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EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
… was that Ian Smith, the Rhodesian Prime Minister, at the time, unilaterally declared independence from Britain in an …
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
… The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of …
EventResolute Treurnicht rejects waiving language policy
… should the policy be forced upon the children. During this time, an action committee was set up under auspices of the …
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… dismantled the entire system of petty apartheid by the time of 1994 general election that brought the ANC to power. …
EventThe Big Three are convicted of treason
… arrested in April 1989 and charged with treason. At the time of their arrest the country was rife with unrest. …
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… of hand-weaving. However, Fallows spent his spare time studying, especially subjects like mathematics. At the …
EventNelson Mandela is voted the greatest South African
… Fugard came in as the 100th greatest South African of all time. The program was stopped because of political pressure …
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… on 8 May. This is to commemorate those who volunteer their time in assisting these organisations in caring for …
EventAfrica Women’s Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
… Botswana and finally to South Africa - Johannesburg, in time for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) …
EventThousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington
… flight operations at the nation's airports for the first time in U.S. history. In the immediate aftermath of the …
EventOrganisations forward applicants for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… Party (IFP) members were known to have applied at the time. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a …
EventSan involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer
… by the loss of their horses, which gave the Boer commandos time to re-group. …
EventPresident Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square
… used as the governmental seat of the British for a short time. The building currently houses the offices of the …
PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
… streets, old bridges, and heritage sites tell stories of a time long past, making it a fascinating destination for …
EventThe official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media tables its report
… Minister, Mr. A.L. Schlebusch said: “For a considerable time and on various occasions, discussions have been held …
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… speech at the conference, Dr. Allan Boesak, who was at the time the president of the World Alliance of Reformed …
EventThe introduction of new South African flag 1994
… South Africa introduced a new national flag, at the same time the country held its first democratic elections in which …
EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
… as one of the best South African rugby players of all time. He was best known for his kicking prowess, which earned …
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson’s book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… the lioness to survive in the wild. Eventually, the time came and Elsa was released into the wild. The Adamsons …
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… album Memeza , which was also a reunion with her long time producer Thwala. She died on 9 May 2004 after spending …
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… Africa’s isolation from International sporting events the time, Budd could not be awarded the title of world record …
EventThe State Theatre in Pretoria opens
… building is actually a complex of theatres. At the time of construction, it was the first of its kind in …
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… (USSR), the US,, Great Britain and France. At the time of the UN’s resolution the political situation in South …
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… that they do not become involved in crime during that time behind bars. South Africa has close to 700 citizens in …
EventThomas Pringle, journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London
… all his life because he did not receive medical care in time. The injury meant that Pringle could not follow the …
9. In search of better employment
… hoping thereby not to intrude into thy honour's precious time. I am an Indian young man who came over to Natal from …
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
… you what he said to me or anyone about anything at any time. But Barney Simon, director of Johannesburg’s market … terribly good to him there,” Mrs Kuny said…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… Ibrahim , then known as Dollar Brand. Ibrahim, 25 at the time, was the forward-thinking figure needed to complete South Africa's greatest bebop band of all…
PlaceBenin
… a candidate from one of the two southern regions. At the time of the slave trade, the kingdom of Dahomey was … down, and Soglo staged another coup in…
81. The People’s Candidates Party and the Lenasia Management Committee
… Management Committee between 1974 and 1978. But over time the party became disenchanted with local authorities, … and motivation that has characterised our…