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EventWaluz and Derby-Lewis are sentenced to death
… Judge C.F. Eloff sentenced Polish immigrant and supporter of the Neo-Nazi Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), Janusz … Clive's wife, acquitted. Eloff slammed…
EventGeneral Lothar Neethling sues Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail
… activists. Justice Johan Kriegler ruled in favour of the Vrye Weekblad and accepted Coetzee version of the story while he found Neethling to be an unreliable…
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
… Mahlalela were sentenced to death for the necklace murder of M. Mpapne that took place in 1986. The state argued its … on the alleged evidence that the two…
EventRSA introduces more press restriction
… introduced wider press restrictions under the 1986 state of emergency. The state of emergency gave the president powers to rule by decree and … measures…
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… mercenaries were arrested in Equatorial Guinea. Many of the suspects were South African, including the alleged leader of the advance party, Nick du Toit. The…
EventQueen Mother Elizabeth turns 100
… Queen Mother, celebrated her 100th birthday with thousands of people lining up in the streets of London to cheer her. The Queen Mother is the first member of…
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
… to lie". Mahlangu was trying to defend his decision of the re-appointment of disgraced three Members of the Executive Council (MEC) of Mpumalanga, Jacques …
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… Underlying political tensions between supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom … Movement (UDM) convened a meeting in Richmond -…
EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… Square police station just 12 days before the release of former president Nelson Mandela . At the time of his arrest, Sithole was in a relationship with…
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a member of the ANC Youth League in the 1950s. After the banning of the ANC in 1960, Ngoyi went underground…
PlaceSoweto Theatre
… would be held in community halls. [i] The City of Johannesburg commissioned Afritects to design the Soweto Theatre with the intent of being a modern facility…
PlaceEritrea
… Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa located on the Red Sea. A fact reflected in its name, which is an Italianized version of; 'Mare Erythraeum'. Which…
PlaceLodge de Goede Hoop, Stal Square, Cape Town
… under a warrant obtained from the Grand Lodge National of the Netherlands. Initially meetings were held in new … 1794 they moved to a building which stood on…
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
… 1936. (Note the National Monuments plaque on the side of the loco.) The engine weighs 12,7 tonnes and was manufactured by Emil Kessler of Esslingen in…
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
… it was converted to use as a gaol for the mining village of Florida. The structure was enlarged by three cells and an office shortly before the turn of the…
EventSouth Africa is told by IAEA to open all nuclear plants to international inspection
… On 28 September 1984, the 266th plenary meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was held. In a summary document of the meeting entitled …
EventThe South African Football Association (SAFA) is founded
… (SAFA) was founded on 8 December 1991 after a long period of racial segregation. Mluleki George was elected to serve as the interim chairman for the first…
EventTelkom to roll
… in an effort to fight AIDS, which has infected some 13% of the adult population. According to the announcement Telkom … The supplier will provide some 42000 …
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… The Union of South Africa was established in 1910. Although South … he received much support from Afrikaners in all parts of South Africa. Following the…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… One of Bush Radio’s board members and a strong anti-apartheid … William Tilden McClain passed away on Sunday the 02nd of October 2011. We at Bush Radio …
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
… when close to 400 paratroopers were dropped near the town of Cassinga. The airborne troops bombed the South West Africa … (SWAPO) refugee camp and People’s…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… was formerly known as Kent Park. It has a Seating Capacity of 28 000. Gauteng and Transvaal Cricket Teams both use it as … Home Grounds. Fondly known as the…
EventIndia complains in 1946 against racism in South Africa
… For an excellent background history of this complaint by E. S. Reddy, and how it was taken to the … United Nations, read article. For chronological details…
EventPupils refuse to return to school before Soweto Uprisings
… return to class following a walkout to protest the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. This marks a turning point and leads to the 16 June 1976…
EventMozambique gains independence
… rulers, Mozambique became independent as People's Republic of Mozambique. Mozambique was colonised by the Portuguese … launched in 1962, was spearheaded by…
EventPresident de Klerk warns General Bantu Holomisa
… Speaking after the publication of a report on the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) by … issued a stern warning to General Bantu Holomisa, leader of…
EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
… In a precedent-setting judgement, a full bench of the Cape High Court, comprising of Judges Van Zyl, Essa Moosa and Dan Dlodlo, ruled in favour of the…
EventTwo policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
… Two policemen were killed by a group of Zulus near Richmond, Natal, following local resistance to the collection of poll tax, which became payable on 1…
EventP.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference
… 1984 saw P.W. Botha elected to the position of President, having abolished the position of Prime Minister in 1983. These two events were preceeded by … would…
Letter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… Letter from Neville Curtis, President of NUSAS, reporting on the reason for opposition to the sale of "instruments of violence" to the Nationalist Government…