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PlaceAbees, Bela-Bela
… Old Khoikhoi name for Warmbad. It means 'place of cleansing or washing'. A Town 100 km away from Pretoria … was also known as Het Bad (the bath) and…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.3 1986
… Stories: The Masquerade Ball by Temba Makunga; Weak of Faith by J.V. Pillay; Coffee for the Road by Alex La Guma; … Gottschalk; Worker Poets; Mike Nicol…
EventDemocratic Alliance federal conference in Port Elizabeth
… chairman, with Alf Rees elected as federal chairman of finance, and Thomas Walters as deputy chair of federal council. Third deputy chair is Desiree van der …
Black Review
… Black Conciousness movement. It was intended as a survey of contemporary events and trends in the Black community. An exhaustive range of subjects includes…
ArchiveInternational Childrens Day June 1
… silkkscreen blue, yellow, red, green on white; Graphic map of world with pictures of children in continents; text: Ask the children; …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.6 No.1 Oct-Dec 1961
… Communism and Congress in South Africa, Duma Nokwe. Out of the Strike, Nelson Mandela. Techniques of Revolt, A special correspondent. The Cloudy Isle,…
EventThe Excelsior, biggest diamond till then, is found in the Jagersfontein mine, OFS
… shaped like half a loaf and white in colour with a tint of blue was the biggest diamond ever found until 1905 when … which has been described as a colossal…
EventKenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa
… to sports events in South Africa. This marked the end of Kenya’s 15 year ban on sports links with South Africa. The year 1991 saw many of South Africa’s…
EventSouth African black activist and poet Benjamin Moloise is hanged for allegedly killing a police officer
… government on 18 October 1985. Moloise was accused of murdering a black police officer. The African National … in the townships that violence escalated. It…
EventThe South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee is founded
… Africa's official Olympic representative body in place of the 'white' South African Sports Association (SASA). … sport structures and went on to advocate for…
EventLucas Seage is born
… studied under the veteran artist Sydney Kumalo. He was one of the resistance artists, who saw art as a weapon against apartheid. References: Rankin: Images…
EventSolly Sachs leaves South Africa
… untenable. This move followed after two notices in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act (1950) had been served on him on 19 May 1952 … Verwey, E. J. …
EventJournalist Percy Qoboza is released from detention
… Percy Qoboza, editor of the banned newspaper, The World, was released from … security raids in October 1976. Qoboza was freed as result of an international…
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
… The former leader of the Afrikaner Volksunie (AV) and Freedom Front (FF), … Afrikaanse Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and members of the Freedom Alliance (FA)…
EventBrett Kebble is shot dead
… Andile Nkuhlu, Kebble's business partner and member of the ANC Youth League, who was expecting Kebble at dinner, said that Kebble was the victim of a callous…
EventEgyptian women files divorce under new law
… women to prove physical or psychological harm on the part of their husband. Gabr, from the northern area of Tanta, testified in her petition to the family…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Gabon at Odi Stadium
… Cup qualifier game against Gabon at the Odi stadium. Most of the foreign-based players who were missing in the match … Wallis: Nuusdagboek ---- (2004). …
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
… in the security forces. He insisted that he was part of a systematic campaign, which encompassed the police, armed … Southern African Political History: a…
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… Rensburg prophecy by leading a rebellion against the Union of South Africa, which was formed after the defeat of Boer Republics in the South African War. …
EventEmily Hobhouse reports on her findings regarding concentration camps during the Second Anglo Boer War
… The British government was unsympathetic to the plight of the prisoners and the dire circumstances continued. It was … 000 people in White camps and more…
EventFilm producer, Jamie Uys passes away
… People'. 'The Gods Must be Crazy' enjoyed three years of uninterrupted screening in the United States of America. Jamie Uys passed away on 29 January 1996, …
EventSir John Herschel, British astronomer, arrives in Cape Town
… Africa to catalogue the stars, nebulae, and other objects of the southern skies. He arrived in Cape Town on 15 January … showing the Cape flora . He…
EventJohannes Kerkorrel, Afrikaans singer and songwriter, is born in Johannesburg
… Rapport. He was later fired from the newspaper because of his political activism. Kerkorrel’s music was overtly critical of the apartheid government and, as…
EventA fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and seriously injures twenty-eight others
… safety. Some, however, got trapped inside when the roof of the dormitory caved in and could not escape. About 28 boys … and carried out an investigation. It…
EventAbout 130 people are reported drowned or missing when a Nigerian boat capsizes along the coast Cameroon
… people on its way to Gabon capsized on the Atlantic coast of Cameroon on 23 March 2005. 130 passengers are said to have … Faso and Mali. The boat is reported…
EventEmmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer, is born
… school in Tottenham. He joined Arsenal at the age of nine and has played for them since. He is currently … his national eligibility from England to his…
EventThe Town Victoria West is founded under the name Victoria, named after Queen Victoria
… Victoria West in 1855, to distinguish it from the district of the same name in the Eastern Cape. Today, the town has a population of just over 11 000. It is…
Isisebenzi
… published about once a month and dealt with all matters of interest to workers, especially with their struggle for … when it was written by workers;…
Black Student Politics
… during this period have provided a detailed analysis of a specific movement or organisation - its historical … immediate and more long-term significance, the…
Commemorating fifty years since District Six was declared for whites only
… and investment into the area would be for the benefit of the white community who would become the new residents … event will include storytelling, a walk and…