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Open Talk with Grada Kilomba
… writer and interdisciplinary artist, with origins in São Tomé e Príncipe and Angola. Her work draws on memory, … post-colonialism. The audience will be…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and … is a Provincial Heritage Site at Kwaaihoek, Alexandria in…
EventA Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board
… off the traffic collision avoidance system. The pilot, in trying to avoid a collision rolled the plane too far and … separation by the radar controller” and…
EventMaria Groesbeek is hanged for the murder of her husband, Christian Buys
… Maria Groesbeek and Christian Buys were married in the 1950's. During their seventeen years of marriage they … excuse to beat her. Desperately unhappy, she…
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
… death for the necklace murder of M. Mpapne that took place in 1986. The state argued its case on the alleged evidence … their convictions and sentences, and…
EventRSA introduces more press restriction
… allowed to such an extent that it fosters chaos and revolt in South Africa" (Williams 1998). Some of the alternative … government were: The Weekly Mail The…
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… experiencing difficulty due to infighting over its role in post-apartheid South Africa. De Klerk’s withdrawal from the political arena removed a pivotal…
EventMax the gorilla is shot
… police also jumped into the enclosure. A gunfight ensued in which the robber was shot in the groin. Max, by now enraged, bit Constable Robert …
EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… to all burghers except for rebels and those involved in listed war crimes. Those listed in war crimes included Field-cornet Salmon van As, who was … Farwell:…
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… explorer and navigator Bartholomew Dias anchored in what is now known as Walvis Bay. Dias was on an expedition … Bay on 16 May 1488 and named it the Cape of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo with Other ANC leaders visiting Sweden, 02 February 1990
… not be released, that the state of emergency is not lifted in its entirety and that the practice of detention without … no country committed to ending white…
Statement by O. R. Tambo with other ANC Leaders Visiting Sweden, 2 February 1990
… not be released, that the state of emergency is not lifted in its entirety and that the practice of detention without … no country committed to ending white…
PlaceAddo Heights, Uitenhage
… Addo Heights is a Farm and is located in Cacadu District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. … radius. What you will enjoy is a feeling of remoteness…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.1 Apr-May 1981
… Dam by Miriam Tlali; Jobman by Achmat Dangor; Reflections in a Cell by Mafika Gwala; Bushcraft by Nadine Gordimer; The … by Bicca Muntu Maseko; Staffrider…
EventUnFreedom Day
… rally has been held every year since 2006[3] , including in 2009 when SAPS attempted to ban the event.[4] “UnFreedom … 2006) ↵ [3](AbM, 2017) ↵ [4](AbM, 2008…
PlaceFaculty of Health Sciences, UCT Observatory
… The oldest medical school in South Africa, offer a variety of educational, training and … charm and begs a visit from every person who finds himself in the…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.4 Jul-Sept 1959
… The Nyasaland Crisis, M.W. Kanyama Chuime. Rider and Horse in Northern Rhodesia, Kenneth Kaunda. The Crucible of … Kenya at the Cross-Roads, Tom Mboya. A…
PlaceDoringbaai, Cape West Coast
… - Ocean Views, diverse Coastal Vegetation and Seabirds. In the Season there are plenty of flowers in the Area, and Heaviside Dolphins and South-Right Whales,…
EventThe Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act commences
… 46 of 1951 to remove Coloureds from the common voters roll in the Cape. The Act No 46 of 1951 was declared invalid by … which would ensure them a victory to…
EventWinnie Mandela is found guilty
… dubbed the Mandela United Football Club' (MUFC) . In 1997 the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) reached … that Madikizela-Mandela was guilty and had…
EventInkatha becomes a political party
… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) at a special conference in Ulundi. The party set the following aims to itself: To … To ensure the maintenance if a stable,…
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… South African team to conquer the highest mountain in the world. Their jubilation was dampened when a member of … Cathy O'Dowd went on to reach the summit of…
EventBuilding of Delagoa Bay railway line is completed
… of the Transvaal Republic after annexation by Britain in 1877. This rail link between Transvaal en Delagoa Bay was … Cape. After discovery of the main gold…
PlaceFort Beaufort
… included the Kat River Settlement, which was separated in 1858 when it was proclaimed the division of Stockenstrom. … 5,096 were literate It has developed…
EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… the first African country to do so and one of only a few in the world at the time. MPs from the African National … first couple to wed, Vernon Gibbs and Tony…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The organisation was founded by … Freedom Day was changed from April 15th to May…
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… The Victoria Falls Bridge was constructed in 1905 at the height of British penetration of Northern and … has become one of the most visited tourist…
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… 1879, the British Army suffered its greatest defeat in Africa when 24,000 Zulu soldiers overran a British camp of … The battlefield of Isandlwana became a…
Foreword
… representatives of NGOS and individuals who worked both in the British and international anti-apartheid movement. The … of South Africa House for their…
3. Charge of assault against an estate manager
… and went home. Half an hour after [,] the white man who is in charge of the Coolies at the mill, came to me, and said … on, at the same time struck me with a…