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EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
… set off from the Tagus River on 8 July 1497 with a crew of 148 men in a squadron of three square-riggers, the Sao Gabriel, the Sao Raphael, … four months…
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… human remains. The bones were suspected to be those of South West African People's Organisation fighters who may … been killed in the so-called nine-day war …
EventHealth Minister Tshabalala-Msimang announces that SA pledges R20 million to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
… Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, announced at a meeting of the World Health Assembly in Geneva that South Africa was … time, lagging behind other African…
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… and Beira in Mozambique was completed. The construction of the Beira Railway to Umtali was completed in February … to Pauling & Co., its constructors. The…
EventM.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a whites-only train carriage
… and this event proved a remarkable influence on the future of his political life. Gandhi was later instrumental in protesting against policies of…
EventBritain imposes an embargo on Rhodesian trade
… Ian Douglas Smith, announced the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI). During his announcement Smith said; … stalemate in negotiations has become…
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
… Many South Africans have heard of the ‘Bang Bang Club,’ a nickname given to four South African photographers who captured the dying years of apartheid…
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
… born into a Muslim family in Tangier, Morocco. At the age of 21 Battuta set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The trip … his memory. Experts have disputed his…
Document 26 - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956
… Dear Sir, I very much appreciate your sending me a copy of yr 1tr of 1 Sept. I endorse much of what you say, particularly about hatred. I agree with your …
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… acclaim. Motswai was born on 27 May 1963, in Soweto, South of Johannesburg. Although he was born deaf, he became a … Soweto." He attended art classes at FUBA…
EventGeorge Pemba, artist and playwright is born in Port Elizabeth
… from his brother. In later years he was the recipient of several bursaries. He exhibited his work from 1928-1987. … commissioned by the Bantu Welfare Trust…
EventYouth has been burnt to death in Mahwelereng Township
… Mr Ronnie Molifi was stabbed and burnt to death by a group of youth in the Mahwelereng Township in Limpopo province. He was accused of being a man who was…
PlaceThe Old Durban Prison
… period to house political dissidents. The former location of the prison is on the corner of Walnut Rd and Dr AB Xuma St (formerly Commercial Road), and it is…
PlaceAbaxab, a Railway Siding in the Northern Cape
… Old Khoi name for 'Rooilyf', a railway siding 17 km North of Groblershoop, on the way to Sishen. The name means 'red body'. Definition: Track or set of…
ArchiveRelations with Other Groups Committee report
… Report of the subcommittee, Relations with other groups Committee, presented at the 60th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students,…
ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
… Hepple (1904-1983), politician and author, a member of the South African parliament for the white socialist … Aid Fund information service in London. He was…
Inner-Party Bulletin
… Bulletin produced by the Central Committee of the SACP for internal distribution only. Issue covers the replacement of the late Moses Mabhida as General…
ArchiveThe international situation
… This address was delivered at the 9th National Conference of the Non-European Movement in Pietermaritzburg, on the 3rd-5th of January, 1962. This paper…
Liberation
… Liberation was founded in Johannesburg as a magazine of quality, focusing on issues of concern to Blacks and non-establishment Whites in South Africa. It was…
ArchivePrejudice in modern perspective
… Professor Dordon W Allport and centres around the subject of prejudices be it a "love prejudice" or "hate prejudice", … for or against an object. As defined…
ArchiveGroup conflicts and race prejudice
… Memorial Lecture in which there is discussion on the topic of race prejudices in South Africa and the impact it has on … exists in South Africa. Taking into…
Yarra Yarra, St Georges Street, Simonstown
… The grounds of this property originally formed part of the Studlands estate which had been granted to JP Eksteen on 5 May 1779 for the erection of a wijnhuis…
PlaceWandel and Barnet Streets, Gardens
… The five properties involved are part of a larger complex of Georgian terrace Houses, The original portions of this House reputedly served as an out-building…
PlaceDrill Hall, Darling Street, Cape Town
… The foundation stone of the Drill Hall was laid on 2 October 1884 by Thomas Upington, then Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. The building, designed by James…
Yukon, Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… in 1911 for TF Allen, who subsequently became Mayor of Johannesburg from 1917 to 1919. It is a testament to the … expectations that initially surrounded the…
EventNotices served on Solly Sachs
… The then Minister of Justice, C.R. Swart, served two notices on Solly Sachs, an official of the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa (GWU). The first…
EventSelassie becomes emperor
… Haile Selassie in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, after the death of Empress Zaudito. After 45 years of rule, Selassie was ousted by Marxist dictator Mengistu … into…
EventFirst ANC Conference in SA in three decades
… in importance with such historic moments as the Congress of the People convened in June 1955; the Defiance Campaigns of 1952 and 1989; the launching of the…
EventSchabir Shaik is convicted on two corruption charges
… A close friend of former deputy president Jacob "JZ" Zuma and successful … businessman Schabir Shaik was found guilty on two counts of corruption and one…
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
… As result of the National Party's withdrawal, President Nelson Mandela … African National Congress (ANC) appointees. The Ministry of General Services was…