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EventWestern Cape High Court suspends pebble bed modular reactor at Koeberg
The Western Cape High Court set aside Western Cape provincial Department of Environmental Affair's decision to permit the construction of a pebble bed modular…
EventSifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins
Sifiso Nkabinde, former Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at the time of his death secretary-general of the…
EventAmnesty application of Gideon Nieuwoudt fails
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refused amnesty to the notorious former police officer Gideon Nieuwoudt, for his role in the death of Steve Biko in…
EventFanie de Villiers ends his last Test triumphantly
Popular fast-bowler Fanie de Villiers played his last cricket match for South Africa in the third Test match against Pakistan at St George's Park, Port…
EventP.W. Botha appears in court
Former State President P.W. Botha appeared in court for refusing to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The former South African State…
EventRamaphosa announces his decision to leave parliament
Cyril Ramaphosa, secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC) and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, announced his intention to resign from…
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
Founding member of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), Colin Wells Eglin was born in Sea Point, Cape Town. During his political career, Eglin was instrumental…
EventTravelling in a cab no longer in fashion
The Star reported that travelling in a cab was falling out of favour. This trend was attributed to the changing socio-economic conditions in Johannesburg and…
PlaceRiebeek East
On 13 April 1840 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) acquired a portion of the Farm; Mooi Meisiejie Fontein for the purpose of establishing a Kerkplaats. The…
EventSouth Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, because of its Apartheid policy in sport.
During Apartheid, South Africa was expelled from many international sporting bodies. On 23 March, 1970, South Africa was banned from the Davis Cup - the…
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
The British Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, told the House of Commons that every effort was made to improve conditions in concentration camps in South…
ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa by G. R. Bozzoli
In this paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of…
ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa
In this paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of…
EventNigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated
President Musa Yar’Adua was inaugurated as President of Nigeria, after the April 2007 elections. President Thabo Mbeki visited Nigeria for the inauguration…
PlaceMusgrove road, Berea
Click on image to enlarge Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 July 1984. This is a double-storey manor house designed by architect P…
Event300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border are facing starvation
300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border were facing starvation after an argument between the Nigerian government and the Red Cross. The Red Cross…
ArchiveNkosi Sikelele I-Afrika
Since 1997, The South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and the…
EventYouth has been burnt to death in Mahwelereng Township
On 6 June 1986, Mr Ronnie Molifi was stabbed and burnt to death by a group of youth in the Mahwelereng Township in Limpopo province. He was accused of being a…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 3: Directions of change in South African politics
Report of the Political Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society regarding the political and social trends in apartheid South…
ArchiveBolt Number 8 June 1973
EDITOR: Christopher Hope Leopold Senghor: A New Note, Barend van Niekerk. Two Poems, Stephen Grey. FICTION, Negatives, M.A. Cox. NEW POETRY, Mike Nicol,…
PlaceMagistrates Court, Main Road, Simonstown
The building was erected in 1776 with Christoffel Brand as its first occupant. Admiral Lord Nelson is presumed to be one of his first visitors after his…
Celebrating 50 years of the Freedom Charter - June 26 1955-June 26 2005
All rights reserved. You may copy material from this publication for use in non-profit education programmes if you acknowledge the source. For use in…
Yukon, Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
This imposing dwelling was completed in 1911 for TF Allen, who subsequently became Mayor of Johannesburg from 1917 to 1919. It is a testament to the high…
EventSouth African pop queen, Brenda Fassie, is born
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie, South African Pop Queen, was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda…
EventNgoako Abel Ramathlodi is born
Ngoako Ramathlodi, former premier of the Northern Transvaal Province (now Limpopo) and current Africa National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee…
EventJan Volschenk, a well-known South African painter, dies
On this day in history, Jan Volschenk, a prominent South African painter, died at the age of 83. He passed away in the town of Riversdale in the Cape Province,…
EventSA signs Nuclear Non
South Africa was one of the countries that signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to curb the spread of nuclear weapons. Other countries that signed the…
EventFormer Springbok rugby captain, Franscois Pienaar, is born
On 02 January 1969, Jacobus Francois Pienaar was born in Vereeniging,Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). Born into a working class Afrikaner family, he…
EventChris Ntuli is stabbed to death
United Democratic Front (UDF) activist and former detainee, Chris Ntuli, was stabbed to death in Kwa Mashu, Durban. The incident, believed to be a political…
EventP.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues
The Sowetan reported that a petition calling for all sports venues to be opened to all races was handed to the state president, P.W. Botha. The petition,…