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EventHarry Hart, a South African athletics champion is born
… Harry Beltsazer Hart was born in Harrismith, Free State on 2 September 1905. [i] He … during both the Games and attained a silver and bronze in the javelin. …
PlaceCoffee Bay, Wild Coast
… Coffee Bay and the Hole in the Wall are virtually synonymous - mention the one and … the elements have eroded a hole. The hole is directly in the path of the…
PlaceMoses Mabhida Stadium
… regime, this has been voted the most popular stadium in the country on an online poll. And it is no wonder when … most breath-taking views of the stadium and…
PlaceGeneral Smuts House Museum, Doornkloof
… Home to General Jan Smuts for over 40 years, Doornkloof in Irene, Southeast of Pretoria, is a unique museum that … It was at Doornkloof, a modest wood-and…
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s statement at the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Bildt of Sweden 20 May 1992
… who have the welfare of our people at heart. mis is in stark contrast to our own country, where every day is a … that an interim government of national unity…
EventTutu is outraged by De Klerk’s denial of responsibility for apartheid’s atrocities
… (TRC) chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Tutu was almost in tears and choked with emotion at a media briefing on … many others, had told him of security force…
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
… and favour as indicated by your letter of the 13th inst. in allowing me to travel by the 5.5 p.m. train from Pretoria … that Indians can only utilize the…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… the South Coast, 29 km from Durban . It was founded in 1928, proclaimed a Township in 1939 and became a Borough in 1952. In 1961 Amanzimtoti, Isipingo Beach…
Document 17 - Letter from E. R. Roux to W.G. Ballinger, 19 March 1929
… we all believe we are more virtuous than other people. In this matter of the I.C.U. and the Communists I think any … to this question will decide whether we…
EventBlack People Convention is formed
… (BPC) was formed after a three day long conference in Pietermaritzburg. Black students under the guiding … named honorary president. It was officially…
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… events surrounding the murder of Stompie Seipei Moeketsi in December 1988. Moeketsi was a young activist and member of … Seipei and three other boys from the…
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… This day in history, an armed mob and riot police disrupted a rally … Political Organisation (SWAPO). The meeting was held in Katatura, Windhoek Namibia and…
EventEpainette Mbeki receives the Order of the Baobab
… old Epainette Mbeki, businesswomen and community worker in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, received the Order of the Baobab in Gold for her "exceptional contribution…
EventGlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
… known as AZT, will drop from $1.20 to 75 cents a day in sixty-three developing countries, including sub-Saharan … The price reductions were made possible by…
EventNP holds federal congress
… National Party held its federal congress (1 - 3 August) in Cape Town to unveil its policy plan on anti-poverty … strategies. The party's name change was also…
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… attacked Johannesburg's main post office and power station in a mass protest that, in a few hours, turned into open rebellion against the state. … more about…
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… On 6 March 1902 in the district of Vryheid, a Zulu Chief, Sikobobo, attacked … chief then set about doing this, and a bloodbath ensued in which 56 Boers…
PlaceGwali Mission
… Chumie was established in 1820 by Reverend John Brownlee, as a station of for the … Tyumie Post and Chumie Mission. James Backhouse reported in February…
EventNigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
… Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas on 25 October 1900 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Kuti founded a women’s organisation … Olikoye Ransome-Kuti. All her sons were…
EventProfessor Bob Hepple is born
… Professor Bob Hepple was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex … of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in 1955, Bob…
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in Black secondary schools. Seatlholo faced additional … illegally and being a member of a banned…
ArchiveYouth and the building of the nation
… held on 20th December 1951. This is an important stage in which the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) has reached in their political development; it is here…
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… Cunningham's South African divisions. This event happened in 1941 two years after the outbreak of the World War II . The War broke out in September 1939 and…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… four mineworkers who were striking for a wage increase in Lonmin Marikana mine in the North-West province. Mr Frank Lesenyego,the National … common law,…
74. The Freedom Charter, 1955
… a significant document because it represents a milestone in the political movement of blacks. Source: S.A.I.C. Agenda … world to know: that South Africa…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… The African National Congress (ANC) condemns in the strongest terms the hijacking last night (Tuesday, 24 … place at about 8.30pm at Vampire Street`s Landros…
UCT defends stance on artistic freedom after Goldblatt pulls out by Paul Herman (News24), 4 March 2017
… Collection chose to move its collection to Yale University in the US. Goldblatt recently told UCT management that he … institution, the UCT libraries, and…
Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m.
… and confirmed. The Treasurer, Com Sapire, reported 4/6 in hand. Com Freislich reported that the attendance at the … lecture next Wednesday evening on "Bantu…
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… authority to arrest anyone they suspected of involvement in an act against the State, and to hold them incommunicado … or whereabouts of detainees. Detainees…
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… closing day of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in, South Africa. The Summit took place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was…