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Luthuli House to be auctioned over R25m debt?, 20 August 2017
… say an attachment letter will be delivered by the sheriff of the court to Luthuli House tomorrow, an action that is set … Agency boss with Arthur Fraser, who…
EventWorldwide speculation begins that a bright flash detected over the southern Indian Ocean was a South African nuclear test
… In the early hours of 22 September 1979, an American Vela satellite recorded a double flash of light over the southern Indian Ocean, near South Africa's ……
ArchiveThe student movement in the struggle for democracy
… Speech by the guest speaker, Joe Phaahla, President of the Azanian Students' Organisation (AZASO), at the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South…
ArchivePresident's opening address to the 56th NUSAS Congress
… Opening address at the 56th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Durban, November 1978. Refers to banning of Laura Levetan,…
ArchiveTried for treason
… Black, white and red poster. Notice of an exhibition on the Treason Trial of 1956-1961 opening on 27th February 1996 at the Museum Africa, Johannesburg…
PlaceBertram House, Hiddingh Hall Campus, Orange Street, Cape Town
… under old NMC legislation on 21 September 1962. A part of the Cape Town Campus of UCT- Hiddingh Hall. This was the original "home" of the University of Cape…
PlaceAha Hills, Northern Cape Border With Namibia and Botswana
… Due to the almost total absence of water, there are few animals or birds and only a few insects. The main attraction of these Hills is their solitude and…
ArchiveTribute to Anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman, by African National Congress, 1 January 2009
… campaigner Helen Suzman who has died at the age of 91. As a Member of Parliament and a vocal critic against apartheid, the ANC remembers and respects the…
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of the war Roworth decided to stay in South Africa. He … would later be the inspiration for his…
EventProtest against pass laws in Langa
… Hundreds of Blacks assembled in the Langa township outside Cape Town … a fiery speech to the crowd Dora Tamana, a member of the ANC Women's League and later…
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… a political activist, journalist, lawyer and a co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC). His funeral service was conducted by the bishop of…
EventDr. Dadoo and Naicker lead Passive Resisters
… Dadoo, Indians observed complete hartal, that is, a day of mourning or protest on which all the shops were shut and … were held in many cities and towns. A…
EventDr Louis Luyt is born
… entrepreneur and self-made millionaire, former president of the SA Rugby Football Union and politician, was born in … He ventured into politics after he was…
EventJournalist and political activist Selby Msimang dies
… Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. Msimang was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), … differences between the two, Msimang…
EventRand Afrikaans University is established
… with its seat in Johannesburg, was established by an act of parliament as the academic home of Afrikaans-speaking students. Through its academic ……
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the…
EventBilateral talks to continue
… was reached following the fall-out between the leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) and government over the continuation of talks toward a…
EventProposal for a new constitution
… Minister of Constitutional Development, Gerrit Viljoen on 27 August … equal status be given to all participants in the process of drawing up the new…
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… benefited from the floor-crossing rule that allows members of parties at all three levels of government to join a party of their choice without losing their…
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… Commission in 1995. The Commission, based on the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995, investigated what happened under…
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… self-government status by Britain, according to the terms of the Vereeniging Peace Treaty, signed between representatives of the two Boer Republics and…
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… Afrikaner patriot believing in the just and divine right of the Boer to stand against British interference, died during the Second Anglo-Boer War in an…
EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
… Transkei Constitution Act No 48 commenced. The history of this Act could be traced back to April 1961 when the … appointed a committee to investigate the…
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… reflects sustainability includes not only the repurposing of refuse to create fashionable garments, innovative … sculptures and decorative arts, but also the…
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after Durban’s first mayor, George … Christopher Cato. The area has a…
PlaceRoodepoort Museum
… Museum illustrate the changes brought about because of the Discovery of Gold on the Witwatersrand and include a Reconstructed 19th … and 1930s Lounge Setting…
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… he volunteered for service with the Native Military Corps of the Union Defence Force. While still working at the factory, he became familiar with the use of…
Event’Viva Frelimo’ rallies, organised by the BPC and SASO, take place even though they were banned by Government
… The achievement of independence in Mozambique inspired the South African … SASO and the South African government. The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger,…
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… the SAP and SADF in 1966, hardly a month after the verdict of the World Court, which South Africa won on a technical … former decision and ruled that South…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… at Cuito Cuanavale in 1988, a turning point in the history of southern Africa, the stalemate condition led all parties … positions. South Africa and Cuba…