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EventMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi, trade unionist and community leader, dies
… died in Orlando West, Soweto. Butshingi was born in the Transkei in 1906, and moved to the Transvaal in 1925 to become an insurance company agent. During the…
EventOscar Nominations are announced
… The first Oscar nomination for a South African film Yesterday in the Best Foreign Language category, was announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…
EventMahamane Ousmane is overthrown
… toppled in a military coup d'etat and put under arrest in the presidential palace. Coup leader Col Barre Mainassara Ibrahim issued a statement on the state…
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… A former member of the Volksraad of the South African Republic (Transvaal), representing the Vryheid district in 1897 and also Boer general during …
PlaceAmsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
… Town some 77 km East of Ermelo. It formed part of the Scottish Settlement established by Alexander … proclaimed a Town in June 1881. At first called Roburnia…
Accredited Events
… The National Centenary Task Team (NCTT), has established a sub committee referred to as the Content and Copyright Sub Committee whose primary function is to…
PlaceZonderwater
… Situated in the Highveld of Gauteng, just outside Cullinan near Pretoria. The Zonderwater museum and the Italian Military Cemetery are alongside one another!…
PlaceBo-tuin, Hof Street, Gardens.
… The property was originally part of the Leeuwenhof Estate and was developed in about 1820 by … high garden wall enclosing its courtyard, was occupied by the…
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… Minister of Social Development of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999, Dr Zola … Themba Skweyiya, was born in Simonstown. Skweyiya is the former…
EventJournalist and political activist Selby Msimang dies
… Pietermaritzburg. Msimang was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), renamed the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923…
EventCoup attempt on S Doe’s government in Liberia
… headed by Brigadier-General Thomas Quiwonkpa, a faction of the Liberian military failed to take power from Samuel Doe. … a third coup attempt since Samuel…
EventFirst Nobel prizes are awarded
… and inventor of dynamite, Alfred B. Nobel, established the Nobel Prizes in his will. This bequeathment allegedly shocked his relatives and the countries…
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
… Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) in 1948. He studied law at the University of Zambia and went on to form his own law firm, Mwanawasa & Company. He left the…
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… Two members of the extreme right-wing group, Boeremag, Dirk Hanekom and Henk … and brought to trial with 21 other alleged members of the right-wing Boeremag…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of Potchefstroom in 1955. 1n 1958 he earned … in 1959, his Masters in Afrikaans and…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… Rhodesia. This came after Nkomo failed to persuade the Tanzanian President, Julius Nyerere, to support his plans … placed in detention, along with other…
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… On 16 January 2001, Laurent Kabila President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was killed by … in which he had sacked them. It was later confirmed…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… Professor William Tilden McClain passed away on Sunday the 02nd of October 2011. We at Bush Radio mourn his … McClain was originally from a small town in…
ArchiveInterview with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi
… with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi who was a refugee in Kenya in the late 1970s. An adherent of the black consciousness movement, he became involved in efforts to…
ArchiveA vote for SAIC is a vote accepting racial inferiority. Reject Aparthate!
… inferiority; Reject Apartheid; text on ballot box: At the congress of the ASB held in Pretoria on 28 June 1971 the Prime Minister warned that should the…
EventPrime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act
… Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts announced the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the Pegging Act, due to expire on 31…
EventP.W. Botha appears in court
… P.W. Botha appeared in court for refusing to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The former South African State President appeared at a…
EventRamaphosa announces his decision to leave parliament
… Cyril Ramaphosa, secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC) and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, announced his intention to resign from…
EventTravelling in a cab no longer in fashion
… The Star reported that travelling in a cab was falling out of favour. This trend was attributed to the changing socio-economic conditions in Johannesburg and…
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
… The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally emigrated to Johannesburg after the turn of the century from Poswohl, in…
EventFinal Commission report on University Christian Movement
… The final report of the Le Grange Commission, dealing with the University Christian Movement (UCM), defunct since 1972, was submitted to Parliament. The…
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… James Mpanza, a political activist and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed away … given a rousing civic funeral service and…
EventAWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested
… The leader of the right-wing political organisation, Afrikaner … followers were arrested and charged with public violence. The arrest took place after a long…
EventANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off
… The African National Congress (ANC) called off a peace rally … Party (IFP) scheduled for 2 April in KwaZulu-Natal. The local ANC executive organiser…
EventDefence Minister disputes HIV statistics in SANDF
… The South African Minister of Defence Mosioua Lekota dismissed as 'fallacy' claims that 89% of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) had tested…