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EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… William Philip Screhreiner, prime minister in the Cape Colony at the start of Anglo-Boer War 2 (South … Republiek (ZAR) or South African Republic (Transvaal)…
EventBram Fischer born today
… Fischer, lawyer and champion against apartheid, was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 23 April 1908. This … Party of South African (CPSA), openly…
EventKabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC
… was the country's first democratically elected president in over forty years. President Thabo Mbeki, who played a major role in the peaceful solution of the…
EventThe Republic of Goshen is founded
… The Republic of Goshen with its capital in Lichtenburg is founded by a group of Afrikaner farmers on … of the Barolong boo Ratlou, as reward for the Boer…
EventZambian journalist, Fred M’membe is born
… newspaper, Zambia Post. As the only independent newspaper in Zambia, Zambia Post constantly clashed with the … Media Institute of Southern Africa's Press…
EventAlan Charles Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian is born
… and editor of The Guardian newspaper. He was born in Northern Rodesia (Now Zambia) to English parents. The … was five years old. He later studied literature…
EventNelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to serve his five-year sentence
… of Mandela’s movements by an American CIA agent based in Durban. Mandela was tried in Pretoria's Old Synagogue and in November 1962 sentenced to five years'…
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
… under President Thabo Mbeki’s administration, was born in B Location, Kroonstad, Orange Free State. He is the son to … researcher and lecturer. He became…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… seeing that challenged the established apartheid tropes. In the words of Professor Ari Sitas, “Badsha could do in one picture what a dozen history workshop…
Clarion Call
… negotiated future for South Africa". The youth of KwaZulu, in particular, were called upon to resist violence as a means of protest. Participation in…
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… In the second worst bus accident in South African history, a double decker school bus with … children. The bus driver survived and was exonerated in the…
EventNaguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate, is born
… Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo, Egypt. He knew from a very young age that he wanted … on his life. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988…
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… the last President of the Free State, who bought the land in 1897, and settled here in 1905, after his return from Europe. The tree is reputed to … whose…
EventMorocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain
… of the local population forced Spain to abandon the region in 1524. In 1860 Spain reclaimed the region following a treaty with Morocco, but the effective…
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…
EventCharles Barends, the renowned South African jockey is born
… Charles “Charlie” Barends was born in Johannesburg on 24 September 1919. [i]Charlie was a jockey … winners [ii] Charlie only rode one July Handicap winner in…
The attack of Syria by Israel, 7 May 2013
… this as provocation that can only escalate hostilities in the middle East which in our view complicates and undermine the need for peaceful … sovereignty of…
ArchiveWhere do we stand?: APDUSA and a nation free of race hatred and oppression
… APDUSA shows concern in how the Herrenvolk and the Broederbond, and particularly in the Western province, attempts to split-up the Non-Whites … The…
PlaceGoedverwact
… Moravian Church on the Western slopes of the Piketberg, in the magisterial district of Piketberg. The farm was … by H. S. Burger. On the death of the last of…
EventInternational Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting
… In a two-day meeting to discuss emergency measures against … should be excluded from ILO meeting. The meeting was held in Geneva from 28- 30 June 1963. The…
EventNUSAS disbands
… Students (NUSAS) elected to disband on this day. Founded in 1924, the aim of the organisation was to represent and … of the organisation was that the members…
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… Communist Party (SACP). Mayekiso was first detained in February 1986 and was released on 7 March about the same year. This was after metal workers in the…
EventSolly Sachs addresses Garment Worker’s protestors
… was deemed unlawful by the government and he appeared in court the following Monday. The case was postponed and … to address a mass meeting of striking…
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… Pixley ka Isaka Seme died in Johannesburg on 7 June 1951. He was a political activist, … native affairs. When a tombstone was unveiled at his grave in 1984…
EventDr. Dadoo and Naicker lead Passive Resisters
… shopping, throughout the country. Mass meetings were held in many cities and towns. A mass meeting of over 15 000 people at the Red Square in Durban was…
EventItaly invades Ethiopia
… establish an Italian empire and to avenge Italy's defeat in 1896 at Adwa by the Eritreans invades Eritrea. A border clash at Wewel (also referred to as…
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… In May 1970, the British government requested that the … to boycott the Commonwealth Games that would be held in Edinburgh in the same year should the South…
EventDorothy Fischer becomes the first South African woman to undergo a heart transplant
… 40 year-old Dorothy Fisher was given a new heart in 1969 and became the longest surviving patient. She lived … of "chronic rejection" of her transplanted…
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… before Senator Kennedy's visit. Robertson was instrumental in inviting Senator Kennedy to be the keynote speaker at … Senator Kennedy visited him at his…