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Yarra Yarra, St Georges Street, Simonstown
… The grounds of this property originally formed part of the Studlands estate which had been granted to JP Eksteen on 5 May 1779 for the erection of a wijnhuis…
EventNgoako Abel Ramathlodi is born
… Ngoako Ramathlodi, former premier of the Northern Transvaal Province (now Limpopo) and current … he was denied admission to proceed with his law studies at…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
… near King William's Town. More than 15 000 people attended the funeral. He was the husband of Victoria Mxenge who, in December 1985, while preparing to…
EventCalvin Thusago is stabbed to death
… Calvin Thusago, a reporter for the SABC, was stabbed to death by a mob of youths as he and a … on their way back from Sharpeville where they had filmed the…
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
… a police officer and two children, were killed in the eastern Rand township of Daveyton, near Benoni. The incident, which was followed by a barrage of…
EventDumisani Makhaye passes away
… The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Local Government, Housing and Traditional Affairs and member of the African National Congress (ANC), Dumisani Makhaye, … after…
EventFormer SADF Chief Tienie Groenewald is acquitted
… Force (SADF) Chief Tienie Groenewald was acquitted by the Durban Supreme Court on all charges related to the 1987 KwaMakhutha Massacre. The KwaMakutha attack…
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
… As result of the National Party's withdrawal, President Nelson Mandela carried out a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing all the NP ministers with African National…
EventGen. Magnus Malan appears in court
… The trial of Gen. Magnus Malan former defence minister, and nineteen co-accused started in the Durban Supreme Court. They pleaded not guilty to thirteen ……
EventSouth Africa Grants independence to Venda and Gazankulu homelands
… The republic of South Africa grants independence to Venda and Gazankulu . This move is in line with the government's internal control strategy of 'divide and…
EventUN Special Committee releases its report
… The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid, which was set up by the General Assembly under resolution 1761 (XVll), released its second interim report…
EventDadoo and Naicker are charged
… with contravening Section 20 (r) of Act No. 22 of 1913, the Immigrants Regulations Act. They were accused of … aiding or abetting certain Asiatic persons in…
EventWilliam Selborne Dies
… Selborne, British High Commissioner in SA and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, dies at the age of 82. His predecessor was Lord Milner. He…
EventNational Party adopts five year programme
… With the winds of change blowing in South Africa, the ruling National Party (NP) adopted a five year programme … in national as well as local government…
EventCosatu offices in Durban under attack
… Fighting between Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters spilled into central Pietermaritzburg when the Congress of…
EventInternational Day of Peace Vigil is observed
… After the United Nations General-Assembly resolution 55/282 of … beginning 2002, 21 September of each year is observed as the International Day of Peace…
EventUN Tribunal on Rwanda sentences Jean Kambanda
… The United Nations Tribunal on Rwanda, which was held in … verdict on former Rwanda Prime Minister Jean Kambanda. The tribunal panel was comprised of three…
EventLord Milner leaves England to return to SA
… Lord Alfred Milner, the British High Commissioner who played a prominent role in causing the South African War returned to South Africa to become British…
EventHenry Morton Stanley’s expedition reaches Fort Bodo, Congo
… English explorer who lived in America, was commissioned by The New York Herald with the task of finding explorer David Livingstone. No one had … in 1871…
PlaceGovernment Buildings, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… The government building complex was completed in 1877 … Chamber was already in use on 31 May 1875. In 1895 the upper storey was completed and in 1902 the…
Open Talk with Grada Kilomba
… The Goethe-Institut is hosting an open talk and community … with gender, race, trauma, memory and post-colonialism. The audience will be invited to engage in…
ANC hits back at Jimi Matthews
… JOHANNESBURG - The ANC has hit back at former SABC Acting CEO Jimi Matthews … conduct from him. Matthews says his exit was brought on by the recent changes…
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… On 5 January 1965, members of the African National Congress (ANC) Mac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, … and Walter Sisulu among others were being kept after the…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… Bram Fischer, the former political activist was arrested in 1964 for being a member of the illegal organisation Communist Party of South Africa … in Pretoria…
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
… premier, Ndaweni Mahlangu, who replaced Matthews Phosa as the province's second premier, caused a storm within … to lie". Mahlangu was trying to defend his…
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… worked as a clerk for Shell. Makeba began singing in the school choir at Kilnerton Training Institute in Pretoria. In 1957, Makeba joined the group, the…
EventChristian Institute declared an affected organisation
… The Minister of Justice, James Thomas (Jimmy) Kruger, declared the Christian Institute to be an affected organisation under the Affected Organisation's Act…
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… African citizenship, announced on 15 December 1993 by the South African parliament led by President F.W. de Klerk, became effective four months before the…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.2 1990
… Africa's, Literature of Liberation, Martin Trump. POETRY: The Pied Piper, Tania Spencer; Varsity Dance, Sandra Braude; … Calling, Steven Brimelow;…
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … you to come to Natal which I am sending to Mr. Leach by the next mail. I am sending you £0…