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EventPresident Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants
… The newly elected President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela warned … took leave without permission while being integrated into the new South…
PlaceKaNgwane
… KaNgwane was the Homeland of the Swazi people living in South Africa. It was situated along the border with Swaziland , and its capital was at …
Prominent South Africans Indians
… is an ongoing project and we welcome contributions from the public. Politics and Labour Adam, Feroza Asmal, Kader …
ArchiveTried for treason
… Black, white and red poster. Notice of an exhibition on the Treason Trial of 1956-1961 opening on 27th February 1996 at the Museum Africa, Johannesburg…
ArchiveHistory of Wages Commissions: formation, aims and structure
… Working notes from the National Union of South African Students Labour Directive, July workshop, University of the Witwatersrand, 2-4 July 1982. Discusses…
ArchiveTowards a mixed economy in South African agriculture
… a meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe in April-May 1989. Discusses the political economy and national liberation in South Africa, the perspective of the ANC, the de…
EventHelen Joseph is put under house arrest
… Former political activist, Helen Joseph, fell victim to the Draconian apartheid legislations. She became the first person to be put under house arrest under…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of President Nelson Mandela, is born
… government and this earned her a title of " mother of the nation ". Madikizela-Mandela played a role in the founding of the Black Women's Federation and the…
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke ‘Pro’ Jack is assassinated.
… The African National Congress (ANC) activist, Mziwonke 'Pro' … taxi conflict mediator in Cape Town when he was murdered. The escalating violence after the…
EventGhana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa
… The government of Ghana imposed a total ban on the export of all Ghanaian produce to South Africa and South … Africa, as a protest against apartheid. Ghana…
PlaceAmajuba, a Mountain in Natal
… km South-West of Volksrust and 32 km North of Newcastle. The scene of a Historic Battle in the First Anglo-Boer War. The name is derived from Zulu and means …
PlaceWelgelegen Farm, Stellenbosch
… Welgelegen is a working Farm nestled in the Valleys of the Bottelary Hills just outside of Stellenbosch. This Farm with its Vineyards , Proteas and Fynbos…
PlacePollsmoor Prison
… Pollsmoor Prison is situated in Tokai, Cape Town, and is the largest Prison in the Western Cape Province. It is an overcrowded facility … meant to host only…
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… to London where she completed her degree in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1944. In 1946, Dr Singh returned to South Africa and become involved…
EventProtest against pass laws in Langa
… Hundreds of Blacks assembled in the Langa township outside Cape Town to protest against new pass laws. Delivering a fiery speech to the crowd Dora Tamana, a…
EventSA artist Tshela Matsoso is born
… 1962 and 1970, while still at school, Matsoso studied at the Jubilee Art Centre under Cecil Skotnes, Sydney Kumalo, Bill Hart and Ezrom Legae. In 1972 he…
EventEfforts by a pro-sanctions lobbyist group against SA debt rescheduling prove unsuccessful
… lobbyist group in Southern Africa to persuade banks in the United States (US) not to allow debt rescheduling against South Africa were unsuccessful. The…
EventNelson Mandela marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday
… after his release from prison, Mandela met Graça Machel, the widow of former Mozambican president, Samora Machel. Apart from her involvement in the…
EventCrime statistics released
… The South African Police National Crime Information … released statistics that confirm South Africa's status as the most violent country in the world…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… Themba's short story Requiem for Sophiatown (destroyed in the late 1950s). Blame Me on History was an examination of what apartheid did to the character and…
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… a time when only a few of our artists ventured outside the country, placed her between the top achievers. She has worked consistently all the time and was…
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… Cato, Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies in the city on 9 July 1893. Cato was born in London, England in … He was asked to plan Durban while it…
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… Reed (63), international sailing legend and one of the most popular skippers in single-handed racing around the world, died at his home in Gordon's Bay, Cape…
EventLesotho’s deputy Prime Minister shot
… Monyane Moleleki, Pakalitha Mosisili and Kelebone Maope in the mutiny over a planned government probe into the army. Parliament, whose members probably fear…
EventStephen Gray, SA writer and academic, is born
… in English from Cambridge University, a M. Fine Arts from the University of Iowa and from Rand Afrikaans University he … biographies and plays. An excellent…
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… Having been dismissed from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for their … their spokesperson, Salvador Mkhari threatened to resume the armed…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… in Krugersdorp, Johannesburg. According to Essop Pahad, the story of Dadoo’s life was inextricably linked to the resistance of racial discrimination and…
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… spends six months in prison. King is recognised as one of the greatest human rights leaders of all time. His moving speech, "I have a dream", spoke to the…
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… descendent of an early British settler who had arrived in the Cape Colony in 1833. A successful and talented graphic … artist and sculptor himself, he was…
EventEleven African demonstrators are shot dead by Rhodesian police in Salisbury
… when Rhodesian police opened fire on a rioting crowd on the outskirts of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now known as … 1965 whites in Southern Rhodesia, led…