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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…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… (ICC) following an arrest warrant issued by the Office of the Prosecutor for Gbagbo's involvement in the 2010 … Gbagbo was placed under house arrest in the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EventWits attains full university status
… full University status under the name the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg. The origin of Wits lies in the South African School of Mines,…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… to 1989, Pieter Willem Botha, died peacefully at the age of 90 at his house Die Anker near Wilderness in the Western … his presidential position to the then…
Event19 die at Shell House massacre
… planning to attack the building. The Nugent Commission of Inquiry on what actually caused the shooting rejected this … on undermining traditional authorities…
EventFormer SANNC President Sefako Mapogo Makgatho dies
… Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of Chief Kgorutlhe Josiah Makgatho of the Makgatho chieftaincy at GaMphahlele. Before embarking ……
EventFirst Egyptian woman to file for divorce under new law
… him to grant her a divorce and he refused. With the help of a Women’s Legal Aid Centre, Gabr was finally able to … her husband and become the first woman to…
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… where Nelson Mandela planned the Democratic takeover of the South African Government, has been sold to Union … Headquarters after its Unbanning in 1990, and…
EventGoldstone Commission investigate the Bisho Massacre
… At the request of President F. W. de Klerk, the commission of inquiry, headed by Judge Richard Goldstone, started the … report the commission condemned Oupa…
EventSouth Africans pay tribute to Nelson Mandela at the Grand Parade in Cape Town
… The crowd gathered together at the Grand Parade in front of the City Hall in Cape Town, the place where Nelson Mandela … danced while some waved the South…
EventThe QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status
… Qwaqwa was one of the ten homelands in South Africa introduced by the … which was in reference to the sandstone that makes up most of the homeland’s rocky…
EventAt least twenty people are injured in a collision between the Blue Train and the Trans Karoo at Deelfontein, near De Aar
… in Deelfontein, near De Aar. The Blue Train was ahead of schedule and whiling time when the Karoo Train was … were injured in the collision. The Chief…
EventFrance supplies two new combat submarines to South Africa
… France confirmed the sale of two new combat submarines to South Africa to protect the oil route round the Cape in the face of escalating Soviet naval…
EventRivonia trial sentence is delivered
… At the conclusion of the Rivonia trial eight of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in the … Raymond Mhlaba . Mandela argued that he was driven…
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… many high political positions in the IFP and other spheres of government. He was minister of arts, culture and technology in President Mandela's Government…