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EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… Black economic empowerment deal, Anglo American and the National Empowerment Consortium (NEC) signed an agreement … entertainment, media, casino, exhibitions…
EventAlbert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
… In 1905, Albert Einstein had four papers published in the Annalen der Physik, the leading German physics journal. These are the papers that history has come…
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… Sixty-one Xhosa-speaking workers, under the leadership of their Headman known as One O'clock, went on strike at the Brakpan Electric Works. The workers…
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
… in Grahamstown in South Africa. He studied Anthropology at the University of Grahamstown and later went on to teach the subject at the University of the…
EventAfrica Malaria Day
… Malaria Day is observed annually on 25 April. The day was officially instituted by the World Health Assembly in May 2007. Malaria Day was first … as Africa…
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… Tembisa is a large Township situated to the North of Kempton Park , under the Ekurhuleni Municipality . It was established in 1957 when … Areas in Edenvale,…
Zuma to grow ANC membership in tribute to Madiba, 17 July 2011
… of his organisation - taken as far back as 1942 - to grow the ANC membership to one million, members of the media are reminded of the address by ANC…
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… Jesser Point Lighthouse is the most Northerly light on South Africa's East coast. This … Lighthouse was established in 1986. It is situated within the…
PlaceTable View
… Further North of Cape Town’s City Centre , across the Rietvlei Lagoon which is popular for its abundant … young families and is a vibrant and growing…
PlaceAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI), University of Cape Town
… company, specializing in research and publication on the visual Arts in Africa. ASAI began in 2005, concerned with the lack of engagement by South African…
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… sexuality and hygiene. Since 1999, 12 states across the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria have begun reintroducing … amputation and stoning for crimes like…
PlaceDe Goede Verwachting, 17 Cavalcade Road, Green Point
… The land, which included the whole of Green Point, was granted in 1814 to David Kuuhle. Construction of the house probably began almost immediately and for…
EventKenyan political activist Jomo Kenyatta released from jail
… was released from jail after serving 9 years. During the 1952 Mau Mau rebellion, Kenyatta, together with other nationalist leaders was imprisoned by the…
EventScottish missionary, Robert Moffat arrives in Northern Cape
… Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary of the London Missionary Society (LMS), arrived at Maruping, ten … present day Kuruman, to assist with missionary work,…
EventSA Rugby team loses to New Zealand
… The South Africa Rugby team, the Springboks, were beaten 18-29 by the New Zealand team (All Blacks) in a Tri-Nation first test …
EventPretoria Boys High School opens
… The Staatsmodelskool (State Model School), started in 1893 by … was refurbished by Lord Alfred Milner and opened as the Pretoria Boys High School under the…
PlaceAdams Mission, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Settlement West of Amanzimtoti and South of Durban, in the Umlazi district. Established in 1836, it was destroyed by Dingaan, but rebuilt in 1839. Named…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
… Haile Selassi was born as Lij Tafari Makonnen in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
EventEdgar Wallace (56), author and newspaper editor in South Africa, dies in Hollywood.
… gave him up for adoption when he was nine years old. At the age of 12, Wallace left school and held several menial jobs. He later joined the army and was…
ArchiveAfricans in Cape Town: state policy and popular resistance, 1936-73
… Thesis presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the University of Cape Town. The study focusses on Cape …
ArchiveInterview with Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda
… Ashby Peter Solomzi "A. P." Mda (1916-1993) who grew up in the Herschel district of the Transkei. He was prominent among the founders of the ANC Youth League…
ArchiveRenewed fighting in April
… On April 1 1989, the start of the implementation of Resolution 435, clashes between Swapo … forces broke out in northern Namibia . For nine days the most…
EventMuhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain his world heavyweight title
… The historic boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George … Republic of Congo) took place on 30 October 1974. Ali won the fight when he knocked out Foreman…
PlaceCity Hall, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… pile was designed in a grandiose Edwardian style heralding the subsequent pomp of the Georgian era. The Duke of Connaught and Strathern, laid the corner…
EventElectric lights are installed in Adderley Street, Cape Town.
… Adderly Street is possibly the most historically rich street in Cape Town. It gets its name from the man who vehemently opposed a proposal by the British to…
EventJournalist Percy Qoboza is released from detention
… Percy Qoboza, editor of the banned newspaper, The World, was released from detention, together with nine … for his release. After his release, Qoboza…
EventSmugglers of military recruits in court
… Twelve people (eleven men and one woman) appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court after being accused of smuggling military recruits out of the country…
EventBartolomeu Dias enters Luderitz Bay
… Portuguese seafarer Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Luderitz Bay after sailing for three weeks along the arid Namibia coast of south west…
EventPres Mandela’s testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
… In providing reasons for the decision of the Pretoria High Court to set the investigation of the Browde Commission into South African … African Legal…
EventSiege of Kimberley is raised
… During the Second Anglo-Boer War between the two Boer republics and Britain, Gen. French relieved … after a siege of 123 days. Despite numerous attacks by…