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PlaceRiebeek Kasteel
… The village of Riebeek Kasteel was established in about 1861, and was located at the foot of the Mountain of the same name. The Area was first visited in ……
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… Letter from Neville Curtis, President of NUSAS, stating the attitude of the National Union of South African Students towards planned Republic Day…
PlaceOnverwacht
… Onverwacht was established as an enclave of the Qwaqwa Bantustan on the border of the Thaba Nchu section of Bophuthatswana, about 50km from … Struan…
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… relocated to South Africa in 1923 where they died from the Asia flu leaving him orphaned at the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and … him…
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
… as early as 1954 were brought to a regional referendum. The referendum, constitutionally supported by the 2009 Southern Sudan Referendum Act, had a 60% turn…
EventBafana Bafana legend Philimon Raul Masinga dies
… North West Province. He is well known for scoring the goal in 1997 match against Congo which secured the South Africa’s World Cup appearance in 1998. The…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.4 Jul-Sept 1959
… Contents: Dear Sir Roy. Emigrant Ship by Reginald Reynolds. The Senate Farce, Stanley Uys with a cartoon, David Marais. Revolution: Further Reflections, Joe…
EventWinnie Mandela at Johannesburg Magistrate’s court
… On this day Nelson Mandela was charged for leaving the country illegally and inciting a strike. This was after … a future in which her husband’s arrest was…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… Neil Aggett, former organiser of the Food and Canning Workers Union and African Food and … issued a call that on 11 February 1982, that on the day of his…
EventBanning orders served on NUSAS leaders
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) a White, … and voicing student protests against laws decreed to limit the freedoms of Black South…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… South African artist and founding member of Artists Under The Sun, was born at Dinokana village in Lehurutshe, Western … Mafikeng, where his talent was…
EventJameson Raid starts
… Starr Jameson led a group of about six hundred men of the Mashonaland Mounted Police from Bechuanaland (now Botswana) over the border of the Zuid…
EventPrime Minister Verwoerd’s assassin transferred from prison to a mental asylum
… On 30 June 1994, the Minister of Correctional Services in South Africa, Dr Sipho Mzimela, announced that Dimitri Tsafendas, the parliamentary messenger who…
EventGeorge Pemba, artist and playwright is born in Port Elizabeth
… training from his brother. In later years he was the recipient of several bursaries. He exhibited his work from 1928-1987. In 1937 he won the first prize in…
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… History was made in Western Africa when, for the first time, a woman, Ms Ruth Sando Perry, was unanimously … at a meeting of West African heads of state to…
ArchiveGovernment Commissions of Enquiry
… Digest. Compilation of press comments and editorials on 1) the van Wyk de Vries Commission of Enquiry into Universities and student affairs and 2) The…
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… Zuma arrived in Tanzania to attend an emergency summit on the political crisis in Burundi. The President has been invited to the emergency summit of the East…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 1: Dont vote!
… This pamphlet aims to plead to those involved in the liberatory movement to consider carefully before taking the decision to vote or to boycott for their new…
EventPoqo members kill a White family
… In an attempt to destabilise the country and cause an uprising against the Apartheid government, members of Poqo, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania's…
EventAzanian People’s Liberation Army kills three policemen in Katlehong violence
… AK-47 rifles and 9 mm pistols. These are actions taken by the Azanian People's Liberation Army, a military wing of the of the Azanian People's Organisation …
EventThabo Mbeki is honoured
… The Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Law on the South African president and the president of the African National…
EventHerman Charles Bosman guilty of murder
… Charles Bosman visited his parents in Johannesburg during the June school holidays, his visit ended in tragedy in the house of his mother and stepfather…
EventDr. Margaret Roach ‘Killie’ Campbell, collector of Africana, dies in Durban
… Africana, which is made up of items specific to Natal and the Zulu people. She collected manuscripts, books, … their family stories, in order to preserve…
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… five and injuring 27 people. This car bombing was known as the "Jacobs" car bomb, according to an application for amnesty from the Truth and Reconciliation…
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
… in an unjust society where basic human rights are denied the majority of the people; We live in a society where brother is called on to fight brother; we…
ArchiveSome reflections of civilisation in Africa
… The eighth address in the Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Herbert … and society in Africa and his belief is that, one of the marks of…
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
… At the height of apartheid in South Africa, New Zealand imposed … on virtually all visits by sports teams from South Africa. The move by New Zealand was…
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… Twelve African leaders, mainly from the African National Congress (ANC), issued a Call for … land and residential rights, and employment opportunities. The…
EventRuth First is assassinated in Mozambique
… academic, anti-apartheid activist and member of the South African Communist Party , was brutally killed by a … African government agents. First had left…
EventDeath of Harry Oppenheimer
… Harry Oppenheimer, died after a short illness at the age of 91. Oppenheimer was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Johannesburg Hospital with…