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EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… ANC said Gerhardt had become an ANC member and called for his release “so that he can contribute to the peace process." …
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… against apartheid in South Africa. Just months after his speech, South African Defence Force (SADF) crossed the …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… stardom when they collaborated with Paul Simon on his album Graceland in 1986. The album went on to win three …
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… president of the Republic of South Africa in April 1994. His announcement would mean stepping down as the African …
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… for a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu in Swaziland. In his letter Mabizela wrote; “Dear Comrade, first, may I say we …
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… approval to send troops to Europe, contrary to his promise in 1939 that SA troops would only fight in …
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… and Forestry under President Thabo Mbeki. He served his second term in Mbeki's cabinet as minister of …
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… to enter into practice with people like Phyllis Naidoo but his banning orders prevented him from doing so as he was not …
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… where he became a coordinator of the school boycotts. From his early documentary projects for student publications, …
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… talks between minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha and his Botswana counterpart Gaositwe Chiepe. The government of …
EventAdam Tas is arrested
… the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in Amsterdam. Tas and his fellow free burghers were protesting against the …
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… Another National Party member Roelof Meyer said his party's withdrawal from the Government of National Unity …
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… of instruction in all primary schools up to standard IV. His proposal was unanimously adopted by three provinces but …
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… on route to Potchefstroom military camp from Johannesburg. His driver did not stop at a roadblock set up for the Foster …
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… changed to African National Congress (ANC). Throughout his political career, Dube strived to promote peace between …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… Malan and became prime minister in 1954. It was during his tenure, in 1955, in Kliptown near Johannesburg, that the …
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… by FW de Klerk who shortly after taking office announced his policy of reform. De Klerk hoped to create a suitable …
EventStruggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island
… boats capsized and Makana, while marshalling and urging his men to swim to shore, drowned. Only four of the prisoners …
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… Black rugby player to captain the Springboks. In 2010, his reputation was tainted when he was suspended following a …
EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… by the Comrades Marathon Association in recognition of his contribution to the Comrades Marathon. …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… In just three years after taking office, Verwoerd realised his Republican dream when a 'White-only' referendum supported …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… were assassinated. Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and his Burundian counterpart Cyprian Ntayamira were among 10 …
EventAthanase Seromba surrenders to the ICTR after being accused of participating in the slaughter of the Tutsis
… found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison. His sentence was increased to life in 2008 after the ICTR …
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2014 (before National Elections)
… State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of … of Correctional Services. We are truly saddened by his sudden…
PlaceMossel Bay, (400 km From Cape Town)
… Gama returned to Portugal and was handsomely rewarded for His voyage was an extra ordinary maritime achievement, if one considered the small size of his…
ArchiveRudd Concession by King Lobengula of Matabeleland (1888)
… interpreted and explained by me to the Chief Lobengula and his full Council of Indunas and that all the Constitutional … of the Matabele Nation had been…
Nelson Mandela Mandela and Winnie’s studies
… studies. In prison Nelson read everything he could lay his hands on. Political prisoners were initially denied all … College. In the following letters he…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… Decades ago writer; Athol Fugard chose Nieu Bethesda as his inspirational home where many of his world-famous plays were written. On 6 August 1901, during …
An evening with FW de Klerk – the full event by Alec Hogg (Biznews London Forum), 15 September 2017, (interview transcript)
… spoke earlier, he said that was one of the highlights of his life and ours because as South Africans in 1989, it was a … ‘n meneer.’ What does he think about…
Chapter 10 - The Character, Role and Significance of SANSCO
… the late 1970s and early 1980s, is that by J. D. Brewer in his After Soweto: An Unfinished Journey (1986). Although, as … my interpretation of SANSCO. The…