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EventDusi Canoe Marathon commences
… eight individuals arranged to canoe from Alexandra Park in Pietermaritzburg to Durban.These eight individuals were … out of the eight people, who reached the…
ArchiveTribute to Anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman, by African National Congress, 1 January 2009
… Blackburn, Suzman used Parliament to fight injustices in South Africa. Suzman became a thorn in the flesh of apartheid by openly criticising segregation ……
PlacePollsmoor Prison
… Pollsmoor Prison is situated in Tokai, Cape Town, and is the largest Prison in the Western Cape Province. It is an overcrowded facility located in Tokai…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… one of South Africa’s most well known artists. He was born in Pretoria in 1886 and moved to Holland at the time of the Boer War. He … Africa, which is when…
EventUgandan Prime Minister, Milton Obote announces the proposed division of Buganda
… In June 1966, Ugandan Prime Minister, Milton Obote announced … the province into four districts. The division took effect in 1967and the Kabaka’s government…
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
… was one of the women’s rights organisations that emerged in the 1950s and conducted a massive campaign against apartheid laws, the pass laws in particular…
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… World Health Organisation (WHO) organizes awareness events in over 100 countries worldwide on this day. The first World Heart Day was celebrated in 2000 as a…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… successful multi-racial Congress of the People Conference in June 1955, the South African Police raided the homes and offices of those who had participated…
EventJournalist and political activist Selby Msimang dies
… activist, Henry Selby Msimang, died on 29 March 1982 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. Msimang was a founding member … (SANNC), renamed the African National…
EventProposal for a new constitution
… for a new South African constitution should begin in 1991 and be completed within two years. The African … suggested that equal status be given to all…
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… Act gave recognition to the customary marriage practicised in Black communities. It provided for the equal status and capacity of the spouses and enabled a…
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… In response to a call by President Nelson Mandela, … the Presidential Job Summit to discuss ways to create jobs in the country. The Summit proposed the…
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… by the replacement of the Conservative government in Britain by the Liberal administration in 1906. Transvaal was followed by the Orange River Colony in 1907…
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… The workers complained about their poor living conditions in compounds and the harsh conditions under which they had to work. In particular they complained…
EventFirst Nobel prizes are awarded
… of dynamite, Alfred B. Nobel, established the Nobel Prizes in his will. This bequeathment allegedly shocked his … The first prizes were awarded five years…
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… sailing legend and one of the most popular skippers in single-handed racing around the world, died at his home in Gordon's Bay, Cape Town, after a long…
EventThe historic Tana Baru Muslim cemetery is forced to close
… Muslim settlers of South Africa were buried, was closed in terms of the Public Health Act No. 4 of 1883. Following the granting of religious freedom to…
EventThe Battle of Ulundi begins
… Anglo-Zulu War, as well as the breakup of the Zulu nation. In July, Lord Chelmsford (British Commander) moved on Ndini, and in a final onslaught, known as…
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… Rebecca (Rebekah) Schreiner. During her youth she lived in Cradock in the Eastern Cape. She died in Wynberg, Cape Town, on 10 December 1920. The Department…
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
… Joy Adamson died under mysterious circumstances in a Kenyan bush. Initially it was reported that she was attacked to death in the bush by a lion, but further…
ArchiveThe philosophy tenets and traditions of NEUM
… conference has been convened at the most crucial moment in the history of the oppressed of South Africa. The paper … the introduction of the Ten-Point…
EventDr JT van der Kemp, controversial missionary and physician, dies
… with the Khoi Khoi of the Cape Colony and was interested in alleviating their economic plight. His advocacy for the … the White settlers. Van der Kemp had a…
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… demonstrators, who were protesting against the pass laws in the township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging in the Transvaal. Scores of people were left…
ArchiveDecember 16 : heroes - day
… and white image of soldier shaking hands with two people in centre of poster. Title in red letters at bottom of poster. Wording in black letters. …
'Opening Address' at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress by Dr. S. M. Molema, 25 January 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…
"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…
ArchiveSicela ussizo iwenu kuvimbela isifo se ugciwane (Aids)
… rows of cartoon characters holding hands. Cartoon family in bottom right hand corner. Little red devil fleeing in bottom left hand corner. Lettering in green…
ArchiveChile: painting: no. 12
… painting of a man, with soldiers carrying a red flag in the background. No.12 Sven Linderot in bottom left hand corner. Albin Amelin in bottom right hand…
International pressure is a challenge to apartheid, says union vice-president
… The Ford closure in Port Elizabeth clearly reveals that multinationals have absolutely no interest in the welfare of workers and their communities in the…
Introductory Statement on the Presentation of the Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 79th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1991
… We do so as a legal organisation for the first time in thirty years. We do so inside the country together with … fighters, some of whom have spent almost…