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EventFirst Nobel prizes are awarded
… and inventor of dynamite, Alfred B. Nobel, established the Nobel Prizes in his will. This bequeathment allegedly shocked his relatives and the countries…
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… Technical Art School in Johannesburg. Skotnes served in the South African forces in Italy. On his return to South Africa he joined the Polly Street Art…
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
… Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) in 1948. He studied law at the University of Zambia and went on to form his own law firm, Mwanawasa & Company. He left the…
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… Two members of the extreme right-wing group, Boeremag, Dirk Hanekom and Henk … and brought to trial with 21 other alleged members of the right-wing Boeremag…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of Potchefstroom in 1955. 1n 1958 he earned … in 1959, his Masters in Afrikaans and…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… Rhodesia. This came after Nkomo failed to persuade the Tanzanian President, Julius Nyerere, to support his plans … placed in detention, along with other…
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… On 16 January 2001, Laurent Kabila President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was killed by … in which he had sacked them. It was later confirmed…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.1 No.2 May-Jun 1978
… Content and Contributors Letters on the banning of Staff rider No 1 Athol and Sheila Fugard, Andre Brink, Directorate of Publications, the Publishers Mafika…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… Professor William Tilden McClain passed away on Sunday the 02nd of October 2011. We at Bush Radio mourn his … McClain was originally from a small town in…
ArchiveInterview with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi
… with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi who was a refugee in Kenya in the late 1970s. An adherent of the black consciousness movement, he became involved in efforts to…
ArchiveA vote for SAIC is a vote accepting racial inferiority. Reject Aparthate!
… inferiority; Reject Apartheid; text on ballot box: At the congress of the ASB held in Pretoria on 28 June 1971 the Prime Minister warned that should the…
EventPrime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act
… Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts announced the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the Pegging Act, due to expire on 31…
EventRamaphosa announces his decision to leave parliament
… Cyril Ramaphosa, secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC) and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, announced his intention to resign from…
EventTravelling in a cab no longer in fashion
… The Star reported that travelling in a cab was falling out of favour. This trend was attributed to the changing socio-economic conditions in Johannesburg and…
ArchiveMoral suasion
… This is the 30th lecture delivered by Dr. Hugh Ashton in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series on january 18, 1978 at the University of…
ArchiveRelations with Other Groups Committee report
… Report of the subcommittee, Relations with other groups Committee, presented at the 60th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students,…
PlaceDrill Hall, Darling Street, Cape Town
… The foundation stone of the Drill Hall was laid on 2 October 1884 by Thomas Upington, then Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. The building, designed by James…
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
… The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally emigrated to Johannesburg after the turn of the century from Poswohl, in…
EventFinal Commission report on University Christian Movement
… The final report of the Le Grange Commission, dealing with the University Christian Movement (UCM), defunct since 1972, was submitted to Parliament. The…
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… James Mpanza, a political activist and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed away … given a rousing civic funeral service and…
EventAWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested
… The leader of the right-wing political organisation, Afrikaner … followers were arrested and charged with public violence. The arrest took place after a long…
EventANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off
… The African National Congress (ANC) called off a peace rally … Party (IFP) scheduled for 2 April in KwaZulu-Natal. The local ANC executive organiser…
EventDefence Minister disputes HIV statistics in SANDF
… The South African Minister of Defence Mosioua Lekota dismissed as 'fallacy' claims that 89% of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) had tested…
EventDevastating storm hits Mount Ayliff, Eastern Cape
… left homeless, when a severe storm hit Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The then Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development …
EventMauritius gains independence
… Mauritius was first colonised by the French in 1767 until the British took over control in 1810.The British gave up sovereignty in 1968 when the country …
EventInternational Nurses Day.
… International nurses day is celebrated around the world every year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, who is considered the founder…
ArchiveCosatu News
… Cosatu News, published by COSATU, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, documents the struggle of workers to gain power in the workplace in order to…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… Known as Mama Africa , she had left in 1959 as part of the cast of the musical King Kong and was barred from returning when the apartheid government revoked…
Zephania Mothopeng - Searchlight South Africa, Vol 1, No. 2, February 1989
… [We have been given the following document, together with an introductory … it was known that Mothopeng was grievously ill. Part of the document tells the…
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
… grandson, Mandla Mandela, has called for an inquest into the deaths of anti-apartheid activists Stompie Seipei and Abu-Baker Asvat in 1989. He made the call…