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PlaceFort Beaufort
… Initially the division of Fort Beaufort fell under the district of Albany, and was proclaimed a separate division on 8 March … was separated in 1858 when it…
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… Sekhukhune I, King of the Bapedi, successfully resisted the Boers during a … land ownership dispute. On 16 May 1876, the Volksraad of the South African…
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, … before she was born by her parents; father Zakes…
EventGraça Machel is born
… Graça Machel, political activist and champion of children's rights, widow of Samora Machel and wife of former President Nelson Mandela, was born in Gaza, …
ArchiveFinal Schlebusch report on NUSAS
… General circular from the president of the National Union of South African Students, speculating on the final report of the Schlebusch Commission of Enquiry…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… was arrested following student rallies to mark the victory of FRELIMO in Mozambique. He was charged under the Terrorism Act and became a defendant in the…
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… 22 June 1971 a Pretoria court ruled that the former leader of the banned Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Robert Sobukwe, … allowed to use his exit permit …
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
… on 24 August 1960, in Lansdowne, Cape Town, the daughter of a teacher and factory worker. She became politically … she enrolled for a Teachers Diploma at the…
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… In 1935, the League of Nations was faced with another crucial test. Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand…
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… on 1 March 1878 on the farm Zaaifontein, in the district of Fraserburg, South Africa. Visser attended the Huguenot … in Scotland to study medicine. In 1918,…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… Three leading members of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Archibald Gumede, Paul … Government was hot on their heels for organising a boycott of elections…
EventBiafra, a Nigerian Province is recognised by Tanzania
… This region comprised roughly the south-eastern provinces of Nigeria. This declaration came after two military coups … in Nigeria. The Igbo people…
Mandela and Fidel A film by Estela Bravo
… America, Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S Retrospectives of her films have been mounted in Madrid, London,New York and … memory while pursuing a more humane…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… about 470 Voortrekkers at dawn. With the advantage of gun powder Zulu warriors were repelled with an estimated 3000 warriors killed. The blood of casualties…
EventPrime Minister B.J. Vorster predicts South Africa will become leading state in the Southern Africa
… Minister B.J. Vorster declared that if the positive signs of cooperation with the rest of Africa are interpreted accurately, South Africa could … Ten days…
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… Marais began writing at a very young age. By the age of 12, he was a published writer. Marais became famous as an Afrikaans writer, even though much of his…
PlaceBo-Kaap, Cape Town
… IN FURTHER READING) Cape Town is a city built on layers of history and landscape. Beyond its iconic mountain and coastline, there is a network of stairways…
Letter on plans for June 26, from the Rev. J. J. Skomolo to Professor Z. K. Matthews, June 16, 1950
… feet. We must study the conditions and internal affairs of the nation. We are a conquered nation, this we must admit. … The nation is not ready. If we are to…
Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
… Many welcomed the coup, celebrating in the streets of Bujumbura, but it’s far from clear who (if anyone) … to run for a third term in office, in apparent…
PlaceTenterden, 60 Durban Road, Wynberg
… The property was originally part of the Vredenhof Estate which had been allocated to William … a Cape Dutch idiom but it subsequently acquired a number of…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… Thursday sees Trafalgar High School, located at the foot of District Six, marking 100 years of existence and according to school principal, Nadeem … across…
PlaceGroote Schuur Estate
… just above the land presently occupied by the University of Cape Town, a cage like structure was built in 1897 to … surrounded by colonnades for his lions,…
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… For the first time in the history of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), the World Cup … Cup began on 11 June 2010 in South Africa…
PlaceOld Lutheran Church, Kroondal
… The Kroondal congregation was founded by a group of German speaking farmers, artisans and entrepreneurs living in and around the village of Kroondal, on 2…
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… at Misty Hills Country Hotel, Muldersdrift and handing in of all written portfolios and research papers by learners and … oral history project and attendant…
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… on the route between: Johannesburg and Durban , just North of Harrismith . It falls under the jurisdiction of the Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality. However…
Steve Biko: Gone but not forgotten by Robin Comley and Claire Keeton (Times Live), 12 September 2017
… “ROGERS” RAGAVEN was an arts student at the University of Natal “Non-European” Section and became a close friend of Steve Biko. He was elected president of…
Zweli Mkhize denies Redi Tlhabi’s book allegations, says he hasn’t read it, 18 - September - 2017
… in trying to make the woman who had accused Jacob Zuma of raping her drop the case. In a lengthy statement he offered his version of events, saying he had in…
Rixaka
… Rixaka, the cultural journal of the African National Congress, was launched to establish a platform allowing full expression of the cultural voice in the…
PlaceRiversdale Division, Western Cape
… The Division of Riversdale was originally located on the Eastern boundary of the District of Swellendam, which had been proclaimed in 1745. It was …