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EventBheki Mlangeni, ANC human rights lawyer of Soweto, is killed by a walkman bomb meant for Dirk Coetzee.
… a lawyer working for the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1990s. He and former police Captain Dirk Coetzee had … commander of the unit before he left…
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… barefoot, became the first Black African to win gold in the history of the Olympic Games. In the process Bikila set a new world record at 2:16:2. … counsel…
EventCheryl Carolus is born
… Former South African High Commissioner in London, political activist and Chief Executive Officer of Tourism South Africa, Cheryl Carolus, was born in…
EventPretoria receives city status
… achieved official city status. The city was established in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers … a hero of the Voortrekkers after he…
EventDavid Kitson released
… sabotage. Kitson, an engineer by profession, was sentenced in December 1964 for his part in the early sabotage campaigns; for furthering the aims of … her…
EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… (NEC) presents five demands to be met during the year in order to facilitate South Africa's first democratic … elections. These are the resumption of…
EventChief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo is shot dead
… stalwart, Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, was gunned down in the driveway of his home in Pietermaritzburg. Maphumulo was a chief from … the assassins were paid…
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… The Site is named after a nearby river known as Ncome in isiZulu and Bloedrivier in Afrikaans and witnessed a major confrontation between the … a re…
EventSouth Africa mandated to govern South
… League of Nations, the world body formed after World War 1 in 1919, afforded South Africa a mandate to govern South-West … the well-being and development of…
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… general and statesman, he was leader of the Transvaal army in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) from March 1900, and … Africa during the First World War…
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
… In 1913 the Police Bill and Defence Bill were both enacted … Resistance campaign erupted on the Witwatersrand and in Natal (kwaZulu Natal). The police force…
EventSouth African History Online goes live
… two years later. Since then SAHO has popularised history in South Africa and become the largest independent history education and research institute in the…
EventJoseph Engenas Lekganyane, founder of the Dove branch of the ZCC, is born
… Thabakgone Mamabolo, Pietersburg district (now Polokwane in Limpopo). Joseph was the fifth and favourate son of … and his advocate as his successor just…
EventJan van Riebeeck, the first Dutch governor of the Cape Colony, dies
… van Riebeeck died on 18 January 1677 at the age of 57 in Batavia, now Jakarta, Indonesia, in the former Dutch East Indies. He landed at the Cape in April…
PlaceAliwal North, Eastern Cape
… on the road to to East London. It was founded in 1849 and named by the Governor of the Cape Sir Henry … his victory over the Sikhs under Runjet Singh, at…
An open letter from Desmond Tutu to Aung San Su Kyi, 7 September 2017
… profound sadness about the plight of the Muslim minority in your country, the Rohingya. In my heart you are a dearly beloved younger sister. For … for…
PlaceMbotyi, Eastern Cape
… the legendary Double Falls and Cathedral Rock. Mbotyi in Pondoland, on the Eastern Cape coastline, were is still wild! Situated in a wilderness area at the…
EventThe fall of the fortress town of Tobruk
… had allowed the defences of the town to deteriorate in that he had neglected to order maintenance of fortified … siege. By 20 June 1942 the Allied forces…
EventForces loyal to Zambian president Frederick Chiluba quash a coup by a handful of disgruntled military officers, arresting nine men including the captain who said an angel told him to overthrow the government
… In October 1997, the soldiers broke into an arms depot, … 9 A.M., a military commander announced on another station in the complex that the coup had been…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Ahmed Kathrada, Volume 24
… Extract of evidence from Ahmed Mahomed Kathrada, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter…
ArchiveInterview with Mrs J Dube, wife of the late Dr John Dube
… Interview with Mrs J Dube at the Ohlanga Institute,Inanda in Durban, South Africa, which was established in 1901 by her late husband, Dr John Langalibalele…
The Freedom Charter
… Copy of The Freedom Charter. Title in light green on white background. Headings in light green, Charter in black lettering. Image of group of people carrying…
ArchiveYou can prevent AIDS
… Multicoloured cartoon of a man and woman in bed with skeleton in between with word AIDS on it. Balloon, from mouth of … worman, with words "We cannot run…
David Goldblatt: “Particulars” (1975) by The ASX Team, 16 May 2013
… made by the flattened flesh of my inner thighs as I sat in shorts on a bench at kindergarten. From where I sat my … of the body of which I was especially…
Lekota and George resign ahead of disciplinary hearings, 3 November 2008
… House. Lekota faced eight charges, including behaving in such a way as to provoke serious divisions within the ANC, … for the structures of the organisation,…
Congo gains its independence from Belgium
… [ii] However, the atrocities committed to the people in the Congo were so immense and severe that the … recruit labour and collect taxes. [iv] The people…
EventCassper Nyovest, the South African Hip Hop artist is born
… Refiloe Maele Phoolo, stage name “Cassper Nyovest” was born in Mafikeng, North West Province on 16 December 1990.[1] … Cassper Nyovest is one of the most…
PlaceMagwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns
… The Magwa Waterfall lies in the middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation , … Magwa falls have been said to resemble the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… This area began to be settled by free burghers in 1657, and for more than a century most of them travelled … 1829 it was resolved to establish a separate…
PlaceGreen Point Common
… In the 18th century, this area was known by the Dutch as 'De … vested land, which was granted to the City of Cape Town in 1923 for public recreation and…