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PlaceGovernment Buildings, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… The government building complex was completed in 1877 … Chamber was already in use on 31 May 1875. In 1895 the upper storey was completed and in 1902 the…
Open Talk with Grada Kilomba
… The Goethe-Institut is hosting an open talk and community … with gender, race, trauma, memory and post-colonialism. The audience will be invited to engage in…
ANC hits back at Jimi Matthews
… JOHANNESBURG - The ANC has hit back at former SABC Acting CEO Jimi Matthews … conduct from him. Matthews says his exit was brought on by the recent changes…
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… Basilica. Early in Cardinal McCann's tenure as Archbishop, the South African Catholic Church began campaigning against Apartheid. In 1976, in an open letter…
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… On 5 January 1965, members of the African National Congress (ANC) Mac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, … and Walter Sisulu among others were being kept after the…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… Bram Fischer, the former political activist was arrested in 1964 for being a member of the illegal organisation Communist Party of South Africa … in Pretoria…
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
… premier, Ndaweni Mahlangu, who replaced Matthews Phosa as the province's second premier, caused a storm within … to lie". Mahlangu was trying to defend his…
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… politician and scout Johannes Willem Viljoen (Jan) died in the Marico district, Western Transvaal. Together with three … and not David Livingstone, as is…
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… worked as a clerk for Shell. Makeba began singing in the school choir at Kilnerton Training Institute in Pretoria. In 1957, Makeba joined the group, the…
PlaceGroote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
… Academic Hospitals and was officially opened in 1938. The hospital is internationally renowned as the training ground for some of South Africa's best doctors…
EventMoses Madiba dies in Seshego, Limpopo
… Madiba, author, educationist and first Black chancellor of the University of the North, died in Seshego, Pietersburg (now Polokwane) … of mother tongue…
EventChristian Institute declared an affected organisation
… The Minister of Justice, James Thomas (Jimmy) Kruger, declared the Christian Institute to be an affected organisation under the Affected Organisation's Act…
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… African citizenship, announced on 15 December 1993 by the South African parliament led by President F.W. de Klerk, became effective four months before the…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.2 1990
… Africa's, Literature of Liberation, Martin Trump. POETRY: The Pied Piper, Tania Spencer; Varsity Dance, Sandra Braude; … Calling, Steven Brimelow;…
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … you to come to Natal which I am sending to Mr. Leach by the next mail. I am sending you £0…
Umrabulo Roundtable discussion, 7 March 2016
… The African National Congress will hold an Umrabulo Roundtable discussion today, 07 March 2016. The discussion will focus on the Land Question; progress and…
SASPU Focus
… at its annual congress during December 1981 NUSAS adopted the theme 'Campus Action for Democracy' for 1982. This slogan … to cover educational issues and to…
PlacePrince Edward Islands
… The sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island Group consists of; … of Cape Town and are politically part of South Africa. The only way to travel to Marion Island is…
PlaceYokohama, Muizenburg
… in 1906 out of paper maché, imported from Japan. The house is a historical heritage property of Muizenberg and the Western Cape Province and is currently…
PlaceOfficial residence, Commander of British forces in South Africa, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… designed by Sir Herbert Baker and was completed in 1903 as the official residence of the Commander-in-Chief of British forces in South Africa. Its … Lord…
PlaceKoedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
… This site is now part of the experimental farm of the University of Pretoria. On 17 March 1920 it was the first landing place in the Union of South Africa…
EventLouis Washkansky dies
… Fifty four year old dentist Louis Washkansky, recipient of the first successful human heart transplant in the world, died in Cape Town, eighteen days after…
Educationist Martha Helena Cillié dies
… whose greatest achievement was her contribution to the education of girls and to teacher training over a period … years, died in Somerset West. While she was…
EventJapan lifts economic sanctions against SA
… Japan lifts economic sanctions, including bans on the import of gold coins and steel, as well as direct … full democratic relations and investment…
EventFour men die instantly in car races
… a car swerved to avoid a second, which was spinning on the Odi race track, and ploughed into spectators watching from the sidelines. Three people were…
EventBulelani Vukwani on a shooting spree
… randomly at everyone he came across before returning to the scene of the original murder to shoot dead his girlfriend's father, Maxanjana Mbenya. Vukwani…
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was born in Middledrift in the Transkei . He was the eldest child in a family of thirteen. He was arrested and … Robben Island…
EventKing Dinuzulu dies
… Dinuzulu ka-Cetshwayo, King of the Zulu nation, released from prison by Prime Minister Gen. … At his own request he was buried with his ancestors on the…
EventSA composer Benjamin Tyamzashe is born
… in 1890. B-ka-T gained national popularity through the music that he composed. His music enjoys a wide popularity within the education sector and is…
EventGhana is declared a republic
… Ghana became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its … as its first President. Though it was declared a republic, the country remained…