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EventPresident Mbeki opens the second sitting of PAP
… 17 of The Constitutive Act of the African Union, as one of the nine Organs provided for in the Treaty …
EventCrime statistics released
… murdered in the first seven months of 1995, an average of one in every 29 minutes. This marks a 7% reduction, a big …
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… died in 1986 in Dortmund, West Germany and is rated as one of the finest Black writers and intellectuals of the 20th …
EventThe first issue of the weekly periodical ‘TIME’ appeared on news stands
… and Briton Hadden, is printed in several languages. It is one of the most popular magazines in history, with readership …
EventThe League of Nations is established
… in 1919 at the Treaty of Versailles. South Africa was one of the founding members of the League. …
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… was followed by the Orange River Colony in 1907. One of the clauses of the Vereeniging Peace Treaty (1902) …
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… East to an English Methodist family in 1906. He became one of South Africa's first and most important abstract …
EventAlbert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
… history has come to call the Annus Mirabilis Papers. In one of the four papers on mass-energy equivalence, Einstein …
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… area thrust Durban into world headlines on more than one occasion. …
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… John (Bertie) Reed (63), international sailing legend and one of the most popular skippers in single-handed racing …
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Burger is considered to be one of the most hardworking players in South Africa. In 2004 …
EventThe Polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
… with atrophic limbs leading to paralysis. South Africa is one of the countries that are virtually polio free as is most …
EventJudge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987
… for twelve years. Cameron was a judge at the time and is one of the first few high profile people to publicly disclose …
EventAfrikaans is used for the first time in an international document with the signing of the Convention of Mozambique in Pretoria
… Afrikaans is one of the eleven official languages spoken in South Africa. …
EventIgnatius Royston Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell, SA satirical poet, is born in Durban.
… Campbell was born in Durban, Natal, and was considered one of South Africa’s most esteemed English poets. The son of …
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… 1940's, came to the attention of colonial authorities as one of the rising stars of Rhodesia's African nationalist …
EventMiss Namibia, Michelle Mclean, model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand
… the Miss South Africa 2010 and Miss World 2009. Mclean has one son with ex husand Neil Bierbaum. She is the first and …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… and local events that occurred over several years. One thing remains certain, though - throughout this turning …
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… by gunshot. According to reports Kabila was shot by one of his bodyguards in front of army generals, following a …
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… for the Transvaal, Mr. P.S. Claasen. According to reports, one of the detainees had died while in custody and 22 inmates …
ArchiveBiography of Solomon Modipane by Henry Johnstone
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …
ArchiveBiography of James Thabiso Lenkoe by Thad Hand
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …
ArchiveBiography of Lawrence Ndzanga by Sean Willson
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …
ArchiveBiography of Saul Kholisile Ndzumo by Kaitlyn Moriarty
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …
ArchiveThe Bethal Treason Trials by Harrison Higgins
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …
ArchiveDr. Jonathan Gluckman by Mahek Lalani
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …
ArchiveThe Internal Securities Act, No.74 of 1982, Section 29 by Danielle Vazquez
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …
ArchiveBiography of Simon Marule by Kendyl Fleury
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …
ArchiveBiography of Wellington Mlungisi Tshazibane by Johnny Blumberg
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …
ArchiveBiography of Peter Nchabeleng by Ford Howell
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …