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EventZimbabwe and England draw in a Bulawayo Test Cricket match with England needing one run to win
… Test Cricket match on 22 December 1996. England was the favorites to win the game and came close several times. However, they failed to secure a win in the…
Document 6 - Africans’ claims in South Africa
… “on Women's Day we occupied the prison's surgery” During the time of the UDF (United Democratic Front) I was assisting the civic …
EventUnited Democratic Front call to Police
… The United Democratic Front criticized the police actions at a Guguletu Funeral and made a call for … This was requested by community members together with…
PlaceHluleka Nature Reserve, Mthatha
… rocky coastline, unspoilt beaches and rolling grasslands, the Hluleka Nature Reserve lies along the ancient Wild Coast within the district of Ngqeleni. …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… his tenure in 1955 in Kliptown near Johannesburg, that the Freedom Charter, which embraced the ideological principles of the African National Congress and…
EventOscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
… was born at Putellos, Umbumbulu, Natal. Dhlomo served in the homeland government of Kwa-Zulu under the leadership of Mangosuthu Buthelezi as Minister of … 1…
EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
… racial equality and, himself a Zulu, devoted his life to the betterment of the Zulu people. In 1942, he was elected to the Native Representative Council (NRC…
EventBritish labour conditions in South Africa condemned
… The British Parliamentary Report on Black Labour Conditions indicated that 63 of the 141 British companies investigated have been paying African workers…
EventButhelezi and Mandela meet and call for cease-fire
… January 1991 a summit meeting was held in Durban between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The meeting was addressed…
EventSA struggles to fight HIV/AIDS pandemic
… ambitious HIV/Aids treatment plan was lagging behind as the government struggled to plug a shortage of doctors and pharmacists and other professionals needed…
EventNP serves legal papers on TRC
… The National Party (NP) served legal papers on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) giving notice … of a High Court application to be heard on 26…
EventKen Oosterbroek is killed
… Ken Oosterbroek, the Chief Photographer of The Star, was killed in bloody pre-election fighting in Thokoza township on the East Rand, just two weeks before…
EventSouth African cricketer, Hashim Mahomed Amla, is born
… Hashim Mahomed Amla is a South African batsman. He is the first cricketer of Indian descent to reach the national squad. Amla began his professional cricket…
EventP.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference
… 1984 saw P.W. Botha elected to the position of President, having abolished the position of Prime Minister in 1983. These two events were preceeded by the…
EventA Zairian aircraft crashes in Angola, killing 141 people.
… and crew members perished. It is not clear what caused the crash. It was, however, speculated that movement in the cargo may have been the cause of the…
PlaceHouses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein
… These three buildings form the historical core of Grey College, the oldest school in the Free State. Brill House and Andrew Murray House were …
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
… that was used as a cover up for a political meeting at the house of Lillian Ngoyi. They were charged with contravening section 9(1) of Act 44 of 1950. The…
EventBoris Becker of West Germany beats Kevin Curren of SA at Wimbledon.
… Kevin Curren (27) of South Africa at Wimbledon to become the youngest ever tennis champion. Becker beat Curren in the finals 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. After his…
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… 1994, Abdul Shariff a freelance photographer was shot in the back and killed while covering an African National … visit to Katlehong near Johannesburg. A…
EventEducationist George Molefe is born
… was born in Mbulwana, Ladysmith, Natal. Molefe was one of the first black Presbyterian ministers to graduate at Fort Hare College in 1932. He was ordained in…
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… Article in the Indian Opinon by Jordaan K Ngubane on James Moroka, 28 November 1952 (pdf) Article of the British Weekly, 18 September 1952 (pdf) Dr James…
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… a member of Star Band, Senegal’s most famous band. He left the band to form his own, Á‰toile de Dakar in 1979. By 1995, … Sting and Tracy Chapman. He has…
ArchiveTranskei Sham
… Transkei Sham: statement published in the underground "Inkululeko-Freedom", February 1977, describes the reaction of the ANC to the granting of independence…
ArchiveStatement by Terror Lekota
… Statement released after the United Democratic Front has released Nelson Mandela's statement regarding the nationalisation of the mines and they also gave…
Letter from Barney Pityana to Barry Streek
… The letter discusses the issue of SASO/NUSAS representation at the Commonwealth Students' Conference in the context of representation of the two…
PlaceBritish Fort, Marabastad, Polokwane
… This English fort or earthworks is situated just east of the national road at Marabastad, a few kilometres south of Polokwane, on the farm Sand River. The…
PlaceNorth Lodge, Parktown, Johannesburg
… North Lodge was modeled on French and Scottish castles! The building, designed by Herbert J Aldwyncle, was completed in 1906 for for the “Oats King” Henry…
EventPius Langa is born
… Justice Pius Nkonzo Langa, deputy president of the Constitutional Court and Chancellor of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in … In…
EventOne person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani
… An unnamed person was killed in a car bomb explosion at the home of Chris Hani, then Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) commander … in Lesotho. Eben Frederick Coetzee, a…
EventP.W. Botha offers to resign
… to resign amid speculation regarding his involvement in the Information Scandal of 1978, if his accusers could prove … member of his Cabinet, was aware of…