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EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C.), situated in … Skinner Street, Pretoria . This department, consisting of…
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… On the 300 anniversary of the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in Table Bay, the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) at…
23. Durban merchants plead for Sunday trading
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Two petitions were submitted to the Durban Corporation, on 9 and…
22. Natal sirdars regarded in India as pariah
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai By 1911, the public outcry in India against the…
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… From: South Africa Freedom News, Dar es Salaam The University of Algiers has conferred an honorary Doctorate … of Literature on Chief A.J. Luthuli, President…
PlaceKweneng, District of Botswana
… Kweneng is one of the districts of Botswana and is the recent historical homeland of the Bakwena people, the first group in Botswana converted to …
PlaceOriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
… to home-ware to spices, plus food stalls. Established in the Johannesburg suburb of Fordsburg in the mid-1970s, when Indian traders from the vibrant 14th…
PlaceMonterey House, Klaasens Road, Wynberg
… The house was originally known as Oosterzee and was built by PAM Cloete shortly after the South African War. Shortly thereafter it was sold to an … as a…
EventFatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born
… and gender activist who born in Grey Street Durban on the 12th August 1928. She was the daughter of Moosa Meer who was the editor and publisher of Indian…
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… de Klerk that he is ready to set up a Zulu state covering the KwaZulu homeland and Natal province as an act of insubordination against the government and…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… this anti-apartheid icon, including a photo exhibit and the release of a book on the Meaning of Mandela the previous week. The event was meant to be part of…
EventProgressive Reform Party is formed
… The Progressive Reform Party (PRP) was formed in the wake of the merger between the Progressive Party and the Reform … ' Progressive Reform Party (PRP) ', in…
EventA Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board
… killing all 143 passengers (some reports state 142/141). The plane departed from Port Harcourt destined for Lagos … TIX 185 that was heading for Enugu. It…
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, running barefoot, became the first Black African to win gold in the history of the Olympic Games. In the process Bikila set a new…
EventDeputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
… Mluleki George, SA deputy defence minister, attended the 90th commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood in France, which raged from 15 to … 1916…
Soweto: urban politics, poverty and race in apartheid society
… A dissertation presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Department of Politics. Abstract:…
ArchiveWhere do we stand?: APDUSA and a nation free of race hatred and oppression
… APDUSA shows concern in how the Herrenvolk and the Broederbond, and particularly in the Western province, attempts to split-up the Non-Whites …
EventBilateral talks to continue
… A consensus was reached following the fall-out between the leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) and government over the …
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… In a joint declaration the leaders of the United Party (UP), Sir de Villiers Graaff and the Democratic Party (DP), Theo Gerdener, expressed their … his…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… with Absolom Zithulele Cindi who was an activist in the black consciousness movement and later in the Azanian People's Organization and the trade union…
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… The Conservatory was designed and erected by Boyd & Son, of Paisley, in Scotland, who dismantled the original building into sections and transported it to…
EventJapanese submarines attack naval base in Madagascar
… On 30 May 1942, Japanese submarines launched an attack on the Diego Suarez naval base off Madagascar. This attack was in support of the beleaguered Vichy…
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… On 10 November 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War (WW2), Proclamation 276 of Government … Gazette 2699 was published. This proclamation…
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… In July 1939 at a meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E. I. Asvat, a decision was taken to ……
EventKaunda announces nationalisation of Copper mines
… contributing over 50 percent of government revenue. The nationalisation of Zambian copper mines was in line with … based on socialist principles. This policy…
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… At the instigation of a letter titled the Question of South Africa from the Charge D'affaires of the permanent mission of Madagascar …
EventSir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor and founder of tropical medicine is born
… Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was an important physician at the time, and contributed to research in the field of parasitology, and the founder of tropical…
EventClampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins
… Representatives of the diamond industry and government, from more than thirty … of rough diamonds, in an unprecedented effort to weed out the 'Black market'…
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… of emergency in KwaZulu-Natal, coinciding with a report by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) that it had recorded 266 political killings in…
PlaceXanadu Nature Estate, Hartebeespoort
… The beautiful Xanadu Nature Estate , in Hartbeespoort, is set on 240 Hectares and overlooks the majestic Magaliesberg Mountain Range. A natural Wetland runs…