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EventTraditional Bushman artist Vetkat Regopstaan Kruiper, aged 38, dies suddenly from natural causes
… a prolific artist. He was born at the camp Twee Rivieren in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (now Kgalagadi … The Kruipers are from the #Khomani Bushmen…
EventSixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho
… later, forces led by Maj-Gen Metsing Lekhanya who had been in talks with the apartheid government in South Africa seized power. The National Assembly was ……
EventGwen Lister is born
… publisher and anti apartheid activist. She was born in East London on 5 December 1953. After graduating at the … the Windhoek Advertiser as a political…
EventDr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins
… the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins. He would appear in Aix-en-Provence for extradition proceedings on 31 July … African government. Rhoodie was one of…
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at UNESCO House in Paris, France. The UN had been vocal about the apartheid … the early 1950s. On 1 April 1960, the…
EventA memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC
… community welfare and pensions. It was first elected in 1969, re-elected in 1975, and permanently dissolved in 1980. …
EventMusician, Gito Baloi of Tananas fame, is killed
… on his way home from a concert. Gito Baloi was born in Mozambique on 30 September 1964. He gained fame as a bass … guitarist and vocalist of the South…
Ikwezi
… journal devoted to proletarian socialist revolution in Southern Africa, published in England by "a group of South African and Southern African … long…
National Arts Festival 2017
… at the end of June/beginning of July, it runs for 11 days in the small university city of Grahamstown, which is situated in the Eastern Cape, 130km from Port…
Message by Oliver Tambo to Frelimo Central Committee on the death of Samora Machel, 22 October 1986
… has befallen the people of Mozambique is without parallel in the history of the independent Africa. It is a tragedy … a tragedy they can never forget. Our…
Message to Frelimo Central Committee on the Death of Samora Machel by O. R. Tambo, 22 October 1986
… has befallen the people of Mozambique is without parallel in the history of the independent Africa. It is a tragedy … a tragedy they can never forget. Our…
EventPhakisa Freeway opens
… The Phakisa Freeway located in Welkom, Free State, opened on 10 October 1999.[i] The … 1999 Federation of International Motorcycling Grand Prix in 1999.[iii]…
Statement on naming of OR Tambo International Airport, 31 October 2006
… Company of South Africa (ACSA) for their respective roles in the successful renaming of Johannesburg Airport to OR … among South Africans of the critical…
PlaceAi-Ais, Namibia
… and sulphur-rich hot Spring, and means 'burning water' in the Local Dialect. One of the eyes of the hot Spring is in the Ai-Ais Resort Area. This Resort is…
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… a fleet of three ships – Garcia, Belèm and Santa Cruz. In late February he dropped anchor near the Cape of Good Hope … De Almeida and his men then traded…
PlaceOns Huisie, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
… Home”, is an internationally recognised Heritage Site in Bloubergstrand now accommodating a world renowned and … owners stretching over more than 130 years…
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… Makoma or Macoma), died on Robben Island. He was captured in 1858 after the Cattle Killings, ranging from August 1856 … and issued an instruction that crops…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… the camp adequately defended, Chelmsford trotted off early in the morning with half the force to search the hills for … of whether Colonel Henry Pulleine or…
PlaceIsipingo, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… people for employment”. Nevertheless, he enjoys living in the Area because of the diverse cultures . “We always come … be derived from the intertwined cat…
Establishment of Food Committee
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the South … based organizations as well as the involvement of women in politics. They were mobilising…
EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… Johannes Paulus Kruger), son of Casper Kruger, was born in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape on his grandfather's farm. In 1842 he married Maria du Plessis with whom…
Democrats Film Screening
… launch of our film Democrats which focuses on politics in Zimbabwe, and are looking to invite members within your … to the screening on the 28th,29th and…
PlaceMacassar Beach Pavillion
… pastel hues against the dunes. The Macassar Beach Pavilion in Cape Town has been abandoned to let nature reclaim the … Dunes Reserve which is comprised of 2…
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… (So if you’re visiting on a Friday make sure you get there in time to watch a bread baking demonstration in the old working Victorian kitchen – you might…
ArchivePenal reform and race relations
… This address delivered by Winifred Hoernle is the fourth in the series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures. This is the … to the problem of crime-prevention and…
PlaceSmuts Hall, University of Cape Town
… hall was Mark Shuttleworth, who was also the first African in space. "The first thing that you will notice about the rooms in Smuts Hall is that they are…
EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
… Party (PFP), resigned as leader of the PFP and as a MP. In his dramatic announcement he stated that he came to the … a book, The Last White Parliament, after…
PlaceMandela House
… The Mandela House Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of Nelson Mandela , the World's … wife, Evelyn , and later with his second wife,…
EventMpho Gift Leremi, Mamelodi Sundowns soccer player, dies
… Sundowns FC midfielder, Mpho Gift Leremi died in a car accident on 03 September 2007 after losing control of his car in Brackensdowns, next to Alberton. He…
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
… plunge beat the record of 313m, set by Mark Ellyatt in Thailand in 2003. His target was a depth of 320, but he only managed … descend and slow return to…