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All Gwede’s horses and all Gwede’s men… can’t put Cosatu together again by Stephen Grootes (The Daily Maverick), 11 November 2014
… Union of Mineworkers (NUM). He is the central point in the alliance, in a fashion. So when he says that the expulsion of Numsa is … bad for the ANC, for…
10th Annual Oral History Conference
… The Department of Arts and Culture in partnership with the Oral History Association of South … (OHASA) hosts the 10th Oral Annual History conference in South…
EventA Pretoria biker is caught doing 284km/h on his Suzuki motorcycle on the R59
… at a speed of 284km/h on the R59 south near Kliprivier in Ekurhuleni. The biker’s excuse for travelling at such … offender had ever been caught travelling at…
EventDigging for gold is officially authorised and fortune hunters flock to the Witwatersrand
… Digging for gold in the Witwatersrand (now city of Johannesburg and surroundings) was authorised in September 1886 and further accelerated the influx of ……
EventNigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road
… Ben Okri is a Nigerian author born in Minna, Western Nigeria. He received critical acclaim after … His third novel, The Famished Road, was published in 1991…
EventPope John Paul II begins his tour of Africa.
… John Paul II who was pope of from 1978 until his death in 2005 toured Africa in 1980. The pope spent eleven days and toured five … with the Masai of Kenya…
EventWorld TB Day, observed to create public awareness that tuberculosis remains a global epidemic
… Around the world on 24 March each year, people partake in activities that they anticipate will raise awareness about … Group of States (ACP countries) can…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… various labour unions, was established on 2 December 1985 in Durban. It is among the fastest growing labour federations in the world. At its launch it…
Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989
… rights will continue to be defined on the basis of race. In other words apartheid, in its essentials, will be retained. Legislative power based … to prevent…
Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
… rights will continue to be defined on the basis of race. In other words apartheid, in its essentials, will be retained. Legislative power based … to prevent…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE NATIONAL MEN’S MARCH Pretoria, 22 November 1997
… day. I feel honoured to join with South African men in giving this bold message to our fellow men, and to the … pain that citizens of a free country should…
How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde: A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths(The Guardian), 24 May 2016
… In a calm morning in March 1968, a shipment carrying the latest Korgs, Moogs … set off from Baltimore harbour, heading for an exhibition in Rio de Janeiro…
67. The Xuma-Naicker-Dadoo Pact, 1947
… had long been urging closer co-operation with Africans. In 1943, a conference of the South African Indian Congress … Transvaal Indian Congress. A joint…
Telegram to Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic by Oliver Tambo, 27 May 1967
… and solidarity with United Arab Republic and Arab people in their firm stand and struggle to resist Anglo-American … Machinations to recolonise Arab States…
PlaceKwaNdebele
… (or place of the Ndebele) was granted self-government in 1984 and was intended to be the new home for the Transvaal Ndebele people. It was established in…
EventInsulin is first introduced to the American public
… Insulin was discovered by Frederick G. Banting in 1921. Banting was working with J.J.R. Macleod and Charles Best in the University of Toronto in Canada. Both…
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… Bulelani Ngcuka, born in Middledrift, Eastern Cape on 2 May 1954, is a former … African National Congress political activist and a lawyer. In 1998 he became…
EventTerre’Blanche and his associates to face terrorism charges
… emanated from the uncovering of illegal arms caches in different parts of the country, which the authorities established belonged to the AWB, and in…
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
… of the Soweto Uprising the previous day, Parliament met in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of … J.T. Kruger, assigned a one-man…
EventPres. Nelson Mandela accompanies Queen Elizabeth II on a coach drive through the streets of London.
… II on a coach drive through the streets of London. In a BBC documentary, Mandela repeatedly referred to Queen Elizabeth II as "my friend, Elizabeth". In 2008…
EventPresident Hosni Mubarak collapses
… Mr Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president, collapsed in parliament while delivering a speech broadcasted live on television in Cairo. After forty-five minutes of…
EventANC celebrates 90th anniversary
… Congress (ANC) celebrated its 90th Anniversary at a rally in Kings Park Stadium, Durban. ANC President Thabo Mbeki addressed the masses that came out in…
EventMcBride is conditionally released from prison
… Ministry official, Robert McBride, who had been held in Mozambique for six months on charges of gun-running and espionage, was conditionally released from…
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… After losing the Wakkerstroom and Oudtshoorn by-elections in April, prime minister and leader of the South African … (SAP), J.C. Smuts, decided to hold a…
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… Howard of the Union Weather Service from the branch office in Cape Town a few days later. The forecasting service was moved to Pretoria in 1926 and housed on…
EventLeprosy expert Dr Kok is born
… Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy, was born in Brandfort, Orange Free State (now Free State). She who worked mainly in Nigeria. While in charge…
EventMonty Naicker dies
… Naicker, medical doctor and prominent politician, was born in Durban. Naicker played a crucial role in the history of South Africa and his name is well ……
EventProfessor Lydia van Niekerk is born
… studied at the universities of Leyden and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. On her return to South Africa after … degree, she lectured at the Huguenot University…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… Later the Minister of Police confirmed Lengene’s presence in South Africa. He was kidnapped on 6 February and driven in the boot of a car to South Africa…
EventOubangi-Shari achieves independence as the Central African Republic
… of the former Prime Minister, Barthélémy Boganda (who died in mysterious circumstances during the presidential election … as president. On 31 December 1965…