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PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
The earliest structure known to have been erected on this property was a 'Hartbeeshuisie', belonging to farmer: 'Bronkhorst'. In 1862 the property was…
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake devastated the Northern African country of Algeria on 29 October 1990. It claimed the lives of 30 people. This was a rather mild…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
Former National Party leader and Prime Minister of South Africa, Advocate J. G. Strijdom dies. It was during his tenure in 1955 in Kliptown near Johannesburg,…
EventThe Population Registration Bill is read for the first time
The Population Registration Bill was read for the first time in Parliament. The Bill was a cornerstone of the Apartheid policy as it recognised three race…
EventThe SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded
The SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded and replaced by a Bureau for National and International…
EventRobert Sobukwe, first PAC president, dies
Founder and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (54), passed away in the Kimberley General Hospital between midnight…
EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
Trade unionist, politician and businessman Allison Wessels George (A.W.G.) Champion died at his home in Chesterville, Durban. He was known as a campaigner for…
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
The Transkei leader, Gen. Bantu Holomisa, announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan African Congress (PAC), the South African…
EventSA struggles to fight HIV/AIDS pandemic
News 24 reported that South Africa's ambitious HIV/Aids treatment plan was lagging behind as the government struggled to plug a shortage of doctors and…
EventThe Supreme Court of Zambia ruled that former Zambian president, Frederick Chiluba should stand trial for corruption
The Supreme Court of Zambia ruled that former Zambian president, Frederick Chiluba should stand trial for corruption. The ruling came after Chiluba brought a…
EventSouth Africa win the most medals at the 7th All African Games
6000 athletes from around the African continent gathered in Johannesburg for the 7th All Africa Games, which opened on 9 September 1999. By 18 September South…
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
Bantu Holomisa was dismissed as Deputy Environment and Tourism Minister after revealing that the African National Congress (ANC), received a sum of R2 million…
EventTwo policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
Two policemen were killed by a group of Zulus near Richmond, Natal, following local resistance to the collection of poll tax, which became payable on 1 January…
EventThe Transvaal National Union is established
The Transvaal National Union, a political organisation, was set up with J. Tudhope as president. The principal reason behind its formation was to further the…
EventSouth African cricketer, Hashim Mahomed Amla, is born
Hashim Mahomed Amla is a South African batsman. He is the first cricketer of Indian descent to reach the national squad. Amla began his professional cricket…
EventUN Special Committee on Apartheid urges a boycott of all SA racist sporting organizations
The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid urged a boycott of all South African racist sporting organizations and supported the African bloc’s proposal…
EventA Zairian aircraft crashes in Angola, killing 141 people.
On 18 December 1995, a Lockheed L-188C Electra plane owned by Zaire’s (now Democratic Republic of Congo) Trans Service Airlift Company, crashed shortly after…
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
Zimbabwean born golfer, Nick Price beat American golf icon, Tiger Woods in the 1998 Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament. It was Price’s third win of the…
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
Black women in what was then the Orange Free State protested when they were included in Pass legislation previously reserved for African men only. The…
ArchiveFor the people by the people
Advertisement for Volkswagen cars. Light grey background. South African flag made up of cars lined up in the colours of the flag. Olympic logo in bottom left…
ArchiveWhile the rich get richer
White poster with black lettering. Artwork of barbed wire border. Two photographs, one with large house with large car, the other with a man setting up a tent…
Remember Khwezi beyond the Zuma rape trial, says Marianne Thamm (Cape Talk) , 10 October 2016
Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (known to many as Khwezi) has left a legacy behind for young female activists to continue, says the Daily Maverick's Marianne Thamm. …
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
On 31 January 1985 State President P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela, leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC), conditional release from the prison…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… 2010] Chris Makhaye, (2007), 'Pondo link makes Wild Coast land ours' from the Independent Online, 7 January [online], …
EventA German gunboat, the Panther, reaches Morocco, increasing tensions between European powers
On 1 July 1911, the deployment of the German gunboat, the Panther to Agadir, Morocco, contributed significantly to the tension between the European powers in…
Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary,…
EventSoldiers die from gas leak at Naval base in Durban
On 17 February 2017, six people were killed and more than a dozen injured at the Salisbury Island Naval base in Durban. Three of the six people involved were…
Read SABC CEO Jimi Matthews full resignation letter (Staff Reporter), 27 June 2016
“It is with great sadness that I tender my immediate resignation. “For many months I have compromised the values I hold dear under the mistaken belief that I…
PlaceRavenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens
Ravenswood House is the only known example in Cape Town of the late classical Georgian Architectural Style of the beginning of the 19th Century. This Double…
PlaceCarnarvon District, Karoo
The district of Carnarvon was proclaimed on 1 January 1880, incorporating within its boundaries portions of the divisions of Fraserburg and Victoria West. It…