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EventPresident Vorster challenges Dr Rhoodie
… P.W. Botha, released a cautiously worded statement from his office, saying that the Cabinet knew of secret projects, … to resign only if it could be proved…
EventCruel murder of Dora Bloch
… all the hostages, including Bloch's deeply concerned son. His concerns were justified as Idi Amin vented his rage on fellow Ugandans and Bloch. It later…
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… described the ANC's proposals as unrealistic and released his timetable for future constitutional reforms. According to … De Klerk's proposals as…
EventKhotso House is bombed
… chief Johan Van der Merwe who was applying amnesty for his acts revealed that he received injunction from Minister … for the bombing of the Khotso House…
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… from power and a temporary administrator was put in his place by the Transitional Executive Council (TEC). A … from the Truth and Reconciliation Committee in…
EventThe Native Affairs Commission went once more to Ntabelanga for negotiations
… that he had had a vision that the world would end in 1920. His declaration inspired a pilgrimage of his followers from all over South Africa. About 3 000…
EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
… Movement. In 1986, he was dismissed at Anglo-Alpha for his political activities. Shilowa began working underground … (ANC) and the South African Communist…
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
… has said, but relying on memory, I shall reply to some of his main criticisms. Gross Inaccuracies and Insults In his articles Mr. Ngubane makes a lot of…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… arrested two years later and Compaoré ruled after that on his own. He was officially elected president in 1991 and … Marxist. He attempted to bring radical…
PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
… Town Hall, the work depicts Kruger during the last days of his exile. It was made by a French sculptor; Archard. A … itself as militant. Its leader, Julius…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… he prospered and launched successful business ventures of his own. He and George Heys became good friends and business … fields, which included a gold mine…
South African cricketers walk out in protest against apartheid after just one ball is bowled by Arunabha Sengupta, 3 April 2013
… not have chosen a more politically volatile moment to play his career-best knock. England were to tour South Africa in … But when Warwickshire’s Tom…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… Frederick Stead. It is believed that this was due to his involvement in the Bantu Affairs Department as the … – Thulani“Sugarboy” Malinga. Nelson Mandela…
Articlehoz tab example
… Muslim Education Institute and the Tshwane Muslim School. His research interests include Qur’anic studies, Arabic … and histories. He has a number of…
Interview with Ari Sitas, Of Socialism and Dentures by Jonathan Mandel, 10-11 April 2015
… decades in the ferment of civil wars in KwaZulu-Natal. His poetry is all about that and he is more than an insider … But he does enjoy the harshness of the…
Zola Skweyiya, former Social Development Minister, to work at ANC Headquarters, 7 May 2009
… Comrade Zola Skweyiya, following his resignation from parliamentary politics, has been … politics. The African National Congress accepted his reasons thereof…
Pietie Norval was born on this day
… Carl Limberger in Round 1. [v] Pietie Norval and his tennis partner, Pietie Norval won the silver medal in the … Barcelona Olympic Games of 1992. [vi] In…
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… of being a powerful and charismatic leader during his brief reign as Zaire's first Prime Minister (the former … Minister in June with an uncomfortable…
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape’s water supply problem
… to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem During his opening of the Cape Show on 4 March 1970, Minister of … it more efficiently." Four decades from…
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… denied that he knew of any illegal operations by his government. A BBC Southern Africa correspondent says the … the Steve Biko biographic film "Cry Freedom"…
EventRashaad Staggie shot dead
… to end the sale of drugs in Cape Town to Staggie and his brother Rashied. In spite of the claim that the people, … it became apparent later that their…
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… Theunis Steyn, also a judge of the High Court like his predecessor, was elected as next president by 6877 votes to 1367 in favour of his opponent, J.G…
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… and a steamboat with guns, Lobengula had given Rhodes and his partners a monopoly of all the metals and minerals in his kingdom and the right to mining…
EventArthur Conan Doyle, medic during the Second Anglo, is born
… Scotland on 22 May 1859. Although Doyle is best known for his writing of the Sherlock Holmes crime novel series, he … had graduated from Edinburgh University…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies
… the award ceremony, and Dadoo's award was accepted on his behalf by his mother. Following this in 1957 Dadoo was banned from …
EventFormer SANNC President Sefako Mapogo Makgatho dies
… May 1951 aged 90, the same year, Nelson Mandela’s son from his first marriage with Evelyn was born. In paying tribute to Sefako Makgatho, Mandela named his…
EventGoldstone Commission investigate the Bisho Massacre
… as possible. The commission dismissed Gqozo's claim that his troops were shot at by the demonstrators. It was later … Ciskei soldier, who died during the…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… is that many did not survive, especially the children. Death came from poverty undernourishment, poor water supplies … of the tin. For example, author…
37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
… except after a delay of months. Everyone, no matter what his status may be, has to make an application on a special form, give two references, and put his…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… and he is the author of several books that recount his swashbuckling exploits. But the Seychelles operation … hijacking and sentenced Hoare to ten years in…