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PlaceNgcobo
… in the Christian calender as All Saints Day, Chief Fubu of the amaQwathi met with Archdeacon Waters and the Rev John Gordon of the Society for the…
Soweto: urban politics, poverty and race in apartheid society
… A dissertation presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Department of Politics. Abstract:…
PlaceGrand Parade, Cape Town
… dissected by meandering streams. In 1763 the burgers of Cape Town planted a number of oaks around this area, and in 1806 the city treasury voted money for…
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… Minister of Social Development of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999, Dr Zola Sidney Themba …
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… Jacobus "Kobie" Coetsee, former minister of justice in the government of F.W De Klerk, was born in Ladybrand, Orange Free State. Both his parents were…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… Voster was elected to the unprecedented honorary position of State President. However, his spell in the new office was … scandal, named after Dr Connie…
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… After a brief period of transitional government Dr Manuel Pinto da Costa, the leader of the Committee for the Liberation of São Tomé and PrÁncipe(CLSTP)…
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… Siad Barre shared the fate of many post liberation leaders in Africa. Having started out as policemen in the Italian governed part of Somalia prior to World…
Event’Purple rain’ used on women protesters
… The rioting spread from the Schotche Kloof Malay section of Cape Town. Rioting started when groups of women wearing T-shirts with the slogan "Troops Out" ……
EventFormer Student Representative Council (SRC) Vice-President shot by Police
… Council (SRC) Vice-president at the University of Transkei and staunch opponent of Transkei government, Batandwa Ndondo, was shot by police on the outskirts…
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… day Transvaal coal miners embarked on a strike because of a wage cut of 5 percent per shift. On 10 January 1922 White mine workers … rejected a proposal that…
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, famed SA painter and mother of actress Jana Celliers was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal. Though Cilliers-Bernard was at one time one…
EventThe historic Tana Baru Muslim cemetery is forced to close
… cemetery Tana Baru (meaning 'New Ground'), where some of the earliest and most respected Muslim settlers of South Africa were buried, was closed in terms of…
EventShaba War in Zaire comes to an end
… I) broke out on 8 March 1977 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when Angola-based guerrillas of the Front for the National Liberation of Congo (Front pour…
The National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein is celebrating its 100-year existence this year
… Programme Friday, 18 October 2013 17:00 – Opening of festival market and entertainment Saturday, 19 October … – Zumba Dance Exercise Group Market and…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… Brink was born on 29 May 1935. Brink obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of Potchefstroom in 1955. 1n 1958 he earned his…
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
… and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan following years of colonial rule. The tale of these two countries’ rule over Sudan dates back the 19th … while in…
Fighting Talk
… Fighting Talk was initially a publication of the Springbok Legion of ex-servicemen and women, until in February 1954 when the … Appearing monthly, the…
PlaceAchab se Berg, Northern Cape
… Hill 23 km East of Aggeneys and 34 km from Pofadder, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. The name is taken from the Farm Achab. … the Town was founded to…
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 25, December 1989
… Issue covers an SACP delegation to the 14th Congress of the Romanian Communist Party, SACP delegation to the Congresses of the Communist Party of Britain and…
EventBishop Zulu is born
… Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, Anglican bishop of Zululand and Swaziland was born in Nquthu, Natal. He was the only son of Johannes and Miriam Kolo Zulu and was a…
PlaceRiebeek East
… 1840 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) acquired a portion of the Farm; Mooi Meisiejie Fontein for the purpose of establishing a Kerkplaats. The village of…
On trial for treason
… 'Before dawn on 5 December, 1956, the security branch of the police entered the homes of 140 people and arrested 156 individuals, White, Black and Coloured,…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… by their own ingenuity, defeating the sophistication of the enemy's structures, not only of repression but of detention. If I may begin with Alex Moumbaris,…
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… in Port Elizabeth and was built by Rev Francis McClelland of the Church of England, who arrived in 1820 with the Irish party under … in Port Elizabeth where,…
PlaceNewington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth
… This row of late Victorian double-storey, semi-detached dwellings … on 15 July 1983. Newington Road is found in one of the most historic suburbs in central…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… to White education. Moreover, there was growing shortage of schools in rural and township areas for Black education. The government had a policy of separate…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
… many influences, including French and Malay. At the time of the Great Trek in the 1830's, various dialects of Afrikaans were believed to have existed,…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
… and September 1915 for service overseas. It was comprised of four battalions (or regiments) of infantry. The Brigade, numbering 160 officers and 5 648 … on 1…
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… Anglo-Boer War) by a military notice. The initial aim of the establishment of these camps was to provide protection to the families of boers who had…