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Event’Purple rain’ used on women protesters
… The police in Adderley street, Cape Town used their new water cannons to … to demand that troops, who were permanently stationed in townships because of the…
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
… a series of skirmishes), started at the Cape. This was in line with an instruction by the Dutch East India Company … Sunday morning. The Burgher Militia…
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
… derby draw against Sundowns at Loftus Stadium, Pretoria. In addition to the fine, PSL ordered him to make a public apology for his role in the occurrence…
EventBafana Bafana wins over Ghana
… the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations contest at Kumasi stadium in Ghana. The victory against Ghana earned South Africa a … a trip on Kwame Ayew, three minutes into…
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… War (also known as Second Anglo-Boer War), which broke out in October 1899. Ladysmith was not the only town to be under … signed the peace treaty of…
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… pledged solidarity with the South African people, in reaction to the massacre on 30 January 1981, where more … mourners at the funeral of the victims of the…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… In a joint declaration the leaders of the United Party (UP), … party on the basis of equal rights for all racial groups in South Africa. No actual…
EventThe Pretoria Show is opened for all races
… education and exhibitions over the years. The show began in 1939 and was only open to whites only. However, on 22 … to all races. The show is the largest…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… "The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political … edge..." Contents Introduction Chapter 1 - The Transition…
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… High Command were arrested at Liliesleaf Farm, and placed in solitary confinement for 88 days. Following the verdict on … Island, where he spent 25 years…
Names of Slaves and Free Blacks
… culled from various sources. The date after the name in brackets is taken from the relative source. Some of the … Coromandel (1672). (Date may be wrong - it…
EventLalla Hirayama, the Japanese-born South African television personality is born
… Lalla Hirayama was born in Hiratsuka, Japan on 10 February 1988. At the age of six, … Lalla hosted the Tropika Island of Treasure’s season 3 in Thailand.[iii…
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
… Named after Jonas Bergtheil, this museum is situated in the leafy suburb of Westville, almost midway between Durban and Pinetown. The museum is housed in…
The Struggle Continues and Grows More Intense - Statement by O. R. Tambo, 23 August 1984
… of a total rejection of the so-called new constitution in a total boycott of the election by our Indian compatriots. … neo-Nazis of Africa as May 8, 1945,…
EventCourt go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings
… the ‘Unban the ANC’ campaign at the Rand Supreme court in Johannesburg.The court order was successfully granted … but they nonetheless prohibited any…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.1 Oct-Dec 1960
… Goal, 1960, Hannah Stanton. A Foreign Correspondent in South Africa, Norman Phillips. Diary From a Refuge, Anon. … Nigeria and Tomorrow’s Africa, Akin…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.1 Oct-Dec 1959
… Nyerere. Durban Explodes, Myrna Blumberg. The African in Industry, Brian Bunting. The African on the Farm, Ben … Turok M.P.C. The new Serfdom, James Fairburn…
PlaceRiebeeck Square, Cape Town.
… changed after the annexation of the Cape by the British in 1806, when a new market was established immediately east of the Castle in 1812 for the benefit of…
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… was adopted by the African National Congress (ANC) in December 1951. The Campaign began with a commitment to … was the largest scale of non-violent…
EventThe UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces to enter Congo
… Lumumba demanded the immediate removal of Belgian forces in his country. He threatened to ask the Soviet Union for … A day after the resolution was made, UN…
PlaceMarabastad Market Stalls, Pretoria
… tiers rising to the sky above the entranceway. Built in 1905, until 1927 the temple was a small wood and iron … ornate ‘Gorpuram’ that can be seen today was…
EventThe Second Basotho War, known as Siqiti war, breaks out
… three wars were the result of conflict between the Basotho in what is now the Free State/Lesotho area and the Boers, who … crossed the Orange River into…
EventKenneth Kaunda accuses British Foreign Secretary of “kissing” apartheid
… you. But as a messenger of what you have come to do in South Africa, you are not welcome at all." Howe denied the … accusing them of conspiring to defend…
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
… City Council meeting statement made on 17 October 1944, in which a detailed report regarding the "Western Areas … 1904 to 1934 Indians had increasingly…
Event26 parties meet to discuss future negotiations
… - attended a Negotiation Planning Conference (5-6 March) in Johannesburg, where the political parties were able to … They agreed to resume multi-party…
EventAlgerian head of state Mohamed Boudiaf assassinated
… during a public speech at the opening of a cultural center in Annaba. The incident demonstrated how the political crisis in Algeria was more than a simple…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk promises repeal of apartheid laws
… unban political organizations. The announcement was made in Parliament on 1 February 1991 by de Klerk that he intended … of de Klerk's actions and thus kept…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… Congress (ANC) Consultative Conference, which was held in Johannesburg following the Organisation's unbanning, came … It was the first party conference held…
EventANC claim responsibility for a land mine explosion which kills six
… three and nine, were killed and three seriously injured in a landmine explosion on the fenced-in Chatsworth game farm 25 kilometres to the west of Messina ……
EventPresident George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan
… Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in twelve African and two Caribbean countries during his State of the Union address at a congress…