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EventMuhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain his world heavyweight title
… the 20th century. A film and a documentary have been made about the fight. Foreman and Ali spent a few months in Zaire …
EventMethane gas explosion kills 68 mine workers
… underground. The mine captain scratched out his report about underground methane to give the mine a good safety …
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… to permanent urban status. The ruling was likely to affect about 150, 000 Black contract workers in urban areas, who …
EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… South Africa and abroad, where it became the most talked about South African event internationally since the Durban …
EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
… The mass action commenced on 3 rd to 5 th August with about 4 million workers staying away from work. …
EventUNHRC service is enlisted in repatriation process
… (UNHCR) would be requested to help in repatriating about 40,000 political exiles to South Africa from countries …
EventBartolomeu Dias enters Luderitz Bay
… extended to cover the coast up to Durban. To read more about Da Gama's voyage of 'discovery' around the Cape of Good …
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… that this is a realistic goal, provided that people know about the treatment options available and that the stigma …
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
… directly, carrying aid supplies valued at R3-million. About 54 000 people were affected by the disaster on 26 …
EventUDF distances itself from Madikizela
… Democratic Front (UDF), Frank Chikane and Azar Cachalia, about the organisation's suspicion of Winnie …
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
… Africans to end sterile debates and divisive reproaches about the past and focus their energies and resources on …
EventLegal action against election results
… This followed African National Congress (ANC) complaints about administrative chaos and intimidation during the second …
EventXhosa poet Nontsizi Mgqwetho mourns the death of her mother
… of Blacks during the 1920s. Though very little is known about her life, she supposedly came from the rural area of …
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… Louis Botha in Pretoria. The trio was going to discuss about a planned Burghers rebellion. During this meeting De La …
EventSir John Herschel, British astronomer, arrives in Cape Town
… their stay in the Cape, Herschel and his wife produced about 131 illustrations showing the Cape flora . He conducted …
EventJohannes Kerkorrel, Afrikaans singer and songwriter, is born in Johannesburg
… suicide. His birth name was Ralph John Rabie. A film about his life, titled ‘Who killed Johannes Kerkorrel’ was …
EventA fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and seriously injures twenty-eight others
… the roof of the dormitory caved in and could not escape. About 28 boys were admitted to hospital with minor to severe …
EventPope John Paul II begins his tour of Africa.
… pope. He is also known as the pope who was most vocal about human rights and used his influence to effect change. …
EventWorld TB Day, observed to create public awareness that tuberculosis remains a global epidemic
… in activities that they anticipate will raise awareness about the disease. The 2012 theme is “how Europe and the …
Isisebenzi
… workers in Durban and Pietermaritzburg. It was published about once a month and dealt with all matters of interest to …
The Neglected Tradition
… was indeed necessary or viable. There were some misgivings about separating a particular racial group, however, in …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… my eyes politically because before that nobody talked about politics so when I joined Inkatha my eyes were … in Inkatha because it is the movement that…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… heard from him since. “My father always used to tell me about this wonderful player who joined the club in the 1950s … ‘I was sentenced. I’m not guilty but I…
ArchiveRoseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew
… and Pretoria so that Ahmed Kathrada could inform them about the Youth Congresses then being held periodically in … Three Square, where the boycott leaders…
When your position can't be sustained, create a scarecrow - The Menace of Post-Apartheid South Africa by Thabo Mbeki, 18 January 2016
… movement. This built on a long-held view within the ANC about how it should conduct its work. In this regard, for … had occasion to engage one of its members…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the South African Communist Party Cape Town, 28 July 1996
… to that extent shall we continue to work together to bring about a better life. Chairperson and comrades; For some of us on this day, memories come hushing…
ArchiveRemembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz by Gwen Ansell, 11 September 2017
… birds of a feather, [we] flocked together.” He’s talking about the Blue Notes, a multiracial modern jazz outfit formed … Pukwana and the rest as “gold”, Not…
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
… The capital, Kinshasa , is located on the Congo River about 320 miles (515 km) from its mouth. The largest City in … depending largely on distance from the…
PlaceWoodstock
… stand. In 1781, the Dutch East India Company, concerned about an overland British attack, accepted help from a French … incinerator known as ‘The Destructor’…
PlaceGreen Point
… The area about Green Point was initially used by the Dutch as a cattle … the light but jolting ' Paardewagon ', are seen driving about to enjoy the sport…