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SABC CEO Jimi Matthews quits: ‘What’s happening at the SABC is wrong' (Tmg Digital), 27 June 2016
… immediate resignation. “For many months I have compromised the values I hold dear under the mistaken belief that I could be more effective inside the SABC…
David Goldblatt’s Portraits of Ex-Convicts at the Scenes of their Crimes by Max Campbell, 6 October 2016
… In one image from “Ex-Offenders at the Scene of the Crime,” a series by the South African photographer David Goldblatt, we see an … David Goldblatt’s…
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… two South Africans - Ian Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd, reached the summit of Mount Everest. This was the first official South African team to conquer the highest…
EventSouth African cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born
… day a dominating figure in South African cricket, one of the games' finest all around players, and a legendary coach. His pupils included the likes of Ian…
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… after it had been decided to establish a Dutch newspaper, the name of the newspaper, De Burger ("The Citizen"), was decided on. With considerable financial ……
EventP.W. Botha, former South African State President, appears in court for refusing to testify at the TRC
… P.W. Botha appeared in court for refusing to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The former South African State President appeared at a…
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
… The regular cross border raids by South African troops, that violated the sovereignty of its neighbouring countries in order to prop up the Apartheid system,…
EventThe first Boer Trek to Angola that started in 1874 reaches Lake Ngami (Thirstland Trek) in 1875
… The Thirstland Trek is the name given to the exodus of Boer/Afrikaans families, most of them from the districts of Pretoria and Rustenburg, through Northern …
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born near Greytown, Natal (now … Natal). A Boer general and statesman,…
ArchiveFirst Mafika Gwala Lecture: The Arts of Resistance - Mafika Gwala and South African Poetry by Ari Sitas
… which attempted to situate Mafika Pascal Gwala’s work in the late 1980s would be appropriate in marking his legacy. The more I re-read what I had said then…
ArchiveReminiscences of the Arrest of Fikile Bam & Marcus Solomon in 1963 by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… Winnie beside him. Fikile and Marcus had escaped arrest in Cape Town. They came to Johannesburg to hide and wait to be … Professor Mohamed urged the Black…
EventUS opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process
… In his address to the senate foreign relations committee, United States (US) Assistant Secretary of State, Herman Cohen, said that the US strongly opposed…
EventGerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys a section of land, which is later declared part of the Witwatersrand gold reef
… 1874, Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen bought a section of the farm Langlaagte for £100. This farm would later be declared a part of the Witwatersrand gold reef…
Document 112 - Note from Claremont branch of the National Liberation League of South Africa, 26 March 1938
… - 1950, by Allison Drew National Liberation League of S.A. The Stables", Belvedere Road Claremont. 26/3/38 Claremont. That this meeting of the Executive of…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 2 September 1982, Volume 3
… Tutu and Joseph Wing (honorary life Vice-President of the SA Council of Churches), of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches …
EventDundee and Glencoe are retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops during the South African War II
… were retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops as the South African War II 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War II 1899-1902) intensified. The area west of Glencoe…
EventBritish racing driver Tom Pryce dies in a freak accident during the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami
… Welsh racing driver Tom Pryce died on the tracks during the South African Grand Prix in Kyalami on 5 March 1977. The horrific accident left two people dead;…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 24 March 1983
… of evidence from Reverend Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoda, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the…
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Nationalist Government attacks on the union continued. Schoeman refused to gazette the agreement for the clothing industry, which contained the … the…
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… Africa to assist Indians in opposing a bill to deny them the right to vote. He became the political leader and pioneer of the Passive Resistance movement …
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… he was struck by a train on a railway bridge close to the home that he had been confined to by the Apartheid regime in Groutville, (then) Stanger, … KwaZulu…
ANC President Jacob Zuma to speak at the Imvuselelo one Million Membership Countdown Launch, 16 July 2011
… As part of the African National Congress (ANC) drive towards the one million membership, ANC President Jacob Zuma, … and Campaigns Chairperson Fikile Mbalula…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa is a … as to undermine the reach of the power of chiefs. Mission schools, and the subsequent increase in…
To All Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the Republic of South Africa. Flyer in English and Sesotho by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council, 15 October 1976
… Friends and Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the Republic of South Africa." Flyer in English and Sesotho by the Soweto Students' Representative…
ArchiveMeeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Dr C Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: Santa Maria, Sal Island, 1 November 1984
… delegation and a United States delegation to discuss the situation in Mozambique and Angola … Meeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister…
EventSouth Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, because of its Apartheid policy in sport.
… bodies. On 23 March, 1970, South Africa was banned from the Davis Cup - the largest international tennis event. In 1973 South Africa was briefly reinstated…
ArchiveSummary of activities taken against the Christian Institute and Spro-Cas between August 1973 and January 1974
… Chronology of the Commission of Enquiry into Certain Organizations, which … became a parliamentary Commission of Enquiry known as the Schlebusch Commission…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… and Lesotho in 1980 and after, did not cease to work with the African National Congress (ANC) to end apartheid and … the time with the having a very…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… well away from politics. Like him, Evelyn Wase hailed from the rural Transkei and had come to Johannesburg in the early 1940s to carve out a living in the…
”Bridging the Gap Between White and Black in South Africa”. Address by Dr. A. B. Xuma at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extracts]
… ”Bridging the Gap Between White and Black in South Africa”. Address by Dr. A. B. Xuma at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student …