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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…
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… Senghor was a poet and writer who later became president of Senegal. He was educated in Paris where he got acquainted … On 31 December 1980, Senghor became…
Don’t eat potatoes!
… blood went in. You see this mark "here? It's the blood of our children, that's why the potato is so.' The people … the potatoes and that we say that these…
The ‘special branch’
… They used to come to my house sometimes in the middle of the night and they knock on the door, gong-ong-ong! Loud, … 'Hawu! But how can you come to my house…
Museum Night Cape Town 2016
… We recommend browsing the programme and picking just a few of the things you want to see and do. To support the production of Museum Night, purchase a Patron…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
… Civic Centre in Cape Town. It was a broad coalition of anti apartheid organizations that opposed the government's … constitutional reform proposals. On the…
EventMafika Gwala born
… and BCM member Mafika Gwala was born today in the town of Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal. Soon after joining the University of Zululand, he chose to rather devote…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… Minister, was briefly imprisoned following two nights of unrest on charges of inciting riots in Stanleyville. He was then set free in … which it gained from…
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… (WHO). The events promote awareness on the dangers of the diseases and the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. South Africa is one of the countries that…
EventDorothy Fischer becomes the first South African woman to undergo a heart transplant
… with his team operated on her, conceded that she had died of "chronic rejection" of her transplanted heart. Only in the middle 1980s did … anti-rejection…
EventCoup attempt on S Doe’s government in Liberia
… headed by Brigadier-General Thomas Quiwonkpa, a faction of the Liberian military failed to take power from Samuel … by force and restore democratic rule…
EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
… Both Freykenius and Nederburgh were Commissioner-Generals of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and were sent to … burghers, or farmers who had been given…
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
… Mosimane appeared before the committee on two charges, one of bringing the PSL into disrepute and another of interrupting the normal flow of play during the…
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
… by issues ranging from disarmament and militarisation of outer space to the environment, poverty and globalisation. … Nations Web site, which also made…
EventCharles Taylor wins presidential election
… Cote d'Ivoire in 1989. He secured more than 70% of votes. In addition, his National Patriotic Party (NPP) won an overwhelming majority in both houses of the…
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… African National Assembly passes the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act. The law allows women to terminate … pregnancies on request within the…
EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… eighteen months. It was agreed that the first tranche of shares - at least 20% of Johnnic's 30,4 million shares - would be sold at R50, a 7% … Johnnic's…
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… University in 1925, and studied at the Westminster School of Art in London from 1926-32. Until 1938 she studied in … She returned to South Africa shortly…
EventLesotho’s deputy Prime Minister shot
… his request is turned down. Despite South Africa's refusal of military assistance, South African Defence Force (SADF) is … to urge them to keep the situation…
EventTwenty die in an armed assault in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan
… Al-mohammediyya Mosque . Police arrested 65 members of the sect after the massacre. The tension between the two sects was caused by differences of opinion…
EventFNB cancels its R20 million anti-crime initiative designed to encourage President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his priority
… The bank had launched the campaign with the intention of encouraging then President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his … which had complained that the campaign…
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Burger is considered to be one of the most hardworking players in South Africa. In 2004 Burger won two awards; the IRB…
Democracy in Action
… for South Africa (IDASA), outlines the extensive efforts of the Institute to create a climate of open communication and understanding between diverse and ……
EventMiss Namibia, Michelle Mclean, model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand
… Miss Namibia pageant as well as making it to the top 5 of Miss World in the same year. After winning the Miss … South African pay television channel Mnet as…
EventAfrica Malaria Day
… World Malaria Day was first held in 2008 in recognition of the existence of malaria in countries worldwide. The annual observance held on 25 April is…
EventAlexis Preller, SA visual artist, dies
… in 1934 where he studied art at the Westminster School of Art. He returned to South Africa in 1935 before leaving … Gogh and later by Piero della Francesca…