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EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… Ronnie Kasrils was born in the Johannesburg suburb of Yeoville. The Sharpeville massacre and its aftermath drew … executing tasks entrusted to him by the…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… to fill the vacuum in Black politics caused by the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist … the precursor to the Inkatha Freedom…
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… the National Democratic Movement and the Fourth Force of 'Ontevrede Afrikaners' (Dissatisfied Afrikaners) resulted in the formation of the Democratic Party…
EventAdam Tas is arrested
… Magistrate Starrenburg arrested Adam Tas because of the role he played in drawing up a petition for the Cape … was submitted to the Lords Seventeen, the…
EventEthnic violence in Rwandan capital Kigali is spreads throughout the country
… the majority, set out to kill, rape and loot properties of the Tutsis. The genocide followed the day after the death of the Rwandan president, Juvénal…
EventEducationist George Molefe is born
… was born in Mbulwana, Ladysmith, Natal. Molefe was one of the first black Presbyterian ministers to graduate at Fort … in New York, Molefe accepted an…
Phakamani
… inside South Africa and abroad to oppose the legality of the South African Government, was published by the ANC Department of Religious Affairs in Zambia…
EventSASO adopts the Alice Declaration
… students nationwide should close down Black institutions of higher education through lecture boycotts in support of the expelled Onkgopotse Abram Tiro from…
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… Restoration of South African citizenship, announced on 15 December 1993 … four months before the first South Africa non-racial polls of 27 April, 1994. More…
EventThe first Chadian oil pipeline opens
… Deby on 10 October. Thus the small West African republic of Chad joined the group of oil-producing African nations. The opening of this pipeline raised hopes…
Archive'Winnie hired me to kill Dr Asvat' (Mail & Guardian), 05 September 1997
… new evidence linking Madikizela-Mandela to the murder of Dr Abu Baker Asvat. One of the two men convicted of the killing of Dr Abu Baker Asvat at his Soweto…
PlaceTokai Manor House, Tokai Road, Tokai.
… by Thibault. The gable is generally considered to be one of the earliest usages in the Cape of a rectangular pediment. The cost of building this house must…
ArchiveLetter from John Daniel, President, to SRC Presidents and others
… General circular letter from John Daniel, President of NUSAS, suggesting ways of commemorating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Universal…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… the Native Commissioner. He retired in 1931 after 32 years of service. Although it is not clear exactly when the … get flushing toilets and showers in their…
EventP.W. Botha offers to resign
… regarding his involvement in the Information Scandal of 1978, if his accusers could prove that either he, or a member of his Cabinet, was aware of activities…
PlaceBotshabelo
… Heinrich Grützner started work in the north eastern part of the South African Republic in 1860. There were … and founded the station at Botshabelo, which…
PlaceSoccer City (FNB Stadium) -Johannesburg
… for the 2010 FIFA World Cup . The design concept of the Stadium is: 'The Calabash, or African pot'. This … proud Global Colossal located in ' Nasrec House '…
PlaceOld Stables, Oatlands, Simonstown
… was originally erected in the 18th century as a set of stables on the well-known Oaklands property. Shortly after the second British occupation of the Cape…
PlaceCoornhoop Dovecot, Dixton Road, Mowbray
… who were expected to devote themselves to the planting of wheat for the new settlement. Their defence needs were met by the construction of a small…
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… in Amsterdam, arrived at the Cape in 1715 as an employee of the Dutch East India Company The erf on which this double … and adjoining warehouse in…
PlaceMuseum Africa
… converted into a modern building. A huge collection of objects, paintings and photographs has been collected since 1935, telling the story of South Africa…
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… held moderate views. Kajee, the former Secretary General of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) had been replaced as President of the Natal Indian…
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… and Smuts formed an alliance that culminated in the merger of the National Party (NP) and the South African Party (SAP), … The coalition received strong…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… (ed.) in A Crime Against Humanity, the mutilated body of Toto Roy Dweba, member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and of the Natal Freedom Charter…
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… South. Boesak rose to prominence when he became the head of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in 1982. He used this platform to speak out against the…
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… Addo Drift was the first convenient natural crossing of the Sunday's River to be encountered inland from the sea, … the Zondags River Inn, probably using the…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… his parents were actors. He started his career at the age of eleven working on Fleet Street selling newspapers at … a lot about spies that were operating…
PlacePampierstad
… Help/Assistance) was established in the former homeland of Bophuthatswana in the late 1960's. It was located 31 km North-West of Jan Kempdorp and 12 km West…
Free Mandela
… Yellow, red, green, black and white poster. Artwork of face of Nelson Mandela. Artwork of map of Africa. Artwork of people protesting. Issued by the …