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PlaceCape Town Theatre Laboratory
… Founded in 1998 by Royston Stoffels and Warrick Grier, the Cape Town Theatre Laboratory was established in Woodstock, Cape Town. In October-November 2000,…
EventIdi Amin dies
… Former Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, passed away in Jidda, South Arabia, where he had lived in exile for many years. Amin died at the age of 78 as a result of…
Appeal by Oliver Tambo to the people of the world on the 75th anniversary of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987
… This historic anniversary has come at a critical moment in the struggle for the liberation of our country. Its … extent that our victory over the apartheid…
PlaceMadagascar
… island'. Madagascar is the largest African island situated in the Indian Ocean, about 450 km (280 mi) east of the coast of Mozambique. It is also fourth…
Address by President Mandela to the Meeting of Directors-General Establishing a Forum of Directors-General Pretoria, 18 August 1998
… for all democratic governments, through all times and in all circumstances, is to achieve an integrated process of … Within the short lifespan of our…
Document 59 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
… N. J. Barclay Dear Comrade, Comrades Grant30 and Frost are in a better position than myself to inform you about the development of our movement in…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… to do business with one another." At their next meeting in February of 1990, the two discussed Mandela's imminent … arrangements. I said that would not be…
Place'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River
… Name applied from 1657 to the Liesbeek River, in Cape Town. Named after a small River in the Netherlands. The first 'free burghers' of the Dutch … Company…
Interview with Omar Badsha by Marian Nur Goni
… An email interview with Omar Badsha in 2009 conducted by Marian Nur Goni for a masters theses. … Afrapix: Some Questions Email interview with Omar Badsha in…
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…
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…