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EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
… Founding member of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), Colin Wells Eglin was … During his political career, Eglin was instrumental in the merging of the…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President
… sworn in as South Africa's first democratic President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 10 May 1994.. He replaced the outgoing National Party leader F.W…
ArchiveFederation or desolution
… The 33rd lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial lecture series … move towards forming a federal constitution and that the" Verwoerdian Utopia…
ArchiveNkosi Sikelele I-Afrika
… Since 1997, The South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and the…
Twenty-four people are killed in Operation Beanbag in Maputo, Mozambique.
… people are killed in Operation Beanbag, an attack by the South African army on the ANC and PAC in Matola, a suburb of Maputo, Mozambique. … Ramos, is …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.1 1990
… and Contributors Comment: A.W. Oliphant, STORIES: From the Roof, the Sky, Peter Esterhuysen; The Coon, M. Cassiem D'Arcy; He Needs Milk, Karren Visser; A …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.1 1988
… Charles Ndaba; Tsafendas’s Diary by Ivan Vladislavic. From the Oral Tradition: Rise Eagle Rise by Don Mattera. Interview: John Kani: Combatant from the Stage…
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after…
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
… Brett Kebble was born on 19 February 1964 in Springs, on the East Rand. In the 1990’s Kebble got into mining and was soon director of … On 27 September,…
EventHamilton Naki, a laboratory assistant to cardiac surgeon Christian Barnard, dies
… worked for Robert Goetz, who asked him to assist him in the laboratory instead of gardening. Having started with just assisting with the animals and cleaning…
ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
… Hepple (1904-1983), politician and author, a member of the South African parliament for the white socialist Labour Party from 1953 to 1958, and edited its…
ArchiveBolt Number 6 1972
… EDITOR, CHRISTOPHER HOPE. Content: The Hero of Currie Road, Alan Paton; Reinaldo Ferreira’s Recipe for a Hero, John Torres; The Pack, Terence Hammond & David…
Yarra Yarra, St Georges Street, Simonstown
… The grounds of this property originally formed part of the Studlands estate which had been granted to JP Eksteen on 5 May 1779 for the erection of a wijnhuis…
EventNgoako Abel Ramathlodi is born
… Ngoako Ramathlodi, former premier of the Northern Transvaal Province (now Limpopo) and current … he was denied admission to proceed with his law studies at…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
… near King William's Town. More than 15 000 people attended the funeral. He was the husband of Victoria Mxenge who, in December 1985, while preparing to…
EventCalvin Thusago is stabbed to death
… Calvin Thusago, a reporter for the SABC, was stabbed to death by a mob of youths as he and a … on their way back from Sharpeville where they had filmed the…
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
… a police officer and two children, were killed in the eastern Rand township of Daveyton, near Benoni. The incident, which was followed by a barrage of…
EventDumisani Makhaye passes away
… The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Local Government, Housing and Traditional Affairs and member of the African National Congress (ANC), Dumisani Makhaye, … after…
EventFormer SADF Chief Tienie Groenewald is acquitted
… Force (SADF) Chief Tienie Groenewald was acquitted by the Durban Supreme Court on all charges related to the 1987 KwaMakhutha Massacre. The KwaMakutha attack…
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
… As result of the National Party's withdrawal, President Nelson Mandela carried out a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing all the NP ministers with African National…
EventGen. Magnus Malan appears in court
… The trial of Gen. Magnus Malan former defence minister, and nineteen co-accused started in the Durban Supreme Court. They pleaded not guilty to thirteen ……
EventSheila Cussons is born
… poet Sheila Cussons was born at Moravia, near Piketberg in the Cape Province. She studied fine arts at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. Cussons…
EventAllison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion is born
… near Groutville, Stanger district in Natal. He assumed the full-time secretary position of the Transvaal branch of the Industrial and Commercial Workers…
EventSouth Africa Grants independence to Venda and Gazankulu homelands
… The republic of South Africa grants independence to Venda and Gazankulu . This move is in line with the government's internal control strategy of 'divide and…
PlaceAbangani Art Centre, Durban
… In the 1980's Joseph Bheki Ndlovu , an artist and illustrator, joined the Abangani Open School in Durban as a youth organiser and … and craft teacher…
ArticleAbout South African History Online (SAHO)
… in 2000) South African History Online (SAHO) is the largest and most comprehensive online resource on South … a trusted resource for schools, universities,…
EventUN Special Committee releases its report
… The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid, which was set up by the General Assembly under resolution 1761 (XVll), released its second interim report…
EventDadoo and Naicker are charged
… with contravening Section 20 (r) of Act No. 22 of 1913, the Immigrants Regulations Act. They were accused of … aiding or abetting certain Asiatic persons in…
EventWilliam Selborne Dies
… Selborne, British High Commissioner in SA and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, dies at the age of 82. His predecessor was Lord Milner. He…
EventNational Party adopts five year programme
… With the winds of change blowing in South Africa, the ruling National Party (NP) adopted a five year programme … in national as well as local government…