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ArchiveInterview with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi
… who was a refugee in Kenya in the late 1970s. An adherent of the black consciousness movement, he became involved in efforts to create an external wing of…
ArchiveInterview with Potlako Kitchener Leballo
… 1959, and later as its acting president in exile. A man of high energy and mercurial temperament, he was responsible for much of the PAC's success before…
EventTunisia gains independence from France
… gained its independence from France after two years of negotiations between the French and the Neo-Destour (“New … ocean became a constitutional monarchy…
EventSwazi King Sobhuza II dies
… In 1982, the small kingdom of Swaziland was shocked when His Majesty, King Sobhuza II, … Embo State House. The king died after a successful reign of sixty…
EventNP wins by election
… Nasionale Party (HNP). The by-election was the result of Mulder's fall-out with his constituency after the Information Scandal of 1978, that brought his…
EventState Security Council Approves Cross
… Council (SSC) approves guidelines for the conducting of military operations against liberation movements in foreign countries. The Departments of Foreign…
EventP.W. Botha resigns from the National Party
… Former leader of the National Party (NP) and head of state, P.W. Botha, resigned from the party in protest … resigned as state president on 14 August 1989 in…
EventDutch East Indian Company expedition into the interior
… long journey, the expedition found on this date survivors of the French ship Le Necessaire at the Gourits River, which had been on a mission to explore…
EventZulu army returns to Nongoma
… Zulus were killed in confrontation and about 48 000 head of cattle looted from the Boers during the expedition. … had terminated the project because feeding…
EventEsther Franks, physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, is born in Zurich
… fight against blindness. In 1971 she was adjudged Woman of the Year by the readers of The Star for her outstanding work in restoring sight to thousands of…
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 … conditions in Johannesburg and the…
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
… Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, told the House of Commons that every effort was made to improve conditions … camps in South Africa. The camps were set…
ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa by G. R. Bozzoli
… paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of segregating…
ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa
… paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of segregating…
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…
ArchiveNkosi Sikelele I-Afrika
… a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and the former anthem "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika/The Call of…
ArchiveMy Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… must nurture and cherish their leaders. For the strength of the leaders lies in the strength of the people.' J.B. Marks addressing the African National…
Twenty-four people are killed in Operation Beanbag in Maputo, Mozambique.
… South African army on the ANC and PAC in Matola, a suburb of Maputo, Mozambique. Portuguese engineer, Jose Ramos, is "mistakenly identified" as Joe Slovo,…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 4: Dont vote! its not a crime
… This pamphlet wishes to clear some fears and anxieties of those members with regards to the consequences of them not casting a vote or registration to vote…
ArchiveNational Indian Council another trap
… At the outset, APDUSA mentions how it warned its people of the dangers of accepting the formation of police reserves and that this warning was warmly…
ArchiveUrban Africans and the Bantustans
… in the Bantustans or homelands. He describes the feelings of those Black citizens who live in the Bantustans and raises the question of independence and…
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
… The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally emigrated to Johannesburg after the turn of the century from Poswohl, in…
PlaceThe Pines, Parktown, Johannesburg
… designed by JC Watson and completed in 1906 for the firm of Fraser & Chalmers as the home for its General Manager, WE Park. The Building is a good example of…
EventThe first slave arrives at the Cape
… Less than a year following the arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck, the first enslaved person arrived at the … to have run away from slaveholder Cornelis Lichthart…
EventNgoako Abel Ramathlodi is born
… Ngoako Ramathlodi, former premier of the Northern Transvaal Province (now Limpopo) and current … to proceed with his law studies at the University of the…
EventDorothy Nyembe is released from jail
… intact. After her release she became an active member of the Natal Organisation of Women (NOW), a community organisation fighting against … rent increases,…
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… James Mpanza, a political activist and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed … Sofasonke Party, still exists. In the Soweto UBC…
EventCalvin Thusago is stabbed to death
… a reporter for the SABC, was stabbed to death by a mob of youths as he and a colleague were on their way back from Sharpeville where they had filmed the…
EventThe TRC report points out culprits
… prominent leaders from across the political spectrum of human rights violations, was published. The report singled out former president P. W. Botha, minister…
EventCecil John Rhodes is forced to resign
… Cecil John Rhodes, prime minister of the Cape Colony, was severely censured for his involvement … resign by the British government. The raid failed because…