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The Hawks letter to Pravin Gordhan by Berning Ntlemeza (Politics Web), 28 February 2016
… the Disbandment" of the National Research Group (NRG) in 2009 when you were the SARS Commissioner leading to the … model to the then Minister of Finance…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
… Democratic Front was launched at the Rockland Civic Centre in Cape Town. It was a broad coalition of anti apartheid … without credits to protect the…
EventThe 1st troop ship to set sail after the sinking of the SS Mendi
… Contingent, the recruitment process for troops to assist in World War 1 was not heavily impacted. On the 23rd of March … excerpt from Jingoes, who wrote of…
PlaceWelgelegen Farm, Stellenbosch
… Welgelegen is a working Farm nestled in the Valleys of the Bottelary Hills just outside of … This Farm with its Vineyards , Proteas and Fynbos has been in…
PlaceGrand Parade, Cape Town
… remained a grassy meadow dissected by meandering streams. In 1763 the burgers of Cape Town planted a number of oaks around this area, and in 1806 the city…
EventControversial ‘Black Jesus’ painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… Artist, Ronald Harrison caused controversy in 1962 when he painted African National Congress (ANC) … was smuggled to the United Kingdom and was only returned…
EventMafika Gwala born
… poet, writer and BCM member Mafika Gwala was born today in the town of Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal. Soon after joining the … it is to be Black and examine their…
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… ensued between the rebel guerrillas and the Cuban army in the town of Santa Clara, the capital of the province of … and Castro turned Cuba into the only…
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… 17 June 1999, Dr Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya, was born in Simonstown. Skweyiya is the former Minister of Public … a body to oversee the smooth running of…
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… citing ill-health and exhaustion as reason. He was quoted in the Citizen saying: My batteries have run down. He was a key element in De Klerk's strategy of…
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo win a Grammy
… for six additional Grammy awards, including a nomination in 2001 for the album 'Live From Royal Albert Hall'. It was a … this outstanding group that has sold…
Event’Purple rain’ used on women protesters
… The police in Adderley street, Cape Town used their new water cannons to … to demand that troops, who were permanently stationed in townships because of the…
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
… a series of skirmishes), started at the Cape. This was in line with an instruction by the Dutch East India Company … Sunday morning. The Burgher Militia…
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
… derby draw against Sundowns at Loftus Stadium, Pretoria. In addition to the fine, PSL ordered him to make a public apology for his role in the occurrence…
EventBafana Bafana wins over Ghana
… the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations contest at Kumasi stadium in Ghana. The victory against Ghana earned South Africa a … a trip on Kwame Ayew, three minutes into…
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… War (also known as Second Anglo-Boer War), which broke out in October 1899. Ladysmith was not the only town to be under … signed the peace treaty of…
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… pledged solidarity with the South African people, in reaction to the massacre on 30 January 1981, where more … mourners at the funeral of the victims of the…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… In a joint declaration the leaders of the United Party (UP), … party on the basis of equal rights for all racial groups in South Africa. No actual…
EventThe Pretoria Show is opened for all races
… education and exhibitions over the years. The show began in 1939 and was only open to whites only. However, on 22 … to all races. The show is the largest…
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… High Command were arrested at Liliesleaf Farm, and placed in solitary confinement for 88 days. Following the verdict on … Island, where he spent 25 years…
Names of Slaves and Free Blacks
… culled from various sources. The date after the name in brackets is taken from the relative source. Some of the … Coromandel (1672). (Date may be wrong - it…
EventLalla Hirayama, the Japanese-born South African television personality is born
… Lalla Hirayama was born in Hiratsuka, Japan on 10 February 1988. At the age of six, … Lalla hosted the Tropika Island of Treasure’s season 3 in Thailand.[iii…
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
… Named after Jonas Bergtheil, this museum is situated in the leafy suburb of Westville, almost midway between Durban and Pinetown. The museum is housed in…
The Struggle Continues and Grows More Intense - Statement by O. R. Tambo, 23 August 1984
… of a total rejection of the so-called new constitution in a total boycott of the election by our Indian compatriots. … neo-Nazis of Africa as May 8, 1945,…
EventCourt go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings
… the ‘Unban the ANC’ campaign at the Rand Supreme court in Johannesburg.The court order was successfully granted … but they nonetheless prohibited any…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.1 Oct-Dec 1960
… Goal, 1960, Hannah Stanton. A Foreign Correspondent in South Africa, Norman Phillips. Diary From a Refuge, Anon. … Nigeria and Tomorrow’s Africa, Akin…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.1 Oct-Dec 1959
… Nyerere. Durban Explodes, Myrna Blumberg. The African in Industry, Brian Bunting. The African on the Farm, Ben … Turok M.P.C. The new Serfdom, James Fairburn…
PlaceRiebeeck Square, Cape Town.
… changed after the annexation of the Cape by the British in 1806, when a new market was established immediately east of the Castle in 1812 for the benefit of…
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… was adopted by the African National Congress (ANC) in December 1951. The Campaign began with a commitment to … was the largest scale of non-violent…
EventThe UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces to enter Congo
… Lumumba demanded the immediate removal of Belgian forces in his country. He threatened to ask the Soviet Union for … A day after the resolution was made, UN…