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EventJudge Goldstone calls for “truth commission” on atrocities
… In May 1994, Justice Richard Goldstone called for the establishment of a "truth commission" on Apartheid … without openness". He said it was essential to…
EventMauritius gains independence
… Mauritius was first colonised by the French in 1767 until the British took over control in 1810.The British gave up sovereignty in 1968 when the country …
EventInternational Nurses Day.
… International nurses day is celebrated around the world every year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, who is considered the founder…
ArchiveCosatu News
… Cosatu News, published by COSATU, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, documents the struggle of workers to gain power in the workplace in order to…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… Known as Mama Africa , she had left in 1959 as part of the cast of the musical King Kong and was barred from returning when the apartheid government revoked…
Zephania Mothopeng - Searchlight South Africa, Vol 1, No. 2, February 1989
… [We have been given the following document, together with an introductory … it was known that Mothopeng was grievously ill. Part of the document tells the…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… Oral interview with Julius K. Nyerere (1922-1999), the first president of Tanzania (known as Tanganyika until … independence when he stepped down temporarily…
EventDavid Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg , Northern Transvaal
… ability to draw, Phaswane began training in fine art at the Polly Street Art Centre in 1959.He trained under great … such as Cecil Skotnes and Sydney Khumalo…
EventLiberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe publically offers to resign
… who would later face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC), became head of the Provisional Government. In April 1980,…
EventEgyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack
… Muhammad Anwar Sadat in 1970. Nasser had been described as the first leader of an Arab nation who challenged what was perceived as the western dominance of…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… On 22 August 1984 the United Democratic Front, an internal coalition of … groups, organised highly successful boycotts of the Coloured and Indian elections…
EventWinnie Mandela charged with kidnapping
… and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others for the events surrounding the murder of Stompie Seipei Moeketsi in December 1988. Moeketsi was a…
EventTrevor Manuel predicts SA economic growth
… spending and low interest rates, to exceed 4 percent in the coming year. "Our outlook for fiscal year 2005/06, which … would see growth in excess of 4…
EventMoses Kottler, A leading South African sculptor of his time, is born
… was born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth; some give it as 11 June 1892, others … a name for himself as a sculptor. Kottler…
EventDaisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.
… times and killed two of her husbands and her son. All the men she married were plumbers and, the two that she allegedly poisoned, left her with large sums of…
EventDouglas Portway, European-based South African artist, is born in Johannesburg
… was born in Johannesburg in 1922. He studied fine art at the Witwatersran Technical College and later taught at the University of Johannesburg. After his…
Race attitudes and education
… The second in a series titled Hoernle Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by E G Malherbe, who held the position of Principal of Natal University College…
ArchiveRace attitudes and education
… The second in a series titled Hoernle Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by E G Malherbe, who held the position of Principal of Natal University College…
Phambili
… Phambili, published by the Phambili Collective in Johannesburg, was a short lived … comprising 3 issues published during 1988 and 1989. The aim of the…
PlaceRooihuiskraal Battlefield, Pretoria
… This property forms part of the Rooihuiskraal Battlefield. where the Battle of Rooihuiskraal took place, on 12 February 1881 during the First War of…
PlaceBlockhouse in Hekpoort, Krugersdorp
… The Building was erected during the South African Boer War by the British Military, under the guidance of Major-General G …
EventReservation of Separate Amenities Act No 49 commences
… The National Party (NP) government developed the concept of allocation of resources such as general … education and jobs and formalised this into law. The…
EventSA Policeman Wins 90km Comrades Marathon
… A member of the South African Police Services (SAPS) from Mafikeng in North West, Andrew Kelehe, won the 90km Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to…
EventInhabitants flee UNITA occupation
… The National Union for the Independence of Angola (UNITA), formed in 1966 by Jonas … southeastern Kuando Kubango province and Pango-Aluquem in the north…
EventFinance Minister Chris Liebenberg presents his budget
… The SA finance minister, Chris Liebenberg, presented his 1996 … parliament. It was a cautious package intended to reduce the fiscal deficit and provide tax…
EventMinister of Constitutional Development Roelf Meyer set to resign
… On the day the National Party (NP) launched a 'core values' document in Pretoria , aimed at taking the party forward, it was also reported that the…
EventRuth First is born
… First , journalist, academic, political activist and the wife of former South African Communist Party (SACP) … involvement started while she was still a…
EventHeroic act by boer soldier Windvogel
… During the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General Kemp … Brigadier-General Dixon at Vlakfontein and captured the field guns. Dixon launched a…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… During the Anglo-Boer War II, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state Artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South …
EventChurch bombing kills 15 people in Nigeria.
… through a checkpoint and exploded, killing people at the Living Faith Church in Bauchi, Nigeria. Mohammed Ladan, the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police,…