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EventPeter Clarence van Riet Lowe, archaeologist and civil engineer who built 109 bridges in SA, is born in Aliwal North, CC.
… A civil engineer by profession, Clarence was in charge of construction of over a hundred bridges in South Africa. It was during the construction of the…
The Neglected Tradition
… In 1987 when I was first approached by Christopher Till of the Johannesburg Art Gallery to curate an exhibition of art by 'black South Africans, I spent much…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The announcement came after the … the whole world was…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… On 2 June 2012, he was crowned South African Surfer of the Year at the 2012 South African Surfing Awards.[v] … Travis Logie announced his retirement from the…
Thanks, Jimi, this is good for you and the broader SA (The Times Editorial), 28 June 2016
… Matthews joins a long list of staffers who are not prepared to stomach nonsense and take … in apartheid policies to muzzle the truth in favour of sunshine…
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… to promote Black solidarity and foster the philosophy of Black Consciousness. Envisaged as a broad-based … was elected as the BPC's first president. The…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… In 1821, the British Government took control of the British trading forts. In 1844, Fanti chiefs on the … the Convention People's Party (CPP) to power with…
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
… to a doctor, and her lawyer was also detained. At the time of her detention she was amongst 335 other people who were detained under the State of Emergency…
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… her involvement, but in 2003, Bulelani Ngcuka was accused of acting as an apartheid spy under the alias of Agent RS452. It soon emerged that Brereton was…
PlaceRiverside
… made his home at Riverside. A notorious miser whose mode of dress was more suited to the life-style of a homeless pauper, he soon accumulated a vast fortune…
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… Lee], which is absolutely lies. Towards the beginning of January last year, we workers of Steel Ceilings and Aluminium Works Ltd. formed our … that will take…
EventA cargo plane crashes into a market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing at least 350 people
… Air Antonov 32 cargo plane crashed into a market made of wood and iron shacks, killing between 250 and 350 people in Kinshasa, Zaire (now The Democratic…
PlaceDiep River
… its hospitality and in the 1840's became the headquarters of the Cape Hunt. It also became a popular destination for … house the Eaton Convalescent Home. In…
Nelson Mandela Mandela and Winnie’s studies
… through newspapers left carelessly by warders. After years of protest they graduated to a restricted number of papers and to the radio, and eventually to TV…
EventChad gains its independence
… to make Chad a French protectorate – under the command of conqueror Rabih al-Zubayr, the Kimgdoms of the Kanem-Bournu, Baguirmi and Ouaddai fought…
PlaceMvezo, Eastern Cape
… Mvezo is a small Village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The Village is mainly known as being the…
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… Former name of Luderitz Bay. Portuguese for 'bay of tacks', this name was given in 1488 by the Portuguese … with the neighbouring chiefs, who ceded large…
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
… globally, but as the rand takes a hit so does the price of textbooks for already overburdened students in South … costs to date by adopting open textbooks,…
PlaceLand Adjoining Earle’s Dyke, Camps Bay.
… This strip of land is still in its natural state and extends from Lion's Head down to the sea, giving visitors a view of one of the most beautiful natural…
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… At a special conference of the South African Labour Party (SALP), Colonel Creswell’s … annual conference which was held in East London in January of the same…
EventWilhelmina Johanna (Wilma) Stockenström is born
… theatre productions, but it was only when her first book of poetry, Vir die bysiende leser, (aptly named because of the use of large font) was published in…
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
… at the Cape, it was inhabited by various other people. Two of the most well-known groups are the Khoikhoi, who had been … herders and the San, who had been…
EventPolitical activists seek refuge in the British Consulate in Durban
… Six political refugees, Archie Gumede, the president of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Mewa Ramgobin, George … position. It could not expel the men into…
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… that South Africa was completely self sufficient in terms of its arms manufacturing capability, the Apartheid regime … to South Africa. Magnetrons are vital…
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique sign a non-aggression pact
… President Samora Machel of Mozambique and Prime Minister PW Botha of South Africa signed the Nkomati Accord, a non-aggression, … non-aggression pact known as…
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… The unbanning of the South African liberation movements on 2 February 1990 … political structures. This transformation was the focus of the Groote Schuur and…
EventThe first British Settlers arrive in Algoa Bay
… arrived in Algoa Bay, (now Port Elizabeth) on board of twenty-one ships, the first being the Chapman. They … about 4500 and included artisans, tradesmen,…
EventMangosutho Buthelezi reveals his daughter died from HIV/Aids
… openness about circumstances leading to the death of his two children was welcomed by AIDS activists hoping … about AIDS and contribute towards the…
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… year old Sphiwe Mpungose were under the fatalities. Nine of the injured remained on the critical list. The stadium has a capacity of 60,000 but eyewitnesses…
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… The 1996 Atlanta Olympics marked the 100 year celebration of the Olympic Games. The event, unofficially known as the … marred by a terrorist bomb explosion…