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Invitation: BikoHausen - Steve Bantu Biko and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Johannesburg, 1971
… (Camera) Catherine Meyburgh, Jannous Aukema (Editing) At the end of a working lecture tour to South Africa in March 1971, the composer Karlheinz…
ArchiveMeeting between Cosatu/UDF and ANC held in Harare on December 1 - 3, 1988
… Report of a meeting between the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the United Democratic Front and the African National Congress in Harare, December 1-3…
Condolence book for Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, 28 March 2017
… The African National Congress mourns the passing of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe, Comrade Ahmed … on earlier today, 28 March 2017. Members and supporters of the…
PlaceMontecasino
… Montecasino is located in the suburb of Fourways in Northern Johannesburg. The casino and entertainment complex is designed to resemble an ancient Tuscan…
ArchivePromise of hope
… white photo two young boys crying; text: What is needed by the black people of South Africa is not sticking plaster; but the promise of hope for the future…
PlaceGoede Hoop Wine Estate
… The Bestbier family first bought this farm in 1928 and today it’s still run by the family with Pieter Bestbier (now a third generation winemaker) at the helm…
PlaceKwaNdebele
… KwaNdebele (or place of the Ndebele) was granted self-government in 1984 and was intended to be the new home for the Transvaal Ndebele people. It was…
EventMandela pays his first state visit to Mozambique
… After the 1994 national elections, President Nelson Mandela paid … met with his Mozambican counterpart Joaquim Chissano. The meeting resulted in the two…
EventSouth Sudan is declared an independent state
… South Sudan was granted independence on 9 July 2011 with the town of Juba as a capital. The declaration of independence marked “the end” of intermittent…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… Smith, declared a state of emergency. This was prompted by the United Kingdom’s (UK) refusal to grant Zimbabwe … and Northern Rhodesia (now known as Zambia)…
EventBoxing legend, Dingaan Thobela thwarts a hijacking at his home in Johannesburg
… On 27 September 2006, Boxing legend Dingaan Thobela 'The Rose of Soweto' arrived home only to be greeted by … hijackers as he was about to enter his Kelvin…
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… The then African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, … Sisulu, was served with two notifications in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act (Act 44…
EventControl of communication bureau is placed under Foreign Affairs
… After rumours of mismanagement of funds by the Department of Information, Prime Minister B.J. Vorster … would remain Minister of Plural Relations and…
EventHomeland leader Qqozo stands trial
… military leader of Ciskei homeland, went on trial in the Ciskei Supreme Court. He faced charges of murder or incitement to murder, relating to the killing of…
EventFurther chaos in Liberian civil war
… President Samuel Kanyon Doe became virtually a prisoner in the presidential mansion as rebels besieged Monrovia and … of Liberians and caused over 700,000…
EventSalman Rushdie’s visit is still on
… outcry against Salman Rushdie's public lecture from the Islamic Council of Southern Africa, the Weekly Mail (now Mail and Guardian) announces that the public…
EventMoses Mabhida dies in Maputo
… Umkhonto weSizwe commander and Secretary-General of the SA Communist Party, died of a heart attack in Maputo, … Mabhida's remains were transferred to South…
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… Following weeks of speculations on the fate of Winnie Mandela in the government, president Nelson Mandela eventually expelled her from the position of deputy…
EventMonty Naicker dies
… was born in Durban. Naicker played a crucial role in the history of South Africa and his name is well documented amongst the political icons of the…
EventProfessor Lydia van Niekerk is born
… of Dutch Literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at the University of Stellenbosch, was born on the farm Diepkloof, district Uitenhage. Van…
EventGovernment withdraws ten police officers from service
… Following an interim report of the Goldstone Commission, which probed allegations of a Third … that a further ten unnamed officers implicated in the report…
EventFierce fighting erupts between pro-Patrice Lumumba troops and UN forces
… Lumumba troops and United Nations (UN) forces in Congo. The fight came almost a year after parliamentary elections in May 1960, where the National Congolese…
ArticleFunders
… National Heritage Council Presidential Employment Stimulus The DG Murray Trust (DGMT) HCI Foundation Inqaba Biotechnical Industries (Pty) Ltd National…
EventFrance’s war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… 1844 French forces under General Thomas Bugeaud defeated the Moroccan army in the battle of Isly. The battle was a result of the French government’s pursuit…
PlaceBloemfontein Technical College, Douglas Street, Bloemfontein
… Also known as the Old Grey College building. The structure was designed by Architect WH Stucke and was … stone was laid on 16 May 1894 by President Reitz and…
EventA fire breaks out on Table Mountain after a British tourist allegedly tossed a lit cigarette out of a car window
… On 26 January 2006, a massive fire swept along the lower slopes of Table Mountain, threatening the nearby suburbs and cutting off several hiking … butt. It…
11. A Brahman seeks work in Natal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Protector of Labour and Indian Immigration, wrote to the Protector in Natal on 7 November…
EventHattie McDaniels Wins An Academy Award
… McDaniels Wins An Academy Award Hattie McDaniels becomes the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for her best supporting actress in the…
ArchiveLetter from Jen Curtis, Secretary-General, NUSWEL, to Wages and Economics Commission Chairmen
… Confidential circular letter from Jen Curtis of the National Union of Students Welfare and Social Activities Department about the aims and goals of the Wages…
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… Born in the predominantly Indian community of Cato Manor near Durban, … music on a homemade guitar. He joined his first band at the age of 16 and soon became…