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EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… traded with neighbouring countries for weapons at the cost of civilian lives. The seriousness of the situation prompted the United Nations to order a ……
EventSouth African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies
… A political activist and Chairman of the South African Communist Party (SACP) , Dr. Yusuf … at Highgate Cemetery, a few metres away from the grave of Karl…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is born
… Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe who would become a leader of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) was born to Hubert and … Province (now known as Eastern Cape). He was the…
EventProf. Raymond Arthur Dart, SA anthropologist and expert on the Taung skull, dies in Sandton, Johannesburg
… Raymond Dart was born in Queensland Australia in 1893. One of nine siblings, he grew up on a farm herding cattle. He won a scholarship to study at the…
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… a special liking to the Cape; which became the subject of most of his paintings. In1916, Wenning moved to the Cape, became a … led to him achieving master…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… trade union activist was born in Johannesburg. He was one of the chief negotiators at the Codesa talks that opened the … in Mangaung, Free State. Here he…
EventDarrell Roodt was born on this day
… was born in Johannesburg. Growing up during the height of Apartheid South Africa, he always used the art of film to condemn the racially oppressive regime…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The Federation of South African Women's Papers, University of the Witwatersrand Historical Documents Section. The Food…
PlaceTylden, Eastern Cape
… Tylden in the region of Eastern Cape is a town in South Africa. Serving as landing site and home of settlers in the 1820's . The Eastern Cape also remains…
ArchiveBoycott the Can
… out soft drinks tin; text: Boycott the Can; The management of Metal Box retrenched 22 black workers and after a week … 1985 workers went on strike demanding…
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
… silkscreen yellow green black red blend on white; graphics of people working; soliders, people marching; text: We call … society where basic human rights are…
EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
… Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, a staunch opponent of 'separate development' (Apartheid) and leader of the opposition Progressive Federal Party (PFP), resigned…
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
… African engineer, Nuno Gomes, entered the Guinness Book of Records for mankind’s deepest dive ever on 13 June 2005. Gomes’318.25m plunge beat the record of…
EventTanganyika formally ends all trade ties with South Africa
… trade relations with South Africa. Tanganyika became one of the first countries in Africa to impose sanctions on South Africa. The majority of countries in…
EventBishop Ambrose Reeves returns to South Africa
… cleric, Dr Richard Ambrose Reeves, Anglican (Church of the Province of South Africa) Bishop of Johannesburg, returned to South Africa from his long leave ……
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… apartheid and its dangers to African education, freedom of movement, land and residential rights, and employment … proposed solution to their challenges was…
EventPolitician and Community leader Horatio Mbelle dies
… He was widely regarded as the best court interpreter of his day and was a talented rugby and cricket player who … He was also instrumental in the anti-pass…
EventRuth First is assassinated in Mozambique
… , journalist, academic, anti-apartheid activist and member of the South African Communist Party , was brutally killed by … time with her husband, Joe Slovo ,…
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
… Service Officer Dimitri Tsafendas stabs main architect of apartheid Prime Minister H.F. Verwoed to death. A prior … in the face. Verwoed was sitting at his…
EventWinnie Mandela is elected ANCWL president
… Mandela’s former wife and politician was elected President of the African National Congress’ Women’s League (ANCWL) on 8 … all ANC leadership posts,…
EventTutu and Mkhatshwa join solidarity fast
… Bishop Desmond Tutu of the Anglican Church, and Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa of the Catholic Church, held a morning-to-sunset hunger strike to support the…
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
… Robert Moffat, missionary of the London Missionary Society at Kuruman and father-in-law of Dr David Livingstone, was born in Ormiston, Scotland, to a … and…
Simon van der Stel is succeeded by his eldest son
… Simon van der Stel , who became commander of the Cape on 12 October 1679 and was promoted to governor … Adriaan van der Stel. Upon his retirement, Simon was…
EventBartolomeu Dias reaches present Mossel Bay
… discovered that he had sailed past the southern-most point of Africa. A strong wind had driven him so far south of Cape Point that he did not see it and had…
EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… Six. After matriculation he enrolled at the University of Cape Town for a BA LLB degree and later became a lawyer, … Omar was his spokesperson. Omar was the…
EventTobacco Products Control Ammendmant Bill passed
… Products Control Amendment Bill, which bans all forms of tobacco advertising and prohibits smoking in public places, including workplaces. The passage of the…
EventWinnie Mandela sued by the government
… they were suing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former president, Nelson Mandela, for more than two million rands, the equivalent value of…
EventCullinan diamond is cut into two
… The Cullinan diamond was cut into two big stones, The Star of Africa and the Cullinan 2, as well as seven fairly big stones and ninety-six small stones. The…
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… On 26 August 1966, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the armed wing of SWAPO, fought in a battle against South African occupying … August, …
EventWhite sympathisers join evicted Black squatters in a protest
… Black squatters in a protest against the demolition of shanty dwellings outside Cape Town. This was the third day of an operation aimed removing an estimated…