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EventWinnie Mandela’s Soweto home reported burnt down
… The Sowetan reported that the Soweto home of Winnie Mandela, wife of an imprisoned leader of the African National Congress …
EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
… refused British instructions to take up arms against the Boer republics during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Col. H.B. Bottomley of the Imperial White Horse…
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
… The Star reported that two men, Elliot Nkuma and Joseph Mahlalela were sentenced to death for the necklace murder of M. Mpapne that took place in 1986. The…
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… Underlying political tensions between supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party resurfaced in KwaZulu Natal in the late 90…
PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
… Building when, for a time it was used to House Prisoners-of-War, during the Anglo-Boer War . Single-storied red brick with ochre dressings. Similar to the…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… Kenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections and will become the first president of an independent republic on 24 October 1964. The victory of Kaunda in the…
Phakamani
… Phakamani, meaning "stand up", reflecting the call to stand up and join the democratic forces inside South Africa and abroad to oppose the legality of the…
Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa
… Africa What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new claim on the land of KwaZulu-Natal portend for land reform in South Africa? 29 … politics and public debate…
EventWolraad Woltemade drowns at sea after saving 14 people from a sinking ship
… On 1 June 1773, the Jonge Thomas, a Dutch East India ship, was anchored at the mouth of the Salt River in Table Bay. In the early hours of the … jaar…
PlaceSahlumbe
… Sahlumbe, a Settlement along the Tugela River, about 23km from Weenen and on the edge of Msinga which was a District, established in the former … Forced…
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… On 7 March 1964, the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, Dr Albert Hertzog, confirmed that the government's policy regarding television was unchanged. … (1999)…
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
… On 4 March 1953, the Criminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commenced. This act made … by a three-year gaol (prison) sentence, and prohibited the offer or…
EventAnna Tempo is born
… Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique. She was born in the late 1870s…
PlaceSomerset Road, Green Point
… The Settlement of Green Point was established sometime before June 1846, and … called Green Point, in Cape Town. Somerset Road is heart of the Green Point…
EventNamibia’s constitution is ratified
… The acceptance of the Namibian constitution on 9 February 1990 established the Republic of Namibia. The independence of Namibia can be directly … WIPO,…
Bantu Education boycott
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner - 'The Bantu Education Act will make African mothers like fowls … were to go to…
EventBotha appoints Hendrikse and Rajbansi into his Cabinet
… The leader of the Labour Party, the Reverend H. J. Allan Hendrickse and Amichand Rajbansi of the National People's Party (NPP) are appointed to the … 12…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… is situated 24 km inland from Durban; it now forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban Metropolitan Municipality. Populated … by Zulu-speaking Black…
EventRhodes asks Charter for British South Africa Company
… applies for a Charter from United Kingdom to establish the British South Africa Company. The Royal Charter was granted in October 1889, with the…
PlaceAlbert Jackson School, Port Elizabeth
… 4 January 1963. Greenwood Primary School had its origin in the Albert Jackson Primary School which first opened its doors on 26 January 1942 on the corner of…
EventAsiatic Law Amendment Act is passed in Transvaal parliament leading to increased Indian protest under MK Gandhi
… In 1906, the Transvaal government promulgated a new Act which enforced registration of the colony's Indian population. At a mass protest meeting …
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… march, but ended with violence, tears, blood and death of a 13 year old boy, Hector Peterson. The Soweto uprising began when more than 20 000 learners…
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… On 31 July 1969 Albertina Sisulu, the wife of Walter Sisulu who was serving a life sentence Robben … had her banning order renewed for another five years…
EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
… The Portuguese expedition set off from the Tagus River on 8 July 1497 with a crew of 148 men in a squadron of three square-riggers, the Sao … P. (undated)…
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… promise in 1939 that SA troops would only fight in Africa. The Sixth South African Armoured Division, the most powerful and best equipped of the South…
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
… The Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts run annually from the end of November until the beginning of April. Every Sunday, …
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… his father, Kgosi (King) Khama III known as Khama the Good, ruler of the Bangwanto people. Subsequent to his father’s death Khama … 28 March 2014]|Evans, B.A…
Zola Skweyiya, former Social Development Minister, to work at ANC Headquarters, 7 May 2009
… parliamentary politics, has been redeployed to work at the ANC`s headquarters, Chief Albert Luthuli House. "Comrade Zola Skweyiya will now be located in the…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… trade union activist was born in Johannesburg. He was one of the chief negotiators at the Codesa talks that opened the path for the first …
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
… Long before European settlers arrived at the Cape, it was inhabited by various other people. Two of the most well-known groups are the Khoikhoi, who had been…