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EventStruggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island
… on Robben Island for leading an attack on Grahamstown in 1818. On 25 December 1819, Makana, together with about … other prisoners, attempted to escape from…
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… Article in the Indian Opinon by Jordaan K Ngubane on James Moroka, 28 … 1950 (pdf) Dr James Moroka Address to ANC meeting in Kimberley (pdf) Dr James Moroka…
An interview with Dorothy Molefi: Hector was ‘always smiling’
… to happen. What did you dream? A: Well, I used to work in butchery. And you know how you get the meat all nicely … they didn't wrap the meat properly. They…
EventThe last ‘Peru and Bala’ show is hosted on Lotus FM
… 17 years until they announced their retirement from radio in 2014. The ‘Peru and Bala’ characters were so popular that … reminder to South African Indians of…
ANC statement on the outcome of the officials meeting held at Luthuli House, 18 February 2002
… ANC Officials led by President Mbeki met in one of their scheduled meetings which was graced by the … communicate more regularly both inside the ANC…
Outcome of the High Court Application, 12 February 2014
… secured a binding and recorded guarantee from DA that, in line with the ANC protection order application, they would … members and its building. As the ANC…
Open Talk with Grada Kilomba
… writer and interdisciplinary artist, with origins in São Tomé e Príncipe and Angola. Her work draws on memory, … post-colonialism. The audience will be…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and … is a Provincial Heritage Site at Kwaaihoek, Alexandria in…
EventA Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board
… off the traffic collision avoidance system. The pilot, in trying to avoid a collision rolled the plane too far and … separation by the radar controller” and…
EventMaria Groesbeek is hanged for the murder of her husband, Christian Buys
… Maria Groesbeek and Christian Buys were married in the 1950's. During their seventeen years of marriage they … excuse to beat her. Desperately unhappy, she…
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
… death for the necklace murder of M. Mpapne that took place in 1986. The state argued its case on the alleged evidence … their convictions and sentences, and…
EventRSA introduces more press restriction
… allowed to such an extent that it fosters chaos and revolt in South Africa" (Williams 1998). Some of the alternative … government were: The Weekly Mail The…
EventMax the gorilla is shot
… police also jumped into the enclosure. A gunfight ensued in which the robber was shot in the groin. Max, by now enraged, bit Constable Robert …
EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… to all burghers except for rebels and those involved in listed war crimes. Those listed in war crimes included Field-cornet Salmon van As, who was … Farwell:…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.
… April 1990, President Frederick Willem de Klerk announced in Parliament that the Group Areas Act of 1950 will be … the Acts were discriminatory and…
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… explorer and navigator Bartholomew Dias anchored in what is now known as Walvis Bay. Dias was on an expedition … Bay on 16 May 1488 and named it the Cape of…
PlaceCato Manor Heritage Centre, Durban
… Durban System, which led to evictions, riots and dissent in the Cato Manor area for decades. The Museum is a … at the Cato Manor Heritage Centre to the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo with Other ANC leaders visiting Sweden, 02 February 1990
… not be released, that the state of emergency is not lifted in its entirety and that the practice of detention without … no country committed to ending white…
Statement by O. R. Tambo with other ANC Leaders Visiting Sweden, 2 February 1990
… not be released, that the state of emergency is not lifted in its entirety and that the practice of detention without … no country committed to ending white…
Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux, 9 January 1929
… his attack on the party, very poisonous & diseased, but in reply he was induced to stop till after the elections, & … Cape FIats & I Tembuland. the head…
PlaceAddo Heights, Uitenhage
… Addo Heights is a Farm and is located in Cacadu District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. … radius. What you will enjoy is a feeling of remoteness…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.1 Apr-May 1981
… Dam by Miriam Tlali; Jobman by Achmat Dangor; Reflections in a Cell by Mafika Gwala; Bushcraft by Nadine Gordimer; The … by Bicca Muntu Maseko; Staffrider…
EventUnFreedom Day
… rally has been held every year since 2006[3] , including in 2009 when SAPS attempted to ban the event.[4] “UnFreedom … 2006) ↵ [3](AbM, 2017) ↵ [4](AbM, 2008…
PlaceFaculty of Health Sciences, UCT Observatory
… The oldest medical school in South Africa, offer a variety of educational, training and … charm and begs a visit from every person who finds himself in the…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.4 Jul-Sept 1959
… The Nyasaland Crisis, M.W. Kanyama Chuime. Rider and Horse in Northern Rhodesia, Kenneth Kaunda. The Crucible of … Kenya at the Cross-Roads, Tom Mboya. A…
PlaceDoringbaai, Cape West Coast
… - Ocean Views, diverse Coastal Vegetation and Seabirds. In the Season there are plenty of flowers in the Area, and Heaviside Dolphins and South-Right Whales,…
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
… The Rand Daily Mail newspaper was closed in April 1985. The South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN) … and presses when the overdraft soared to R40 million…
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist was hanged for his role in the MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member of the … the police tried to turn him against…
EventThe Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act commences
… 46 of 1951 to remove Coloureds from the common voters roll in the Cape. The Act No 46 of 1951 was declared invalid by … which would ensure them a victory to…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation is formed
… Organisation (AZAPO) was formed at an inaugural conference in Roodepoort, near Johannesburg. The organisation was based … that had been banned on 19 October…