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EventANC founder John Dube’s daughter passed away
… The youngest daughter of the former African National Congress leader John Langalibalele Dube died in Durban at the age of 84 years. Lulu Joan Dube passed…
EventProposal made to stop sending Black troops to assist in WW1
… South Africa to Europe for any service in connection with the war or otherwise.” This motion was against the backdrop of the South African government…
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… Moses Mayekiso was the General Secretary of the Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) and became a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP)…
EventHezekiel Sepeng is born
… The athlete Hezekiel Sepeng is born in Potchefstroom, North West (then Western Transvaal). The ‘Potchefstroom Express’, as he was known, was scouted in ……
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… in 1969, Dr. Albert Hertzog was scornfully attacked by the Minister of Transport Ben Schoeman in the House of Assembly. This was not the first major clash…
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… of Education and professor of political science at the Rand Afrikaans University, Stoffel van der Merwe (52), who left the cabinet at the request of…
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… Siad Barre shared the fate of many post liberation leaders in Africa. Having started out as policemen in the Italian governed part of Somalia prior to World…
EventFormer Student Representative Council (SRC) Vice-President shot by Police
… Student Representative Council (SRC) Vice-president at the University of Transkei and staunch opponent of Transkei … government, Batandwa Ndondo, was shot by…
EventTwenty die in an armed assault in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan
… three other men with him that night. Abbas belonged to the Islamic fundamentalist group Al-Takfir wa al-Hijran which had a long standing grudge against the…
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… On 31 July 1969 Albertina Sisulu, the wife of Walter Sisulu who was serving a life sentence … had her banning order renewed for another five years after the…
EventMiss Namibia, Michelle Mclean, model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand
… miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand in 1992. Mclean had won the 1991 Miss Namibia pageant as well as making it to the top 5 of Miss World in the same year…
ANC welcomes Cde Mac Maharaj appointment as President Zuma`s spokesperson, 7 July 2011
… The African National Congress welcomes the appointment of Cde Mac Maharaj, a veteran and stalwart of … into his new responsibility. He played a leading role…
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… (now Gauteng). In 1975 he became information officer of the Transvaal National Party. He held several ministerial positions in the Cabinet of President P.W…
EventEdgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia.
… till 1958. As a leader of a White minority regime during the period, he was considered a bit of an aberration as many of the initiatives he proposed and…
EventCruel murder of Dora Bloch
… Dora Bloch, one of the elderly British hostages of hijacked Flight 139 (an Air … She was left behind in Mulago National Hospital when the Israeli commandos…
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… sister Jenny and they would often run together. In 1984,at the age of 17, Budd made history when she twice broke the world 5000m record However, because of…
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… to reports, on 30 November 2008 Linden arrived at the Baiyun International Airport, in Guangzhou without … methamphetamine hydrochloride in her trunk. Linden…
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… Birch, a White woman and a Black unnamed father. Due to the apartheid policies of the day, her parents were not allowed to marry, and her mother was forced…
EventAlexandra Action Committee member is shot dead in Johannesburg
… member of Alexandra Action Committee (AAC) and chairman of the Alexandra Student Congress (ASCO) was shot dead through the window of a church hall while he…
ArchiveInvestigating womens participation in protes
… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Political Management) at the University of Stellenbosch…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 2: Aug. 22 elections and you
… Union of South Africa) is calling for a boycott to the elections and is seen as the only method of rejecting the new constitution. And in doing so, the…
EventSomaliland is granted independence by British government
… 25 June 1960 marked the end of 73 years of British regime in Somaliland. Fireworks and singing crowds marked the Independence of Somaliland and celebrations…
EventCOSATU issued a statement on Marikana Massacre
… statement expressing its shock and sharing its concern for the lives taken in the Marikana Massacre. They joined all South Africans who lost their loved ones…
EventSouth African Actor, Henry Cele , dies
… a revered actor, most famous for his chilling portrayal of the Zulu King, Shaka in the 1985 mini-series, Shaka Zulu. Cele landed the role after he portrayed…
EventZimbabwe’s interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
… time friend of Robert Mugabe, was dismissed as minister of the interior on the accusation of plotting a coup in Zimbabwe. This triggered … Zimbabwe African…
EventCapital City of Zimbabwe is renamed
… independence from Britain in 1980, Zimbabwe embarked on the process of renaming its cities, towns and streets. This … by Zimbabwe to eradicate all symbols…
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
… South African beaches would be opened to all people across the racial lines. The decision to open the beaches was made after a number of protest multiracial …
EventANC leads march through central Durban
… The African National Congress (ANC) led a march through … by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The march was organised a few days after…
PlaceAlkmaar, a Town Near Nelspruit
… A small Community on the Crocodile River, some 18 km from Nelspruit. Named after a city in the Netherlands which is 32 km from Amsterdam, well known for ……
2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Moothen had the following letter written to the…