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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…
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… On 13 March 1994, Lucas Mangope was ousted as President of the homeland of Bophuthatswana. Mangope came to power in Bophuthatswana in 1966 during the reign…
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… active after her grandfather's arrest at the age of ten. While she attended high school, she started to work … for the African National Congress (ANC). At…
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… have been hunted for several centuries, the exploitation of elephant herds on a massive scale began in the 1970s. Organized gangs of poachers used automatic…
EventIFP proposes truce with ANC
… (ANC) as an effort to calm violent clashes between members of the two parties. The Secretary General of the IFP, Oscar Dhlomo , communicated the peace offer…
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… The Huguenots were French Protestants who were members of the Calvinist Reformed Church that was established in … France for their religious beliefs…
EventWorld Population Day
… Day. This day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was a result of the interest generated by the…
EventLocal government elections thrown in disarray
… The Constitutional Court's ruling against the use of decree powers by President Nelson Mandela, threw the … disarray. The National Party's (NP) provincial…
EventHelen Suzman is born
… 36 years in Parliament she defended the right to freedom of expression for all South Africans; with great courage she … became its sole representative in…
EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
… during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Col. H.B. Bottomley of the Imperial White Horse warned the king that, under … armed by the British. There is controversy…
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… The Jameson Raid of 1895 did tremendous harm to the relationship between the … Office in South Africa appointed a Mr Labouchere as head of a South African…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… 1895 after a long battle with a throat cancer. The son of a successful industrialist, he was sent to England to help … in Manchester Engels was stunned by…
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… In April 1894, Chief Malaboch (Mmaleboho, Mmaleboxo) of the Bahananwa (Xananwa) people refused to leave his traditional mountain kingdom of Blouberg as…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced the suspension of its active participation in both chambers of parliament and in the constitution-making process. IFP ……
PlaceQueen’s Tavern, 16 Stamford Hill Road, Durban
… Built as a gentleman's club in 1894, this is one of Durban’s few remaining links with its Colonial past. It is … Monument. Graham Leonard signed it as the…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… the United Kingdom formally recognised the independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, … Orange River Sovereignty. This…
ArchiveGerman/South African cultural weeks: 2004
… Notice of German South African cultural weeks in South Africa from September to November 2004. Logos of various sponsors. Multicoloured poster. List of…
ArchiveNUMSA 1993 Shop Stewards elections
… NUMSA poster - notice of Shop Stewards elections. White, red, black and yellow poster. Artwork of a crowd of people carrying a yellow flag with words of…
ArchiveWorkers! do you know your rights on
… The Department of Labour poster. Multicoloured poster. For information on wages, maternity leave, hours of work and leave, list of Department of Labour…
ArchiveAmanece en Centro America
… Orange and black background of artwork of countries of Central America.Title in white letters. Black and white …
ArchiveParticipa en la revolucion activando la produccion
… la produccion. Ministerio del Trabajo poster. Yellow row of tractors. Blue row of trowels, Green row of factories. Orange row of men. …
ArchiveDemand their release
… UDF poster demanding release of detainees. Light green poster with black lettering. List of names of people in detention. Image of prison with barbed wire in…
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… Street in Mofolo, the Mofolo Arts Centre is a hub of cultural and artistic exploration in Soweto. The centre is one of the few institutions that gave…
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
… Sounds of "sizobuya naye uMsholozi" (we will come back with … Jacob Zuma on arrival to the area. On the second leg of his four-day Eastern Cape visit, Zuma…
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
… handy, but was not able to reply earlier as the question of the World Congress was not settled. So far as our … difficulty here and there is a small minority…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… difficult relationship with his father, Bailey spent most of his time with Dutch friends who lived nearby. He attended … in Yorkshire, England and after…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… where he joined a religious community, The Society of the Sacred Mission. This organisation transferred him to … felt it was his duty to speak out against…
7.Madras merchants protest against an order to uncover and remove their boots in court
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the following petition to the resident magistrate of Durban on…
PlaceCompensation, Settlement near Durban
… Compensation is a Settlement 43 km North-East of Durban, on the route to Umhlali-Tongaat. The Area of Compensation got its name from Compensation Farm…