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EventFifteen English cricket players are prohibited to play for three years in England because of their rebel tour of South Africa
… The rebel cricket tours were matches taking place in South Africa at a time when the country was banned from international cricket. Despite wide…
EventUganda gains independence
… The East African country Uganda gained independence from … federal status and a degree of autonomy. Buganda, under the leadership of Sir Edward Mutesa, was…
EventBafana Bafana wins against Algeria
… The SA soccer team, Bafana Bafana, won their Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinal match against Algeria 2 - 1 at the FNB Stadium, Johannesburg. The defender,…
EventViolence escalates in German South West Africa during Herero Revolt
… The post offices at Waldau and the Waterberg in German South West Africa (now Namibia) were destroyed during the Herero Revolt . Violence also erupted at…
EventNatal Indian Congress is formed
… The Natal Indian Congress (NIC) is formed by Mahatma Gandhi … to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal. The party became the first permanent…
PlaceNarainsamy Temple, Newlands, Durban
… The temple was founded in 1896, and is controlled by the Narainsamy Family Trust. The building was designed and built by Chris Kristapper …
ANC hard at work despite power failure and strike threat, 27 July 2009
… brought to a standstill by striking municipal workers, the work of the ANC has not come to a stop. Today the ANC immediately implemented contingency plans…
Grassroots
… Grassroots was started in 1980 as the first of a series of community newspapers designed to give a voice to the 'voiceless' and oppressed peoples of South…
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… On 22 June 1971 a Pretoria court ruled that the former leader of the banned Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Robert Sobukwe, … would not be allowed to use…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… had fled South Africa shortly after testifying before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Roelof Erasmus. The commission…
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… in 1905. She served as an officer in command of the Women Army Auxiliary Services during the World War II. In 1944 she was seconded to undertake … United…
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
… teams like FC Zurich and FC Baden. He was one of the first few players to play for the national team, affectionately known as Bafana Bafana at a time when…
ArchivePaper on SASO
… Confidential paper from the President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) to the members of the National Council of the NUSAS, discussing…
ArchiveTribute to Anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman, by African National Congress, 1 January 2009
… The African National Congress (ANC) pays tribute to the late anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman who has died at the age of 91. As a Member of Parliament…
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… A member of the Tetela ethnic group, Patrice Emery Lumumba was born in the Katakokombe region of the Kasai Province of Belgian Congo. Lumuba became involved …
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… close to 100 people per day to cardiovascular diseases. The World Health Organisation (WHO) organizes awareness … events in over 100 countries worldwide on…
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
… A Commission of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) published a … hostile to Christian beliefs. This came a few months after the SACC was…
EventDr. Dadoo and Naicker lead Passive Resisters
… hartal, that is, a day of mourning or protest on which all the shops were shut and no-one went to work or did any shopping, throughout the country. Mass…
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… It was officially disclosed that the South African Police (SAP) were in Rhodesia (later renamed Zimbabwe) actively helping in the fight against Nationalist…
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… The release of Nelson Mandela on 11 February 1990 was a catalyst that sped up the change in the political dispensation in South Africa. On 4 March 1990 … on…
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… The government prohibited an anti-apartheid conference … and restricted its organisers for more than ten days. The seven restricted included Chris…
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
… altercation with Sundowns' coach, Angel Cappa, during the recent 2-2 Premier League derby draw against Sundowns at Loftus Stadium, Pretoria. In addition to…
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… citizen, Kofi Annan, was appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to replace the outgoing Boutros Boutros Ghali, whose term of office had ……
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… The South African National Assembly passes the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act. The law allows women to terminate pregnancies on request …
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… Morgan Richard Tsvangirai was born in the Bahure area of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He is the eldest of nine children. Tsavangirai joined the…
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… he was very successful in various sports codes. He plays the forward position for the Western Province and Stormers teams. Burger was selected for the…
EventJudge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987
… Justice of the Constitutional Court, Edwin Cameron made headlines in … living with HIV for twelve years. Cameron was a judge at the time and is one of the…
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… their names are Nthatho Harrison Motlana he has been the secretary for the African National Congress, Eric Mafuna he was the president of black management…
Inqaba ya basebenzi
… Inqaba ya basebenzi, published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress documents the workers' struggle for national…
An interview with Dorothy Molefi: Hector was ‘always smiling’
… Her child was Hector Pieterson. As a 12-year-old victim of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, Hector Pieterson was immortalised … yet it is Hector's mother, Dorothy,…