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EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… late on Tuesday evening. Chauke, a former member of the African National Congress ' armed wing Umkhonto we … He died in 2003 in Kalafong hospital, under the…
EventJohnny Clegg, South African musician is born
… He left England for Zimbabwe where he lived until the age of seven. He and his mother immigrated to South Africa … music. Sadly the music could not receive…
EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
… Britain where it was displayed until 1967. The discovery of the Eureka diamond sparked mild interest in the mining industry, but it was only the discovery of…
EventMolly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident
… in the accident. Blackburn's death saddened thousands of people and her funeral was attended by about 20 000 people, a sign of her close relationship with…
PlaceQueens Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… fort erected in 1848, originally housed the Artillery Unit of the Free State, and depicts all major military conflicts … this History and learning about the…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.2 Apr-May 1979
… and Contributors CONTENTS Two letters on the banning of Staffrider Vol 2 No. 1 March 1979, Soweto Speaking to … Mtutuzeli Matshoba (Orlando West) A…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.4 Mar 1982
… Devil on the cross by Ngugi wa Thionga; The Spring of Life by Daniel P. Kunene; In the Twilight Embrace by Funda … by Nelson Ottah; Music Profile: Baby Come…
EventSenzo Mfundo Vilakazi, the South African hip hop artist and lyricist is born
… “Flava”.[ii] The track “Stomp” was used in the soundtrack of the American action film Death Race 3: Inferno.[iii] … DaKar” in 2012. His sophomore album…
EventSA artist, Lionel Davis, is born
… joined the Cape Arts Project (CAP). The main objective of the CAP was to educate and empower South Africans of all races by introducing them to art, theatre…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
… 10 March 1989. The Old Roodepoort Town School, consisting of the main Building with 14 Classrooms, three Offices, three … a Hall and the Toilets, as well as…
EventSA artist, Bongiwe Dhlomo, is born
… Westville. Dhlomo-Mautloa moved to Johannesburg at the end of that year and curated exhibitions at the FUBA Gallery … Gallery in Hyde Park and later was…
EventSA artist Mmakgoba Sebidi is born
… Art Centre in Germiston and in Alexandra. She sold many of her paintings at the art fair, Artists under the Sun, in … from the whole year piling up on the…
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… a normal search procedure, customs officers found 3kg of methamphetamine hydrochloride in her trunk. Linden was not … prisons for drug related crimes. In the…
EventRev. Michael Scott besiege the UN for justice regarding Herero people
… the U.N., but did not get any concrete action on behalf of the Herero. The Reverend was supported by an Indian … and the New York-based International League…
Pietie Norval was born on this day
… 1970 in Belleville. [i] He began playing tennis at the age of 7 years old, and turned professional at 18. [ii] Norval is … in the men’s tennis doubles at the…
Africa South
… for liberation. The articles were related on issues of interest to the masses, the liberals, the communists and … occasionally covered current events in…
EventShaun Thomson*, world surfing title winner, is born in Durban
… School and Carmel College, and began surfing at the age of ten. In 1973, after serving 18 months in the army, Thomson … in 2006. He is regarded as the best…
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
… at London's Guildhall School, then the Manhattan School of Music. In New York he befriended Harry Belafonte, who … tours around the world. Today, Masekela…
EventBotha found Guilty
… Victor Lugaju found former President P.W. Botha guilty of contempt for repeatedly ignoring subpoenas to testify in … as having directly ordered murders,…
EventArthur Conan Doyle, medic during the Second Anglo, is born
… 22 May 1859. Although Doyle is best known for his writing of the Sherlock Holmes crime novel series, he also spent time … with both British and Boer soldiers…
EventStander gang hits 3 banks
… the Johannesburg city centre. The Stander gang was a group of three men led by Andre Stander, a former police detective. … Later that month McCall was killed…
ArchiveSechaba as mondstuk in die ANC se stryd teen blanke oorheersig, 1967-1989
… is. In die' proses sal die aard van Sechaba, dit wil se' of dir 'n nuusblad, smeertydskrif of propagandamedium was, die aard van die onderwerpe wat …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.2 Jul-Aug 1981
… The Prohibition Years by Ronnie Joel; Modderdam, Death of a Shanty Town by Andrew Silk; Art and Society, Art is not … Moyo. Front cover photo: Workers on the…
EventSA is banned from the Olympic Games
… J. B. Vorster's relaxed sports policy, a committee of the IOC visited SA in September, 1967 to examine the … selected on merit, to the next Olympic Games. On…
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
… movements. Tsiranana became increasingly unpopular because of this and was forced to step down. In 1975 … and international power forced him to allow the…
EventA car bomb explodes at Ellis Park Rugby Stadium
… On 2 July 1988, Lester Dumakude, commander of an Umkhonto we Sizwe special operations unit, detonated a … a message to the White community regarding the…
EventGrant Baker, SA surfer, wins the Mavericks Surf Contest at Santa Cruz
… US $30 000 (approx R195 000) winner's pay-cheque and a one of a kind Reactor watch. He finished in front of Santa Cruz local Tyler Smith, Hawaiian legend…
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
… British electrical engineer Charles Tilston Bright as part of his project to link the British Empire with growing … 10s 6d). References: iscpc.org(2000)…
EventAnatii, the South African rapper is born
… album.[3] Anatii was also approached by the co-producer of the Lion King to co-produce one of the track titles that was used during the 2009 FIFA …
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
… and the United Kingdom. His subject matter consisted of people and animals that he encountered in his daily life. … glass set in concrete windows and a…