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EventA blaze destroys Wanderers Cricket Club
… started in the kitchen but soon spread. SA Eagle, insurer of the clubhouse, approached the Johannesburg City Council … admitted Johannesburg's response times…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… Dunant; a Swiss national, who witnessed the suffering of the wounded, dying, and displaced in a battle in Northern Italy. Among the notable successes of this…
EventOrganisations forward applicants for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… to submit at least another sixty, including those of three of their Cabinet ministers. The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) announced that at least 600 of its…
EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
… Hendrik Egnatius Botha was born on the 27 of February 1958 in Breyten, in the Eastern Transvaal (now … He schooled in Pretoria, where he participated in a…
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… (his clan name), was shot and killed in the driveway of his Boksburg home. Soon after, Janus Walus, a Polish … Clive Derby-Lewis, a Conservative Party (CP)…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… Sisulu died at her Linden home, Johannesburg at the age of 92. Often referred to as the ‘Mother of the Nation’, she was a nurse and one of the most important…
EventThe State Theatre in Pretoria opens
… The Japanese- influenced building is actually a complex of theatres. At the time of construction, it was the first of its kind in Southern Africa. The…
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
… stones were laid during the South African War by members of the Wiltshire Regiment who were then Stationed at Naval Hill. An Area of 28 x 30 metres of land…
ArchiveBesoek van Mnr Clark aan Suid-Afrika en Suidwes-Afrika: 10-13 Junie 1981
… by Minister R F Botha and written mostly in Afrikaans, of the visit of Mr W P Clark of the United States of America, to South Africa and South …
ArchiveANC/UCT Position Paper proposals
… Report of a meeting between the ANC and the University of Cape Town on the education crisis. Includes handwritten … on a consultative meeting between the ANC…
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 … , a prominent Colonial administrator and Chief Magistrate of Transkie , which is…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift
… Harold Cressy , co-founder of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and teacher, is born in … Drift, Kwazulu-Natal . He was the only Black…
”Africans and San Francisco.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma, May 8, 1945
… National Congress is taking to bring to the attention of Allied Nations and [the] outside world the back-breaking … and hope-destroying restrictions and…
Soweto: urban politics, poverty and race in apartheid society
… A dissertation presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Department of Politics. Abstract:…
PlaceGrand Parade, Cape Town
… dissected by meandering streams. In 1763 the burgers of Cape Town planted a number of oaks around this area, and in 1806 the city treasury voted money for…
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… Minister of Social Development of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999, Dr Zola Sidney Themba …
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… Jacobus "Kobie" Coetsee, former minister of justice in the government of F.W De Klerk, was born in Ladybrand, Orange Free State. Both his parents were…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… Voster was elected to the unprecedented honorary position of State President. However, his spell in the new office was … scandal, named after Dr Connie…
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… After a brief period of transitional government Dr Manuel Pinto da Costa, the leader of the Committee for the Liberation of São Tomé and PrÁncipe(CLSTP)…
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… Siad Barre shared the fate of many post liberation leaders in Africa. Having started out as policemen in the Italian governed part of Somalia prior to World…
Event’Purple rain’ used on women protesters
… The rioting spread from the Schotche Kloof Malay section of Cape Town. Rioting started when groups of women wearing T-shirts with the slogan "Troops Out" ……
EventFormer Student Representative Council (SRC) Vice-President shot by Police
… Council (SRC) Vice-president at the University of Transkei and staunch opponent of Transkei government, Batandwa Ndondo, was shot by police on the outskirts…
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… day Transvaal coal miners embarked on a strike because of a wage cut of 5 percent per shift. On 10 January 1922 White mine workers … rejected a proposal that…
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, famed SA painter and mother of actress Jana Celliers was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal. Though Cilliers-Bernard was at one time one…
EventShaba War in Zaire comes to an end
… I) broke out on 8 March 1977 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when Angola-based guerrillas of the Front for the National Liberation of Congo (Front pour…
The National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein is celebrating its 100-year existence this year
… Programme Friday, 18 October 2013 17:00 – Opening of festival market and entertainment Saturday, 19 October … – Zumba Dance Exercise Group Market and…
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
… and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan following years of colonial rule. The tale of these two countries’ rule over Sudan dates back the 19th … while in…
Fighting Talk
… Fighting Talk was initially a publication of the Springbok Legion of ex-servicemen and women, until in February 1954 when the … Appearing monthly, the…
ANC statement on Zimbabwe, 26 May 2000
… position on Zimbabwe as per the discussions and decisions of its last National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting which … the route to follow in the…
Message from Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid on its 20th anniversary, 02 April 1983
… Committee the most cordial fraternal greetings on occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Special Committee. The Special Committee belongs to … in…