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EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in … to Tanzania. He returned with the Tanzanian-aided…
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the Cape, Jan van … the city by Cecil John Rhodes, a politician and financier of the late 19th…
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal (now Ilanga), dies in … D.Phil. from a South African…
EventThe first SARS case is suspected in South Africa
… man arrived in South Africa from Hong Kong with no signs of being ill but after seven days he started to show flu-like … results came back negative, although…
”A House in Harrington Street”, photographic exhibition by Nicholas Eppel
… exhibition reflects three years in the life and household of long-time Harrington Street resident, Elizabeth Barrett, … to community living against the rapid…
EventLady Diana Spencer is killed in a car accident in Paris
… as Princess Diana was born in 1961. She married the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne of England, Charles, and became the royal Princess of Wales. Their…
EventHelen Nontando Jabavu, author and periodical editor in London, is born in Middeldrift, SA
… in the Eastern Cape into a literary family. From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in England, and continued to live there for many years. She went on to…
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… 0n 6 April 1994, an extraordinary event in the history of the African continent took place in Kigali, Rwanda when … from two countries were assassinated…
EventTwenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death for the Lari massacre in Kenya
… Nine months after the Lari Massacre of 26 March 1953, twenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen were sentenced … event happened 10 years before the independence of the…
No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
… time, the inquest revealed full and horryfying details of how political detainees are treated. What exactly happened … known only to his interrogators. But…
4. Conclusion
… The decisions made by the Party executive at the end of 1938 proved to be a lifesaver for the Party. Although … leadership to emerge. Branches were given a…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… This interesting and Historic Village of Genadendal is the oldest Moravian Mission Village in … organ in South Africa. Genadendal, which means; 'Valley of…
ArchiveWhose Reality Mr. Botha?
… A2 red and black on white, litho; maps of SA with bars; text: Whose reality Mr Botha? thousands of innocent people detained; hundreds of innocent people…
EventDraft laws are gazetted
… These include greatly increased mobility and security of tenure for Blacks qualified to be in White areas. The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Piet…
EventNew ANC National Working Committee is elected
… The African National Congress (ANC) announced the names of members of a new National Working Committee (NWC) that was to be responsible for the day-to-day…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog founds the Free State National Party
… was to function on a federal basis, separate branches of the party were founded in the other three provinces of the Union of South Africa shortly afterwards…
EventAllison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion is born
… in Natal. He assumed the full-time secretary position of the Transvaal branch of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) when it … from Cape Town…
EventErmelo is founded
… Ermelo, the educational, industrial and commercial centre of a 7,750m² district in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa was founded by the Reverend Frans…
EventPretoria’s first Black mayor
… residents were moved to Mamelodi. He was the headmaster of Mamelodi High School and chairman of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). On … 24…
Constitution Hill - Free tours for pensioners during October and November
… To celebrate the International Day of the Older People on October 01st, Constitution Hill is offering complimentary tours of the site during the Month of…
ArchiveMajority rule: some notes
… This forms part of a collection of articles which formed part of a series in The Educational Journal. The series of … Teachers' League of South Africa, Cape…
EventInternational Nurses Day.
… around the world every year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, who is considered the founder of modern nursing. She made many…
EventSouth Africa Grants independence to Venda and Gazankulu homelands
… The republic of South Africa grants independence to Venda and Gazankulu . … is in line with the government's internal control strategy of 'divide and rule'…
Open Call to Artists
… Come for an informal evening and dinner with the community of the farm and the organising team. All questions and … Applications due Thursday January 12th at…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… is situated 24 km inland from Durban; it now forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban Metropolitan Municipality. … Zulu-speaking Black Africans, Inanda is…
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
… designed in an Edwardian style, was erected by the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church to commemorate the arrival of French Huguenot settlers in 1688. Its…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… Kroondal, situated on a farm, was one of 22 German Lutheran mission congregations established in … existence since 1843, was registered in 1858 in the name…
PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
… In the language of the Shangaan people , the name 'Balule' is the Tsonga word … Reserve covers 40 000 Hectares on the Western Boundary of the Kruger National…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… then returned to South Africa and became Managing Director of the Corporation in 1945. During the 1950s he was involved in the expansion of Anglo American's…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 3: Dont help sellouts to get R40 000 a year
… This pamphlet analysis and illustrates the results of the elections held in 1981, in which the government … movement introduced the Dont Vote Campaign and…