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EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… Enoch Mankayi Sontonga, writer and composer of the National Anthem Nkosi Sikelel' IAfrica … of Johannesburg invited city officials, archaeologists and…
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood and his wife, Frances Elizabeth Wood (nee Hoole). After … including the African Union of the Bling …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.
… areas were allocated to White people while Black, Coloured and Indian people were removed to areas outside the urban … the Group Areas Act. Equally the Acts…
EventA Second Plenary session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene
… parties involved could not agree on an interim government and a constitution. The first sitting, CODESA I in March 1992 … in Boipatong on 17 June when more…
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… On 8 December 1487, Portuguese explorer and navigator Bartholomew Dias anchored in what is now known … homewards journey that he reached False Bay on 16 May…
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… in rugby. Furthermore, in 2014, Welile Nkohla and the other living national captains were honoured for … Museum in Cape Town. Welile Nkohla left behind his…
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… to land. In later years the colonial frontier expanded and the Zulu’s were forcefully stripped of their land. By … labour came to prominence after the…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.3 Apr-Jun 1958
… of the Press, Sir Linton Andrews. Northern Rhodesia and Federation, K.D. Kaunda. Take it Easy, Sir Roy, Reginald … Ghana: The Morning After(ll), Ian Calvin…
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… in 1865. Boonzaaier became famous for his caricatures and political cartoons. He came to Cape Town in 1882 as a … was included in the exhibition ‘South…
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
… company that owned the Rand Daily Mail, the Sunday Times and The Daily Express newspapers, allocated costs to each of … month later, the company was forced…
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… former president of the South African Indian Congress and J. Kozonguisi of the South African United Front. The AAM … solidarity movements. Based on empathy,…
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… leader of the Communist Party of South African (CPSA) and natives' representative in parliament, announced in … No. 44 of 1950 was approved in parliament in…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… the setting up of nuclear research facilities at Velindaba and Pelinda was eventually successful in producing six … by African National Congress (ANC) cadres…
EventPrime Minister B.J Vorster supports changes to Black labour
… after Vorster was unanimously elected national leader and Prime Minister by the parliamentary caucus replacing … as he saw the change in power in Southern…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… proposal by both the opposition United Party (UP) and the Progressive Party (PP). In 1994, following threats to … Such a stance, amid already heightened…
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… Storm'. Its aim was to reclaim land from White people and return it to dispossessed Black people. In 1990, the PAC … in the National Peace Accord…
EventUnited Democratic Front member Pearl Tshabalala assassinated
… Ms Pearl Tshabalala, a prominent businesswoman and member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Clermont, … of Caprivi trainees, amongst them Alex Sosha…
EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
… in particular the spice trade. Company ships travelling to and from the East would call at the Cape to replenish their … a Dutch ship, the Nieuwe Haerlem,…
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… been due to the fierce competition between Thabo Mbeki and Cyril Ramaphosa, who were both favourites for the … that a behind the scenes endorsement by Nelson…
EventHendrik Witbooi, Chief of the Nama, dies
… Nama family in 1830. He was educated at a Lutheran Mission and was fluent in a number of European languages, as well as his own Nama. Witbooi's grandfather…
EventEmily Hobhouse receives a reply to her request to be included in the Ladies Commission
… for bringing to the attention of the British public, and working to change, the appalling conditions inside the … concentration camps in South Africa built…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… 8 June 1976, security police arrived at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest the leader of the local branch of the … Enos Ngutshane. In retaliation…
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… in the development of infrastructure in Liberia and has received numerous awards for her efforts in the advancement of women and for her national development…
EventJacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.
… Fouche was initially a farmer in the OFS Orange Free State and a staunch republican as well as member of the National … 1966 after which he served as the…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.2 Apr-May 1979
… Content and Contributors CONTENTS Two letters on the banning of … , Ralph Ndawo , Biddy Crewe , Leonard Maseko , Vusumzi and the Inqola Competition. A story…
EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
… off from the city in a settlement called Waaihoek and needed permits to work or reside in the city, which also … 1913 anti-pass campaign, the history of…
Place'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
… The Free State President: 'Brand ', visited this Town and shortly after it was named- Brandfort, in his honour. The … Apartheid era, Winnie Mandela was…
EventCricketer Omar Henry born
… due to the political position of Apartheid South Africa, and the international sporting sanctions against the … Omar Henry currently resides in Stellenbosch,…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… National Congress' (ANC's) first armed military operation and its Luthuli Detachment. The latter joined forces with the Zimbabwean African People's Union …
PlaceWrensch House, 77 Lower Wrench Road, Observatory
… have given it an overlay of unique Cape Dutch, Georgian and Victorian architectural features. It was declared a … house is a good example of an earlier…