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BiographyRobert Gwelo Goodman
Robert Gwelo Goodman was born in 1871, Taplow, England. Goodman's The Parade and the City Hall, Cape Town (1917) is a painting that has special relevance for…
The United Nations (UN) Security Council votes to impose air and travel sanctions against Angola’s UNITA movement and close its
The United Nations (UN) Security Council votes to impose air and travel sanctions against Angola’s UNITA movement and close its
The Information Service of South Africa Special Account Bill is passed against the votes of the opposition parties. Kalley, J.A
The Council of the New Zealand Softball Association decides by seventeen votes to seven to invite a South African men’s softbal
The Constitutional Assembly approves final amendments to the new SA Constitution. The changes are approved by 369 votes to one,
The Council of the New Zealand Softball Association decides by seventeen votes to seven to invite a South African men’s softbal
The Council of the New Zealand Softball Association decides by seventeen votes to seven to invite a South African men’s softbal
The Council of the New Zealand Softball Association decides by seventeen votes to seven to invite a South African men’s softbal
The United States Senate votes to ban economic aid to members of the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SAD
The United States Senate votes to ban economic aid to members of the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SAD
The United Nations’ General Assembly adopts an eight nation resolution, by seventy-two votes to two, with twenty-seven abstenti
The General Assembly of the United Nations decides with thirty-seven votes against nine, not to incorporate South West Africa i
BiographyMaria Laubser
On 14 April 1886 Maggie Laubser was born on Bloublommetjieskloof farm in the district of Malmesbury in the Cape Colony. In 1903, at the impressionable age of…
BiographyTiyani Lybon Mabasa
Tiyani Lybon Mabasa was born in Johannesburg on 17 June 1952. The second of eight children, his single mother brought up Mabasa in Soweto.During his high…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… electorate by means of a referendum. [iv] Welsh (2009) notes that Codesa, as the most inclusive forum ever … Party (DP) also advocated for the ‘yes’ vote…
Suppression of Communism Further Amendment Bill is approved by 106 votes to forty at its third reading. It is made retrospectiv
Following a statement issued by the ANC earlier the day, the Tshwane City Council votes to retain the name, Pretoria, for the c
The Separate Amenities Act racially segregating public facilities is repealed by 105 votes to 38 with one abstention in the Hou
A unique referendum in British Cameroon is carried out with support from UN. The Northern part of British Cameroon votes to joi
The Electoral College elects Balthasar Johannes (John) Vorster as State President by 173 votes to the nineteen cast for Sir de
The Electoral College elects Balthasar Johannes (John) Vorster as State President by 173 votes to the nineteen cast for Sir de
UN Security Council votes to ban flights and arms sales to Libya, branding it a terrorist state for shielding six men accused o
The House of Assembly approves, by eighty-six votes to forty-three, a motion to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… contributions towards liberation and democracy. [6] End notes: [1]SABC, ‘TRC Episode 18, Part 2,’ YouTube, 18 April …
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
… [2] Her sacrifice, however, is no less significant. End notes: [1]The specifics of these events - where they fled to, …
Anglo-Boer War 2: In a diplomatic note to the ZAR Milner states that the new Aliens Act includes unacceptable regulations.
Old Mutual announces its intention to note shares on the London stock exchange and four stock exchanges in Africa.
BiographyIsaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe
Isaiah Shembe was born at Ntabamhlophe near Escourt in the Drakensberg region (near Giants Castle). His forefathers had settled there to escape the regiments…
BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in the Witzieshoek area of the Orange Free State in 1899. He worked at various times as a teacher, a miner, and a full-time…