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EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… Two members of the banned liberation movements, Harry Gwala , a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and Zephania Mothopeng a member of the Pan…
EventSomerset concludes a treaty with Ngqika (aka Gaika)
… defeated, had opposed Gaika's claim to the chieftainship of the Rarabe clans of the Xhosa. After Ndlambe and Nxele Makana slaughtered hundreds of Ngqika's…
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
… Frederik Bezuidenhout owned a farm east of the Cape Colony. After reports surfaced that he was allegedly mistreating one of his Khoikhoi laborers, he was…
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… that he was in the Vaal Triangle (now Gauteng) township of Boipatong on 17 June 1992 when several people were killed … the Boipatong massacre . An estimated…
EventWinston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War
… and developed a keen interest in war correspondence. Some of his early literary works were reports on various military … The Morning Post, in which he was to…
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… Youssou N'Dour was born in Dakar, West of Senegal. He was a member of Star Band, Senegal’s most famous band. He left the band to … Simon, Sting and Tracy…
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… The Cenotaph on Du Toitspan Road, is a Memorial to 400 of Kimberley’s Men who died in the Great War (World War I) … William Timlin, it was unveiled by four…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.1 1992
… Contents and Contributors comment-AW Oliphant, Fragments of a dream by Zachoriah Rapola, The House of Raydon by Patrick Sekhula, Independence by EM Macphail,…
PlaceSao Bento Shipwreck, Coffee Bay
… carrack, Sao Bento. A carrack is a sailing sailing ship of the 14th–17th centuries that was usually built with three … lateen sail. This vessel grounded in…
PlaceGreat Brak Rivier
… The village of Great Brak Rivier was founded by Charles Searle, an … in 1859. They landed at Mossel Bay following a sea voyage of 68 days. After a few months…
EventGeneral H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti
… On 19 November 1970 the head of the Bureau of State Security (BOSS) General H. Van Den Bergh,, briefly … (SACP) and leftists in exile. BOSS was at the…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… 1941 in Clairwood, Durban . She went to the University of Natal where she graduated with BA in 1963 and with an LLB … career by doing her articles in Durban…
The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963 to 1994
… by participant observation, provides a vivid account of this crucial era in southern African history. It seeks to understand the sociology of the ANC in…
2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Moothen had the following letter written to the Protector of…
PlaceOttery
… was probably established in 1904 as a residential suburb of Cape Town. The railway line from Maitland reached Ottery … line, which connects central Cape Town…
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… Seretse Khama was the chief of the Bama-Ngwato tribe, Bechuanaland (now Botswana). … in September 1948, in England, without the permission of the tribal…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… for a post-apartheid South Africa. Established by the end of 1991, it included diverse political representation. … and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The…
PlaceSun Valley Estates, Ladysmith
… farms owned by Whites. The land initially formed part of the Berlin Mission’s land holdings. In 1924 this fragment of land was sold. The people, who occupied…
The fight against passes continues
… Barbie Schreiner All this time there was still this thing of passes for women going on, and the women still protesting. Quite soon after the Congress of the…
PlaceGallery 101
… art. The original location was next to the Head Office of the Progressive Federal Party in the Rand Centre in the … In May 1964 the gallery curated a show…
ArchiveZuma's rape accuser questioned (BBC News), 07 March 2006
… accusing South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma of rape is being cross-examined in court. The judge has … about the complainant's personal history…
EventRugby player Breyton Paulse is included in the national team after the ANCYL challenged the decision to omit him
… Africa did not lose a single series until 1956. The game of ruby developed along with the political ideology of apartheid, and soon became representative of…
ArchiveD.I.V.I.D.E. And Rule; South Africas Bantust
… white; map showing Bantustans; text: Apartheid: 70% of the population are Africans. They are allocated 13% of the land -- the Bantustans. 17 % of the…
EventSipho Mutsi dies in police custody
… Seventeen-year-old activist and leader of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS), Sipho Mutsi, died in … announced that a state autopsy showed that…
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… A former member of the Volksraad of the South African Republic (Transvaal), representing the … Herbert Gladstone to constitute a government in terms of the…
ArchiveCircular from John Daniels, SRC Vice-President
… Circular from John Daniels, Vice-President of NUSAS, to SRC Presidents, NUSAS Executive, Local Committee … International Student Organisations, National…
Secret Ballot
… And Political Satire Farce’. It follows the exploits of 5 members of ‘The Brotherhood’. This here organization is one designed … Tender_prenuers and Busy…
ArchiveThe Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… This pamphlets tries to highlight a series of events that the Pan African Congress (PAC)has been involved with in relation to the freedom struggle of the…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… with Julius K. Nyerere (1922-1999), the first president of Tanzania (known as Tanganyika until 1964). He served as … he stepped down temporarily to work on…
PlaceElsie’s River
… The village of Elsie's River, also known as Elsie's Kraal River, was probably named in honour of one Elsje van Suurwaarde, a widow who outlived two … on 13…