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EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… Congress leader, Robert Sobukwe, was arrested after the Sharpeville anti-pass campaign of 1960 and harshly sentenced to three years in prison. At the end of…
EventFirst Tramway Company in Cape Town commences operations, with a horse
… Town was announced. Many years later in September 1862, the 'Cape Town and Green Point Tramway Company' was formed, … 1863, with a horse-drawn service…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… in Langa , a township near Cape Town . She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a pianist, Brenda began singing to her…
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… sister Jenny and they would often run together. In 1984,at the age of 17, Budd made history when she twice broke the world 5000m record However, because of…
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… to reports, on 30 November 2008 Linden arrived at the Baiyun International Airport, in Guangzhou without … methamphetamine hydrochloride in her trunk. Linden…
EventThomas Pringle, journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London
… his life because he did not receive medical care in time. The injury meant that Pringle could not follow the family tradition of farming, so his father sent…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.1 1989
… and Contributors CONTENTS: Comment, A.W. Oliphant STORIES: The Prophets, Bheki Maseko; Happiness is a Punch in the Eye, Lawrence Maimane; A Day in the Life,…
EventEvelyn Dalberg, SA opera singer, is born in Germany
… Africa, was born on 23 May 1939, in Leipzig, Germany. The daughter of Frederick Dalberg and German Soprano Ellen Winter, Dalberg was trained at the Guildhall…
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… Birch, a White woman and a Black unnamed father. Due to the apartheid policies of the day, her parents were not allowed to marry, and her mother was forced…
EventAlexandra Action Committee member is shot dead in Johannesburg
… member of Alexandra Action Committee (AAC) and chairman of the Alexandra Student Congress (ASCO) was shot dead through the window of a church hall while he…
ArchiveInvestigating womens participation in protes
… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Political Management) at the University of Stellenbosch…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 2: Aug. 22 elections and you
… Union of South Africa) is calling for a boycott to the elections and is seen as the only method of rejecting the new constitution. And in doing so, the…
EventSomaliland is granted independence by British government
… 25 June 1960 marked the end of 73 years of British regime in Somaliland. Fireworks and singing crowds marked the Independence of Somaliland and celebrations…
EventCOSATU issued a statement on Marikana Massacre
… statement expressing its shock and sharing its concern for the lives taken in the Marikana Massacre. They joined all South Africans who lost their loved ones…
EventSouth African Actor, Henry Cele , dies
… a revered actor, most famous for his chilling portrayal of the Zulu King, Shaka in the 1985 mini-series, Shaka Zulu. Cele landed the role after he portrayed…
EventZimbabwe’s interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
… time friend of Robert Mugabe, was dismissed as minister of the interior on the accusation of plotting a coup in Zimbabwe. This triggered … Zimbabwe African…
EventCapital City of Zimbabwe is renamed
… independence from Britain in 1980, Zimbabwe embarked on the process of renaming its cities, towns and streets. This … by Zimbabwe to eradicate all symbols…
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
… South African beaches would be opened to all people across the racial lines. The decision to open the beaches was made after a number of protest multiracial …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. He was born in … on 15 November 1802 and, accompanied by…
EventANC leads march through central Durban
… The African National Congress (ANC) led a march through … by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The march was organised a few days after…
PlaceAlkmaar, a Town Near Nelspruit
… A small Community on the Crocodile River, some 18 km from Nelspruit. Named after a city in the Netherlands which is 32 km from Amsterdam, well known for ……
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging 1910 … South Africa’s…
EventAndre Botha, South Africa’s bodyboarding champion saves a life
… Andre Botha won the Global Organisation of Bodyboarders World Tour Title in 1998, and in the next year the World Bodyboarding Championships at Banzai…
2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Moothen had the following letter written to the…
ArchiveReview since last Conference
… The letter from Desmond Tutu to SACC regarding the review of the conference about the death of Steve Biko. Also asking the …
ArchiveSouth African Students Organisation: histori
… The document traces the early history leading to the formation of the South African Students Organisation (SASO). An undated, …
PlaceBoulders Beach, Simons Town
… Just around the corner from the seaside Village of: ' Simons Town ', turn left off main road to Boulders Visitor Centre to visit the famous colony of African…
Briefing on Lekgotla outcomes, 27 January 2015
… The African National Congress invites members of the media to a briefing on the outcomes of the NEC Lekgotla being held at the St. …
PlaceAbiquasput, Northern Cape
… 26 km North of Noenieput. The name in Afrikaans meaning, water-well. Alternativly the name could have arisen from the usage, by the locals of the species of…
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… On becoming prime minister after the resignation of B.J. Vorster, P.W. Botha made some changes in the allocation of portfolios in his cabinet. He retained…