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EventAnatii, the South African rapper is born
… by the co-producer of the Lion King to co-produce one of the track titles that was used during the 2009 FIFA …
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… onto the old False Bay coastal road, regarded by many as one of the most beautiful scenic drives in the peninsula. The …
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… he became the Prime Minister of the Congo - heserved only one year before he was dismissed by President Kasavubu. …
Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
… lives of black South Africans with warmth and empathy. As one of the most socially aware photographers of his time he …
PlaceFort Daspoortraand
… manschappen (troops) rooms, while the other forts had only one of each. The ammunition rooms were also underground, and …
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… has been planted with indigenous flora only and remains one of Johannesburg's most attractive parks. It was declared …
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… in 1969. He served as Chief Minister of Gazankulu (one of the 8 homelands) for 24 years, until his death on 23 …
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… figures, nine were killed and 1 248 injured. Fifty-one persons, mainly Communists, were later charged in …
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… join the Allied Forces in World War Two was a contentious one on behalf of the South African government. This is …
EventSir Christoffel Joseph Brand succeeds his brother, P.A. Brand, as editor of De Zuid
… his brother, Sir Christoffel (Joseph) Brand, a lawyer and one of the founders of the publication. On 2 September 1871, …
EventButhelezi snubs ANC and homeland leaders
… were of the view that Xhosas and Zulus were played against one another by the faceless forces (commonly known as the …
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
… to pull out of the South African market was a commercial one, the pressure exerted against the bank by anti-apartheid …
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… and Gaborone, Botswana. Such raids were not new, the first one having taken place in 1981, on an alleged ANC base in …
EventOldest example of written Afrikaans appears in a poem
… this battle, an anonymous poet composed what is considered one of the oldest examples of written Afrikaans: "Lied ter …
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… of Icosa have since referred to Prince as a "hooligan", one of which happens to be a convicted rapist, and the other …
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… sustainability. The summit is held every 10 years, so the one held in Johannesburg was a review and a follow up the …
EventRobert Mugabe assures the SADC that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair
… who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, faced one of the fiercest challenges to his presidency at the March …
EventSA author, Nadine Gordimer, is born
… , was born in Springs, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng).One of South Africa’s most prolific novelists she has written …
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… in shaping the history of twentieth-century South Africa. One way to understand its significance is to view it, as some …
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… length of some 6 m and by 1820 had used it to construct one of the most powerful telescopes in use at the time. …
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… based on the design of the ancient lighthouse of Pharos, one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the world and it was …
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
… and the NCL support the Liberatory Movement. However, no one group has the responsibility for fighting for the freedom …
EventLord Charles Somerset arrives in the Cape as Governor
… and to improve conditions for the inhabitants. He was one of the British officials of the time that earned a lot of …
EventBafana Bafana, SA’s National soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Final
… they faced Tunisia. They beat Tunisia by two goals to one, and were crowned Africa’s champions. It was a historic …
EventSA Police kills eleven Pondo tribesmen when they revolt against the imposition of Bantu authorities.
… in the homelands. Opposition came from two sides. On the one hand, there were the people of the African National …
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… the 'Raadzaal', or Government Buildings , which occupies one side of Church Square.) Alfred Milner , the High …
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… Cape Town has notoriously bad winter weather conditions. One notable storm called ‘‘The Great Gale of 1865’’, saw more than 10 shipwrecks off of Cape Town…
PlaceZimbabwe
… The Country which is now known as Zimbabwe does not have one single History, nor was it a single geographical entity … Evidence from Mapela Hill, South…
ArchiveZondeni Veronica Sobukwe interviewed by Ntsikelelo Sandi,King Williams Town,12 May 1997
… but he was not released. The Government refused. He was one of the people who built up an organisation. They then … was attached to my children, very close…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the 40th anniversary of Inkosi Albert Luthuli`s passing away, 4 November 2007, Thembeni, Ilembe District Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal
… been preferable that this great honour should have gone to one of the apartheid architects presumably for their … many who were privileged to hear his…