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EventWinnie Mandela is elected ANCWL president
… Born Nomzamo Winfreda Zanyiwe Madikizela in the Eastern Cape, President Mandela’s former wife and politician was elected President of the African National…
EventWinnie Mandela attacked by a group of people
… Winnie Mandela, at the time wife of imprisoned African National Congress (ANC) … was pelted with eggs and cool drink cans while leaving the Supreme Court in…
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… Bulelani Ngcuka, born in Middledrift, Eastern Cape on 2 May 1954, is a former African National Congress … to avoid accusation of political bias and to…
EventXhosa author Samuel Mqhayi dies
… nemiBongo (1927) included 'Nkosi sikelel' iAfrica'. The words of the first stanza and chorus were originally written in Xhosa … (eds)(1970). Standard…
PlaceShakaland, Northern Natal
… Shakaland, situated just 160 km North of the City of Durban is a living monument, to Zulu culture . It is here that people from all over the World come to…
EventEli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, is born
… a trade unionist and communist party member. He co-founded the African Garment Workers' Union in Cape Town and he was jailed and banned several times under …
EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… son of Casper Kruger, was born in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape on his grandfather's farm. In 1842 he married Maria du … sons. As a political figure Paul Kruger…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
… The building was erected on a portion of the historic Boshof Farm, owned by Alexander van Breda. Its … It is regarded as one of the finest and best preserved…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… In 1977, a group of "cultural workers"from the townships fled into exile in Gaborone, Botswana; … discourse around Staffrider magazine, to the newly-formed…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The Federation of South African Women's Papers, University of the Witwatersrand…
EventBartolomeu Dias reaches present Mossel Bay
… Bartolomeu Dias discovered that he had sailed past the southern-most point of Africa. A strong wind had driven him so far south of Cape Point that he did not…
EventActress and teacher Wilhelmina Freund is born
… in 1912, she was appointed as teacher of elocution at the South African College of Music in Cape Town, the first person in South Africa with the requisite …
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… 7 October, Desmond Mpilo Tutu is born in Klerksdorp, in the then Transvaal province of South Africa. 1961 Desmond … the first black South African Anglican…
Visit of Graca Machel, 9 October 1991
… Oliver Tambo - comprising in total 118 people - will visit the scene of the late President Machel`s plane crash on Friday, 11 October … Eastern Transvaal…
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… a famous tourist street located in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. The street is lined with the Donkin Street Row Houses - stunning Victorian style …
EventGovernor-General Sir Patrick Duncan dies
… Governor-general of the Union of South Africa, Sir Patrick Duncan, died in Pretoria at the age of 72. He came to South Africa as Sir Alfred Milner's ……
EventSouth African poet Vincent Oliphant is born
… in 1954 in Alicedale, a small town near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. His first book of poems, Bloed vloei in stilte (Blood … in 1981, and comprised…
EventLocal elections receive go
… with legislation that was passed in September by the Constitutional Court, necessitating the holding of elections before December, 1995. The Election … had…
EventTwo top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.
… two top South African scientists were refused entry into the Soviet Union during the International Science Congress in Leningrad. The … Head of the…
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… of years ago, people lived on Robben Island. After the Dutch had settled at the Cape, the island was used mainly as a hospital for people …
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
… On 20th August 1983, the United Democratic Front was launched at the Rockland Civic Centre in Cape Town. It was a broad coalition of anti apartheid …
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… The President of the National Union of South Africa Students (NUSAS), Ian Robertson, receives a banning order under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950…
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… Danie Theron, an Afrikaner patriot believing in the just and divine right of the Boer to stand against British interference, died during … in the courtroom. …
EventANC stage marches in major cities
… The African National Congress (ANC) and its allies staged marches in major cities across the country in protest at the delays in the release of … Pretoria,…
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… The property was granted to Matthys Coeymans in 1669 and its homestead was subsequently erected in a Cape Dutch style. During the 19th century a number of…
PlaceSenegal
… Senegal is bounded to the north and northeast by the Sénégal River, which separates … Guinea-Bissau; and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The Cape Verde …
ArchivePhotography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017
… former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex-Offenders, show men … Both shows include photographs…
ArchiveTribute to Anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman, by African National Congress, 1 January 2009
… The African National Congress (ANC) pays tribute to the late anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman who has died … out against forced removals at Crossroads…
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… The government prohibited an anti-apartheid conference organised by COSATU in Cape Town, which aimed to include delegates from a broad … and restricted its…
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
… took his Leica camera along to a jazz concert at the then University of Natal Pietermaritzburg’s Great Hall … to where? Louis Moholo-Moholo is back home in…