclusive Battle of Ndondakusuka takes place
… factions of Cetewayo, eldest son of the Zulu chief Mpande, and his father's younger brother, Umbolazi also known as … More than 5000 warriors, including…
EventSA footballer, Steven Pienaar is born in Johannesburg
… Town in 1999. In 2009 he joined the Dutch mother team Ajax and quickly became one of its best players. He later moved to other European teams like German…
EventHealth officials launch an intensive campaign to find the origins of an outbreak of Ebola fever in Uganda.
… Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF) is a serious and aggressive disease characterised by severe flu-like … symptoms, vomiting, diarrhoea, headaches, haemorrhaging…
EventThe ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk
… a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police … of police action in the farming towns of…
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
… The 35th lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by … interest in developing a bill of rights for South Africa; and…