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EventFurther chaos in Liberian civil war
… without them. Doe, amidst ethnic warfare which killed tens of thousands of Liberians and caused over 700,000 more to flee the … and killed by the Independent…
EventPhumizile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed as SA Deputy President
… Former Minister of Minerals and Energy, Phumizile Mlambo - Ngcuka was … testimony had implicated Zuma. Mlambo-Ngcuka is the wife of the former controversial…
EventPresident Hosni Mubarak collapses
… live on television in Cairo. After forty-five minutes of medical attention, Mubarak returned to parliament. … him as he continued with his speech. He told…
EventThe National Anti-Corruption Forum is launched in Langa
… J.G. Zuma in Langa, Cape Town. The forum was born of a cabinet decision following the National Anti-Corruption … was consistent with the global call to…
EventCyril Ramaphosa resigns as ANC Secretary-General
… Speculation around Ramaphosa's resignation was because of a belief that he has been overlooked by Nelson Mandela in … him the second most powerful person in…
EventProfessor Lydia van Niekerk is born
… Lydia van Niekerk, professor of Dutch Literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at the University of Stellenbosch, was born on the farm…
ArticleFunders
… National Lotteries Board The National Arts Council of South Africa The National Heritage Council Bateman BV Department of Basic Education De Beers The…
EventKenyan Politician, Tom Mboya dies
… Founder of the Nairobi People’s Congress Party (NCPC) and key figure in the formation of Kenya African National Union (KANU), Thomas Joseph … After Kenya‘s…
EventBernert Willemsz Wijlant, the first White baby, is born at the Cape
… named Bernert Willemsz Wijlant and he would be the first of many European babies to be born in the Cape. Baby Wijlant … scriptures and help them draw up…
EventA proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act is made
… which in turn determined the implementation of many other racially based laws. One of the apartheid laws passed in the 1950s was the Group Areas Act, which…
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt and his wife are sentenced to life imprisonment
… Commodore Dieter Gerhardt, the former commanding officer of the Simonstown naval base, and his second wife Ruth … ten years' imprisonment respectively, being…
EventActivist and Journalist, Robert Resha dies in exile
… Robert Resha was an activist, journalist and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). As an activist, he … for participating in the Defiance Campaign…
EventBritish Prime Minister Wilson announces arms embargo on South Africa
… Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, announced in the House of Commons that the British government has decided to impose an embargo on the export of arms to South…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its Black citizens; this was carried out in terms of the Bantustan policy. The policy assigned…
EventThe South African War field doctor, Arthur Conan Doyle is born
… The author of Sherlock Holmes and field doctor in the South African War of 1899-1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, was born at Picardy Place, Edinburgh in 1859. The…
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… course and head the department at the University of Cape Town. Goodwin made a great contribution to the discipline of archaeology including developing the…
Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker
… Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner Devout domesticity? A century of African…
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… course and head the department at the University of Cape Town. Goodwin made a great contribution to the discipline of archaeology including developing the…
PlaceMvezo, Eastern Cape
… Mvezo is a small Village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The Village is mainly known as being the…
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,…
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…
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…
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… The unbanning of the South African liberation movements on 2 February 1990 … political structures. This transformation was the focus of the Groote Schuur and…
EventThe first British Settlers arrive in Algoa Bay
… arrived in Algoa Bay, (now Port Elizabeth) on board of twenty-one ships, the first being the Chapman. They … about 4500 and included artisans, tradesmen,…