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EventMandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace
… Peace the previous week. The announcement came a day short of Mandela's birthday, the first of its kind that he was going to celebrate behind closed … The…
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… In 1998 he became South Africa's first National Director of Public Prosecutions. After his appointment he resigned from all political posts to avoid…
EventPik Botha is born
… Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha , Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of President F.W. de Klerk was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (now North West…
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… Allan Boesak was arrested and appeared in court on charges of trying to enter a Black township without permit, but … to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, to…
EventThozamile Botha breaks banning order
… order and escaped to Lesotho. PEBCO was an affiliate of the banned United Democratic Front. Thozamile Botha studied BA Law with the University of Lesotho,…
EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
… The minister of Bantu Education, M.C. Botha, announced that the South … Afrikaans. New regulations were issued, leaving the choice of the medium of…
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… The body of Eric Mntonga, co-director of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South … ranking Ciskei police officers were arrested in the wake of…
EventLibrary and clinic names are changed in Pretoria
… The name of the Mid-City Library (Sammy Marks), city library of Pretoria, was changed to Es'kia Mphahlele Community … Square. Prof. Ezekiel (Es'kia)…
EventBBC reports demonstrations at a game ranch in SA
… BBC News reported that hundreds of demonstrators have protested at a game ranch in South Africa over the ill-treatment of fourteen baby elephants from…
EventANC makes first submission to TRC
… Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The submission of 300 pages comprised a detailed analysis of its record and strategy during its campaign against ……
EventN.P. van Wyk Louw is born
… was born in Sutherland, Karoo. He was second in line of four brothers, the youngest of which was the poet W.E.G. Louw. N.P. van Wyk Louw received … against…
EventRabbi Israel Abrahams is born
… Chief Rabbi of Cape Town and Hebrew scholar Israel Abrahams was born in … He came to South Africa in 1937 and held the position of chief rabbi for more than…
EventAfrikaans author, Lulu Latsky is born
… Louise (Lulu) Latsky, favourite author of Afrikaans books, mostly for children, was born in Carnarvon, in the Karoo region of South Africa. Latsky was known…
PlaceClumber, Eastern Cape
… The Village of Clumber was established on land allocated in 1820 to Dr Thomas Carlton, leader of a party of settlers from Nottinghamshire. In October 1893…
EventPaul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument
… Street in Pretoria used to be the official residence of then president of the Zuid Afrikaanse Republik (ZAR), Paul Kruger. The house … is said to have been…
ArchiveEllen Kuzwayo
… Dear Mr Mandela I acknowledge receipt of your memorandum dated 26 June 1992. However, an exchange of memoranda is no substitute for face-to-face talks. I was…
ArchiveHeinemann African Writers Series
… Advertisement for free African Writers Catalogue. Artwork of map of africa. List of countries and names and photographs of writers. …
ArchiveNotes from meeting with Pete Hathorn and Ross Harker
… Notes of a meeting held between Pete Hathorn and Ross Harker pushing for the complete abolition of the Trespass Act of Section 1 of the Illegal Squatting Act…
ArchiveJews for social justice invite you to a public meeting
… 27th November. Simon Kuper Hall, Oxford Synagogue. List of speakers. Artwork of Star of David with dove of peace. …
End conscription
… White, black and red poster. Photo of a conscript. Issued by the Progressive Society, PFP. National poster campaign of the Young Progressives. Photos of…
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… With the number of ballots already counted following yesterdays local … race well run. President Jacob Zuma will address thousands of supporters expected to…
ANC welcomes Cde Mac Maharaj appointment as President Zuma`s spokesperson, 7 July 2011
… The African National Congress welcomes the appointment of Cde Mac Maharaj, a veteran and stalwart of our movement, as President Jacob Zumas spokesperson. As…
Place'Aba Mponjwana', Drakensberg Mountains
… the Outer Horn and the Inner Horn. Said to mean 'Ridge of Horns'. One of the largest green canyons in the world, the Blyde River Canyon is a masterpiece…
EventThe Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill
… fighter, Mahatma Gandhi,sent telegrams to the Speaker of the Natal Legislative Assembly, Prime Minister Robinson, … In his telegrams Ghandi requested the…
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
… Orlando West ( Soweto ). The museum is named after one of the first casualties. But commerates all of those that marched through Soweto and shot at by…
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
… on to play other key roles, including becoming chairman of Media and Entertainment Company Avusa until he resigned in 2011. He is the Director of Barloworld…
EventP.W. Botha and Kenneth Kaunda in a historic meeting
… President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia met the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha, in a mobile home that had been set down in the middle of the African bush across South…
EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
… Chief among the factors that led to the adoption of a new constitution in Rhodesia on the 30 January 1979 (now … on to white minority rule. However this move…
EventWinnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrest
… order was not reimposed, bearing in mind the nature of the offence that she was charged with. At the time of her release she was on the last national…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… The colonial history of Equatorial Guinea dates back to 1471 when Portuguese … way to India, Portuguese explorers discovered the island of Bioko, and later…