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EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… who was released from prison in February 1990, became the first democratic president of the Republic of South Africa in April 1994. His announcement would…
EventClarence Mlokoti is shot dead by hijackers
… while trying to take his car in Pimville, Soweto. The highjacking took place on Tuesday night while Mlokoti was … come back from their friend's house. While…
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… The Springbok rugby team, nicknamed Amabokoboko, national … of Nick Mallett, registered an important victory over the Australian team. The Amabokoboko beat…
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck, was unveiled. The statue stands on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town…
EventLady Diana Spencer is killed in a car accident in Paris
… known as Princess Diana was born in 1961. She married the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne of England, Charles, and became the royal Princess of Wales…
ArchiveBrothers and sisters of Chatsworth
… The flyer is aimed at the residents of Chatsworth, an Indian residential suburb in Durban and discusses the bus boycott by the Chatsworth community and the…
ArchiveGrahamstown and group areas: some facts
… Map showing the plan of the city of Grahamstown under the Group Areas. Also includes Map showing the proposed …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.1 1992
… Oliphant, Fragments of a dream by Zachoriah Rapola, The House of Raydon by Patrick Sekhula, Independence by EM … Gavin du Plessis, Diary From a Sanitorium by…
ArchiveAre there South Africans? by Sir Keith Hancock
… The twentieth Alfred and Hoernle Memorial Lecture delivered by Sir Keith Hancock in which the title of his talk questions the integrative or disintegrative…
Letter from Jack Simons to Oliver Tambo
… Letter from Jack Simons of the Constitutional Committee and Zola Skweyiya of the Department of Legal and Constitutional Affairs to Oliver Tambo regarding the…
Liberal Opinion/Reality
… Liberal Opinion (1961-1968) was published by the Liberal Party of South Africa which was established in 1953 by Alan Paton, after the National Government had…
PlaceCora Terrace Houses (1,3,5,7,9,11), Port Elizabeth
… This beautiful Georgian home was built in the 1850’s to house soldiers guarding the port of Port Elizabeth. Situated in picturesque surroundings, you can…
PlaceOld Municipal Offices, Berlandina Street, Roodepoort
… The building was designed by Charles Hosking and was completed in 1906 as the first permanent offices for the new Roodepoort-Maraisburg municipality. It was…
EventEnoch Mgijima dies
… Enoch Mgijima (Mgizima), Fingo prophet of the Israelites sect in the Eastern Cape, died in Ntabelanga, Queenstown. His … followers, believing Enoch's claim…
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… and, on this day he announces his intention to resign the National Party presidency while remaining State … colleagues and leads to an internal succession…
EventNigeria cuts its diplomatic missions
… Faced with growing international debt, the Nigerian government announced that it would cut its … this measure would save it from further economic decline…
EventLibrary and clinic names are changed in Pretoria
… The name of the Mid-City Library (Sammy Marks), city library of Pretoria, … was changed to Es'kia Mphahlele Community Library and the Sammy Marks Clinic to…
EventAmina Lawal is freed
… The Nigerian Islamic Appeals Court freed Amina Lawal, a young woman sentenced to death by stoning by the Bakori Sharia court in the Katsina Islamic state of…
EventAfrikaans author, Lulu Latsky is born
… books, mostly for children, was born in Carnarvon, in the Karoo region of South Africa. Latsky was known for her … writing paper. From 1943 until 1950 or…
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 England at the Royal Military Academy and joined the British…
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… was killed in an accident when he fell from his buggy. The Cape Colonial government unilaterally annexed Griqualand … of his duties as chief and granted him…
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… leader who strived for a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and its first … of its Apartheid policies…
EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
… At the time of his death at the age of 74, Ken Gampu was a well known veteran actor in South Africa. Gampu was the first South African actor to act in…
EventBotha’s Pass in Natal is under attack by General Buller’s forces
… attacked Botha's Pass in Natal. After a five hour battle the Republican forces were in retreat, defeated. His troops … forces at Ladysmith in Natal on 28…
A Survey Of Race Relations In South Africa 1973
… Excerpt "During 1973 the National party has been faced with increasing … manifestations of black dissatisfaction and anger. The Black Conciousness movement…
EventPaul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument
… Kruger House on Helen Joseph Street in Pretoria used to be the official residence of then president of the Zuid Afrikaanse Republik (ZAR), Paul Kruger. The…
EventActivist and Journalist, Robert Resha dies in exile
… Robert Resha was an activist, journalist and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). As an activist, he … non-sexist, just and democratic South…
EventBritish Prime Minister Wilson announces arms embargo on South Africa
… British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, announced in the House of Commons that the British government has decided to impose an embargo on the export of arms…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… KaNgwane is among the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its Black citizens; this was carried out in terms of the Bantustan policy. The…
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally trained archaeologist to be appointed in 1923. He went on to teach the…