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… Swimmer Penny Heyns of SA sets four world records in just two days in the 100m and 200m breaststroke in South California, USA. …

… Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan), Cape parliamentarian, is born in Cape Town.   He died in London in 1909 as member of the dele …

… Pretoria News, 18 October 2003. Today in History. … Four Osama bin Laden followers convicted in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa are sentenced in New York to life w …

… The SA rugby team beats Australia 28-3 in the first test in Johannesburg. John Gainsford scores in the second half of the match …

… Kevin Williams, member of a gang, dies in the regional court in Stellenbosch when his throat is cut while the court is in sessi …

… Penny Heyns beats the world record the sixth time in three weeks by winning the 200 m breaststroke in the Pan-Pacific Games in …

… WWII British 8th Army opens offensive in North Africa by attacking Sidi Barrani in Egypt. They seize 1,000 Italians in a sudden …

… Joseph Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France is born in Paris, France. He was killed in Zululand in the Ang …

… Long distance runner Priscah Jeptoo is ranked third in the world in long distance running. She only began competing in top competitions in 2008 but has achieved so much in such … Priscah Jeptoo is born in Nandi Kenya …

… The Proteas, is one of the most successful national teams in the country and the world. Their record in test cricket is quite outstanding for such a young team. They are currently ranked number one in the world in both ODI and Test cricket. In 2009 they made …

… Key Words : Can Themba, Apartheid, Writer in Exile, Drum Magazine Born : 1924 Marabastad, Pretoria Died … Can Themba. 1st ed. Braamfontein: Ravan Press Ltd., 1985. 4-7. Print. SABC Digital News. (2013). Mbulelo Mzamane …

… 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance Despite the isolation and consequent … oriented to Congress, weak as they still were, remained in existence. Indeed, with a growing movement to base them on … were still weak, SACTU was growing rather than declining in strength. For fear not only of the local reaction of …

… In 1907, four years prior to flying on his aeroplane in Kimberley, John Weston embarked on the construction of his own aeroplane in Brandfort, in the Orange Free State (now known as Free … [Accessed: 15 June 2011]|Anon,(n.d.), ‘Early Flying in South Africa’ from The Aero Club of South Africa [online] …

… Harry Frederick Oppenheimer was born in Kimberley on 28 October 1908 to Ernest Oppenheimer and … Lina Pollock. Oppenheimer completed his primary education in Johannesburg and proceeded to study at Charterhouse in England. After that, he enrolled at Christ Church in …

… The roots of White women's suffrage in South Africa began with the founding of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1899. The goal of this organisation was to campaign against the trade in alcohol, which they considered the greatest contributor to …

… Comments and Personal Observations written in December 1991 as part of group reports at the end of our … and the detailed five year plans. Power resides in the office of the Prime Minister. His department has 5 … basis for positive discrimination, or affirmative action in favour of the Malay people has resulted in that ethnic …

… Fifty-three churchmen were arrested while demonstrating in central Johannesburg against the detention of a fellow … under the Riotous Assemblies Act and  warned to appear in court on 1 July 1980. On 27 May the school boycotts spread … rural areas and the homelands. Police were on high alert in Durban and Port Elizabeth as the school boycotts gained …

…  A labour shortage at the gold mines on the Rand resulted in the importation of Chinese labour in 1904. This situation, in part, was the result of the Anglo-Boer War (South African … [Accessed: 14 June 2010]|TCF, About the Chinese in South Africa , from The Chinese Forum , [online], …

… The government imposed a state of emergency in 27 townships in the Vaal Reef area and banned the carrying of all weapons. … Meetings could be banned and the townships sealed off in the event of new disturbances. Three days later, almost … London: Longman, p. 37642.| Human Rights Watch, " Violence in the Transvaal " from Human Rights Watch [Online]. …

… On 6 September 1945, Bhekisani Manyoni was born in Greytown, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He later moved with … Junior Secondary School, but returned to Rorke's Drift in Standard 7 (Grade 9) to complete his education, and … a Belgian-born artist. At the centre, he also took classes in fine arts, in particular ceramics and weaving. Here …

… poor whiteism, and mass poverty-played a prominent part in the life and activities of the union. The epic story of … men who built the clothing industry, the third largest in the country, reflects the aspirations, passions and … have had racial problems, and many still have them today. In the United States race discrimination features prominently …

… Twelve ANC supporters are killed in an IFP attack on houses and hostels in eSikhawini. The political rivalry between the African … (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rose alarmingly in the Esikhaweni location in KwaZulu Natal in 1992. On 16 … A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee.|Truth …

… Siamese twins have successfully been separated in the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town. The operation, which was conducted by surgeon Syd Cywes, was the first of its kind in the medical history of South Africa. Since that first … Siamese twins are separated in Cape Town …

… Reformed Church of South Africa, and was probably founded in about 1860. The 1875 census indicated that the village had … on the map, but it's virtually a nothing doing village in the midst of some of the most beautiful countryside in KwaZulu Natal. Drive along the R602 between Pyne's Farm …

… From the book:  Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 14. "africanism," … by Mr. A. M. Lembede, B.A., LL.B., on "Africanism," which, in erudition, soared to Himalayan heights. In his attempt to foster the spirit of nationalism and racial …

… A stay-away by Black workers in the industrial areas of the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle is called by Black unions and civic groups in protest over increases in rent and utility charges and over the unlawful arrests of … SAHO United Democratic Front (UDF) Township Uprising, 1984-1985 [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on …

… political theorist and philosopher, Friedrich Engels died in London on 05 August 1895 after a long battle with a throat … help manage his father's cotton factory. Upon his arrival in Manchester Engels was stunned by the high levels of … wrote an account entitled Conditions of the Working Class in England. On his return to Germany in 1844, he met Karl …

… Walter Battiss is born in Somerset East to an English Methodist family in 1906. He became one of South Africa's first and most … important abstract painters. He first became interested in archaeology and primitive art as a young boy after moving … Walter Battiss is born in Somerset East …

… This is a statue of Jock of the Bushveld. It is located in Barberton in front of the Town Hall. Jock of the Bushveld was born in 1885 along the Voortrekker Road which runs South East of … Jock of the Bushveld, Monument in Barberton …

… From the book:  Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 36. "MR. … Mr. Lembede is a President. Dr. J. M. Nhlapo”Š 63 ”‰was in the chair, and Dr. A. B. Xuma,”Š 64 ”‰Mr. W. F. Nkomo, … student) and Mr. A. P. Mda paid tribute to Mr. Lembede in eloquent speeches which were loudly cheered. Opening the …