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EventDusi Canoe Marathon commences
… The Dusi Canoe Marathon started on 22 December 1951, when … Pearce, Basil Halford, John Naudé, and Willie Potgieter. The men had to make their way through…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… The African National Congress (ANC) condemns in the strongest terms the hijacking last night (Tuesday, 24 November 2009) of one …
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… On 30 April 1991, the head of the Lesotho military, Maj.Gen Justin Lekhanya was ousted by rebel junior officers. The reasons for this coup was a long…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… A Township 13 kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg . The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. … of Great Britain; also said to be named…
JANAM People’s Theatre Group Tour!
… kindle interest in and enthusiasm for popular education. The lecture will be a multi-pronged event! It begins with a … Natya Manch and audience…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by A. P. Mda
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … mind ”” his scholarliness and his innovative analysis of the freedom struggle. His dedication…
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… On 20 June 1990 Nelson Mandela was greeted the way New York welcomes its heroes – with mounds of security and miles of tickertape. According to reports, the…
EventNational Heritage Day celebrates South African cultural diversity
… National Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. The day was previously known as Shaka Day, and was celebrated … Heritage Day…
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was formed … an Inaugural Conference held on 4 and 5 March 1955 in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg. SACTU…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… Joe Slovo , the former South African Communist Party (SACP) and African … was born in Lithuania. From 1950s Slovo became a victim of the government…
EventPolice detain Valli Moosa and Murphy Morobe in Port Elizabeth
… publicity secretary Murphy Morobe in a pre-dawn raid on the home of Judge Dayalin Chetty in Port Elizabeth. The two men had been on the run from the police…
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
… The eldest person in South Africa and allegedly eldest in the world, Granny Moloko Temo, of Mogodi Village between … her 130 th birthday with her community…
EventKenya is granted independence
… gained its independence from Britain with Jomo Kenyatta as the country’s first Prime Minister. The Union Jack was replaced by the black, red and green flag…
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… Freshford House Museum is one of the few houses of the upper middle class of the Edwardian Period that still exists in Bloemfontein. The …
ArchiveAll That Glitters by Emilia Potenza
… The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 was a turning point in South … South Africa from an agricultural society to become the largest gold…
EventSA War Memorial is opened at Delville Wood
… The South African National War Memorial was opened outside the village of Longueval, France, next to the historic Delville Wood. The Memorial was unveiled by…
EventTwo limpet mines explode in Hillbrow
… Two limpet mines explode at the South African Defence Force (SADF) Transvaal Medical Command, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. The limpet mines were seen by a member…
EventTerre’Blanche and his associates to face terrorism charges
… The Transvaal Attorney General announced that Eugène Terre'Blanche, leader of the far-right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and three … have been accused…
EventInternational Labour Organisation and UN meet over apartheid in SA
… Following the outbreak of pandemonium in South Africa and the use of violence by security forces in dealing with the issues in suppressing the aspirations of…
EventState of emergency is lifted in Natal
… De Klerk lifted a four year state of emergency in Natal. The state of emergency was as a result of the violence caused by a power struggle between the ANC…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.2 1988
… Contents: Comment: A W Oliphant; Short Stories: The Concrete Fountain. Ahmed Essop; To Speak the Truth, Laughing by Rose Zwi; Two Prose Pieces by Kai…
EventTwelve ANC supporters are killed in eSikhawini
… in an IFP attack on houses and hostels in eSikhawini. The political rivalry between the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rose…
EventSADF responds to allegations by FAPLA
… his forces had killed over 230 South African troops in the course of the offensive and had destroyed large numbers of vehicles, the South African Defence…
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
… in Albania and at a young age felt compelled to care for the sick and poor. When she was eighteen years old, she left home and joined the Loreto sisters, an…
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
… In a long-anticipated move the recently appointed Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel announced the government's macro-economic strategy, called Growth, ……
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… Nyanza Province in Kenya in 1912. Odinga was a member of the second largest ethnic group in Kenya, the Luo. He entered politics in 1947 and soon found…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… with their Commandos for damage done to their farms by the British troops. The proclamation was made during the second South African War (also known as Anglo…
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… civilian convoy was attacked by guerrillas from the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (RENAMO). The ambush happened on a Saturday on the main road, 32…
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 25, December 1989
… Bulletin, No 25, December 1989, produced by the South African Communist Party. Issue covers an SACP delegation to the 14th Congress of the Romanian Communist…
EventSwazi King Sobhuza II dies
… In 1982, the small kingdom of Swaziland was shocked when His Majesty, King Sobhuza II, passed away at the age 83 at the Embo State House. The king died after…