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History in the Headlines
South African innovations make history.
In the past several months, some interesting developments have taken place in South Africa, which are set to have a huge impact.
Last week, news of an anti-HIV gel made headlines. This microbicidal vaginal gel is said to prevent HIV infection by up to 54%, if used within 12 hours before intercourse, and again afterwards. Researchers Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim said in an article in The Times, that the trials yielded positive results, and they hope to have an improved version available in about three years.
In the field of science, Prof. Ed Jacobs of the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Sciences at Stellenbosch University has recently developed a capillary ultrafiltration water purification system ...read on
1 August 1818
The ‘Hospital and Lunatic Asylum’, the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, is opened
5 August 1963
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
Complete list of events during this week ...read more
60 years ago, the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was declared an illegal organisation according to the 'Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950'. This apartheid act was approved on 26 June in parliament and came into force on 17 July 1950.
The Suppression of Communism Act banned the CPSA, and gave the government the power to ban publications that promoted the objectives of communism, and the power to 'name' people who could be barred from holding office, practicing as lawyers or attending meetings....visit feature
