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EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… and a Black unnamed father. Due to the apartheid policies of the day, her parents were not allowed to marry, and her mother was forced to spend the term of…
EventAnna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born
… in the Eastern Cape on 24 December 1906. At the age of five she joined theatre and continued to perform until … which began in 1938. In 1952 she was the co…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… Its beautiful heavily wooded Valley became the main source of timber for the building and repairs of ships and also for buildings such as the Castle of Good…
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… South Africa reacted with shock at the passing away of veteran political activist, artist and writer Hilda … away on the 9th September 2006 in Cape Town at…
EventCPSA is founded
… The founding conference of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) took place in Cape Town from 30 July … and announced the establishment, aims and…
PlaceEllis Park
… and concerts. The Emirates Airline Park has been the site of numerous significant milestones in South African sporting … first major international sporting…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… South African singer Miriam Makeba dies at the age of 76 after a 30 minute performance for Roberto Saviano in the Italian town of Caserta. Nicknamed 'Mama…
EventDF Malan mentions the term 'Apartheid' in Parliament for the first time
… was a practice and an ideology to ensure the safety of the White race and of Christian civilisation by the maintenance of principles of separate development…
ArchiveWorking in the apartheid city: worker struggles in Durban, 1959-1979
… Thesis has been submitted for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of Natal, Durban, 1994. According to …
ArchiveConformity and conflict: Afrikaner nationalist politics in South Africa
… Thesis sumitted to the Faculty of Social Studies, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Oxford University. This thesis includes …
ArchiveANC Perspective on models for South Africa's future constitutional dispensation
… Report of a Group A, Commission 5 on the African National Congress's … be appropriate to a future South Africa, the advantages of a federal system as opposed…
EventManilal Gandhi leads a resistance group across the Natal
… Certificate given to active supporters of the Passive Resistance Campaign During the Defiance Campaign, Manilal Gandhi leads a batch of Passive Resistors…
EventUS Senator Edward Kennedy visits SA
… In January, Senator Edward Kennedy of the United States visited South Africa to show his … the South African people. He was hosted by the recipient of the…
EventPolice pounce on AWB members
… Terreblanche (Terre'Blanche), and eight other members of the right-wing group the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging … after uncovering illegal arms caches in…
EventThird Pan African Parliament session begins in Midrand
… The third session of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) began at its temporary home in Gallagher Estate in Midrand, north of Johannesburg. The session was…
EventDiplomatic relations between SA and Iraq annoys USA
… Relations between South Africa and the United States of America (USA) became strained by South Africa's … The relations were concluded during November 1998…
EventJames Sebe Moroka is born
… landowner and politician who was elected president-general of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1949 to 1952, was … in Thaba Nchu, Orange Free State…
PlaceRiebeek Kasteel
… The village of Riebeek Kasteel was established in about 1861, and was located at the foot of the Mountain of the same name. The Area was first visited in…
EventJoachim Ammena van Plettenberg is born in the Netherlands
… in the Netherlands. He came to the Cape as an employee of the Dutch East India Company (DEIC). In 1767 he became “Independent-Fiscal”, the highest official…
EventThe last ‘Peru and Bala’ show is hosted on Lotus FM
… FM and they began featuring ‘Peru and Bala’ (personas of two old men) for ten minutes every Saturday morning on … no less than 850 episodes for Lotus FM over…
PlaceBrackenfell, Cape Town
… In 1901, Andries Brink sold a portion of his farm: 'Kruispad', to George Henry Walton. He was a … who then renamed the farm: 'Brackenfell', in honour of his…
Amulets & Dreams by Omar Badsha and Guy Tillim
… The book and exhibition opened in Durban at the launch of the African Union by the OAU Secretary General Amara Essay … blew their way across vast grasslands…
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… Oliver Tambo met Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)’s Central Committee. In his … who would succeed…
PlaceTogo
… Togo is a country of western Africa. Lomé, the capital, is situated in the south-west of the Country and is the largest city and port. Until 1884, … is now…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… Rhodes was sickly as a teenager and suffered bouts of asthma. His family sent him to Natal, South Africa, to … Africa, Rhodes became involved in the mining…
EventDutch Foreign Minister Luns is asked by the Johannesburg
… On 16 February 1960, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs J.M.A.H Luns was asked by … laws and first to see that Holland "casts the beam out of its own eye…
EventKwame Nkrumah is released from jail
… People's Party (CPP), won the 1951 elections. As leader of the new government, Nkrumah prioritised unifying the four territories of the Gold Coast, as Ghana…
EventMandela visits Zambia
… years in jail, he had been following a gruelling schedule of rallies, meetings and interviews. His first foreign destination was the headquarters of the…
EventSpringboks beat Scotland at Murrayfield
… South Africa's tour of the British Isles finished on an upbeat note as Jake … takes Scotland apart at Murrayfield, winning 10-45. Two of the Springbok tries…
EventMarais Steyn dies
… opposition and government politician Marais Steyn, died of heart failure at the age of 83 in Stellenbosch. His political career started in 1948, … Party MP…