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EventSA artist Sydney Khumalo is born
… from Edoardo Villa. In 1967 he visited the United States of America and Europe as a guest of USSALEP (United States/South Africa Leadership Exchange …
EventEnoch Mgijima dies
… Enoch Mgijima (Mgizima), Fingo prophet of the Israelites sect in the Eastern Cape, died in … Enoch's claim that they were under the special protection of God…
EventKoeberg becomes operational
… license. Koeberg is situated at Duynefontein, 27km north of Cape Town on the Atlantic coast. The power station … provides electricity to the Western Cape and…
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… South African government. Zulu had been elected President of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the early 1960's and the world … Diversity in the…
EventSalman Rushdie’s visit is still on
… Salman Rushdie's public lecture from the Islamic Council of Southern Africa, the Weekly Mail (now Mail and Guardian) … Mail was considered to be insensitive…
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… was extinguished and the flag lowered. The overall winner of the 2004 Games was the United States with 103 medals, … to win six medals, including one gold…
EventMbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate
… here to read South African History Online's chronology of President Thabo Mbeki Click here to read President Thabo Mbeki's speech during his awarding of an…
EventPrince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War
… The 22-year-old Prince Imperial of France, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, who studied in … party were attacked by about forty Zulus in the vicinity of…
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
… undertaking to negotiate over disputed land. The break of diplomatic relations between South Africa and Transkei … apartheid government had designated as …
Claremont Histories
… History Online by visiting the stand, browsing a selection of South African history publications & talking to young historians about the exciting histories…
EventDie Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger
… in 1916 as the de huisgenoot, then a monthly magazine. One of the reasons the magazine was founded was to financially … a weekly magazine. It has the highest…
Contact
… Contact, the official publication of the Liberal Party, was published monthly, in … political struggles not only in the southern region of Africa but in…
EventWendy Botha, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… London on 28 August 1965.[i] She began surfing at the age of 13, and won four consecutive South African National … as being ranked seventh in the world.[iii]…
EventRiaad Moosa, the South African comedian is born
… medical doctor who attained his degree from the University of Cape Town.[ii] Riaad received the “Comics Choice Award” at … He is also a regular presenter on…
EventFighting breaks out on the Johannesburg market square
… after strikers attacked them with stones. In the period of 1910 to 1914 organised labour began to find its feet in … These Europeans brought with them their…
Looking After Freedom - ending 16 June
… visibility to artistic practices that escape the grasp of art history. Looking After Freedom offers a sampling of artists working in photography, video, and…
Theft at Luthuli House, 12 October 2003
… In response to a number of media enquiries, the ANC wishes to clarify the following: … national headquarters in Johannesburg during the night of Tuesday, 7…
EventPolice found burnt body near KTC squatter camp, Cape Town
… the South African police services found the burnt body of a man near the KTC squatter camp in Nyanga East. A Police … police spokesman mentioned that this…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.1 1984
… Mpumie Cilibe; A Dirty Story by Yashar Kemal; The Incest of Poverty by Achmat Dangor; Phumaphi by Floss M. Jay; … With the Workers' Struggle by Lawrence…
EventSouth African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe is born
… for writing both stories and music for children. Some of her work has been used in different schools and … also represented South Africa in Egypt for the…
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
… with Duma Nokwe (1927-1978) who was Secretary-General of the ANC from 1958 to 1969. Born to working class parents … School in Johannesburg, Fort Hare, and…
EventBonnie Ntshalintshali, SA artist, is born
… encouraged her to pursue her own path. In many of her works, Ntshalintshali drew inspiration from her early … in collections locally and overseas…
EventFlorence Nightingale opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas hospital in London
… Nightingale chose to become a nurse over the popular role of wife and mother. Though her family was against it, they … school in the world. The nursing…
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
… category 4 cyclone named Favio struck the central province of Inhambane in Mozambique. Although the cyclone was … the winds and rains were felt as far away…
EventVaal Triangle erupts in violence
… Three township councillors, including the deputy mayor of the Vaal Triangle, Kuzwayo Jacob Dlamini, were killed in … for the killings. Click here to read an…
EventA Xhosa film wins Golden Bear award
… in Germany. The film was shot in the Cape Town Township of Khayelitsha. The musical, sung entirely in Xhosa, is about … the award in Xhosa before bursting…
EventMandela asks for commitment to fight AIDS
… Former President Nelson Mandela, speaking in a meeting of international dignitaries in Bangkok, Thailand, said he … about AIDS, especially in Africa where…
EventMalawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election
… died in a hospital in South Africa in 1997, at the age of 101 and despite the controversy, which surrounded his … Mwenenguwe, R., Malawi: Political crisis…
EventSA cricketer, Herschelle Gibbs is born
… he played soccer and rugby, but chose cricket as his sport of choice. He is a right handed batsman who made a name for … against Pakistan. Despite his…
EventGwen Lister is born
… on 5 December 1953. After graduating at the University of Cape Town, Lister left for Namibia and joined the Windhoek … In Namibia Lister focussed on…