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… college elects T.E. Donges as the next State President by 163 votes to fifty-two, cast for Major van der Byl. …

… SA graphic artist, is born in Durban.  He was employed by the SABC (1982-1986) and is since then senior …

… The first Boy Scout troop is organised in England by Robert Baden-Powell. The Boy Scouts are active world wide, …

… moving up the North Coast towards Eshowe is attacked by about 5000 Zulus as they cross the Nye …

… Mbeki has a narrow escape in Abuja when he is nearly hit by a car shortly after the African Union heads-of-stat …

… A White farmer, Davis Stevens, is shot dead in Zimbabwe by squatters occupying his land. He is the first White farmer …

… was shot dead in Osizweni township at Newcastle, Natal, by a man armed with an AK-47 ri …

… Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville to …

… Table Mountain is sighted at 2.30 p.m. by a crewmember of the Drommedaris, the ship on which Jan van …

… Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville to …

… Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel by David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv. Arab Legion of Trans-Jordan …

… Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat), journalist and writer who left SA by means of an exit permit and could never return, is born in …

… Libya agrees to hand over the two Lockerbie suspects by 6 April 1999. The date is confirmed in a letter to the UN …

… In the 1977-78 Budget introduced by the Minister of Finance, Senator Owen Horwood, the amount …

… thirty-two children under the age of two are slain by axe-wielding assailants in south Alge …

… that it complies within thirty days to terms laid down by the Inte …

… A May Day rally is addressed by President Mandela at Umlazi. He is escorted from the …

… after an intensive study of three months.  It was found by …

… The Star reports that in an interim report issued by the Harms Commission it is claimed that Mr Peet De Pontes, …

… we may address the shared developmental challenges faced by people living in the desert and dry-land regions of the … Richard Elwood Dodge once wrote that: "It is not by chance that several of the great religions of the world … significant contributions to world civilisation imparted by the peoples of the deserts, modern society has presented …

… of delegates from South Africa and Angola, facilitated by the United States of America, to discuss a document provided by Angola based on principles for a peaceful settlement in … African delegation and an Angolan delegation, facilitated by a delegation from the United States …

… of the African National Congress on the announcement by FW de Klerk concerning the release of Walter Sisulu and … of the African National Congress on the announcement by FW de Klerk concerning the release of Walter Sisulu and …

… that he will lead the OAU ably and selflessly, enabling it by his own personal contribution to take the millions that … process so visible in our region - a process characterised by the defeat of the forces of apartheid, the expansion of … After all, as a result of a heroic struggle waged by the people of Angola and their army, supported by the …

… in his capacity as Minister of Justice. Though harrassed by numerous interjections. Adv. Vorster ex­plained the basic … conclusion, then it simply amounts to this that we on this side are correct in retaining this Act because he says he … in the debate, namely the hon. member who now sits on this side? It was accepted without any division. No division was …

… near Algoa Bay, now Port Elizabeth, became a thorn in the side of the colonial authorities. Established for a group of about 600 indigenous Khoikhoi people by Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp of the London Missionary Society, was seen by local farmers as a hotbed of rebellious behaviour by …

… Ministerial Council, all of which will be presided over by Botha`s war council, the so-called State Security Council. … murder by Botha`s assassination squads, but would fight side by side with the rest of the people of our country to bring …

… during the 18th century and was subsequently altered by Herbert Baker who rebuilt it in a pseudo-Cape Dutch style. … property was probably built at the end of the 18th century by either Jacob van Reenen or his son Dirk.  Today it forms … drain, also resembling the shape of a wheel built into the side of the brick wall. In the Centre of the Garden is a …

… shacks around Hout Bay were moved to this new Area on the side of a Mountain overlooking the Harbour, between the … Scheme, situated on 18 Hectares of Land, made available by the former Western Cape Regional Services Council, to … Beam , near Milnerton in Cape Town. The collective action by squatters to obtain Legal Property Rights and reaction …

… of Hubei, Mr Li Xiansheng, in Pretoria. I was struck by the commitment and passion I saw in him, an embodiment of … enormous amount of hard work has gone on behind the scenes by both the Progressive Business Forum and the government of … to the Global Competitiveness Report 200819, published by the World Economic Forum South Africa ranks 45 out of the …

… Africa's Architectural Masterpiece! Designed and built by Herbert Baker and completed in 1913, the Union Buildings … is built in a semi-circle design with two wings at either side. The wings represented the union of a formally divided …