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EventThe Native Affairs Commission went once more to Ntabelanga for negotiations
… would end in 1920. His declaration inspired a pilgrimage of his followers from all over South Africa. About 3 000 … themselves or paying tax. Mgijima was…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
EventSnaar Viljoen, the great all-rounder is born
… Northern Cape on 11 January 1904.[i] Snaar was one of South Africa’s greatest all-rounders.[ii] AnchorHe … years 1928 and 1935.[iv] Despite having reached…
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… Mancoba's works can be described as spontaneous bursts of colour. It was immediately apparent that he wanted to … on painting. In 1952 he moved from Paris…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.1 Feb 1980
… REVIEW, Mafika Gwala reviews, Just a Little Stretch of Road and The Rainmaker, WOMEN WRITERS Nokugcina Sigwili. CHILDREN'S SECTION Children of Crossroads PEN…
The United Nations adopts resolution 1375 (XIV) on Apartheid
… in subsequent decades, including the 1962 establishment of the Special Committee Against Apartheid and eventual … that systematic racial discrimination was a…
The Trade Union Movement
… Annexure B of …
ArchiveFOSATU guide to Unions organising African workers
… Table of information … Federation of South African Trade Unions …
ArchiveAlbert Luthuli
… A biography of Albert Luthuli …
ArchiveJohannesburg
… Multicoloured poster. Artwork of Johannesburg. …
ArchiveF W de Klerk
… Photo of a young F W de Klerk ? …
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… retained the title six times.[v] He reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1924, and quarterfinals of the French Open in 1927.[vi] Raymond played in ten ties…
ArchiveRex vs Tabata
… Trial proceedings of Rex versus Tabata …
ArchiveAfrican Continent
… Multicoloured poster deplicting continent of Africa. …
ArchiveBlack Community Programmes Limited: 1976 Report
… Annual Report of the Black Community Programmes …
Black Community Programmes: 1973 Report
… Annual Report of the Black Community Programmes …
Russian poster
… Multicoloured poster. Five blocks of different artwork. …
ArchiveMorris Isaacson is still what she was before
… A short poem in remembrance of an exile …