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EventRugby player Breyton Paulse is included in the national team after the ANCYL challenged the decision to omit him
… Africa did not lose a single series until 1956. The game of ruby developed along with the political ideology of apartheid, and soon became representative of…
Secret Ballot
… And Political Satire Farce’. It follows the exploits of 5 members of ‘The Brotherhood’. This here organization is one designed … Tender_prenuers and Busy…
ArchiveThe Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… This pamphlets tries to highlight a series of events that the Pan African Congress (PAC)has been involved with in relation to the freedom struggle of the…
ArchiveThe agrarian problem
… An address delivered by I B Tabata to the Society of Young Africa (SOYA); an organisation affiliated to the Unity Movement and consists mainly of young urban…
PlaceElsie’s River
… The village of Elsie's River, also known as Elsie's Kraal River, was probably named in honour of one Elsje van Suurwaarde, a widow who outlived two … on 13…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… and enrolled at Adams College at Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. In 1944 he enrolled at the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Science in Johannesburg. While in…
Steve Biko National Conference 2014
… 20 Years of Democracy: STILL CONFRONTING CHALLENGES TO NATION-BUILDING … Nation in One Azania a Myth? Prof Saths Cooper President of the IUPsyS and VP of the…
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… Hendrik Hanekom and his wife Mathilda were pioneers of Afrikaans professional theatre. Hendrik died on *14 … to create theatre awareness in the rural areas…
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… launched by the Passive Resistance Councils (PRC) of Natal and the Transvaal. SAIC also decided to send a delegation to New York to assist in the preparation…
EventAllan Boesak is born
… influential positions. In 1982 he became the President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, which claimed to represent about 70 … Protestants…
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
… had been approved. The scheme involved the conversion of Newclare, the Western Native Township and the Southern part of Claremont to 'Coloured' townships,…
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
… At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the South African government was divided on the issue of participation. However, the vote to fight on the side of…
EventNOCSA announces SA participation in Olympic games
… Sam Ramsamy, president of The National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA), announced South Africa's acceptance of an invitation to participate in the…
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… Winnie Mandela was formally charged with four counts of kidnapping and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others for the events surrounding the…
EventWorld Refugee Day
… special day for the world to make time for the resilience of forcibly displayed people to the entire world. The United National Commissioner of Refugees …
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… former South African prime minister and chief architect of apartheid was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to … South Africa in 1903. Verwoerd was elected…
EventNigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
… a women’s organisation with 20 000 members that comprised of literate and illiterate women. The organisation was thrust into the public eye when it organised…
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President’s Council a chance
… The leader of the New Republic Party (NRP), Vause Raw announced that his … as a start on the road to a negotiated future. The history of the President's…
EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
… thought that circumstances justify reconsideration of the Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act. The Immorality Act was one of the most controversial…
PlaceElizabeth le Roux Hostel, Bloemfontein
… The building is built in a victor The foundation-stone of the Elizabeth le Roux Hostel was laid in 1899. During the … a hospital and in 1906 it was purchased…
PlaceFree State Stadium
… Bloemfontein was originally built for the Rugby World Cup of 1995. Then, it was revamped to host a number of matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. Its…
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
… Rand gold mines. During the Second World War supporters of the Axis powers (Germany, Japan) came into conflict with … by Britain, France, the Soviet Union…
ArchiveD.I.V.I.D.E. And Rule; South Africas Bantust
… white; map showing Bantustans; text: Apartheid: 70% of the population are Africans. They are allocated 13% of the land -- the Bantustans. 17 % of the…
EventSipho Mutsi dies in police custody
… Seventeen-year-old activist and leader of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS), Sipho Mutsi, died in … announced that a state autopsy showed that…
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… A former member of the Volksraad of the South African Republic (Transvaal), representing the … Herbert Gladstone to constitute a government in terms of the…
ArchiveCircular from John Daniels, SRC Vice-President
… Circular from John Daniels, Vice-President of NUSAS, to SRC Presidents, NUSAS Executive, Local Committee … International Student Organisations, National…
PlaceAlbertville, Johannesburg
… Suburb of Johannesburg adjoinng Albertskroon, to the South-East of it. It was laid out in 1896 on the Farm 'Waterval' and was named in honour of the owner,…
PlaceAmikoob, a Plain in the Willomore Area; (Vogelstruisleegte)
… Khoikhoi name of Vogelstruisleegte, a plain some 21 km North of Willowmore. The people who roam the Karoo, are the descendants of the San (Bushman) and Khoi…
PlaceWoolsack House, Rondebosch
… Woolsack Drive is next to Rosebank and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Woolsack Drive has a length of 0.02 kilometres. This…
The African Element in Gandhi by Anil Nauriya
… on Gandhi’s twenty-one years in South Africa, the birth of Satyagraha and the transformation of Gandhi from a lawyer-servant of the Indian community to a…