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EventIndian students join the Coloured schools boycott
… The Coloured schools' boycott began as a result of students' dissatisfaction with the South African … schools, teacher training facilities and the University…
Educationist Martha Helena Cillié dies
… greatest achievement was her contribution to the education of girls and to teacher training over a period of more than thirty years, died in Somerset West…
EventJapan lifts economic sanctions against SA
… lifts economic sanctions, including bans on the import of gold coins and steel, as well as direct investment loans. Japan's stated position is that it has…
EventScottish missionary, Robert Moffat arrives in Northern Cape
… Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary of the London Missionary Society (LMS), arrived at Maruping, … which the LMS started in 1816 under the Bechuana society of…
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… , trade unionist, treason trialist and acting leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was born in Middledrift in the Transkei . He was the eldest child in a family…
EventLesotho celebrates independence from Britain
… Lesotho is one of the smallest countries in the world, with just over 30 000 km2 of land. It has a population of approximately two million. The country…
EventThe ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk
… de Klerk and demanded an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action in rural areas. The report was based on about 50 statements to lawyers by victims…
EventGhana is declared a republic
… it was declared a republic, the country remained part of the British Commonwealth of Nations. A year later South Africa, under the leadership of H. F…
EventSouth African tenor opera singer, Siphiwo Ntshebe dies
… opera singer, whose career ended abruptly when he died of meningitis on 25 May 2010. Ntshebe was only 35 and was only days away from what would have been one…
EventThe third democratic elections in SA are held
… its third democratic elections on 14 April 2004. A total of 20.6 million People were registered to vote, making it 2 million more than the 1999 elections…
EventCiskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted independence
… be granted independence. The National Assembly, consisting of both elected members and thirty-seven hereditary chiefs, … elects Chief Sebe as president the…
EventPresent UN headquarters is opened
… the United Nations (UN), which had replaced the League of Nations in 1945, opened its headquaters two years after … The building was designed by an…
Afra Newsletter
… Association for Rural Advancement, present case studies of families personally affected by the forced removals and "black spot" removal policy of the…
EventJoint call for June 16 Stay away
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), United Democratic … to all South Africans, Black and White, in commemoration of the Youth of 1976, who…
ArchiveColour and Christian community
… by Emory Ross, in which he discusses the conflict of race and colour from a Christian perspective. The address … authors personal experience and travels and…
PlaceRuimzicht House, 10 Milner Road, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
… dwelling was built in the late 1890s and boasts of a number of fine Victorian architectural features, including ornate … thereon, being Erf 999,…
PlaceInn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
… is located on Greenmarket Square which was a meeting place of Caledonians and distant travellers centuries ago. In 1834, this square was the site where the…
EventVerwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.
… 1964 it was granted its City Council status under the name of Lyttelton by combining the areas of Doornkloof, Irene and Lyttelton. In 1967 Lyttelton was…
EventThe New English Bible is published.
… and Oxford University Press who were the copyright holders of the English Revised Version Bible felt that a modern version of the bible was needed and…
EventThe first Afrikaans Hymn book is published
… After the promotion of Afrikaans by the Afrikaans Language Association and other … which was set up in 1909 to reconcile the champions of Dutch and Afrikaans…
EventStudent Wages Commission meet
… The first meeting of the Student Wages Commission was held at the Bolton Hall, Durban. Beforehand, thousands of pamphlets announcing the meeting and…
EventThe Ciskei homeland is established
… The Ciskei was established under the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 as an 'independent republic'. The creation of Ciskei was in line with apartheid policies…
EventThe ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute
… the African National Congress (ANC), concerning release of political prisoners, return of exiles, obstacles in the Internal Security Act and suspension of…
EventBritain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory
… Colony administration. However, it was not until the end of 1845 that an effective administration was installed with Mr Martin West as lieutenant-governor…
EventBavumile Vilakazi dies
… high commissioner to Uganda, Bavumile Vilakazi, died of a heart attack in Kampala. He was on his way back from the … Deputy President Jacob Zuma. Vilakazi…
EventMbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… solution to the political unrest in the country. Thousands of people turned out on the streets to greet President Thabo Mbeki and the rest of his delegation…
EventFraud and Corruption on the rise in SA
… Advocate Steven Powell of the forensic and auditing firm Deloitte and Touche surprised many delegates attending a conference of the Institute of Municipal…
EventPres Mandela’s testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
… In providing reasons for the decision of the Pretoria High Court to set the investigation of the Browde Commission into South African Rugby Football … aside,…
EventUDF distances itself from Madikizela
… Commission (TRC) heard from the leading members of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Frank Chikane and Azar Cachalia, about the organisation's suspicion of…
EventRelations between South Africa and Algeria are smoothed out
… ties by signing a bilateral agreement to develop areas of common interest. The relations between the two countries … President Nelson Mandela received Anouar…