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EventA coalmine explosion in Rhodesia kills over four hundred workers
… mine disaster ever. The disaster stunned the whole country and the world. Over a third of those who perished were … neighbouring countries of Malawi, Namibia…
EventAn earthquake, measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, hits Cape Town.
… fault, running across the Milnerton area, the Cape Flats and right through to the city center. In 1809 there wasn’t … if it hit the area today due to…
EventOver a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
… where nearly 70 people were killed by security police and scores left injured. During the same month the African … National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist…
EventPresent UN headquarters is opened
… Le Corbusier from Switzerland, Oscar Niemeyer from Brazil, and representatives of numerous other nations. While the … in Geneva, The Hague, Vienna, Montreal,…
FAVT: Future Africa Visions in Time – Group Show (until 28 April 2017)
… African Studies, Iwalewahaus (University of Bayreuth) and the Goethe-Institut Kenya, in cooperation with the … artists’ talks, lectures, concerts, film…
EventNelson Mandela is buried in the Eastern Cape
… the Eastern Cape. This is where he attended Primary school and was called ‘Nelson’ by his school teacher. Although 4000 … were allowed to attend the burial…
PlaceAbees, Bela-Bela
… out in 1882 on the Farms: 'Het bad; Noodshulp; Roodepoort and Tufbult'. This Area attained Municipal status in 1932. … there. The place was also known as Het…
Decolonising African Museums - What does it mean?
… concept of decolonization means in terms of collections and collecting, presentations and communication of the knowledge produced in Africa’s …
ArchiveOpening address at the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 1981.
… two former presidents of the National Union, Fink Haysom and Auret van Heerden, as well as other examples of … a Broad Democratic Front organising to oppose…
Nqutu, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… East of Dundee. Most of the population is Black , 97.89% and therefore the first language is Zulu. The women are the … South Africa, the men venture off to…
PlaceKwaMhlanga
… KwaMhlanga is a town in Mpumalanga near Pretoria and is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled … into the administrative centre for the local…
EventDemocratic Alliance federal conference in Port Elizabeth
… with Alf Rees elected as federal chairman of finance, and Thomas Walters as deputy chair of federal council. Third … van der Walt, second deputy chair is…
ArchiveInterview with Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda
… among the founders of the ANC Youth League in 1943-44, and served as its president after the death of Anton Lembede … in 1947. He opposed the influence of…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.6 No.1 Oct-Dec 1961
… Ronald Segal. Cartoon. The Great Smear: Communism and Congress in South Africa, Duma Nokwe. Out of the Strike, … Post. Nigeria in Crisis, Mokwugo Okoye…
PlaceInn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
… Square which was a meeting place of Caledonians and distant travellers centuries ago. In 1834, this square … Hotel Cape Town - Inn On The Square, an African…
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
… his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame and respect for defeating the Italian colonizers. He was also … kingdom. He was also passionate…
EventThe Johannesburg International Airport is officially renamed OR Tambo International Airport by President Mbeki.
… Tambo Airport is South Africa’s main airport for domestic and international flights. It is Located in Kempton Park, … was previously known as Johannesburg…
EventThe Arusha Accord is signed to end civil war in Rwanda
… signed in Arusha, Tanzania between the Rwandan government and Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). The signing of the … The Arusha agreement required a…
EventGeneral Muhamed Lamari, head of Algeria’s army, resigns for health reasons.
… by General Salah Ahmed Gaid, commander of ground forces and an ally of his, as chief military staff. Lamari had been an influential figure in the Algerian…
EventA list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette
… Oliver Tambo, Walter Sisulu, Duma Nokwe, Ronald Segal, and Benjamin Turok. Patrick Duncan, linked to the Pan … like ANC, South African Communist Party(SACP),…
EventVerwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.
… of Lyttelton by combining the areas of Doornkloof, Irene and Lyttelton. In 1967 Lyttelton was renamed Verwoerdburg. … is a town inthe Gauteng Province…
EventSA withdraws from the International Labour Organisation
… objected to South Africa's system of racial discrimination and labour practices, which it regarded as "seriously disturbing international peace and security"…
EventThe South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee is founded
… to mobilise the international community more effectively and to establish itself as South Africa's official Olympic … (SASA). SAN-ROC opposed all racial…
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
… of the committee try to enter they will be detained and sent back and that it would involve the United Nations in an act of …
EventLucas Seage is born
… Seage attended Barolong High School in Gaborone, Botswana and then Damelin College in Johannesburg in 1976. In that … same year he also attended Mofolo Arts…
EventSolly Sachs leaves South Africa
… Socialist and labour activist Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs left South … Communism Act (1950) had been served on him on 19 May 1952 and his arrest on two…
EventThe Joint Declaration of Cooperation ("Three Doctors’ Pact") is signed
… G.M. Naicker, president of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Dr. Y.M. Dadoo, president of the Transvaal Indian … in the struggle against the National Party…
EventThe League of Nations officially dissolves
… The Organisation for international cooperation and peace, the League of Nations, established by the Allied … The organisation ceased its operation during…
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… gradual dismantling of apartheid laws regulating movement and torture, and became part of the process of chipping away of apartheid … D., Esau, F.,(2004),…
EventRobert Mugabe returns to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years
… National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) in Mozambique and had managed to spearhead a guerrilla war against the … supporters there would be no more injustice…