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EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after Durban’s first mayor, George … Christopher Cato. The area has a…
PlaceRoodepoort Museum
… Museum illustrate the changes brought about because of the Discovery of Gold on the Witwatersrand and include a Reconstructed 19th … and 1930s Lounge Setting…
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… he volunteered for service with the Native Military Corps of the Union Defence Force. While still working at the factory, he became familiar with the use of…
Event’Viva Frelimo’ rallies, organised by the BPC and SASO, take place even though they were banned by Government
… The achievement of independence in Mozambique inspired the South African … SASO and the South African government. The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger,…
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… the SAP and SADF in 1966, hardly a month after the verdict of the World Court, which South Africa won on a technical … former decision and ruled that South…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… at Cuito Cuanavale in 1988, a turning point in the history of southern Africa, the stalemate condition led all parties … positions. South Africa and Cuba…
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
… home and joined the Loreto sisters, an Irish community of nuns, working in India. After teaching at St. Mary's High School, she left the mission to work in…
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
… Province. Rain Queen Modjadji VI is a direct descendent of one of the royal houses of Monomotapa, which ruled over the Zimbabwean people in the …
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… had been decided to establish a Dutch newspaper, the name of the newspaper, De Burger ("The Citizen"), was decided on. … the newspaper was first published…
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… dire conditions prevailing in the camps to the attention of the British parliament, resulting in the appointment of a Ladies' Commission (Fawset Commission)…
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… After the abolition of the triumvirate, consisting of Vice-President Paul Kruger, Commander-General Piet Joubert … and W.M. Pretorius, Paul Kruger was…
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… the convoy along its length, firing from both sides of the road. Two events of the same nature, before this one, happened on the same … road where 330 people…
EventDouglas Portway, European-based South African artist, is born in Johannesburg
… Technical College and later taught at the University of Johannesburg. After his first solo exhibition in 1945 he … African to be awarded a travel grant from…
EventPassbook laws relaxed
… In July 1986, South Africa was in a state of martial law, with a nation-wide State of Emergency having been declared in June of the same year. To counter the…
PlaceAndries Pretorius Monument , Graaf Reniet
… a Monument 2,5 km North of Graaf-Reinet. It was erected in honour of the Voortrekker leader General Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus … forces defeated the Zulu's…
Meeting today
… Black strip at top with title in white lettering. "State of Emergency" in red letters down sides of poster. Black and white image of soldier in centre with…
PlaceRheingold Building, Market Street, Polokwane
… was erected in about 1910 by H Moschke to house a number of commercial concerns. It is richly decorated with a number of Victorian architectural details and…
EventWilliam Duncan Baxter, SA businessman, politician and financier is born in Dundee, Scotland.
… Theatre, a performing arts complex was named in honour of him, because of the amount of money he had contributed to the University of Cape Town … D.J. et al…
EventCommission on Native Education is appointed
… The government appointed the Eiselen Commission whose terms of reference were to inquire into and to report on all aspects of native education. The…
EventItalian Troops raid Addis Ababa
… troops commence with raids into Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. After the capture of Addis Ababa by the Italian troops, Benito Mussolini, the Fascist…
EventPiet Retief is baptized in Drakenstein, Western Cape
… Piet Retief was one of the leaders of the Great Trek that introduced Afrikaner settlement to the … Journal bitterly complaining about the abolishing of…
ArchiveCircular from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and others
… General circular from the President of the National Union of South African Students containing the text of the Commission appointed by the South African…
ArchiveNotes on the migrant labour system in Lesotho
… Lesotho is a perfect example of a complete labour reserve economy. Five out of six citizens of Lesotho held jobs in South Africa, 45% of adults were …
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
… Mbeki asserted the view that HIV was not the sole cause of AIDS and this viewpoint affected the South African … Mbeki espoused the view that AIDS was linked…
EventCassper Nyovest, the South African Hip Hop artist is born
… Province on 16 December 1990.[1] Cassper Nyovest is one of the most prominent figures in SouthAfrican hip hop. … “Most Gifted Southern Artist”, and “Most…
PlaceGroote Schuur High School
… Frank Joubert Art and Design Centre in the leafy suburb of Newlands. The school started with 37 pupils. Over the … years, pupil numbers have increased and…
PlaceMagwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns
… The Magwa Waterfall lies in the middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation , South Africa's … "The Magwa Waterfall is pretty impressive!" It is one…
PlaceOnderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute
… The building was designed by the Department of Public Works and was completed in 1908 as the centre for … on the farm site, at 'De Onderstepoort', 11km North…
PlaceWorkers’ Museum, Johannesburg
… The excellent Portrayal of Life as a Migrant Worker, found at the Worker’s Museum in … balanced presentation without sensationalising any aspect of this…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… State President P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela , leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC), conditional … prison sentence he had been serving…