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EventMadalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament
… golfer Madalitso Muthiya began playing golf at the age of six. After he broke a bedroom window while playing with … his own. When Muthiya was fifteen, he…
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
… Million Dollar Golf Tournament. It was Price’s third win of the tournament, having won his first in 1993 and his … the best players over the years and…
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.
… country to independence in 1962. He became prime minister of Uganda and later president. In 1969, an attempt on his … overthrown in 1971 and was succeeded by…
Read SABC CEO Jimi Matthews full resignation letter (Staff Reporter), 27 June 2016
… made me complicit in many decision which I am not proud of. “What is happening at the SABC is wrong and I can no longer be part of it.” Source: www.timeslive…
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa’s withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
… (ILO) adopted a resolution condemning the racial policies of the South African government and calling for South … United Nations agency that brings together…
PlaceNorth Lodge, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Wilson. This quaint design sought to imitate the elements of a French castle from the late Gothic era, resulting in a romantic structure unique of its kind,…
EventNelson Mandela’s son, Thembekile is killed in a car accident
… Thembekile “Thembi” Mandela, the eldest son of Nelson Mandela and Evelyn Mase was killed in a car … Mandela, who always played a brother figure for many of…
EventMarais Viljoen is inaugurated as state president
… Former minister of labour and a moderate member of the National Party, Marais Viljoen, was inaugurated as …
EventThe New Republic Party is formed
… New Republic Party (NRP), was formed after the integration of the United Party (UP) and Democratic Party (DP). The … (NP). In the elections which were held…
EventSouth African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title
… title in 1986. He defeated Alfredo Layne of Panama in Sun City, on a tenth-round knockout to lift the … title. He is now a successful boxing trainer with a…
EventSA Rugby team loses to New Zealand
… This was Francois Pienaar's final match as captain of the Springboks. After leaving the field injured, the team's coach Andre Markgraaff accused him of…
EventKing Dinuzulu dies
… Dinuzulu ka-Cetshwayo, King of the Zulu nation, released from prison by Prime Minister … viewed this as an honorific title, nonetheless, the House of Shaka…
EventPretoria Boys High School opens
… School under the headmaster Charles Hope. The enrolment of thirty-two included both boys and girls. The school grew rapidly and the number of pupils…
EventSA composer Benjamin Tyamzashe is born
… festivals. He was the only composer and choir conductor of his generation to have his song "Zweliyaduduma" sung to … to SA in 1947, B-ka-T conducted the song…
EventMacassar Beach, in False Bay, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board
… Macassar is a beach in False Bay, east of the Peninsula. The beach is named after Macassar in the … area and is well known for its coastal dunes. The people…
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
… wishes to express his interest in developing a bill of rights for South Africa; and drawing up a constitution that fully acknowledges the minority groups of…
EventKaren Muir
… At the young age of 12 years, 10 months and 25 days, Karen Muir from Kimberley … youngest world record holder in any sport in the history of organised sport…
FAVT: Future Africa Visions in Time – Group Show (until 28 April 2017)
… 2015, Picture by: Lara Buchmann The Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies, Iwalewahaus (University of Bayreuth) and the Goethe-Institut Kenya, in…
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,…
EventRiots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape
… by the mob. The riots happened five months after the start of the Defiance Campaign, 26 June 1952 when the first … to militant African nationalism, mass…
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…
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…
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…