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EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
… In a precedent-setting judgement, a full bench of the Cape High Court, comprising of Judges Van Zyl, Essa Moosa and Dan Dlodlo, ruled in favour of the…
EventDepartment of Transport launches Be Legal campaign
… The national department of transport launched a seven month Be Legal campaign at the Jack Mincer Taxi Rank in Johannesburg, aiming to improve and legalise…
EventReginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born
… Reginald 'Reg' September was a prominent trade unionist, the leader of the South African Coloured People's Organization and an executive member of the South…
EventTwo policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
… Zulus near Richmond, Natal, following local resistance to the collection of poll tax, which became payable on 1 January 1906. Twelve people were found guilty…
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
… Black women in what was then the Orange Free State protested when they were included in … Pass legislation previously reserved for African men only. The…
PlaceJames Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg
… The James Hall Museum of Transport, the largest and most comprehensive land-transport Museum in South Africa , was established by the late Jammie Hall and…
Answers to questions by Drum: Albert Luthuli, 6 May 1961
… leaders for answers to three questions concerning the planned demonstrations. The following are answers of Chief Luthuli.] Question : Do … : We have no other…
ArchivePress cuttings-repression of youth
… an article on Sowetan regarding fun run to launch the International year of the youth in Soweto that has been organised by a community organisation in the…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.1 Oct-Dec 1957
… The Prisoners, Gerard Sekota. Sex and Sedition. The South African Police, Harry Bloom. Cartoon, David Marais. The Press: Strijdom’s “Last Barrier”, George…
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… doctor and Cape community leader, died on this day at the age of 69. Founder and leader of the anti-apartheid African People's Organisation (APO) , he was…
EventSchool boycott in Port Elizabeth ends
… This followed after negotiations took place between the local parents' committee and the Port Elizabeth Students Council (PESCO), a new student's body formed…
EventVerwoerd’s grandson joins ANC
… Hendrik Verwoerd, main architect of apartheid, joins the African National Congress. Wilhelm Verwoerd risked being … for his decision. He was not even welcome…
EventNOCSA announces SA participation in Olympic games
… Sam Ramsamy, president of The National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA), … Africa's acceptance of an invitation to participate in the Olympic Games…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
… by reaching a height of 18, 000 ft. (m). She was also the first woman to fly across the Irish Sea. Her most famous achievement was a solo flight from London…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… and chief architect of apartheid was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Willem Johannes Verwoerd and his wife, Anje Strik. Driven by a strong sympathy…
PlaceGwali Mission
… in 1820 by Reverend John Brownlee, as a station of for the Glasgow Missionary Society. The village which grew up about it was subsequently named Emgwali,…
EventProfessor Bob Hepple is born
… was a trade unionist, Labour Party member and Chairman of the Treason Trial Defence Fund. From the emergence of the South African Congress of Trade Unions …
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
… Pieter Arnoldus (Piet) Cronje, commandant-general of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR, also known as Transvaal … February 1900 and was banished to St…
ArchiveBantu Education Act, Act No 47 of 1953
… The Act was to provide for the transfer of the adminiustration and control of native education from the several provincial administrations to the Government…
PlaceBloemfontein Zoo
… Established in 1920, the Bloemfontein Zoo is well known for its collection of primates and is the home of the 'Big Five.' The Zoo pioneered the breeding of…
Read SABC CEO Jimi Matthews full resignation letter (Staff Reporter), 27 June 2016
… immediate resignation. “For many months I have compromised the values I hold dear under the mistaken belief that I could be more effective inside the SABC…
Journal of Black Theology
… The Journal of Black Theology in South Africa published by the Black Theology Project in Pretoria is a scholarly publication dedicated to the exploration of…
EventSouth Africa gets a new R5 coin with distinct security features designed to outsmart counterfeiters
… in South Africa. Although not an exact match of the original, the coin was convincing enough to fool many people. This prompted the Reserve Bank to redesign…
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… international campaign led by international bodies such as the United Nations, Organisation of African Unity (now AU), … and non-governmental organisations…
EventMother of an ANC Youth League official, is killed by a hand grenade
… when a hand grenade exploded in her house. Mrs Smith was the mother of an African National Congress (ANC) Youth league official. According to sources, the…
EventCuban Foreign Minister visits South Africa
… The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Mr Roberto Robaina, visited South Africa at the invitation of his South African counterpart Alfred…
EventWinnie and Nelson Mandela divorce
… a divorce. Irreconcilable differences were cited as the reason for the parting. The Mandelas were married in 1958 and only spent a couple of … South African…
EventBritish Kaffraria becomes a province with its own administration
… Kaffraria becomes a province with its own administration The area that became known as British Kaffraria was overrun … British colonisers and local Xhosa…
EventConclusive Battle of Ndondakusuka takes place
… The Battle of Tugela, which was also known as the Battle of Ndondakusuka, was fought between Zulu factions of Cetewayo, eldest son of the Zulu chief Mpande,…
EventLesotho celebrates independence from Britain
… Lesotho is one of the smallest countries in the world, with just over 30 000 km2 of land. It has a population of approximately two million. The country…