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EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
… In a precedent-setting judgement, a full bench of the Cape High Court, comprising of Judges Van Zyl, Essa Moosa and Dan Dlodlo, ruled in favour of the…
EventTwo policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
… Two policemen were killed by a group of Zulus near Richmond, Natal, following local resistance to the collection of poll tax, which became payable on 1…
EventP.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference
… 1984 saw P.W. Botha elected to the position of President, having abolished the position of Prime Minister in 1983. These two events were preceeded by … would…
Letter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… Letter from Neville Curtis, President of NUSAS, reporting on the reason for opposition to the sale of "instruments of violence" to the Nationalist Government…
PlaceSoweto Theatre
… would be held in community halls. [i] The City of Johannesburg commissioned Afritects to design the Soweto Theatre with the intent of being a modern facility…
PlaceEritrea
… Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa located on the Red Sea. A fact reflected in its name, which is an Italianized version of; 'Mare Erythraeum'. Which…
PlaceLodge de Goede Hoop, Stal Square, Cape Town
… under a warrant obtained from the Grand Lodge National of the Netherlands. Initially meetings were held in new … 1794 they moved to a building which stood on…
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
… 1936. (Note the National Monuments plaque on the side of the loco.) The engine weighs 12,7 tonnes and was manufactured by Emil Kessler of Esslingen in…
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
… it was converted to use as a gaol for the mining village of Florida. The structure was enlarged by three cells and an office shortly before the turn of the…
EventSouth Africa is told by IAEA to open all nuclear plants to international inspection
… On 28 September 1984, the 266th plenary meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was held. In a summary document of the meeting entitled …
EventThe South African Football Association (SAFA) is founded
… (SAFA) was founded on 8 December 1991 after a long period of racial segregation. Mluleki George was elected to serve as the interim chairman for the first…
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… The Union of South Africa was established in 1910. Although South … he received much support from Afrikaners in all parts of South Africa. Following the…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… One of Bush Radio’s board members and a strong anti-apartheid … William Tilden McClain passed away on Sunday the 02nd of October 2011. We at Bush Radio …
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
… when close to 400 paratroopers were dropped near the town of Cassinga. The airborne troops bombed the South West Africa … (SWAPO) refugee camp and People’s…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… was formerly known as Kent Park. It has a Seating Capacity of 28 000. Gauteng and Transvaal Cricket Teams both use it as … Home Grounds. Fondly known as the…
Matthews being used to turn SABC into a laughing stock: ANC (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… and described as “opportunistic” the public announcement of his resignation as acting group CEO on Monday. Editors … SABC Matthews had declared his decision…
ArchiveFrom conscience politics to the battlefield
… and took its active opposition beyond the boundaries of parliamentary politics . Members of the Natal Division played a leading role in this shift. The party…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.3 1992
… Laat Losbars, Stephen Samuels. Essays: The Politics of Feminism in South Africa, Desiree Lewis; Robben Island … Now': Filling the Void, Danny Schechter; The…
PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
… Construction of Koeberg began in 1976 and Unit 1 was synchronized to the … 25 July 1985. It is situated at Duynefontein, 27km North of Cape Town on the…
PlaceTown Hall, 25 Market Street, Uitenhage
… the 1820’s there was a strong move locally for the Capital of the Colony to be situated in Uitenhage. When the Town Hall … rose again. The huge Wild Fig Tree…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Zoutpansberg
… The Nederduits Gereformeerde congregation of Zoutpansberg was established at Renosterpoort, by S … lived to be 91 years old. The photos portray what the area…
PlaceIrish House, Polokwane Museum
… Right in the centre of the city of Polokwane is Irish House, a Victorian building that was … and upon his release he found the building in a state of…
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… In 1925 the Township owners of Houghton Estate, the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd. Donated the original portion of The Wilds to the…
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… He was educated at Jeppe High School and the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), and later appointed to a teaching post in the Marico district of the…
EventNomsa Mapongwana is assassinated
… Thirty-four year old Nomsa Mapongwana, wife of chairperson Michael Mapongwana of the United Democratic Front (UDF) affiliated Western Cape … West. Mapongwana…
EventButhelezi snubs ANC and homeland leaders
… (ANC) and other five homeland leaders to discuss ways of ending the violence. It was essential for Buthelezi to attend such a meeting since members of both…
EventMigrant workers ransack Phola Park
… In the middle of the night, a group of migrant workers aligned with the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) ransacked the Phola Park squatter camp of East Rand…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… under the South African administration by the League of Nations after the First World War. When the United Nations … Prime Minister, General Smuts argued for…
EventBlast opposite the Athlone Magistrate’s Court and police complex kills two people
… Court and police complex, which took the lives of two African National Congress (ANC) activists. Two … the underground cell Williams and Waterwitch were…
EventAlleged Mk members are killed
… received about a planned infiltration, via Botswana, of a group of six heavily armed MK guerrillas. When the minibus carrying … to meet the group at the…