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EventPresident Zuma visits Russia
… in Russia on the 8th, on the 9th he joined a number of world leaders at the Russian capiral Moscow for the 70th anniversary of the end of World War 2…
EventThe Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape
… Even though none of the Khoisan languages form part of the eleven official languages of South Africa, they are still highly regarded. The …
EventSADF raid Southern Angola
… The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern … fighters are believed to have been killed,…
EventMinister introduces free and compulsory education
… The Minister of Bantu Education M.C. Botha announced that the government moved towards the introduction of free and compulsory education for Black pupils…
EventChristian Institute declared an affected organisation
… The Minister of Justice, James Thomas (Jimmy) Kruger, declared the … organisation under the Affected Organisation's Act of 1974. This Act served to weaken…
EventThe Conservative Party decides on talks with National Party and expel a member
… up a White state (volkstaat). The caucus expelled a Member of Parliament, Koos van der Merwe, because he did not adhere … Democratic South Africa (CODESA),…
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
… that the African National Congress (ANC), received a sum of R2 million from former Prime Minister of the Transkei, Stella Sigcau. He also alleged that the…
EventPastor Sekano Ntoane is born
… Church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), S.G. Sekano … was then the Education Advice Council and on the Council of the…
EventThe Transvaal National Union is established
… reason behind its formation was to further the interests of Uitlanders (Foreigners i.e. immigrants from abroad who flocked to the ZAR after the discovery of…
PlaceWagon Museum
… First 'Raadsaal' in Bloemfontein and houses a collection of historic wagons and carriages such as the spring wagon, … coach, mule wagon, spider and Cape cart…
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
… The reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol on Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… in tertiary education fees, due to the high inflation of the South African economy, the news fell on an already … student body. #FeesMustFall began at the…
Statement on ANC central number and information line, 10 October 2005
… about the organisation. By dialling one number, members of the public can access background information on the ANC … recent news, and voter registration and…
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… (JG Strijdom tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m, it has … Mount Isa Chimney in Queensland,…
In conclusion
… “the hardship of the workers made me determined never to give up” When we … People in the fishing industry only work for 4 months of the year. They sometimes…
EventCricketer Omar Henry born
… in Stellenbosch on 23 January 1952.[i] In 1987, at the age of 34, Henry became the first South African cricketer of colour to be selected to play in an …
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… in tertiary education fees, due to the high inflation of the South African economy, the news fell on an already … student body. #FeesMustFall began at the…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.1 Oct-Dec 1958
… The Pattern of Betrayal. Cartoon, David Marias. An Open Letter to the United Nations, Paramount Chief of the Hereros. South West Africa and the United…
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… by Rhodes on 27 February 1899 from the deceased estate of JR Reid. Historical events in the rest of South Africa kept Rhodes away from his home, and it was ……
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods is banned
… Newspaper and Imprint Registration Act no 19, a version of an earlier act that required that all newspapers be registered and conform to a strict code of…
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… beginning in 1969. In 1971 and 1972, through the support of the NSA and the Italian Consulate in Durban, he attended … collections including the Durban Art…
EventANC calls on International community to save lives
… At the end of the Soekmekaar and Silverton trial in Pretoria, three … Tsepo Mashigo 20, and Naphtali Manani were found guilty of high treason, the murder of…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… On 6 January 1978, Donald James Woods, editor of the banned Daily Dispatch a newspaper based in East London … for revealing Security Police brutality. After…
EventKhotso House is bombed
… The South African Council of Churches (SACC) headquarters, Khotso House, based in … anti-apartheid groups a year after a blast at Congress of South African…
EventStudents at Durban
… During ongoing unrest at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) owing to political activism and a … Congress (SANSCO) based, students staged a boycott of…
EventIFP declares attacks on UDF as self-defence
… in this war that started shortly after the emergence of the UDF as a front for the African National Congress. The IFP saw the emergences of the popular UDF…
EventThousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington
… the first time in U.S. history. In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the Bush administration declared a 'war on terrorism', with the stated goals of…
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… (ANC) led government. Botha, who became Prime Minister of the Republic of South Africa in 1978 and later its President from 1984-89, … issued after a private…
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
… The mining industry in South Africa remains one of the most hazardous professions, this despite the enormous … the deepest man-made excavations to date…
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… in Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province), Union of South Africa. The campaign was prompted by the introduction of the Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance in…