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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…
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…
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…
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…
EventPass laws are suspended in South Africa
… The South African Commissioner of Police announced that the pass laws, applicable to the … were not being suspended to appease the unfounded protests of…
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…
PlaceIbeka, Simonstown
… This land was one of the original erven granted in Simons Town . Built in 1816 by PJ Truter Jnr, Collector of Customs who owned it until 1842. In 1840 it was…
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…