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EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… His father, Govan Mbeki, was a prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape. The young Mbeki joined the ANC Youth League at…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… was born in Lesotho in 1916, but grew up in Ladybrand in the Free State. After completing secondary school in the Eastern Cape, he studied medicine and…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… Keodirelang Matthews , was born in Kimberley in 1901, the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi Matthews, a … voter and his cousin, Sol Plaatje, a…
EventMorgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
… Zimbabwe on 11 February 2009 as part of what was known as The Unity Government, in partnership with Robert Mugabe as … president. This was considered a…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… A period of hardship set in for the AmaXhosa after their defeat in the Eighth Frontier War (also called Eighth War of … 1856 Nongqawuse, an adolescent girl…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… reign over Lesotho as he was twice dethroned, first in the 1970s when he was exiled from Lesotho and in 1990 when he was stripped of constitutional powers…
PlaceRhodes University, Grahamstown
… Rhodes University, founded in 1904, the University has a well-established reputation for Academic … 8200 students, Rhodes is a small University, which enjoys…
PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
… Back in 1802, the establishment of a Missionary Village on a deserted farm near Algoa Bay, now Port Elizabeth, became a thorn in the side of the colonial…
EventDusi Canoe Marathon commences
… The Dusi Canoe Marathon started on 22 December 1951, when … Pearce, Basil Halford, John Naudé, and Willie Potgieter. The men had to make their way through…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… The African National Congress (ANC) condemns in the strongest terms the hijacking last night (Tuesday, 24 November 2009) of one …
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… On 30 April 1991, the head of the Lesotho military, Maj.Gen Justin Lekhanya was ousted by rebel junior officers. The reasons for this coup was a long…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… A Township 13 kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg . The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. … of Great Britain; also said to be named…
EventVerney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
… Verney Lovett Cameron entered the British navy in 1857, taking part in the Abyssinian campaign of 1868 and in the suppression of the East African slave trade…
21. Pariah constables pollute Hindus
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Some 29 people submitted the following complaint jointly to the…
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… 1971-94; died Johannesburg 25 November 1997. He was one of the most extraordinary people of the 20th century. He lived three different lives; as a … them. He…
ArchiveANC/UCT Position Paper proposals
… Report of a meeting between the ANC and the University of Cape Town on the education crisis. Includes handwritten notes on a …
JANAM People’s Theatre Group Tour!
… kindle interest in and enthusiasm for popular education. The lecture will be a multi-pronged event! It begins with a … Natya Manch and audience…
ArchiveRobert Shell: A tribute By Martin Plaut, 05 February 2015
… Martin Plaut writes on the passing of the foremost scholar of slavery in the Cape Robert Shell: my friend Today I learnt the news I …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by A. P. Mda
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … mind ”” his scholarliness and his innovative analysis of the freedom struggle. His dedication…
PlaceMaclear/Nqanqarhu
… The Sivewright Bridge, in Station Street. Is a National … Bridge With Arches. This place was first known by the by the San People as; ' Nqarhu '. When…
PlaceFaculty of Health Sciences, UCT Observatory
… The oldest medical school in South Africa, offer a variety of … educational, training and academic career options within the context of health care and…
PlaceSt Saviours Church Anglican Church and Cemetery, Bowwood Road, Claremont
… St. Saviours Church is at the Corner of Bowwood and Main Roads in Claremont, Cape Town, … present Site since 1854 and has immense Historical value. The…
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… On 20 June 1990 Nelson Mandela was greeted the way New York welcomes its heroes – with mounds of security and miles of tickertape. According to reports, the…
PlaceDoringbaai, Cape West Coast
… Doringbaai is a picturesque little Town on the Cape West Coast near Strandfontein and Langebaan, about … km West of Cape Town. You can get to Doringbaai next…
EventNational Heritage Day celebrates South African cultural diversity
… National Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. The day was previously known as Shaka Day, and was celebrated … Heritage Day…
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was formed … an Inaugural Conference held on 4 and 5 March 1955 in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg. SACTU…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… Joe Slovo , the former South African Communist Party (SACP) and African … was born in Lithuania. From 1950s Slovo became a victim of the government…
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… on this date to elect segregated local authorities. For the first time elections for all areas, except homelands, were held on the same day. This meant that…
EventPolice detain Valli Moosa and Murphy Morobe in Port Elizabeth
… publicity secretary Murphy Morobe in a pre-dawn raid on the home of Judge Dayalin Chetty in Port Elizabeth. The two men had been on the run from the police…
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
… The eldest person in South Africa and allegedly eldest in the world, Granny Moloko Temo, of Mogodi Village between … her 130 th birthday with her community…