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EventChris Hani is elected SACP Secretary
… commander, Chris Hani, was elected as secretary-general of the South African Communist Party (SACP) at its first … 1990. He took over from Joe Slovo, who…
EventANC members meet with Adriaan Vlok and Gen. Magnus Malan
… Walter Sisulu, met with two government officials, Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister Gen. … Malan in Cape Town, to explore the…
EventNatoo Babenia is born
… Road, Bellair, Durban. In South Africa he was a member of the African National Congress (ANC), South African … Island. Babenia passed away on 1 January 1999…
PlaceCoerney, Port Elizabeth
… Coerney is a River and Railway station 64 km North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the … National! Recorded as early as 1752 in the…
PlaceCyphergat Station
… The village of Cyphergat was the headquarters of the Cyphergat Coal Mining Co (Ltd). The railway line …
EventIFP makes election threat
… Officials of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced that they would not present their list of election candidates to the Independent Electoral … Keesing's…
EventWorld Press Freedom Day
… Scientific and Cultural Organisation), the objective of World Press Freedom Day is “to evaluate press freedom … to journalists who have lost their lives in…
EventCharges against Cape Times editor, Mr Anthony Heard are dropped
… Mr Anthony who was convicted for publishing an interview of the African National Congress leader, Oliver Tambo were … justice, Mr Dave Dalling responded to…
Africa in Today’s World by Max Coleman - Book Launch
… Anti Apartheid activist Max Coleman is about the Cycle of Life: From birth, survival to development in Africa to-day against the backdrop of massive changes…
ArchiveInterview with Mr H Molooi
… that time. Mrs Ngcobo was the only known, living daughter of Langalibalele Dube, until 1978, when she passed on. Mrs … Wessels George Champion (1893-1975)…
ArchiveUDF Unites To Expose What Underlies Reform
… launched in Cape Town in Agust 1983 to unite a broad range of organisations against the new constitution and Koornhof Bills. Since the launch of UDF, support…
ArchiveA vote for SAIC is a vote accepting racial inferiority. Reject Aparthate!
… Reject Apartheid; text on ballot box: At the congress of the ASB held in Pretoria on 28 June 1971 the Prime … in GENETIC FUSION* - NJ Rhoodie, The Coloured…
ArchiveBolt Number 11 December 1974
… Andrew Verster. Madagascar, Patrick Cullinan. The Idea of a Critical Sociology of Music, Michael Nupen. Two Poems, Christopher Mann. Silene, …
PlaceWave Crest, 181 Main Road, Kalk Bay
… The Residence was Built on a Site upon which two of the earliest Cottages in Kalk Bay already stood, the first having been erected in 1846. Instead of…
PlaceSettler Houses, 10-12 Castle Hill, Port Elizabeth
… the adjacent house at 7 Castle Hill, are typical examples of early English Settler Architecture of their time. This was restored with some alterations in …
PlaceHillside House, 14 Bird Street, Port Elizabeth
… after that date and is richly decorated with a number of Victorian architectural elements. In its time it has accommodated a number of well-known Port…
EventPrime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act
… Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts announced the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the … be entitled to elect three White…
EventArtist Allina Ndebele is born
… September 2005, president Thabo Mbeki bestowed the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver on her for excellent contribution in the field of the creative arts. …
EventDjibouti and Cote d’ Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
… and his foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha a number of other African countries announced their willingness to … Africa, whilst Cote d'Ivore announced the…
EventPik Botha visits Soviet Union
… days after the visit. Botha also announced the opening of a trade mission in St Petersburg. References: Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for…
EventThe People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
… People Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky … coup attempt by the PPP. Mangope announced…
EventNoby Ngombane is murdered
… Noby Ngombane, 38, head of the Free State government's policy monitoring and … shot dead at his house in Bloemfontein. The murder trial of Ngombane's wife…
EventP.W. Botha appears in court
… which were handed over by the TRC for his involvement of the gruesome apartheid killings of black freedom fighters allegedly arranged by his regime. …
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
… Founding member of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), Colin Wells Eglin was … political career, Eglin was instrumental in the merging of the Progressive…
EventThe first plots are sold in Mayfair on the West Rand
… The Johannesburg suburb of Mayfair was laid out the farm Langlaagte No.258, the farm … gold was discovered in the late 1800s. The mineral rights of…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President
… F.W. de Klerk as President. Mandela spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the Robben Island Prison. In June 1990 he retired from politics at the age…
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
… eliminate Nkrumah, exploded and killed four people, scores of whom were left injured. Four years before this incident, … Detention Act which he used to…
EventThe Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils
… than 20 000 learners from Soweto marched against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in Black secondary schools. The uprising then … 2014]|O…
ArchiveMoral suasion
… Lecture series on january 18, 1978 at the University of Cape Town. The lecture comprises of some statistical information regarding South Africas' …
ArchiveSouth African Church leaders confront the Sstate
… out on the short walk to Parliament to present a petition of protest. Within minutes the leading clergy were bundled … Tutu to State President P W Botha…