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EventBritish labour conditions in South Africa condemned
… Report on Black Labour Conditions indicated that 63 of the 141 British companies investigated have been paying … were: the British government should initiate…
EventChoirmaster and composer Kumalo dies
… and composer who was a founder member and first secretary of the Bantu Social Centre in Beatrice Street, Durban (YMCA), … age and his first attempt at…
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
… leader, Gen. Bantu Holomisa , announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan African … In the same speech Holomisa announced the…
EventReginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born
… 'Reg' September was a prominent trade unionist, the leader of the South African Coloured People's Organization and an executive member of the South African…
EventFirst aeroplane flight takes place
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in … in a heavier-than-air machine under complete control of the pilot. The brothers…
Event33 American airmen arrive in Durban on a mission to launch a long-range missile
… 24 crew members and nine technicians under the leadership of Lt-Col. Spencer Morgan were based in Durban. America hoped … Florida into the Indian Ocean,…
EventA Zairian aircraft crashes in Angola, killing 141 people.
… Electra plane owned by Zaire’s (now Democratic Republic of Congo) Trans Service Airlift Company, crashed shortly … after takeoff from Jamba Airport in Angola…
PlaceHouses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein
… These three buildings form the historical core of Grey College, the oldest school in the Free State. Brill … officially opened on 19 December 1907 by the…
PlaceIndian Army Memorial
… This memorial was erected towards the end of 1902, on the highest point in Johannesburg ; Observatory … , Sikhs , Christians , Muslims and Zoroastrians…
EventSoldiers die from gas leak at Naval base in Durban
… at the Salisbury Island Naval base in Durban. Three of the six people involved were South African National … Force (SANDF) soldiers, while the other three…
ArchiveCultural considerations for a democratic South African Constitution
… Paper produced by the ANC Department of Arts and Culture from an in-house seminar on … Africa, held in Lusaka, Zambia. Argues that the formation of…
PlaceDe Goede Verwachting, 17 Cavalcade Road, Green Point
… The land, which included the whole of Green Point, was granted in 1814 to David Kuuhle. Construction of the house probably began almost immediately and for…
EventSA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.
… The Secretary-General of the Supreme African Sports Council, Jean-Claude Ganga, … rugby team was touring the banned South Africa. On the eve of the opening…
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…
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…
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… laws. At this meeting it was decided that the second phase of the resistance campaign would commence in 1952 after an … 1952. If this did not take place a…
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…