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EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… on 30 April 1976, students at Orlando West Junior School in Soweto went on strike and boycotted classes. The student … Secondary was among many student…
EventAmy Biehl is murdered in Cape Town
… In 1993, an American Fulbright post-graduate, Amy Elizabeth … was dragged from her car by a 100-strong mob of youths in Gugulethu, a township just outside…
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… yellow Church that you notice from the road, (as seen in picture ). They are both on the Missionary Route (that … Missionary Society's (SAMS) 'projects',…
EventMohammed Valli Moosa is born in Johannesburg
… Mohammed Valli Moosa, born in Johannesburg on 9 February 1957, was a political activist … served as Minister of Environmental and Tourism Affairs in South…
EventSculptor Lucas Sithole is born in KwaThema
… Lucas Sithole, renowned South African sculptor, was born in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to a Zulu … and a Swazi mother. He created more than…
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… Sugar farming grew rapidly in the late 1800s in Natal as a result of very cheap “indentured labour” … from India. The first group of Indian workers arrived…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… India Company (VOC) ship the Amersfoort, dropped anchor in Table Bay. In her hold she had a human cargo: 174 slaves. This was the first shipment of slaves to…
EventThe first Gay Marriage in South Africa
… On this day in South African history, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls became the first same sex couple to legally wed in the country, one day after President…
EventFour men die instantly in car races
… to George Mukhari (formerly Ga-Rankuwa) hospital in Ga-Rankuwa township. The fifth victim died later in hospital while the other two remained in a critical…
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
… Police Colonel Eugene de Kock began with his testimony in Pretoria Supreme Court by revealing his part in the apartheid regime's 'dirty tricks' campaign…
EventPolitical violence claims 100 lives in KZN
… dead as a result of the political violence that continued in KwaZulu-Natal. The political violence rages on in spite of the deployment of more than 3,000…
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… States Army. It is said to have been the largest pipe bomb in American history- which killed 2 people and injured 111. … however, proceeded with his with…
EventUnrests break out in the Coloured townships
… Unrests broke out in the Coloured townships south-west of Johannesburg. This was preceded in April by the Coloured schools' boycott which began as a … and…
PlaceSouth African National Archive in Cape Town
… The South African National Archive has repositories in: Cape Town; Pretoria ; The Free State , in Bloemfontein . The Old Cape Archives, a National Monument…
ArchiveOn the current political trends in South Africa in the context of the struggle for national liberation
… An address to the Press luncheon in Washington DC on the national liberation struggle in South Africa … On the current political trends in South Africa in…
EventJapanese submarines attack naval base in Madagascar
… Diego Suarez naval base off Madagascar. This attack was in support of the beleaguered Vichy French Forces that were … feared that Japan would overrun all the…
ArchiveThe position of the Democratic Movement on participation in institutions of minority rule in the oppressed communities
… the position of the Democratic Movement on participation in institutions of minority rule in the oppressed communities. … The position of the Democratic…
EventThe BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo
… Africa Company (BSAC) or Chartered Company was hoisted in Bulawayo, the Matabele capital, after the Company's … consisted of a Union Jack emblazoned with the…
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
… 1903, brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under complete control of the … machine…
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… ex-husband Richard Burton, also an actor, while on holiday in Chobe Game Park, Botswana. Taylor and Burton were both … Fred Knoessen (manager) and Brian…
PlaceAnhalt-Schmidt, a Mission Station in Little Karoo
… Station of the Berlin Missionary Society in the Uniondale District. Named after the German Missionary- Schmidt. Who in 1737 began to work among the Khoikhoi…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1970 - 1978 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1970 Trusteeship of … Prior to 1970, the trusteeship of the West Street Masjid…
ArchiveEmergency convocation of churches in South Africa
… article is about the emergence convocation of churches in South Africa which was held in Johannesburg on 30-31 May, in order to outline a plan of effective…
EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… Minister B.J. Vorster and Chief Leabua Jonathan of Lesotho in Cape Town, at the end of which a joint statement was issued emphasising their belief in…
Twelve people are killed in Mamelodi, Pretoria, when the police open fire on a crowd gathered in protest.
… Twelve people are killed in Mamelodi, Pretoria, when the police open fire on a crowd gathered to protest the army's presence in the township, high rents and…
EventRenewal of land acquisition programme in Zimbabwe
… his government's controversial land acquisition programme in Zimbabwe. Through this programme the government was not … stating that the land was never bought…
EventDr Stanley Mogoba is born in Polokwane
… future president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1997, was born in Polokwane on this day. He was detained on Robben … presiding Bishop of the…
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… at a former South African Defence Force base, Eenhana, in northern Namibia. Construction workers discovered the … People's Organisation fighters who may have…
EventShaun Pollock makes history in a test match
… African all-rounder, Shaun Pollock, became the only player in Test cricket history to have taken 300 wickets and score 3 … of South Africa’s match against…
EventDr Phillip Blaiberg dies in Cape Town
… The dentist Dr Phillip Blaiberg died in Cape Town after living 19 months and 15 days following a … successful heart transplant operation by Dr. Chris Barnard…