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PlaceNarainsamy Temple, Newlands, Durban
… The temple was founded in 1896, and is controlled by the Narainsamy Family Trust. The building was designed and built by Chris Kristapper …
ANC hard at work despite power failure and strike threat, 27 July 2009
… brought to a standstill by striking municipal workers, the work of the ANC has not come to a stop. Today the ANC immediately implemented contingency plans…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… had fled South Africa shortly after testifying before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Roelof Erasmus. The commission…
EventApartheid policemen apply for amnesty at TRC
… agent Craig Williamson, applied for amnesty before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Amnesty Committee … campaign against liberation organisations,…
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
… teams like FC Zurich and FC Baden. He was one of the first few players to play for the national team, affectionately known as Bafana Bafana at a time when…
ArchivePaper on SASO
… Confidential paper from the President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) to the members of the National Council of the NUSAS, discussing…
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… A member of the Tetela ethnic group, Patrice Emery Lumumba was born in the Katakokombe region of the Kasai Province of Belgian Congo. Lumuba became involved …
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… close to 100 people per day to cardiovascular diseases. The World Health Organisation (WHO) organizes awareness … events in over 100 countries worldwide on…
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
… A Commission of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) published a … hostile to Christian beliefs. This came a few months after the SACC was…
EventDr. Dadoo and Naicker lead Passive Resisters
… hartal, that is, a day of mourning or protest on which all the shops were shut and no-one went to work or did any shopping, throughout the country. Mass…
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… It was officially disclosed that the South African Police (SAP) were in Rhodesia (later renamed Zimbabwe) actively helping in the fight against Nationalist…
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… The release of Nelson Mandela on 11 February 1990 was a catalyst that sped up the change in the political dispensation in South Africa. On 4 March 1990 … on…
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
… altercation with Sundowns' coach, Angel Cappa, during the recent 2-2 Premier League derby draw against Sundowns at Loftus Stadium, Pretoria. In addition to…
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… citizen, Kofi Annan, was appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to replace the outgoing Boutros Boutros Ghali, whose term of office had ……
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… The South African National Assembly passes the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act. The law allows women to terminate pregnancies on request …
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… Morgan Richard Tsvangirai was born in the Bahure area of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He is the eldest of nine children. Tsavangirai joined the…
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… he was very successful in various sports codes. He plays the forward position for the Western Province and Stormers teams. Burger was selected for the…
EventJudge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987
… Justice of the Constitutional Court, Edwin Cameron made headlines in … living with HIV for twelve years. Cameron was a judge at the time and is one of the…
Inqaba ya basebenzi
… Inqaba ya basebenzi, published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress documents the workers' struggle for national…
Sechaba
… The African National Congress began publication of Sechaba in 1967. It documents the struggle, from the organisation's perspective, for freedom in South…
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
… A 5.7 magnitude earthquake devastated the Northern African country of Algeria on 29 October 1990. It claimed the lives of 30 people. This was a rather mild…
EventMozambique gains independence
… Republic of Mozambique. Mozambique was colonised by the Portuguese since 16 th century. The campaign for the liberation, which was launched in 1962, was…
EventVan Wyk de Vries Commission submits its report to Parliament
… A second report by the Commission of Inquiry, under chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investigate the activities of South Africa…
EventPresident de Klerk warns General Bantu Holomisa
… Speaking after the publication of a report on the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) by the Goldstone Commission, President F.W. de Klerk issued a ……
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
… leader of National Party (NP) F.W. De Klerk promulgated the date for the referendum on South African reform process, which was set in motion by him back on 2…
EventAgreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached
… The Ciskei government under the military ruler Brig. Oupa Gqozo signed an agreement with the South African government, represented by Foreign Minister …
EventPastor Sekano Ntoane is born
… Church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), S.G. Sekano … born in Hebron, Pretoria. Ntoane served on what was then the…
EventFirst aeroplane flight takes place
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under complete…
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
… golfer, Nick Price beat American golf icon, Tiger Woods in the 1998 Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament. It was Price’s third win of the tournament,…
ArchiveEducation for barbarism: Bantu (Apartheid) education in South Africa
… The author, himself, one of the leaders in the unity movement and in the struggle for liberation, tries to focus attention on the …