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EventA memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC
… A memorandum containing complete details of a proposed constitutional dispensation was delivered to … Persons' Representative Council (CPRC)by the Minister…
EventHestrie Cloete, world champion high jumper, is born
… Hestrie Cloete was born in Germiston, East of Johannesburg on 26 August 1978. She began participating in … long-time coach, Martin Marx, discovered her at…
EventThe Groote Kerk pulpit, sculpted by Anton Anreith, is inaugurated in Cape Town
… Cape Town . Its architecture boasts a peculiar combination of Greek and Gothic styles. The building was designed by … made the extraordinary pulpit, which…
EventThe Kenya-Uganda railway is completed
… ambitious infrastructure at its inception with the cost of the project causing most of the controversy. The railway was built by the British East … Company…
EventTryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo
… on 13 January 1910. She started writing books at the age of thirty and chose to write under the pseudonym, Tryna du … her writing career, she produced about…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… family until 1968, when it was bought by the city council of Pretoria (Tshwane) and turned into a museum. Melrose … strategised from 275 Jacob Mare Street…
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… produces 4 flashes every 40 seconds, with an intensity of 834 750 candelas, which can be seen at a distance of 25 nautical miles. The lighthouse initially…
EventMuhammad Ali defeats Charles Liston in the World heavyweight title fight
… to Ali being crowed the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. When Ali was 12 years old, he and a friend went … in free hot dogs and popcorn available…
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , wife of imprisoned ANC leader, Nelson Mandela, was banished to the dusty Afrikaner dominated town of Brandfort in the Free State…
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… way to a union meeting, were accosted by several hundreds of non-striking workers at Germiston Station, East Rand. The … but allegedly took no other action…
Arise! Vukani!
… Action Youth in Johannesburg representing the principles of Action Youth which are cited as anti-racism, … in the the Transvaal Province. Coverage and…
ArchiveNUM, FEDTRAW, rural, parliament and miscellaneous
… Corporation yesterday appeal to the National Union of Mines workers to resume talks aimed at ending then … gold and coal miners strike, article regarding…
ArchiveThe rehabilitation scheme: a new fraud
… and therefore the African people should reduce the numbers of their cattle. The land position in South Africa is illustrated in detail and the real position…
EventAuthor and playwright Ronald Harwood is born in Cape Town
… In London, he received stage training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He changed his name to Harwood under the advice of an English master, who felt…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… he was awarded a bursary by the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) to study at Rocke’s Drift. Sibisi … career, including the Graphic Art Award…
EventMass arrests in Pondoland
… South African Defence Force (SADF) was present in support of the police during at least part of this period, it is clear that it was the police who had ……
EventJohn Vorster says SA will welcome Maoris
… welcome Maoris in New Zealand rugby teams. The presence of Maoris, a non-White indigenous New Zealand population, was contrary to South Africa's policies of…
EventEleven people are killed in eSikhawini township
… Eleven people were killed in the township of eSikhawini in northern Natal by unknown killers armed with … a few hours after approximately one thousand…
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… African soccer team, Bafana Bafana, came up against one of the African soccer giants, Cameroon, in three … Bennet Masinga. The South African team was coached…
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… humiliated and forced to relocate - in the 1950s an event of the same nature saw Sophiatown residents relocating to Meadowlands in Soweto. Residents of…
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
… government in South Africa. Sergeant-Major Joseph Klue of the South African Defence Force (SADF) became a possible suspect and the French were accused of…
EventNational Housing Department introduces new plan
… eliminate informal housing structures within a timeframe of ten years. The minister further indicated that the current … housing-subsidy would be replaced by…
EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
… when he featured in his first test debut at the age of 18 years and 340 days. Adams represented South Africa in … , South Africa. In later matches he…
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
… Since colonial rule their numbers have shrunk as a result of diseases and wars with other Namibian societies and German troops. Loss of grazing land…
EventSeven impalas are trapped in a camp and viciously beaten to death at Skukuza, Kruger National Park
… charged with hunting in the park and illegal possession of game meat. A spokesperson for Kruger National Park reported that it was the first case of its kind…
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… Town on 20 February 1925. His father, Jimmy La Guma was of Cuban descent, which made him mixed race in South Africa … was also a talented writer and wrote…
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright … in a heavier-than-air machine under complete control of the pilot. The brothers…
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… his international debut in 2003. He is currently captain of the Zambian national team. Under his leadership, this team won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012…
EventChief Albert Luthuli is banned for a further five years
… Chief Albert Luthuli, President General of the African National Congress (ANC), led the Defiance … area. Again in 1959 he was banned for a further period of…
Articles, podcasts and videos pertaining to Roy Padayachie
… interview – Techcentral 2011 Parties sing the praises of late Minister Padayachie Patriotic teachers should de-link … a huge loss - Jacob Zuma Roy Padayachie…