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EventUNHRC service is enlisted in repatriation process
… 550 more were expected in the following weeks. Government sources also revealed that they received 6000 applications of …
EventPresident P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.
… Heunis, attended the meeting in his place. Some sources say that the stroke left him partially paralysed, but …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
… Jacob Zuma from his responsibilities as deputy president. Sources: Zuma gets the sack (2005). Website: news24.com Mbeki …
EventProvincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns
… Lekota and his Executive Committee's resignation. Sources: Books: Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African …
EventEgyptian and US Archaeologists discover a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile
… On 20 December 1991 (21 December according to other sources) Egyptian and American Archaeologists discovered a …
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Gastrow, S. (1992) Who`s Who in South African politics Number 4.p.67. If you would…
PlaceAmathola/Amatole District Municipality
… River. The name is Xhosa and means 'weaned calves'. Some sources link the name to a person called 'Mathole', perhaps a …
EventRobert McBride is born
… more on Robert Mcbride being granted amnesty by the TRC. Sources: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor …
EventMinister reports 23 acts of sabotage in RSA
… arrested sixty Black suspected anti-apartheid activists. Sources: Books: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. …
EventXhosa author Samuel Mqhayi dies
… while Mqhayi added seven additional Xhosa stanzas in 1927. Sources: Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard …
EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
… followed about three weeks after the Soweto riots. Sources: Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a …
EventBBC reports demonstrations at a game ranch in SA
… motorcycle gang members, wildlife groups and housewives. Sources: World: Africa Elephant abuse sparks protest, …
EventLeprosy expert Dr Kok is born
… was doing, namely Mkar disease (granuloma multiforme). Sources: Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South …
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
IntroductionStephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and his death in police detention in 1977…
Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
… Ghana, where he practiced medicine for several more years. Sources : Dowden, Richard. “Obituary: Dr. Hastings Banda,” …
PlacePretoria National Zoological Gardens.
… that are cleaned with chlorine washed and natural water sources making use of plants, such as in ponds. But it’s the …
EventC.J. Langenhoven dies in Oudtshoorn
… South Africa is now the national anthem of South Africa. Sources: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor …
EventSA cross-border raid in Maputo kills several
… killed vary between twelve and twenty-four in different sources. Three were allegedly abducted. The raid was planned …
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
… South Africa was elected on to the Executive Council. Sources: …
EventRamaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested
… here to read more about the South African labour history. Sources: Pretoria News, August 26, 2002. Today in History. …
EventJan Carel Juta (52), father of the publishing industry in SA, dies in Chiswick, London
… materials and textbooks to this day. Juta died on 7 (some sources claim 8)April 1886 in Chiswick, London. He was …
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… the Kingdom of Kongo is complicated by the lack of written sources from the time, as well as the problematic fact that … contact with the Portuguese in 1482 …
EventANC activists bribe warder and escape from prison
… based in New Delhi as the Asian representative of the ANC. Sources: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. …
EventEzrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae is born
… 1966 and 1987 he exhibited numerously in SA and abroad. Sources: Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition, …
EventThe Prince Imperial of France dies in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
… by Queen Victoria at the place where he had been killed. Sources: Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard …
EventNuclear Reactor At Pelindaba Goes Critical
… in the world to give up its nuclear weapons voluntarily. Sources: (author unknown), (2003). 'Milestones', The Star, 18 …
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… Africa's reputable coaches, Stanley "Screamer" Tshabalala. Sources: Website: safagoal.net 2004). Footballer of the …
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
… government led to the release of all political prisoners. Sources: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor …
EventZola Budd breaks a world record
… in 1984 in order to participate in the Olympic Games. Sources: Books:Mercer, D. (1988). Chronicle of the 20th …
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… were killed and more than 200 seriously injured. Some sources give the numbers as much higher. Surrounding suburbs …