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EventANC and IFP to meet over violence
… Party (IFP) announced that they would hold a meeting of the two parties in Durban, in an attempt to end the escalating violence in Natal and in the townships…
EventThe government launches ‘Operation Iron Fist’ in townships
… At the height of township violence in Transvaal, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of quelling the unrest…
EventNamibia’s constitution is ratified
… The acceptance of the Namibian constitution on 9 February 1990 established the Republic of Namibia. The independence of Namibia can be directly traced to an…
EventSA military integration is disputed
… between British military advisers and the commanders of the SANDF over the integration process. The British advisers accused the SANDF of delaying the…
PlaceGwali Mission
… in 1820 by Reverend John Brownlee, as a station of for the Glasgow Missionary Society. The village which grew … Emgwali, takes its name from the Gwali River…
EventNatal Football Union founded
… The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the subsequent war with the South African Republics brought a new influx of Whites to South Africa, many of whom were soccer…
EventMakapane’s Cave is under siege
… The nearly month-long siege of Makapane's Cave took place after warriors of the Ndebele chief Makapan (Makapane) massacred … Piet Potgieter and M.W…
EventThe Young Communist League (YCLSA) is officially formed
… The plans for the formation of the Young Communist League (YCL) were laid in 1921 when the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was established. Youth…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… to be honoured to have my name used for the name of the street. SD: Gogo this has taken two years to be done? … because this is such a big street here at…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 16 - 19
… big is a family and who belongs to it? A family consists of a mother, father and children. A man can have more than … live. The territory to which a person…
ANC statement on The Farming Sector Initiative, 1 November 2014
… Cape. This initiate seeks to address persisting problems of farm evictions, working conditions and the previous … the Western Cape, underscores the…
PlaceAloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
… Railway Station between Swartkops and Coega, 16 km North of Port Elizabeth on route to Alicedale. Takes its name from the genus of plants with succulent…
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
… attained Municipal status in 1895. Named after the owner of the land on which it was established, Johannes J.T. Venter. It is one of the smaller towns that…
PlaceKookfontein
… Sauvignon Blanc is grown on the Northern bank of the Jackals Creek, near the rustic seaside town of Lamberts Bay. The small boutique vineyard overlooks the…
Indian Opinion
… newspaper focused on Indian rights, poor living conditions of indentured labourers and racial discrimination. It provided an important historical record of…
PlacePump House, corner Prince and Sir George Grey Streets, Oranjezicht.
… illuminate Table Bay Harbour, 10 years before the rest of Cape Town. The building dates back to 1892. At the beginning of the 19th century an improved…
PlaceJutten Island, Saldanha Bay
… On April 3, 1702, she hit reefs on the Southwest point of Jutten Island and within hours was smashed to pieces. Only 99 of the 200 people aboard the…
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver ‘OR’ Tambo, is born
… Cape). During the 1940s, he enrolled at the University of Fort Hare where he became active in politics. Tambo was … student boycott at Fort Hare, calling for…
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
… Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, a soldier of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), who was executed by … Central Prison,…
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… and spends six months in prison. King is recognised as one of the greatest human rights leaders of all time. His moving speech, "I have a dream", spoke to…
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… Stewart (Bill) Ainslie, South African artist and founder of several art training projects, was born in Bedford, Eastern Cape as a descendent of an early…
EventLuthuli Combat Detachment crosses the Zambezi
… The 'Luthuli Detachment', made up of units of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives, and the Zimbabwean … crossed the Zambezi River from the Zambian banks of the…
EventThe UN ends SA mandate over South West Africa
… acrimony. On 18 July 1966 the International Court of Justice ruled in a split vote that they had no power to … (Britain, France and Malawi) to terminate the…
EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
… Zimbabwe, Mann intended to procure arms to equip a group of mercenaries to overthrow the government of President Teodoro Obiang, allegedly on the instigation…
EventJ.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize
… languages. In 1968, he became an assistant professor of English at New York State University. A year later he … published in 1974. Following three other…
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
… House on 31 August 1988. The building was the headquarters of the South African Council of Churches(SACC) and housed a number of other progressive…
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
… In a long-anticipated move the recently appointed Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel announced the government's … to tighter fiscal policy and the steady…
EventKenyan mediates in SA election deadlock
… on his subjects to take part in the election. The details of the meeting were not made public. Independent Electoral … broken the election deadlock, side…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa.
… and overcrowded. These factors contributed to the spread of disease. There was a shortage of both medical supplies and medical staff. At least 25 000…
ArchiveInvestigating womens participation in protes
… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Political Management) at the University of …