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EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in … to Tanzania. He returned with the Tanzanian-aided…
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… The killing of eleven people at Donnybrook, Kwazulu-Natal on the 21 March 1996 can be considered as part of the ongoing rivalry between supporters of the…
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the Cape, Jan van … the city by Cecil John Rhodes, a politician and financier of the late 19th…
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal (now Ilanga), dies in … D.Phil. from a South African…
”A House in Harrington Street”, photographic exhibition by Nicholas Eppel
… exhibition reflects three years in the life and household of long-time Harrington Street resident, Elizabeth Barrett, … to community living against the rapid…
EventLady Diana Spencer is killed in a car accident in Paris
… as Princess Diana was born in 1961. She married the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne of England, Charles, and became the royal Princess of Wales. Their…
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… 0n 6 April 1994, an extraordinary event in the history of the African continent took place in Kigali, Rwanda when … from two countries were assassinated…
EventTwenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death for the Lari massacre in Kenya
… Nine months after the Lari Massacre of 26 March 1953, twenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen were sentenced … event happened 10 years before the independence of the…
No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
… time, the inquest revealed full and horryfying details of how political detainees are treated. What exactly happened … known only to his interrogators. But…
PlaceMagnet Theatre, Cape Town
… with Jazzart Dance Theatre, Southern Edge Arts of Western Australia, Theatre Spirale as well as the University of Cape Town (UCT) Drama School amongst many…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… This interesting and Historic Village of Genadendal is the oldest Moravian Mission Village in … organ in South Africa. Genadendal, which means; 'Valley of…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… a student at Sastri College in Durban. [A.I. Kazi, leader of the Natal Indian Congress for twenty years (from 1920s to … were fighting his conservative…
ArchiveWhose Reality Mr. Botha?
… A2 red and black on white, litho; maps of SA with bars; text: Whose reality Mr Botha? thousands of innocent people detained; hundreds of innocent people…
EventDraft laws are gazetted
… These include greatly increased mobility and security of tenure for Blacks qualified to be in White areas. The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Piet…
EventNew ANC National Working Committee is elected
… The African National Congress (ANC) announced the names of members of a new National Working Committee (NWC) that was to be responsible for the day-to-day…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog founds the Free State National Party
… was to function on a federal basis, separate branches of the party were founded in the other three provinces of the Union of South Africa shortly afterwards…
EventAllison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion is born
… in Natal. He assumed the full-time secretary position of the Transvaal branch of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) when it … from Cape Town…
EventErmelo is founded
… Ermelo, the educational, industrial and commercial centre of a 7,750m² district in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa was founded by the Reverend Frans…
EventPretoria’s first Black mayor
… residents were moved to Mamelodi. He was the headmaster of Mamelodi High School and chairman of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). On … 24…
Constitution Hill - Free tours for pensioners during October and November
… To celebrate the International Day of the Older People on October 01st, Constitution Hill is offering complimentary tours of the site during the Month of…
ArchiveMajority rule: some notes
… This forms part of a collection of articles which formed part of a series in The Educational Journal. The series of … Teachers' League of South Africa, Cape…
EventInternational Nurses Day.
… around the world every year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, who is considered the founder of modern nursing. She made many…
EventSouth Africa Grants independence to Venda and Gazankulu homelands
… The republic of South Africa grants independence to Venda and Gazankulu . … is in line with the government's internal control strategy of 'divide and rule'…
ArticleAbout South African History Online (SAHO)
… SAHO's founder, Omar Badsha , received the National Order of Ikhamanga (Silver) for preserving our country’s heritage … silence on our past and challenge…
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
… designed in an Edwardian style, was erected by the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church to commemorate the arrival of French Huguenot settlers in 1688. Its…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… Kroondal, situated on a farm, was one of 22 German Lutheran mission congregations established in … existence since 1843, was registered in 1858 in the name…
PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
… In the language of the Shangaan people , the name 'Balule' is the Tsonga word … Reserve covers 40 000 Hectares on the Western Boundary of the Kruger National…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… then returned to South Africa and became Managing Director of the Corporation in 1945. During the 1950s he was involved in the expansion of Anglo American's…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 3: Dont help sellouts to get R40 000 a year
… This pamphlet analysis and illustrates the results of the elections held in 1981, in which the government … movement introduced the Dont Vote Campaign and…
Race attitudes and education
… which was delivered by E G Malherbe, who held the position of Principal of Natal University College at the time. In this lecture, he tries to analyse the…