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EventAcademic and ANC politician Z.K. Matthews dies
… to the UN, Zachariah Keodirelang (ZK) Matthews , died in Washington, USA. He was buried in Gaborone, Botswana. "Bridging the gap between the old … militant…
EventDe Klerk and Mandela receive UNESCO peace prize
… Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. The award was given to them for their brave effort in ending apartheid, thus…
EventMandela threatens armed struggle
… fail to take effective steps to end the current violence in the country, the only defence of the people will be to … the government's inability of putting…
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… his colleagues and leads to an internal succession process in the party that culminates in the appointment of F. W. de Klerk . P.W. Botha presided ……
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA) in the border region, was found on a dirt road near King William's Town in the Eastern Cape, a day…
EventN.P. van Wyk Louw is born
… Wyk Louw, Afrikaans poet, dramatist and essayist, was born in Sutherland, Karoo. He was second in line of four brothers, the youngest of which was the poet …
EventRabbi Israel Abrahams is born
… of Cape Town and Hebrew scholar Israel Abrahams was born in Vilna, Lithuania. He came to South Africa in 1937 and held the position of chief rabbi for more…
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the ‘72-hour curfew’
… that the '72-hour curfew' will be lifted on a trial basis in Pretoria and Bloemfontein, as part of a plan to remove all … regulations that restricted black…
EventKenyan Politician, Tom Mboya dies
… the Nairobi People’s Congress Party (NCPC) and key figure in the formation of Kenya African National Union (KANU), … was born on 15 August 1930. After Kenya…
ArchiveThe background of segregation: address delivered to the National Anti-C.A.D. Conference
… illustrates at the outset various forms of segregation in the world. The fact that the basic principle upon which … of "divide and rule" and plainly named as…
ArchiveSeparate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951
… Act was to make provision for the separate representation in Parliament and in the provincial council of the province of the Cape of Good Hope of Europeans…
Statement by President Mandela on receiving the report of the TRC Pretoria, 29 October 1998
… country it was when we adopted the Interim Constitution in 1993, when, together, we resolved to overcome the legacy … of what we sowed at the end of a South…
”Opening Address” at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
… contemptuous of their conscience and their God, and now in a frenzy of self-adulation preparing to embrace each other and shake their bloody hands in…
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… about the importance of including lesbian rights in discussions about the empowerment and upliftment of women. … addressed about considering the realities of…
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… into the events that had occurred. The hearings took place in London before the magistrate, J.G. Hay Halkett with the … caused the sinking of the Mendi. The…
EventKhulane Morule, the Motswako rapper is born
… popularly known by his stage name ‘Khuli Chana’ was born in Mmabtho, North West province on 27 August 1982.[i] He is a … albums, namely his debut album The…
PlaceMowbray
… The village of Mowbray was established in about 1853 on the farm Welgelegen, in an area more commonly known as Drie Koppen. This name was … been impaled,…
PlaceRailway Station, Muizenberg
… impressive building surmounted by a Clock Tower was built in 1912-13 and was officially opened on 7 June 1913 by the … was declared a National Monument under…
Beyond the Apartheid University?
… made towards Africaness? 4. Universities and their roles in the promotion of citizenship and the public good: What … stomach? 5. Governance and the failing…
PlacePinetown and its Museum
… yet interesting museum. A range of topics is featured in the museum, which focuses on local history. Displays … of early settler history. Anthropology is…
Event90-Days Act comences
… The General Laws Amendment Act of 1964 (passed in 1963) or the 90-Day Act, commences on this day. It is … allows people convicted of political offences to be…
EventEditors oppose legislation on media control
… and administer a strict code of conduct, functioning in much the same way as a court of law. For the press, this … the major newspaper proprietors jointly…
EventFighting breaks out on the Johannesburg market square
… assaulted after strikers attacked them with stones. In the period of 1910 to 1914 organised labour began to find its feet in the Union. The first trade…
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… military during the frontier war of 1818-19, and was named in honour of Lt-Col Thomas Wiltshire of the 38th Regiment, … confluence of the Keiskamma and…
PlaceCamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… the new church, and it was named Aberdeen, after the town in Scotland where a minister of the Church, Andrew Murray, had been born. In 1858 the first Village…
PlaceCR Swart Building
… restaurant. The name change of the old CR Swart building in Bloemfontein to honour former Cuban president Fidel Castro … ago. The Democratic Alliance, as the…
PlaceHazyview
… outdoor crowd. A shimmering heat haze, hanging over town in summer gave it its name, still the beautiful surroundings … 3 000 plant species. Hazyview was…
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
… on deaf ears. Hubris, which means arrogant pride, as in pride before a fall, has been the ruin of many a man, no … of the “High Girders” of the first Tay…
ArchiveRestoration of the Old Cape Archives by Michael Scurr (The Heritage Portal), 03 October 2016
… In 1996 Michael Scurr penned the following article on the … Archives (today the Centre for the Book). It was published in Restorica, the journal of the Simon…
ArchiveThe end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
… Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in the subject history at the University of South Africa. … chapters on…