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More than 470 people drown when a ferry carrying mainly Egyptian pilgrims sinks in the Red Sea.
EventFlash floods kill at least 73 people in the Marrakesh region of Morocco
Violent overnight storms triggered flash floods in the Marrakesh region of Morocco. The storms overflowed three rivers Gigaya, Ourika and Gamat. The floods…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… and cartographer is one of 64 survivors of the crew of 473 who reaches Delagoa Bay on foot, and one of 23 to be …
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to Leon…
Document 47 - “Answer to Government’s Apartheid Unions”, The Citizen. 1 3, 30 April 1956
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 47 - "Answer to Government's Apartheid Unions"…
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
1994: South Africa's first non racial, democratic electionsSouth Africa’s democratic system was endorsed by voters drawn from across the country’s racial…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
Born Makhanda but also known as Nxele, the itola, he is best known in history for leading the ‘Battle of Grahamstown’ in 1819. Except for his political and…
The SA rugby team beats Fiji in Pretoria 43-18.
Kaizer CHIEFS Legend passes away at the age of 43
The South African Institute of Race Relations reports that 433 people are known to be still in custody.
Document 73 - Letter from The Spark to M.S. Njisane, Flagstaff, 15 September 1938
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 73 - Letter from The Spark to M.S. Njisane,…
Dorothy Hazel Alexander
Dorothy Alexander was born on 7 August 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, the third of six children[1]. One of her siblings was Neville Alexander…
ArchiveReport on proceedings at the National Formation School held at the Fedsem 11th-13th May, l973
The Formation school was opened by the acting president Henry E. Isaacs, who briefly outlined the nature and purpose of this school. The report includes the…
ArchiveAfricans in Cape Town: state policy and popular resistance, 1936-73
Thesis presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the University of Cape Town. The study focusses on Cape Town's black…
Pieter Wenning (47), well-known South African painter, dies in Pretoria.
The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development states that, in 1973, 475,387 foreign Africans were working in South Afric
Babs Laker (73), SA radio and stage actress, dies in Cape Town.
Harry Stratford Caldecott (43), SA art painter, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town.
EventThe inauguration of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is celebrated
… of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 473. …
BiographyRebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
Affectionately known as ‘Magogo’ (meaning grandmother – a title bestowed to her for her motherly, nurturing character), Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)…
A fire breaks out on a crowded train travelling from Cairo to Luxor in southern Egypt, killing 373 people and injuring sixty in
The Electoral College elects Balthasar Johannes (John) Vorster as State President by 173 votes to the nineteen cast for Sir de
The Electoral College elects Balthasar Johannes (John) Vorster as State President by 173 votes to the nineteen cast for Sir de
The Free State cricket team achieves the highest fourth innings ever in SA provincial cricket by scoring 443/4 against Natal Do
In the Battle of Blood River, a Voortrekker commando of 470 men, under leadership of Andries Pretorius, is attacked at Ncome Ri
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
1. Conference opened at 10:10 a.m. on the 15th December 1949. In the absence of the Senior Chaplain the Speaker, Cr. R. V. Selope Thema, called upon Rev. J. A…
ArchiveNicaragua on the 19th July was liberated after 43 years of dictatorship
White poster with black lettering and artwork. Short history of Nicaragua and its liberation. Quote from A C Sandino. Map of Nicaragua. Photographs.
William Govan Bennie (73), educationist and author, is born in Alice, Eastern Cape.
Flash floods in the Marrakesh region of Morocco kill at least 73 people.
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Natal Indian Patriotic Union was comprised…