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ArchiveRace 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…
PlaceGazankulu
… Gazankulu was the homeland of the Shangaan and Tsonga people in South Africa. It was divided over two territories, west of the Kruger National Park, and its…
EventSomaliland is granted independence by British government
… 25 June 1960 marked the end of 73 years of British regime in Somaliland. Fireworks and singing crowds marked the Independence of Somaliland and celebrations…
EventDr. Andries P. Treurnicht is re-elected NP leader in the Transvaal
… Dr. Andries P. Treurnicht, Minister of Public Works, Statistics and Tourism, was unanimously … As the chief spokesman for the conservative wing of the NP, he…
Culture in the New South Africa by Robert Kriger and Abebe Zegeye
… One of the many issues confronting post – apartheid South Africa is that the cultural expression of its citizens was severely limited by the policies of the…
EventUganda gains independence
… Bunyoro and Toro receiving federal status and a degree of autonomy. Buganda, under the leadership of Sir Edward Mutesa, was the most powerful kingdom. Milton…
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
… The decision to open the beaches was made after a number of protest multiracial swim-ins by anti-apartheid activists. He further promised the scrapping of…
EventRuth First is born
… , journalist, academic, political activist and the wife of former South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Joe … started while she was still a student at…
ArchiveCircular from Oliver Schreiner, Deputy Vice-President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… General circular from the Deputy Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students. The circular discusses the structure of the National Union…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… Constitution Hill is a Living Museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former … Country’s Constitutional Court,…
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
… The Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden in Ruimsig , is one of eight botanical gardens in South Africa. It covers almost 300 Hectares of ground with both…
EventThe second Carnegie Report on poverty in South Africa is released
… the appalling conditions in the rural areas and townships of South Africa. The first Carnegie inquiry into poverty in … years later, most Black South…
PlacePrince Alfred's Guard Museum, Port Elizabeth
… Prospect Road, was formed through the amalgamation of a Military Museum formerly housed in the Donkin Reserve Complex, and the Regimental Museum of the…
PlaceAll Saints Anglican Church, Durbanville
… the old parsonage, as well as a church hall and a garden of remembrance, dates from 1860 and is closely associated with the history and development of…
PlaceLanglaagte Deep Residential Village, Johannesburg
… behalf, was guided from Ferreira’s Camp to the main group of gold reefs by a son of the widow Petronella Oosthuizen, the owner of a farm at Langlaagte, on…
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… In 1954 the Minister of Justice C.R. Swart issued African National Congress (ANC) … and another confined him to the magisterial district of Lower Tugela,…
EventMoses Kotane, the South African Communist Party and African National Congress stalwart dies in Moscow
… suffered since 1968. In 1931 Kotane became active member of the South African Communist Party before it was banned in … membership and became National…
EventWaluz and Derby-Lewis are sentenced to death
… Judge C.F. Eloff sentenced Polish immigrant and supporter of the Neo-Nazi Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), Janusz … Clive's wife, acquitted. Eloff slammed…
EventGeneral Lothar Neethling sues Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail
… activists. Justice Johan Kriegler ruled in favour of the Vrye Weekblad and accepted Coetzee version of the story while he found Neethling to be an unreliable…
EventRSA introduces more press restriction
… introduced wider press restrictions under the 1986 state of emergency. The state of emergency gave the president powers to rule by decree and … measures…
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… mercenaries were arrested in Equatorial Guinea. Many of the suspects were South African, including the alleged leader of the advance party, Nick du Toit. The…
EventQueen Mother Elizabeth turns 100
… Queen Mother, celebrated her 100th birthday with thousands of people lining up in the streets of London to cheer her. The Queen Mother is the first member of…
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… Underlying political tensions between supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom … Movement (UDM) convened a meeting in Richmond -…
EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… Square police station just 12 days before the release of former president Nelson Mandela . At the time of his arrest, Sithole was in a relationship with…
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a member of the ANC Youth League in the 1950s. After the banning of the ANC in 1960, Ngoyi went underground…
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…
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 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…