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EventSA artist Rexon Mathebula is born
… menial jobs and sold his first artworks, images on pieces of glass made with a lump of tar and a tin of red paint, all randomly found, for 75c each, was born…
EventA curfew is lifted in Venda
… was imposed in the independent Venda homeland as a result of the deposition of the unpopular Frank Ravhele regime, was lifted after the … Ravhele's forced…
EventAmichand Rajbansi is fired from Parliament
… 1 January 1989. He also removes him from the leadership of the Indian House of Parliament, and the Indian "mini- cabinet", as well as Minister of Housing for…
Letter from Paul Pretorius, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and others
… Circular letter from Paul Pretorius, President of the National Union of South African Students with Information sheet number 4/1972 dealing with National…
ArchiveDont hang Theresa
… Black and white poster with artwork of Mother Theresa standing next to a rope hanging and a map of Africa. Words on the bottom of the poster: Imprisonement…
ArchiveTrojan horse
… Yellow poster with black lettering. Notice of interfaith commemoration service. 15 October 1987. St Georges Church, Belgravia Road, Belgravia Estate. List of…
Open Talk with Grada Kilomba
… and intersectional discussion on the different forms of oppressions that impact our lives. The artist asks for awareness during the conversation, of how…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.2 1989
… CONTENTS: Comment, A.W. Oliphant. STORIES: The Shadow of Socrates, Kaizer M. Nyatsumba; A Condition of Service, Michael Shackleton. ESSAY: 'Even Under the…
EventDavid Kitson released
… prisoner, David Kitson, was released, seven months short of completing his twenty-year sentence for sabotage. Kitson, … in the early sabotage campaigns; for…
EventPrime Minister Vorster holds talks with Dr. Kissinger
… (B.J) Vorster held talks with the United States Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, on 23 and 24 June in West … going ahead with the meeting, was his…
EventThe Springbok rugby team receives the State President Sports Award
… Bornman, Springboks' team manager. It was in the form of a medal framed with a certificate. The Award was then … be displayed. It was presented to the team…
EventChief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo is shot dead
… The president of the traditional leaders organisation CONTRALESA and … Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, was gunned down in the driveway of his home in Pietermaritzburg…
EventBafana Bafana loses to England
… World Cup finals in 2010. The England team was composed of highly rated world-class players including their captain … was 1-1 with England opening score in…
EventHunting is prohibited in the area that is now the Kruger National Park
… 1898, a proclamation was published in the Official Gazette of the ZAR. This proclamation prohibited the hunting of game in the area between the Crocodile…
EventFirst mines are proclaimed in Johannesburg
… in various places on the Witwatersrand (meaning Ridge of White Waters), the first gold from the Main Reef on the … which Johannesburg was laid out in 1886…
EventJudith Mason, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.
… Seelander Menge on 10 October 1938, Judith Mason is one of the most prolific artists in South Africa. She obtained a degree in Fine Arts at the University of…
EventThe United Nations (UN) imposes sanctions on Libya
… on Libya for refusing to hand over two men suspected of bombing the Pan Am flight 103. Seven years later (1999), … for trial, and sanctions were suspended…
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… he reached False Bay on 16 May 1488 and named it the Cape of Good Hope. In 1910, Walvis Bay became part of the newly formed Union of South Africa. Prior to…
EventStanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal
… privately with Cecil Skotnes and became a decorator of lamp bases at the Artlite factory. In 1973 he became a … and Henry Moore in 1974 and attended the…
Event”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria
… by authorities. The 37-year-old White male was accused of criminally assaulting his six-year-old daughter in 1959. … were: Mzempi Johannes Mkize who was…
PlaceCato Manor Heritage Centre, Durban
… This interactive Museum is a tribute to the spirit of defiance against the Durban System, which led to … Cato Manor area for decades. The Museum is a…
EventNine policemen are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban, shortly before the infamous Sharpville Massacre
… Black policemen. This is believed to be the highest number of police killed in a single incident. An emergency meeting was held in the House of Assembly…
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
… consultation with his government over Rhodesia's closure of its border with Zambia, but that his government will assist in fighting against terrorism. The…
PlaceAgate Terrace, Port St. Johns
… Cliff 4 km East of Port St. Johns. Takes its name from varieties of verigated, semi-pelucid, Chalcedonies found here. The … life as primitive as is possible…
PlaceClarkson, Eastern Cape
… in the former Humansdorp District, 26 km South-East of Assegaaibos Railroad Station, located in Cacadu District … Born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in 1760,…
Banishment
… too, because people used to tell you where there are lots of mice you must know there are snakes too. They put me in … had the clothes I was wearing” and a…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.4 1992
… Nyatsumba, Essays: S.A. Literature and the Construction of Nationhood, Njabulo S. Ndebele; In Search of Light, Mongane Wally Serote; Culture as a Site of…
PlaceAnagob, a Mountain Peak in Northern Cape
… Hill 926 m high, situated 18 km North-East of Riemvasmaak and 60 km North-West of Keimoes. The name is of Khoikhoi origin means 'Tree Hill' recorded as such…
PlaceAgomed, Eastern Central Namibia
… hunters. Who had found water when they noticed that one of their dogs, which had been gone for awhile, had a wet rump when it returned. Khoikhoi name of…
ArchiveMeeting between Cosatu/UDF and ANC held in Harare on December 1 - 3, 1988
… Report of a meeting between the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the United Democratic Front … for advance by democratic forces, the broad coalition…