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EventMacassar Gas Disaster (AECI stockpile catches fire)
… The Coloured residential area of Macassar, Western Cape, was swiftly evacuated after a … air. The South Eastern wind blew the gas in the direction of…
EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… since its inception in 1974. This annual event is one of the most important events in the South African cultural … Monument was officially opened. With the…
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA’s richest gold deposit
… According to reports, no shares soared as rapidly as those of Free State Gold Areas, Ltd., the company which owned options on the 4,200-acre Erfdeel farm. A…
EventWW2: A German bomb fired off Algeria’s coast sinks British transport ship (HMT Rohna) carrying US soldiers.
… by the Royal Navy and had already carried thousands allied of troops to various war-zone destinations during World War … on board, including 195 crewmembers…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… army, and slowly arrived in Xhosa territory over a period of time. By the 1830's, a centre of Mfengu settlement had been established around the … As a result…
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as ‘Long Cecil’ is test fired for the first time
… fired for the first time at Boer forces during the Siege of Kimberley. Rhodes, who had taken interest in the gun, was … along with eminent local figures and…
PlaceReitz
… province, Reitz is 51km from Bethlehem. At an altitude of 1622 metres, Reitz has an annual rainfall of about 686mm. In its earliest recorded history, the…
EventSANDF soldiers strike
… Problems with the integration of " uMkhonto we Sizwe" (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Azanian People's Liberation Army…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… The United Nations Organisation (UNO) succeeded The League of Nations which was founded just after the end of World War I. The League of Nations was put in…
Archive1987: CUSA: AZACTU
… Orange, black and white calendar for 1987. List of principles and policies of two organisations. List of unions affiliated to CUSA/AZACTU. List of Offices…
ArchiveFree Oscar Mpetha
… Yellow, red, black and white poster. Photograph of Oscar Mpetha behind bars. Artwork of fists raised at top of poster. Artwork of a fist breaking handcuffs…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument … Site at Kwaaihoek,…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… On 23 February 1962, a member of Progressive Party Helen Suzman condemned the Immorality … "peeping toms". Suzman made these statements in the House of…
EventMining Magnate Oppenheimer dies
… American Corporation, died in Johannesburg at the age of 77. Oppenheimer was credited with the creation of a cartel that eventually controlled the diamond…
EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… first democratic elections. These are the resumption of multilateral talks in the form of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), … a climate…
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… The Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation (Goldstone Commission), … Richard Goldstone as chairman, released its…
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… The premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Mr L. Mtshali, welcomed guests at the opening of Ncome Museum, situated at the Ncome-Blood River Heritage … and Museum Complex…
EventDennis Brutus is born
… in Port Elizabeth. He studied law at both the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Fort Hare. Brutus, who is of African, Italian and French…
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… joined the Labour Party Youth in 1969 at the encouragement of his father. In 1983, he became one of the founding members of the United Democratic Front (UDF)…
PlaceRhodes
… The village of Rhodes lies on the banks of the Bell River at the foot of the Witteberge. It was laid out on the farm Tintern, and …
PlacePageview
… Fietas (as the place was popularly known) is one of the oldest communities in the Western suburbs of Johannesburg, and one of the first 'locations' (multi…
ArchiveThe migrant labour system
… The notion of migrant labour is based from a legal framework system that did not recognize 'homelands' or 'reserves' as part of the Union of South Africa,…
ArchiveTerrorist Weapons 2
… A2 Full colour litho, photos of weapons; Text: Terrorist Weapons 2; Public Awareness Chart … groups. Each group usually has one or a combination of the above…
Mayibuye
… for many years as a small, underground newsletter, was one of three African National Congress publications alongside … Sizwe). Circulation was limited and…
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
… A United Nations (UN) committee consisting of eight, with instructions to investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa, was refused…
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… sought improvements in "influx control" or the freedom of movement of Black South Africans. These cases contributed to the gradual dismantling of apartheid…
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… After the release of Walter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba of the African National Congress (ANC) and Ahmed Kathrada of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) on 15…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
… makes the announcement during a special joint sitting of the two houses of parliament, almost two weeks after Zuma was implicated in corruption during the…
EventPioneer tomato farmer Bertie van Zyl is buried in Mooketsi
… Bertie van Zyl (72), founder and owner of ZZ2, the biggest tomato growing operation in the country and one of the biggest in the world, was buried in…
EventEllen Khuzwayo is born
… Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo, ANC member of parliament and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985, translated into six European languages)…