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EventEleven people are killed in eSikhawini township
… Eleven people were killed in the township of eSikhawini in northern Natal by unknown killers armed with pump action … against Kwa-Zulu Police behaviour. The…
EventThe first Boer Trek to Angola that started in 1874 reaches Lake Ngami (Thirstland Trek) in 1875
… and Rustenburg, through Northern Bechuanaland to Angola, in search of a country where they could live according to … on account of the hardships the…
ArchiveThe advent of capitalism in South Africa
… Paper by Jack Simons on the history of capitalism in South Africa. Covers the advent of capitalism globally, early societies in South Africa, primitive…
EventCecil John Rhodes (48) dies in Muizenberg
… and Premier of the Cape Colony dies aged 48. He arrived in South Africa in 1870 and invested his inheritance from his grandmother in the diamond diggings in…
EventUN Secretary-General Hammerskjöld arrives in Congo
… secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), arrived in the Congo to try to end the civil war. Hammerskjöld became involved in attempts to solve the civil…
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… 1994, Abdul Shariff a freelance photographer was shot in the back and killed while covering an African National … who were part of the visiting delegation…
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…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… was becoming established as the most effective force in the fight against apartheid throughout the country. With … in August 1983, this pre-eminence was…
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…
BiographyOscar Dumisani Dhlomo
… College, (formerly Adams College) where he matriculated in 1962. At Amanzimtoti, he was a prefect and played first … all political persuasions in South…
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…
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…
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…