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Dricky Beukes, SA novel writer, is born.
Gary Muller, SA tennis player, is born.
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
On 19 June 1975, South Africa signed a multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage. This treaty was drawn up in Brussels, to ensure…
EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
On 8 June 1988, Surendra Lenny Naidu, Lindiwe Mthembu, Makhosi Nyoka and Nontsikelelo Cothoza, all African National Congress (ANC) members were shot dead when…
EventAdriaan Vlok, Minister of Law and Order, announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes weapons in “conflict situations”
The ongoing violence between African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters during the negotiations that led up to the first…
BiographyGovin Reddy
Govindasamy Reddy (Govin Reddy) was born on 16 June 1943 in Kranskloof, a farming area next to Claremont on the outskirts of Durban, Natal (now known as…
SA's Zuma 'showered to avoid HIV' (BBC News), 05 April 2006
South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma said he showered after sex with an HIV-positive woman, thinking this would reduce his risk of being infected. …
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
Born in the Netherland, Pieter Wenning came to live in South Africa in 1905. Though he had settled in the Transvaal, he travelled all over South Africa and…
ArchiveSouth Africa wants to make history compulsory at school. But can it? by Linda Chisholm (the Conversation.com), 1 June 2018
South Africa’s minister of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has released a report from a ministerial task team that recommends a major overhaul of the…
BiographyDr. Hans Merensky
Dr Hans Merensky was born on 16 March 1871 in Botshabelo. His father was the famous missionary and writer, Alexander Merensky. Hans studied geology and mine…
BiographyRobert Hodgins
"For me, it is very simple. The act of painting at a particular moment is able, for reasons I neither understands, nor even try to understand, to open up the…
BiographyThelma Gutsche
Thelma Gutsche was born in 1915 in Somerset West, Cape Province to Dr. And Mrs. J Gutsche. Gutsche did not attend formal schooling but received private…
BiographyVera Gow (Adams)
Vera Gow was born on 14 February 1942 in Cape Town. Her primary school years were spent near Evaton in the Free State Province where her father was Dean of the…
BiographyMary Eveline Fincken
Mary Eveline Fincken was born on 27 April 1882 in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She was the eldest daughter of Christopher William Fincken and his wife. She was…
BiographyNgoako David Thebehali
David Thebehali was born on 3 June 1938 in Orlando East, Soweto. His parents were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
Rita Ndzanga was born on 17 October 1933, the third child of Isaac and Alina More in a village called Mogopa near Ventersdorp, western Transvaal (now North…
28. The Dealer’s Licences Act is an attempt to weed out smaller traders
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Dealers' Licenses Act, passed by the Natal…
28. The Dealers’ Licenses Act is an attempt to weed out small traders
The Dealers' Licenses Act, passed by the Natal Legislature, empowered town councils and town boards to decide licence applications. In terms of the Law, their…
BiographyMichiel Hendrik Nesser
Michiel Hendrik Nesser was born on 28 July 1874 in Lusaskop, Philipstown. He received informal teaching from his father. Nesser was a great reader and his…
BiographyJackson Lehupa
Jackson Lehupa (48) was from Mount Fletcher in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2007. On 16 August 2012 Mr Lehupa was killed at scene 1,…
BiographyPatrick Mosell Molaoa
Born in Johannesburg in 1925, he grew up in Alexandra Township and attended schools in Basutoland, Johannesburg, and Kimberley until matriculation. He was one…
Tears of Rain: Ethinicity and History in Central Western Zambia by Wim van Binsbergen
ArchiveReview of Allan Boesak: Die Vinger Van God. Preke Oor Geloof en die Politiek
ArchiveChapter 22 Rainbow at the Cape - for a new South Africa by Lutz van Dijk
From: Freedom Fighter and Humanist by Denis Goldberg