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EventA Xhosa film wins Golden Bear award
… award as the best film at the 55th Berlin Film Festival in Germany. The film was shot in the Cape Town Township of Khayelitsha. The musical, sung entirely in…
EventMoses Josiah Madiba is born
… branch of the Transvaal African Teachers' Association in 1930. In 1964 he received the British Council Visitor's Grant which … him to study primary and…
EventSouth African cricketer, AB de Villiers is born
… de Villiers is a South African cricketer of note. In 2011, he succeeded Graeme Smith and became captain of the … the second highest individual score by a…
EventFeminist writer and activist, Diana E. H. Russell is born
… Diana E.H. Russell was born in Cape Town on 6 November 1938. Her mother was British and … at the University of Cape Town, Russell left for Britain. In 1963,…
EventThe UN Security Council condemns all violations of its embargo against South Africa
… In 1963, the Security Council called upon states to stop the sale of arms to South Africa, and repeated the call in 1970 and again in 1972. It was however…
EventJoe Kachingwe is appointed Malawi’s first Ambassador to South Africa
… first Ambassador to South Africa and assumes office in Pretoria on 29 July 1971. This diplomatic move by both … state visit by South African Prime Minister,…
EventKenyan politician, businessman and mathematician, George Saitoti dies
… George Saitoti was born in Maasailand where he grew up herding cattle. He is of Masai … and Kikuyu descent which would prove to be a disadvantage in his…
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
… the time, she developed a heart condition and died. Born in Pretoria in 1911, Ngoyi worked as a nurse before she became an … eventually helped found the…
EventHestrie Cloete, world champion high jumper, is born
… Hestrie Cloete was born in Germiston, East of Johannesburg on 26 August 1978. She began participating in sports at an early age. Her long-time coach, Martin…
East Cape Update
… East Cape Update, published by East Cape News Agencies in Grahamstown, aimed to provide a reliable index of in-depth information and analysis of the Eastern…
PlaceBrandvlei, Karoo
… Abiekwakop is a Hillock 50 km North of Brandvlei, in the Kenhardt District. A Khoikhoi name derived for the … apparatus. Brandvlei is situated 170 km North…
ArchiveJoin Wits womens movement
… White background, title in green. Images of women in red holding letters 'women working' in white standing on a block showing words 'for a free …
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… minister P. W. Botha gathered business leaders together in a conference at the Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg. Here he announced his plan to launch the ……
PlacePakhuis Pass
… Pass (R364) is a spectacular 26.4 km paved mountain pass in South Africa's Western Cape , connecting Clanwilliam with … Leipoldt 's grave. Construction on…
PlaceWorkers’ Museum, Johannesburg
… of Life as a Migrant Worker, found at the Worker’s Museum in Newtown, Johannesburg , was master-minded by Henry Paine, … any aspect of this tragic practice…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… had been serving since the conclusion of the Rivonia Trial in 1964. The condition of his release is that he renounces … and violent protest, as a means to…
EventAir France A-300B Airbus hijacked from Athens arrives at Entebbe, Uganda
… route from Tel Aviv to Paris was hijacked after a stopover in Athens. The four hijackers were members of the Popular … for the Liberation of Palestine and…
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
… meet with the then-banned African National Congress (ANC) in Dakar, Senegal. Delegates were drawn from academic, … this ground-breaking meeting is regarded…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… since it attained its independence from British rule in 1962. In December 1980 Apollo Milton Obote, from the Uganda … the UPC had doctored the election…
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… 2005, Heritage Day, the Trojan Horse Memorial was unveiled in Athlone as a remembrance of the three victims who were … growing desperation to quell social…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… of delimitation. When William Burchell visited the region in April 1812 he commented that: "The village of Graaf-Reinet … advantages, as well as its…
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
… and Bridglal Pachai The Vagrant Law prevented Muslims in the borough of Durban from exercising their religious … obligations after 9 p.m. at certain times of…
PlacePioneer Museum, Silverton Pretoria
… The Pioneer open air Museum in Silverton, is set in a graciously restored Victorian settler Farmstead complete … the Museum gives one a real sense of early…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… on the eastern shores of the vast Atlantic Ocean. Even in the mind's eye we can see that the Mediterranean waters … Chile disguises the fact that historical…
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
… Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs Foreword by Achille Mbembe In Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy , twenty … strengthening and broadening today’s…
PlacePeddie
… Peddie is a small town in the Amathole district of the Eastern Cape province of … rivers, which had previously been annexed to the Cape in 1829. On 8 March…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Celebration of Workers Day, Swellendam, Western Cape, 1 May 2006
… relax and enjoy themselves; and not spend too many hours in public meetings. I am not going to be long so that we can … Trade Unions) for making it possible…
ArchiveMulticoloured painting of soldiers and flags: no.17: Chile
… Painting of soldiers in blue uniforms, waving flags, top half of flag red, bottom half blue, large yellow star in centre. '17 FNL Segrar' in bottom left hand…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… In the mid-80s a strange pop phenomenon swept through the … was a coloured oke from the Cape Flats or Eersterust in Pretoria. Some maintained that he was…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… has received a further blow and our country's prestige in the international field has dropped to an even lower … life with all its miseries, hardships and…