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EventSA musician Todd Matshikiza dies
… composer and writer, Todd Tozama Matshikiza, died at the age of 47 in Lusaka, Zambia after a sudden illness. He composed the music and wrote some of the…
ArchiveLong bitter struggle at Frame has ended
… The longest recognition struggle in South African labour … Nearly 2 000 National Union of Textile Worker members at the giant Frametex mill, the heart of the…
ArchiveEmergency convocation of churches in South Africa: package of preparation material
… on and develop effective non-violent actions to pressure the government to the negotiation table and for the church to refuse to collaborate with the unjust…
ArchiveRace, culture and personality
… The fifteenth Heornle Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr. Simon Biesheuvel who was concerned with the social and political importance of race problems and more…
EventMusic teacher Dorothy Boxall dies
… writer and organiser of orchestral activities for the youth, died in Johannesburg. Following Boxall's death, the Children's Music Festival Society, the…
ArchiveExtension of University Education Act, Act No 45 of 1959
… The Act was to provide for the establishment, maintenance, management and control of unoiversity colleges for non-white persons; for the admission of…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.3 Sep-Oct 1980
… Mvemve, Landi kaThemba. Columns and Features: VOICES FROM THE GHETTO Mr. Petrus Xaba, Alexandra pensioner by Eddie … Katlehong Artists, Malopoets. DRAMA…
18. Narayanan searches for his wife and child
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … who worked for a Port Shepstone sugar mill, wrote to the Protector on 7 September 1907…
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1954-1955
… and 1955 and includes chapters on: Policies and attitudes; The role of the SA Institute of Race Relations; Joint Councils and study … and powers of…
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… was officially elected President of Egypt. He had been the effective leader of Egypt since 14 November 1954 as the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command…
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
… South African engineer, Nuno Gomes, entered the Guinness Book of Records for mankind’s deepest dive ever on 13 June 2005. Gomes’318.25m plunge beat the…
EventANC activists bribe warder and escape from prison
… detainees, Harold Wolpe, a listed Communist arrested on the Bechuanaland border, Arthur Goldreich, caught in the Rivonia raid, Moosa Moolla, accused in the…
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… Bruce Fordyce, legendary South African winner of the Comrades Marathon, was born in Hong Kong, then a city under English administration on the eastern side…
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… de Klerk announced a referendum for 17 March to establish the opinion of White voters towards his political reforms. He … support for multiparty negotiations…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
… Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a central figure in the fight against apartheid, was arrested outside parliament … while leading a protest march (one of many)…
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… youth orchestras, was born in Nylstroom, Transvaal. At the age of 16, she gave her first public performance of the Dvorak cello concert. A year later she was…
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… One of the worst explosions in the history of South Africa occurred at Braamfontein station, … 3½ days in searing heat, was struck by a shunting train. The…
EventOmar Bongo, former president of Gabon is born
… he was president of Gabon for 41 years, making him one of the longest serving non-monarch rulers in the world. In 1990, under intense pressure from its…
EventKing Mswati III is born
… acted as regents until Mswati could be of age to take over the throne. He was crowned in 1986 at the age of eighteen. Mswati has gained a reputation for…
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
… Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) formed a coalition … Mugabe in Zimbabwe. Nkomo's party won twenty seats…
EventFirst president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah (62), dies in Bucharest.
… Kwame Nkrumah became the first prime minister and president of Ghana in 1957 until 1966.Ghana (formerly known as The Gold Coast) gained its independence and…
EventArchibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
… and in 1888 obtained an MA degree (cum laude) in Ethics at the University of Glasgow. Lamont was an ordained missionary of the Presbyterian Church of England…
Fosatu Worker News
… Fosatu Worker News was first published in 1979 with the formation of the Federation of South African Trade Unions and was distributed amongst all union…
EventPretoria High Court Judge, Nkola Motata, is arrested
… to be drunk by police and is said to have resisted arrest. The owner of the property that Motata drove into took pictures of the visibly drunken judge and…
ArchiveTen principles on which good industrial mission work must be based
… The following list was prepared by the Rev. Scott Paradise for guidance of the Detroit Industrial Mission in the U.S.A. It grew over …
PlaceWinthrop Building, 8 Durban Road, Wynberg
… The U-plan structure with a thatched hip Roof dates from 1830 and is one of the oldest Houses in the Historical Centre of Wynberg. It originally served as a …
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 7 Belvedere Avenue, Oranjezicht
… The double-storey Structure was erected soon after the turn of the 20th Century, and is endowed with a number of prominent …
EventInternational Conference on Sports Boycott against SA commences in Paris
… On 16 May 1985, The International Conference on Sports Boycott against South … three-day conference at UNESCO House in Paris, France. The conference was…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Nigeria
… The South African national soccer team Bafana Bafana, under … mentorship of Coach Trott Moloto, lost 0-2 to Nigeria in the semi-final African Cup of Nations …
ArchiveMemorandum on political prisoners
… prisoners submitted by Alfred Ngokong on behalf of the ANC to the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights Meeting in…