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EventStompie Seipei’s murderer goes to jail
… The Rand Supreme Court sentences Jerry Richardson to death for the murder 14-year-old Stompie Seipei. Stompie Seipei was a child activist and member of the…
PlaceRehoboth
… elevated plateau with several hot springs. Khoikhoi name, of Anis, means 'smoke' from the steam seen, at the hot springs on winter mornings. In 1870, the…
ArchiveCircular from Oliver Schreiner, Deputy Vice-President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… General circular from the Deputy Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students. The circular …
21. Pariah constables pollute Hindus
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Some 29 people submitted the following complaint…
PlaceEllis Park
… and was first named for Mr J.D. Ellis who initially made the land for the stadium available. The stadium is home to Johannesburg's … and concerts. The…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… called while it was a German territory was placed under the South African administration by the League of Nations after the First World War. When the United…
EventPioneer tomato farmer Bertie van Zyl is buried in Mooketsi
… Bertie van Zyl (72), founder and owner of ZZ2, the biggest tomato growing operation in the country and one of the biggest in the world, was buried …
Devout domesticity?
… Table of contents Acknowledgements Dedication Abstract … Introduction 1. Class, Consciousness and Organization in the Political Transition in…
Graveside tribute to Robert Shell by Joline Young, 3 February 2015
… I could speak about all the things that you already know about Robert: That he was a brilliant man, that his was the biggest contribution to Cape slave…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… 1913 in Botshabelo, a mission station established by the German missionaries amongst the Pedi community in the Middelburg district of the Transvaal (now…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
… On 4 May 1978, the South African air force flew over Cassinga, allegedly a Namibian refugee camp in Southern Angola. It was the South African Defence Force’s…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… The Wanderers Cricket Stadium was formerly known as Kent Park. It has a Seating Capacity of 28 000. Gauteng and Transvaal Cricket Teams both use it as their…
EventEnglish ship “Caesar” with William Pearse on board bound for Bantam arrives
… to take in water freely & to buy some refreshing from the burghers & especially for their sick, [blank] in number, to be allowed to be lodged by one of our…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
… The Durban Declaration was a statement signed by over 5 000 people in the scientific community stating that HIV caused AIDS. The … Mbeki asserted the view…
Place'Aba Mponjwana', Drakensberg Mountains
… Zulu name for ridge on the Mountains in Drakensberg, including such Peaks as Cathedral Peak, the Bell, the Outer Horn and the Inner Horn. Said to mean 'Ridge…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… Dr Eschel Rhoodie, former South African secretary of information, was initially tracked down by a journalist at … had fled South Africa shortly after…
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… The oldest of the independent homelands, Transkei, gained complete … independence as an autonomous republic under the policy of separate development. At its…
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… At the instigation of a letter titled the Question of South Africa from the Charge D'affaires of the permanent …
PlaceRiebeek West
… The village of Riebeek West, in the Riebeek Valley together with its sister town Riebeek East. was established in 1858 as a kerkplaats of the Dutch Reformed…
EventIt is announced that a child prostitution and trafficking task team rescues 14 underage prostitutes in downtown Johannesburg
… trafficking and prostitution has become rife in the syndicates of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Children who are … parents, family friends, taxi…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… This represented an about turn from his announcement of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November … with Great Britain and declared Rhodesia…
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… Chief Magadu Bhambatha, who was held responsible for the Impi Yamakhanda (poll tax) uprising that was popularly known as the Bambatha rebellion became chief…
EventPrime Minister P.W. Botha announces Ciskei will become independent on 4 December 1981
… The homeland known as Ciskei, between the Fish and the Kei River, was created between 1961 and 1982 … then Nationalist Party Government.. This was done as…
PlaceMilnerton
… The Cape Town suburb of Milnerton was established in 1902 on the site of the old farm: 'Janbiesjeskraal', and was named in … The Cape Town suburb of…
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… A year after the Treaty of Vereeniging, which signalled the end of the Anglo-Boer War 2, the British High …
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… after twelve years in office, B.J. Voster was elected to the unprecedented honorary position of State President. However, his spell in the new office was…
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
… and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan following years of colonial rule. The tale of these two countries’ rule over Sudan dates back the 19th century. In…
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… Enoch Mankayi Sontonga, writer and composer of the National Anthem Nkosi Sikelel' IAfrica (God Bless Africa) died at the age of thirty-two. He wrote Nkosi…
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… South African anti-apartheid journalist and former editor of The World newspaper, Percy Qoboza, died on his fiftieth … heart attack and falling into a coma…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… Naledi High School, the site where historic anti-Bantu Education student … arrived at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest the leader of the local…