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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…
EventPresent UN headquarters is opened
… The international peace keeping body, the United Nations (UN), which had replaced the League of Nations in 1945, opened its headquaters two … The Star, 09 th…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… Happy Joyce Mashamba passed away at the age of 67 after battling with a long illness, the details of which have not yet been disclosed to the public. [i]…
ArchiveInner Party Bulletin
… Bulletin produced by the Central Committee of the SACP for internal distribution only. Issue covers the extended Political Bureau meeting, the Party Congress…
ArchivePopulation Registration Act, Act No 30 of 1950
… The Act was to make provision for the compilation of a Register of the Population of the Union; for the issue of Identity cards …
ArchiveCommissions presented at 5th General Students
… The memorandum contains commissions to assess, among others, the theory of the struggle pertaining to the Black culture, the feasibility …
EventShaun Thomson*, world surfing title winner, is born in Durban
… School and Carmel College, and began surfing at the age of ten. In 1973, after serving 18 months in the army, Thomson began studying for a business degree in…
EventFirst Egyptian woman to file for divorce under new law
… In 2000, a 32 year old Egyptian housewife became the first woman to file for a divorce without having to prove … she begged him to grant her a divorce and he…
Mafika Gwala’s Books Catalogue
… ; 21cm. -- Debut collection. . [Inscriptions: Signed by the author]. 821. 3 GWA [Record ID: 5197] 4. GWALA, Mafika … -- Includes text in Xhosa. . …
ArchiveInterview with Amabutho members
… "young lions." Mainly active in urban areas, especially in the eastern Cape, most were unemployed school-leavers who supported the United Democratic Front…
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… on 13 February 2005 for their album Wenyukela. A hybrid of the album was released in the United States and went platinum, helping the group win the award…
EventMac Maharaj is born
… political activist and first SA Minister of Transport in the democratically elected government in 1994, was born in … As minister he formulated a new policy…
EventPrime Minister opens SA’s first atomic reactor
… at Pelindaba, about thirty km West of Pretoria. The installation was not intended for the production of nuclear energy on a commercial scale, but was…
EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
… Dick King (Richard Philip) returned to Port Natal on board the Conch after his heroic rescue operation. King, … off on a ten-days' horse-ride of 960km to…
EventAhmed Helmy, Egyptian actor, is born
… was impressed by his comic skills. Arafa cast Helmy for the leading role in the comedy film Aboud ala el hedoud in 1999. The role would make Helmy a…
![Freddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/event_pics/Freddie%20Mercury.jpg?itok=Vuq6ADKe)
EventFreddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.
… was sent to boarding school in India and grew up there. At the age of seventeen he and his family left Zanzibar and settled in Britain. In 1970, he formed…
ArchiveNUSAS Press Release No. 5, 1967
… Press release by the NUSAS President and Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students stating the opposition of the Union to the Terrorism…
Afra Newsletter
… Afra Newsletter, Report and Factsheet, all published by the Association for Rural Advancement, present case studies of families personally affected by the…
EventJoint call for June 16 Stay away
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), United … to issue a call for a one day work stay-away on June 16. The call was issued to all South…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.6 No.1 Oct-Dec 1961
… a Valediction Forbidding Mourning, Ronald Segal. Cartoon. The Great Smear: Communism and Congress in South Africa, Duma Nokwe. Out of the Strike, Nelson…
EventRiots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape
… London, Eastern Cape after strike meetings were banned by the government. 17 protesters were killed, as well as an Irish Nun who was stoned to death by the…
EventSA artist, Daniel Sefundi Rakgoathe is born
… (D an) Sefundi Rakgoathe was born in Randfontein in the then Transvaal province. Rakgoathe went on to be the first full-time student in the fine arts…
EventSanctions are applied on Libya over Lockerbie bombing
… Governments across the world applied United Nations (UN) sanctions against Libya because of its alleged involvement in the destruction of a Pan Am airliner…
EventMthunzi Njakazi, ANC member, is killed in shooting after returning from exile
… an African National Congress (ANC) member was shot in the legs and chest at Warwick Junction taxi rank near the Berea police station, Durban . This was…
EventSouth Africa sends troops to Ciskei
… On 4 March 1990 Brigadier Oupa Gqozo of the Ciskei Defence Force (CDF), and a former member of the South African Defence Force (SADF), leads a coup in the…
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… in South Africa from 30 January to 3 February for the African Leprosy Congress. The convention was coordinated by Wits University to discuss … Leprosy' is a…