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EventNelson Mandela appeals for calm after the assassination of Communist Party chief, Chris Hani
… murder. Hani died instantaneously after he was shot. On 14 April, former President Nelson Mandela made a televised …
”A House in Harrington Street”, photographic exhibition by Nicholas Eppel
… inner city. Mrs Barrett recently made headlines by saving 14 children from her burning house, which now stands in …
EventPeter van der Merwe, South African cricketer, dies
… Peter Laurence van der Merwe was born on 14 March 1937 in Paarl, Cape Town. He began playing …
EventMaggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies
… Born on 14 April 1886 in a wheat farm called bloublommetjieskloof in …
EventA booby-trapped TV kills Tsitsi Chiliza, wife of an ANC official in Harare, Zimbabwe
… On 14 may 1987, a Zimbabwean citizen, Tsitsi Chiliza, who was …
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… 1970 marked the end of the Civil War, and, a year later, [11] Nwapa published her second major adult novel titled Idu. … all over the United States, Europe,…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather
… establish the Aryan Benevolent Home in Pietermaritzburg 11. At the age of 19 he was also appointed secretary of the … affairs especially with religious and…
The Detention Weapon
… 22 provided for short-term 'preventive' detention up to 14 days, renewable. 1967. The Terrorism Act, No. 83 was … produced a rich crop of detentions, as…
ArchiveDokumente van belang
… on 8 July 1963 and on "Liliiesleaf" Farm in Rivonia on 11 July 1963, Most of the list is typed in Afrikaans but some …
PlaceHorse Memorial, junction of Cape and Russell Roads, Port Elizabeth
… by the Thames Dillon Works, in Surrey, was unveiled on 11 February 1905 by the mayor of Port Elizabeth, Alexander …
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
… and even militant approach to the apartheid government. [11] One of the group’s founding members, Neville Alexander , … Africa into 50 “zones.” Each zone…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… course. The dates of the Memorial Services are as follows: 11 December 2013 ANC Free State Provincial Memorial Service …
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… to see that you still think of our study class here at 11 Main St, Johannesburg. When we saw that you do not write … South Africa next year? With best…
PlaceSannieshof, North West Province
Sannieshof is a small train stop and farming town in the middle of the North West Province’s maize farming belt, it lies surrounded by the four towns of…
ArchiveThe road to Oslo and beyond
… of his Nobel lecture on "Africa and Freedom", delivered on 11 December 1961. …
EventConstruction on the Aswan Dam starts in Egypt
… material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The Dam is 11, 811 feet long, 3215 feet thick at the base and and 364 …
EventA statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith
… Declaration of Independence (UDI) by Ian Smith on 11 November 1965. …
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Communications and the Battle of Ideas, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… government advertising power to support community media. 11. The Commission recommended that the NEC sub committee on … social cohesion, and nation-building,…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Peace and Stability, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… strengthen the implementation of Community Safety Forums. 11. Serious thought be applied concerning where to locate … a clear institutionalized structure for…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… power and privilege. It arrested or detained more than 11,000 people under emergency regulations. The ANC’s 48 years … there was a good chance that armed…
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… On 14 December 1961, Tanganyika became a member of the United …
EventPretoria receives city status
… On 14 October 1931, Pretoria achieved official city status. The …
EventResumption of talks
… certain conditions. The two met on three occasions between 14 and 24 September 1992, discussing three specific ANC …
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… Ngubane to chair the meeting. The meeting took place on 14 July 1998. Following the session, violence broke out and …
EventWork is stopped at the Kimberley mine
… have been inhabitants of the area. The date of 14 August 1914 is given by one of the sources for the same …
EventDennis Brutus is born
… Fame. At the time of his death in 2009, he had published 14 books. He is regarded as one of Africa’s most influential …
EventErmelo is founded
Ermelo, the educational, industrial and commercial centre of a 7,750m² district in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa was founded by the Reverend Frans Lion…
EventThe iconic Athlone cooling towers are demolished
… of Cape Town. The power station towers were detonated at 11:56 - about 3.5 minutes earlier than the expected time and …
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… had given up brewing or had left the location (The Star, 11.1.1939) In June 1940 some 20 separate raids on Marabastad … location. The opening shots in the…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
Patric Tariq Mellet was born and grew up in the working class districts of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working…