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EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
… On this day, Allen Kwela was born in Kwazulu Natal. He was exposed to Western and traditional African music, both of which were important in shaping his…
PlaceKwaDukuza
… In July 1825, King Shaka , son of Senzangakhona and Nandi, … A memorial stone was erected over his burial chamber in 1932 by the Zulu nation and declared a…
EventSpringboks lose to the Lions
… became known as the Springboks on their tour to Britain in 1906. Since those early years, teams from abroad … a team to be reckoned with on tours to other…
EventThe Conservative Party is formed
… The Conservative Party (CP) was founded in the Skilpadsaal in Pretoria, with Dr Andries Treurnicht as leader. It brought together, in alliance with Dr…
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… lift economic sanctions against South Africa which imposed in September 1985. While some European countries and the US … Africa, the growing social unrest…
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… 'Ontevrede Afrikaners' (Dissatisfied Afrikaners) resulted in the formation of the Democratic Party in Johannesburg. The organisation was reformed as the…
EventNational Day of Prayer is observed peacefully
… fears of violence between youth and security forces in Soweto and other major townships. Called by the National … peace, the National Day of Prayer is…
EventCongo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo
… a private project undertaken to extract rubber and ivory in the Congo region of central Africa. He operated under the … officials relied on forced labour and…
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 first-class cricket for … dependable middle-order batsman. He…
Apdusa Views
… Apdusa Views was first published in 1984. In that issue it was stated: "Apdusa Views sees as its task … of Numbern-racialism and a merciless attack on…
EventAnatii, the South African rapper is born
… Anathi Bhongo Mnyango, stagename Anatii was born in Bisho, Eastern Cape on 8 January 1993. [1] He is a South … for another popular South African hip hop…
PlaceIrish House, Polokwane Museum
… Right in the centre of the city of Polokwane is Irish House, a … City by a German immigrant, August Julius Herman Moschke, in the early 1900's. The building…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… (ANC) underground headquarters, the Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, just outside Johannesburg. Apparently it was … on this day. This moment came as a terrible…
EventSir Christoffel Joseph Brand succeeds his brother, P.A. Brand, as editor of De Zuid
… (The South African) was the first proper Dutch newspaper in South Africa, and was first published on 9 April 1830. The publication was initially published…
EventThe Bethal Treason Trial resumes
… Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) members, which began in December 1977 and had already taken over 100 court sessions, resumed in Bethal (also known as State v…
EventThree people are murdered at Eikenhof
… while Boy Titi Ndweni was sentenced to seventeen years in jail. During a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) … Phila Dolo, claimed responsibility for…
EventNomsa Mapongwana is assassinated
… Western Cape Civic Organisation, was shot dead at night in her home in Lingelethu West. Mapongwana and her husband woke up to the … when he found that his…
EventMigrant workers ransack Phola Park
… In the middle of the night, a group of migrant workers … of the morning forcing women and children to seek refuge in churches as helpless and poorly armed…
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… Location: back to this day in history search archive  An estimated 60,000 delegates … for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in…
EventGideon Scheepers executed
… War) was executed by a firing squad beside an open grave in the veld near Graaff-Reinet. He was captured in October 1901 by a British column and found guilty…
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… they were wrong. The two Boer republics that were involved in the conflict were the Transvaal and the Orange Free State Republics. In the encyclopaedia the …
ArchiveSpeech at the Unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial, Mbuzini, Tuesday 19 January 1999
… Africans who loved freedom - whether we were underground; in exile; in prison; in our work-place or our communities - we wowed then that we …
Document 29 - Resolution on the need for the resumption of multi-party negotiations
… come at the end of the process of public participation in drawing up our new Constitution. COSATU, with membership … mark, represents the largest organised…
Forging Solidarity: Southern Perspectives of Popular Education
… Animating this colloquium is a two-fold question: In what ways are popular educators in the ‘south’, and particularly in South Africa, responding to various,…
ArchiveDokumente van belang
… found by the South African Police at Plot No 9, Travallyn, in the district of Krugersdorp on 8 July 1963 and on "Liliiesleaf" Farm in Rivonia on 11 July 1963…
EventGeneral Louis Botha dies
… first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, died in Pretoria after a heart attack. The heart failure was … on his farm Rusthof. Very ill, he returned…
PlaceFranschhoek Motor Museum
… of vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles and memorabilia in the magnificent setting of Franschhoek. The birth of the Museum's Collection took place in 1974, with…
PlaceCampanile, Port Elizabeth
… situated at the entrance to the railway station and docks in Strand Street, the spot where it is said the settlers landed in Port Elizabeth. The architects…
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
… means; the Cape of Good Hope. Dias was however, chased off in a hail of stones by the local peoples! By the time the … bartered successfully for cattle with…
PlacePort St. Johns
… this region of the Coast! Port St Johns was developed, in 1878. Port St Johns also offers a unique blend of cultural … will see a sangoma (traditional healer…