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EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
… undertaking to negotiate over disputed land. The break of diplomatic relations between South Africa and Transkei … apartheid government had designated as …
EventO. R. Tambo leaves South Africa for exile
… after the Sharpeville massacre , on the instruction of the African National Congress (ANC). The international … strongly sympathised with South Africa in the…
Claremont Histories
… History Online by visiting the stand, browsing a selection of South African history publications & talking to young historians about the exciting histories…
EventThe MK and ZIPRA formally announce that they had formed a military alliance
… Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Zimbabwean … People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), military wing of…
EventDie Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger
… in 1916 as the de huisgenoot, then a monthly magazine. One of the reasons the magazine was founded was to financially … a weekly magazine. It has the highest…
Contact
… Contact, the official publication of the Liberal Party, was published monthly, in … political struggles not only in the southern region of Africa but in…
EventWendy Botha, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… London on 28 August 1965.[i] She began surfing at the age of 13, and won four consecutive South African National … as being ranked seventh in the world.[iii]…
EventRiaad Moosa, the South African comedian is born
… medical doctor who attained his degree from the University of Cape Town.[ii] Riaad received the “Comics Choice Award” at … He is also a regular presenter on…
EventFighting breaks out on the Johannesburg market square
… after strikers attacked them with stones. In the period of 1910 to 1914 organised labour began to find its feet in … These Europeans brought with them their…
Looking After Freedom - ending 16 June
… visibility to artistic practices that escape the grasp of art history. Looking After Freedom offers a sampling of artists working in photography, video, and…
ANC NDC moves hearing venue to another location, 6 September 2011
… Committee (NDC) following the disruption last week of businesses situated around ANC headquarters Chief Albert … pending legal action against the ANCs…
Theft at Luthuli House, 12 October 2003
… In response to a number of media enquiries, the ANC wishes to clarify the following: … national headquarters in Johannesburg during the night of Tuesday, 7…
EventPolice found burnt body near KTC squatter camp, Cape Town
… the South African police services found the burnt body of a man near the KTC squatter camp in Nyanga East. A Police … police spokesman mentioned that this…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.1 1984
… Mpumie Cilibe; A Dirty Story by Yashar Kemal; The Incest of Poverty by Achmat Dangor; Phumaphi by Floss M. Jay; … With the Workers' Struggle by Lawrence…
EventSouth African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe is born
… for writing both stories and music for children. Some of her work has been used in different schools and … also represented South Africa in Egypt for the…
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
… with Duma Nokwe (1927-1978) who was Secretary-General of the ANC from 1958 to 1969. Born to working class parents … School in Johannesburg, Fort Hare, and…
EventBonnie Ntshalintshali, SA artist, is born
… encouraged her to pursue her own path. In many of her works, Ntshalintshali drew inspiration from her early … in collections locally and overseas…
EventFlorence Nightingale opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas hospital in London
… Nightingale chose to become a nurse over the popular role of wife and mother. Though her family was against it, they … school in the world. The nursing…
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
… category 4 cyclone named Favio struck the central province of Inhambane in Mozambique. Although the cyclone was … the winds and rains were felt as far away…
EventPolitical activist Mohammed Shaik is born
… Mohammed Iqbal Shaik, political activist and member of the Dolphin Unit of the Special Operations Unit, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was …
EventVaal Triangle erupts in violence
… Three township councillors, including the deputy mayor of the Vaal Triangle, Kuzwayo Jacob Dlamini, were killed in … for the killings. Click here to read an…
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
… facilitate international cooperation in the establishment of meteorological and related services and observations, … Southern African Political History: a…
EventA Xhosa film wins Golden Bear award
… in Germany. The film was shot in the Cape Town Township of Khayelitsha. The musical, sung entirely in Xhosa, is about … the award in Xhosa before bursting…
EventPatricia de Lille testifies at Schabir Shaik’s trial
… At the time, leader of the Independent Democrats, Patricia de Lille, finally took … acquisition process. Her testimony relates to count three of corruption…
EventMandela asks for commitment to fight AIDS
… Former President Nelson Mandela, speaking in a meeting of international dignitaries in Bangkok, Thailand, said he … about AIDS, especially in Africa where…
EventMalawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election
… died in a hospital in South Africa in 1997, at the age of 101 and despite the controversy, which surrounded his … Mwenenguwe, R., Malawi: Political crisis…
EventSA cricketer, Herschelle Gibbs is born
… he played soccer and rugby, but chose cricket as his sport of choice. He is a right handed batsman who made a name for … against Pakistan. Despite his…
EventGwen Lister is born
… on 5 December 1953. After graduating at the University of Cape Town, Lister left for Namibia and joined the Windhoek … In Namibia Lister focussed on…
EventKenyan politician, businessman and mathematician, George Saitoti dies
… born in Maasailand where he grew up herding cattle. He is of Masai and Kikuyu descent which would prove to be a … Moi chose Mwai Kibaki as his successor…
EventNelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.
… Mandela announced his intention to separate from his wife of 34 years, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Mandela and … remarried, Mandela went on to marry the …