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EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… and enrolled at Adams College at Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. In 1944 he enrolled at the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Science in Johannesburg. While in…
Steve Biko National Conference 2014
… 20 Years of Democracy: STILL CONFRONTING CHALLENGES TO NATION-BUILDING … Nation in One Azania a Myth? Prof Saths Cooper President of the IUPsyS and VP of the…
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… Hendrik Hanekom and his wife Mathilda were pioneers of Afrikaans professional theatre. Hendrik died on *14 … to create theatre awareness in the rural areas…
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… launched by the Passive Resistance Councils (PRC) of Natal and the Transvaal. SAIC also decided to send a delegation to New York to assist in the preparation…
EventAllan Boesak is born
… influential positions. In 1982 he became the President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, which claimed to represent about 70 … Protestants…
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
… had been approved. The scheme involved the conversion of Newclare, the Western Native Township and the Southern part of Claremont to 'Coloured' townships,…
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
… At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the South African government was divided on the issue of participation. However, the vote to fight on the side of…
EventSchool boycott in Port Elizabeth ends
… Leaders of Port Elizabeth's Black secondary school children decided to end a four month boycott of classes. This followed after negotiations took place ……
EventReverend David Russell sentenced for defying his banning order
… leaders were among the foremost and vocal opponents of the Apartheid regime. Acting out of conscience and under the banner of religion, however, did not…
EventNOCSA announces SA participation in Olympic games
… Sam Ramsamy, president of The National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA), announced South Africa's acceptance of an invitation to participate in the…
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… Winnie Mandela was formally charged with four counts of kidnapping and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others for the events surrounding the…
EventWorld Refugee Day
… special day for the world to make time for the resilience of forcibly displayed people to the entire world. The United National Commissioner of Refugees …
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… former South African prime minister and chief architect of apartheid was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to … South Africa in 1903. Verwoerd was elected…
EventNigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
… a women’s organisation with 20 000 members that comprised of literate and illiterate women. The organisation was thrust into the public eye when it organised…
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President’s Council a chance
… The leader of the New Republic Party (NRP), Vause Raw announced that his … as a start on the road to a negotiated future. The history of the President's…
EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
… thought that circumstances justify reconsideration of the Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act. The Immorality Act was one of the most controversial…
PlaceElizabeth le Roux Hostel, Bloemfontein
… The building is built in a victor The foundation-stone of the Elizabeth le Roux Hostel was laid in 1899. During the … a hospital and in 1906 it was purchased…
PlaceFree State Stadium
… Bloemfontein was originally built for the Rugby World Cup of 1995. Then, it was revamped to host a number of matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. Its…
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
… Rand gold mines. During the Second World War supporters of the Axis powers (Germany, Japan) came into conflict with … by Britain, France, the Soviet Union…
PlaceAlbertville, Johannesburg
… Suburb of Johannesburg adjoinng Albertskroon, to the South-East of it. It was laid out in 1896 on the Farm 'Waterval' and was named in honour of the owner,…
PlaceAmikoob, a Plain in the Willomore Area; (Vogelstruisleegte)
… Khoikhoi name of Vogelstruisleegte, a plain some 21 km North of Willowmore. The people who roam the Karoo, are the descendants of the San (Bushman) and Khoi…
PlaceWoolsack House, Rondebosch
… Woolsack Drive is next to Rosebank and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Woolsack Drive has a length of 0.02 kilometres. This…
The African Element in Gandhi by Anil Nauriya
… on Gandhi’s twenty-one years in South Africa, the birth of Satyagraha and the transformation of Gandhi from a lawyer-servant of the Indian community to a…
PlaceGold Reef City
… Gold Reef City is a re-creation of turn-of-the-century Johannesburg, which was flooded by prospectors after the discovery of gold in 1886. With its Victorian…
EventThe SA government grants ‘Independent’ status to Venda
… Following South Africa's policies of racial segregation and the promulgation of the Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African…
EventSenator Robert Kennedy visits SA
… In June 1966, during the darkest years of Apartheid, United States (US) Senator Robert Kennedy made … to South Africa. He was invited by the National Union…
EventJoyce Kgoali dies
… The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Joyce Kgoali, passed away following … was also a National Executive Committee (NEC) member of…
EventSifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins
… Sifiso Nkabinde, former Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at the time of his death secretary-general of the…
EventChoirmaster, educator and singer Mary Eveline Fincken is born
… Mary Eveline Fincken , also known as choirmaster, teacher of singing and educationist was born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, … South Africa in 1908 for health…
EventFelix Mounie, the Cameroon opposition leader is assassinated in Geneva.
… Felix Mounie was the leader of the political movement Union du Peuple Camerounnais (UPC). … The UPC was a major political force demanding the end of UN…