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EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… the Waratah did not reach its destination, and no trace of the wreckage was found. A number of wreckages, bearing similarities to the outline of the steamer,…
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… (now Eastern Cape). He studied chemistry at the University of Stellenbosch, and completed his PhD at Oxford. After he … Smith gradually switched over to…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… This represented an about turn from his announcement of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965. On this occasion, Smith … intensified…
Imperialist conspiracy in Africa
… This book contains a collection of selected articles by I B Tabata, the president of the Unity Movement of South Africa. The articles range over a number of …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
… church has its aesthetic origin in the Dutch Golden Age of the 1600’s. The interior for the church is spectacular, its roof freely spanning the whole of the…
Chapter 5. A Rebel’s Daughter - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… My mother, as a little girl, escaped the horrors of the concentration camps. When grandfather returned after … a building worker and mother looked after the…
EventPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as UN- Women Executive Director
… Mlambo-Ngcuka was sworn in as the Executive Director of UN Women during a ceremony on 19 August 2013 at United … by her husband Bulelani Ngcuka, the former…
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… The sinking of the SS Mendi on 21 February 1917 became one of South Africa's worst tragedies of the First World War (1914-1919). A total of 616 South …
EventThe Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end
… out 300 000 flights and transported two million tons of supplies during the 406 days of the airlift. Some 441 American aircraft were used in total and they…
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… proceeded to Otongwe near Cape Corrientes. During his stay of seven weeks in Cape Corrientes, he instructed and baptized the Makaranga chief, Gamba, and…
EventFrederick Lugard, British colonial administrator, occupies Kano, West Africa
… Frederick Lugard was the British colonial administrator of West Africa from 1895. He was one of the foremost practitioners of the colonial system of indirect…
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) transformed South African from an agrarian society at the edge of world trade into a globally integrated…
EventChina promises to increase imports from Africa
… Due to the rapid development of the Chinese economy in recent years, China has emerged as … the West with regard to being the premier trading partner of many…
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… in 1885, then at Windhuk in 1891. It covered the core of what is today Namibia. Over the next hundred years, … in Southwest Africa, inland from the arid…
EventFirst postage stamp in Africa is issued in the Cape Colony
… adhesive postage stamp in Africa was issued in the Cape of Good Hope, a British colony at the time. The triangular … by Charles Davidson Bell, who was the…
EventThe peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) are called off
… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were called off as a result of the ANC's ultimatum sent to State President F.W. de Kerk. … the United Democratic Front (UDF) and…
Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
… not accept the food they offered until he became convinced of the need for unity with the Indians (and other … she left for Durban to join the Indian passive…
International Council for Traditional Music
… Call for Proposals: 2nd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on African Musics (Updated on 29 June … The symposium will be hosted by the Department of Music,…
ArchiveArt Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat by Matthew Krouse (Mail & Gurdian), 28 September 2013
… Art Fair, running in Sandton until Sunday, has been full of surprises. The Mail & Guardian reported on Friday that … Jo'burg Art Fair 2013 by the event…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Sindile Moya
… schools in Langa. Moya is currently a full member of PAC provincially, and is still an activist in his community in Langa. He is also an executive member of…
Staffrider Vol.11 No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 1993
… Munsaka; The Jungle Peacemaker, Blessing Museki; The Story of how the Tortoise Shell Became Patterned, Lackson Chibanga; The Return of the dead One Suleimen…
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
… in the constitution. 3. There should be no entrenchment of apartheid education through the back door. 4. Provinces … should not be given powers that will…
PlaceDurbanville
… . On 2 September 1836 it was renamed; "D'Urban" in honour of Sir Benjamin D'Urban, Governor of the Cape. Durbanville is not your average Cape Town ……
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… Passes and measures to control the mobility of the Black population particularly centring on White urban … demand answers from the Mayor, Ivan Haarburgen on…
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… in Kimberley, John Weston embarked on the construction of his own aeroplane in Brandfort, in the Orange Free State … in Kimberley creating a South African a…
EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… Members of the South African Industrial Federation (SAIF), a miners … mineworkers strike was the biggest strike in the history of the sector and resulted in…
EventSouth Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth
… On 5 October 1960 a referendum of White voters was held to decide whether South Africa … a republic. The result showed that 52% were in favour of a republic…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… supporters in Natal, South Africa, following the release of Mandela on 11 February 1990. One of the reasons advanced for this violence is that pro…
EventThe Citizen reveals housing irregularities in Transkei
… The Citizen reported on details of Justice Tom van Reenen's report on alleged irregularities in the awarding of housing contracts in the Transkei. The report…
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… The seven-month trial of former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan ended on 11 October when he and other officials were cleared of all charges relating to the…