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EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
… in Grahamstown in South Africa. He studied Anthropology at the University of Grahamstown and later went on to teach the subject at the University of the…
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… Tembisa is a large Township situated to the North of Kempton Park , under the Ekurhuleni Municipality . It was established in 1957 when …
ArchiveColour and Christian community
… The tenth address in the Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by Emory Ross, in which he discusses the conflict of race and colour from a Christian…
EventUDF distances itself from Madikizela
… The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) heard from the leading members of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Frank Chikane and Azar … Fraser, R (1997)…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… The National Party (NP) government put its revised constitutional proposals on the table during the Convention for Democratic South Africa … The proposals…
EventBafana Bafana loses to England
… a friendly international match at Absa Stadium in Durban. The match was to mark South Africa's campaign to host World Cup finals in 2010. The England team…
PlaceAgate Terrace, Port St. Johns
… Cliff 4 km East of Port St. Johns. Takes its name from varieties of verigated, semi-pelucid, Chalcedonies found here. The 'Meliskerk' was wrecked off the…
EventSouth Africa holds a referendum to decide if SA should become a republic
… The South African government led by National Party (NP) held … decided whether South Africa should remain a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations or…
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… in northern Namibia. Construction workers discovered the first mass grave containing human bones and ammunition 400 metres from the former military base on 9…
EventBritain imposes an embargo on Rhodesian trade
… Britain imposed an embargo on Rhodesian trade. The ban came just two months after Southern Rhodesia (now … as Zimbabwe) Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith,…
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
… Many South Africans have heard of the ‘Bang Bang Club,’ a nickname given to four South African photographers who captured the dying years of apartheid…
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… On 10 January 1908 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first time in South Africa for refusing to carry an obligatory identity document card commonly known…
PlaceAndries Pretorius Monument , Graaf Reniet
… a Monument 2,5 km North of Graaf-Reinet. It was erected in honour of the Voortrekker leader General Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (1798-1853), whose…
PlaceRooihuiskraal Battlefield, Pretoria
… This property forms part of the Rooihuiskraal Battlefield. where the Battle of Rooihuiskraal took place, on 12 February 1881 …
Nelson Mandela Mandela and Winnie’s studies
… through newspapers left carelessly by warders. After years of protest they graduated to a restricted number of papers and to the radio, and eventually to TV…
PlaceMacassar Beach Pavillion
… Water slides are cracked open and filled with sand, and the once-bright paint has faded into pastel hues against the dunes. The Macassar Beach Pavilion in…
PlaceBrandvlei, Karoo
… Abiekwakop is a Hillock 50 km North of Brandvlei, in the Kenhardt District. A Khoikhoi name derived for the bushes they used, to make digging apparatus. …
EventA coalmine explosion in Rhodesia kills over four hundred workers
… in Rhodesia’s (now Zimbabwe) worst mine disaster ever. The disaster stunned the whole country and the world. Over a third of those who perished were citizens…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.3 1992
… 'n Ontploffing Laat Losbars, Stephen Samuels. Essays: The Politics of Feminism in South Africa, Desiree Lewis; Robben Island Retold, The Mayibuye Centre; …
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… On 6 January 1978, Donald James Woods, editor of the banned Daily Dispatch a newspaper based in East London … and Botswana. Woods was prosecuted seven times…
EventKhotso House is bombed
… The South African Council of Churches (SACC) headquarters, Khotso House, based in … anti-apartheid groups a year after a blast at Congress of South African…
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… The ANC’s iconic Shell House in downtown Johannesburg , where Nelson Mandela planned the Democratic takeover of the South African Government, has been sold…
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
… The basic concept of cellular phones began in 1947, when researchers began to … researchers realized that by using small cells (range of service area) with…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… "Houtbaai" (Wood Bay) as it was named by the Dutch settlers while they explored the Bay behind Table Mountain . Its beautiful heavily wooded Valley became…
EventActress and teacher Wilhelmina Freund is born
… Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund, actress and teacher of elocution, was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, when … in 1912, she was appointed as teacher…
EventGambia gains independence
… On this day in history Gambia became the 36th African nation to gain independence. The Gambia (officially the Republic of The Gambia) commonly known as…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is born
… Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe who would become a leader of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) was born to Hubert and … Cape Province (now known as Eastern Cape). He…
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… in Tumahole Township, Free State was cut off after the Transvaal provincial authority decided that it would no … with financial support to service arrears…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… from 1978 to 1989, Pieter Willem Botha, died peacefully at the age of 90 at his house Die Anker near Wilderness in the Western Cape. Botha was found dead in…
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… shown that Gandhi had close ties and friendships with some of the ANC’s early presidents when he was still alive. Advocate Anil Nauriya was speaking at the…