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EventSouth African Press Association is established
… South Africa's major newspapers to facilitate the sharing of news, both national and international. It is a primary institution of breaking news in South…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
… (NP) to power, albeit with a reduced majority in the House of Assembly compared to previous elections . The opposition … election since South Africa since…
EventLouis Washkansky dies
… Fifty four year old dentist Louis Washkansky, recipient of the first successful human heart transplant in the world, … died in Cape Town, eighteen days after…
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
… Dr. Peter A.J. Waddington of Reading University, who had been invited by the Goldstone … report in which he stated that while there was no evidence of police…
EventSA is blamed for Harare bombing
… military wing. South African covert forces were suspected of having planted the bomb with the aim of killing members of the liberation movement living in…
EventSouth Africa wins the 2010 bid to host the Soccer World Cup
… On 15 May 2004, the president of the Federation of International Football Association's (FIFA), Joseph "Sepp" … by a delegation that included Nelson Mandela…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… the Cape Town International Airport. Clinton was on a tour of two weeks in Africa, showing a level of interest in Africa unprecedented for a Western head of…
EventWinnie and Nelson Mandela divorce
… After 38 years of marriage, Judge Eloff granted Nelson and Winnie Mandela a … The Mandelas were married in 1958 and only spent a couple of years together…
EventOlivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda
… British embassy in Luanda. She was a self-confessed SA spy of the security police in the African National Congress who … ANC guard in Luanda. Sources: South…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.3 and No.4 1989
… Frank Meintjies and Mi Hlatshwayo. STORY: Reminiscences of a Job Seeker, Jan Ceasar Mbele. ESSAYS and INTERVIEWS: … Department; Ari Sitas: The Publication…
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… His father. a migrant worker, ‘coughed out’ the harshness of his life onto his children. He died after his drink was … work for nothing", in 1974 he entered…
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… working. He was accompanied by Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales. The men were stood in lines on the lawn. The King … the sea to help in this great war. I…
PlaceDock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
… Provisional protection of a monument- Dockhouse No. 1 and No. 2, off Portswood Road, … and 6 and 10. The Cell Block and Treadmill, remains part of the old…
PlaceCape Town Stadium
… tourist attraction. Welcome to Cape Town Stadium, one of our most iconic landmarks, where every visit is as unique … as the structure itself. Cape Town…
EventBhekisani Manyoni, artist, is born in Greytown
… on his work. In 1970, Manyoni was appointed as curator of the Pandora Gallery in Mbabane, Swaziland, and in 1979 he … [Accessed 30 August 2010] Rankin, E.D …
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… Robben Island is the largest of the nearby coastal islands around the Cape. In the nearly four centuries of European settlement it has been used for numerous…
EventEdgar Wallace (56), author and newspaper editor in South Africa, dies in Hollywood.
… up for adoption when he was nine years old. At the age of 12, Wallace left school and held several menial jobs. He … left the army and became a full time…
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… The public memorial for Joost was televised, as members of the family, including his brother and wife Amore Vittone addressed mourners. The funeral of the…
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
… Derby -Lewis, the man who was convicted for the murder of former South African Communist party leader Chris Hani, … died after suffering from lung cancer…
EventTwo men are sentenced to death for petrol executions
… Maowasha and Alex Mashaba Matsepane were found guilty of burning Solomon Maake and his son in September 1985, after they were accused of being police…
ArchiveRenewed fighting in April
… On April 1 1989, the start of the implementation of Resolution 435, clashes between Swapo guerillas and South … . For nine days the most intense fighting in…
ArchiveBolt Number 10 May 1974
… Morphet, Contents: Poetry, Imprisoned by the Dictators of Apartheid Ahmed Timol considers the art of Eduardo Paolozzi by Sarat Maharaj. Two Letters: Harry ……
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… by Anton van Wouw , was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women and children who died in prison … The idea, project launch and eventual…
Nelson Mandela Speaks on Tolerance, April 30, 2006 on CBS (Video)
… There is no world leader with greater stature on the issue of Diversity and Tolerance than Nelson Mandela -- the power of his words in this message define…
EventMuhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain his world heavyweight title
… George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) took place on 30 October 1974. Ali won the fight … Foreman in the eighth round. The…
EventSouth African Springbok rugby tour in UK is disrupted by anti-apartheid demonstration.
… demonstration. The team was made up entirely of Afrikaners. Once the tour was announced, the strongest … came from the political Left. The front-page article…
EventThe Arusha Accord is signed to end civil war in Rwanda
… and Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). The signing of the Accord followed a ceasefire agreement which was … from Uganda in an attempt to overthrow the…
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… to Canada a few months after his release from 27 years of imprisonment. The visit was part of a six week tour of 14 nations in Africa, Europe and North…
EventSA withdraws from the International Labour Organisation
… International Labour Organisation (ILO) voted in favour of the suspension of South Africa from its Annual General Conferences. The ILO objected to South…
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb ‘Devil’s Tooth’ in the Drakensberg Range
… in the country at 3,482 mt. The Drakensberg also consists of various parts, including the Amphitheatre and pinnacle … 'summit team' and completed the first…