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The South African Parliament votes to amend the Internal Security Act No. 74 of 1982. Police will in future need the permission
Dr Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical practitioner assassinated with his wife by state agents in 1986, is awarded the Order of the Su
Petition to the Governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, from the Traskeian Territories General Council, June 21, 1909
Following decisions by the ‘Committee of 81’ on 16 July and 30 July 1980, Coloured students suspend their boycott of schools in
Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-’Owhali, an Osama bin Laden follower, is sentenced to life in prison without parole in the 1998 bombing
Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo, ANC politician and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985 and translated into s
The Natal Witness reports that 12 000 candidates who had passed the matriculation examination at the end of 1987, had been unab
The Natal Witness reports that 12 000 candidates who had passed the matriculation examination at the end of 1987, had been unab
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South …
State President of South Africa and Others v United Democratic Front and Others by Supreme Court of Appeal, 29 September 1988, South Africa
It is reported that during February 1979, Dr. Eschel Rhoodie has claimed in interviews in Quito, Ecador, that he was the initia
James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, landowner and politician who was elected president-general of the ANC in 1949, is born in Th
Speech by Rev. Dr. Allan Boesak at the launch of the United Democratic Front, 20 August 1983, Rocklands Civic Centre, Mitchell’s Plain
President, distinguished platform guests, ladies and gentlemen! We have arrived at a historic moment. We have brought together under the aegis of the United…
The Minister of Law and Order rejects conditions set on 18 October 1984 by the three remaining fugitives in the British Consula
General Johan van den Merwe, National Police Commissioner (1990-1995), admits that he gave the order in 1988 for the police to
Mohammed Iqbal Shaik, activist and member of the Dolphin Unit of the MK involved in sabotage operations until 1988, is born in
Adv. Dirk Cornelius du Toit, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999
Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburi, Minister of Communications of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999 and former premier of th
Senegal decides to withdraw from the Mali Federation which it has formed with French Sudan (now Mali) in 1959, and gains comple
Norbert Sfiso Buthelezi, businessman and CEO of the National Gambling Board of SA since 1999, is born in Nquthu, Natal. He was
Venda is declared independent in terms of the Republic of Venda Constitution Act 9 of 1979. Chief Mphephu is named as the first
Flames roar through the cruise ship Achille Lauro off Somalia. The ship, which was hijacked by PLO terrorists in 1985, sinks tw
ArchiveMeeting between the Director-General of Foreign Affairs and Information and the Mocambican Minister of State for Security Affairs: Paris, 5 December 1980
Discussions between South Africa and Mozambique regarding the political situation in the frontline states with a view to a negotiated settlement in the region
Elections for the Coloured and Indian Parliament under the new Constitution, to be held on 22 August 1984, are announced by the
The two Libyan defendants charged in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, plead innocent at a pre-tr
Stella Sigcau, South African minister of Public Works since 1999 and third prime minister of the former Transkei, is born at Lu
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
1650 Earliest known history - the Nqondo clan occupy the land now known as Cato Manor 1730 They are replaced by the Ntuli clan - it is unclear what…
References and links: Local History
Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The Magaliesberg. 2nd ed. Pretoria:…
BiographyElizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng
Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in…
BiographyJennifer Davis
Jennifer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1933. She grew up in what she described as a Jewish middle-class household where her pediatrician father was…
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow Lake and later…