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EventOubangi-Shari achieves independence as the Central African Republic
… the constitution and dissolved the National Assembly. On 23 March 2013, about 13 South African soldiers were killed …
Looking After Freedom - ending 16 June
… internationally. The exhibition, which takes place from 23 May 2017 - 16 June 2017 at the Michaelis Galleries, aims …
EventTunisia: The self-emulation of Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi sparks the Jasmin Revolution
… the state under then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s 23-year presidency, died in Ben Arous 14 days later. …
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983. Donkin Street is a famous tourist street …
EventEthiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province
… followed the attempt by Somali forces to occupy Ogaden on 23 July 1977. The Somali Army crossed the international …
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… General PA Cronje on the western front. De Wet died on 23 February 1922 and was buried at the foot of the Women’s …
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… Mandela was one of the 156 leading figures, 104 Africans, 23 Whites, 21 Indians and 8 Coloureds, of the South African …
EventWilliam J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies
… and he became quite isolated and disillusioned. On 23 March 1863, he ended his own life in London. Burchell is …
EventThe UN Security Council condemns all violations of its embargo against South Africa
… and other sanctions were still not in place. On 23 July 1970, the United Nations (UN) Security Council …
EventRev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, is elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
… was diagnosed with cancer and died the following year on 23 April 1995. …
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… African Organisations Agree Principle", The Guardian , 23 December 1948 Document 16 - Joint Sitting of the Executive … Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17…
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… On 23 June 1956 General Gamal Abdel Nasser was officially … Boddy-Evans A. (2011), ‘This Day in African History: 23 June,’ from African History [online]…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… Michael Paul Sibisi was born in Umkhumbane, Durban on 23 September 1948. He studied art at the Ndaleni Educational …
EventNic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement is assassinated.
… in a computer. The subsequent explosion killed Cruse, aged 23. Cruse had worked for PC Plus, a small computer hardware …
EventBram Fischer born today
… apartheid, was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 23 April 1908. This man, from staunch Afrikaans descent (he … (2008), Bram Fischer's 100th Birthday…
EventThe Federal Congress of the National Party supports a set of constitutional reforms
… At a United Democratic Front (UDF) conference held on 23 January, 1983 in Johannesburg Allen Boesak called for the …
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession
… Mobutu Sese Seko refused to end the Katanga secession. On 23 December 1961 he led the Congo province of Katanga into … , [online], available at www.sahistory…
Article2016 in Review
… artist and photographer, who was accused of murdering 23 year old sex worker, Nokuphile Kumalo on 14th April 2013. …
EventThe 1st troop ship to set sail after the sinking of the SS Mendi
Following the sinking of the SS Mendi troop ship carrying the Fifth Battalion of the South African Native Labour Contingent, the recruitment process for troops…
EventThe Second Battle of El Alamein starts
… fired 62 000 25-ponder shells. The battle lasted from 23 October to 4 November 1942, when Montgomery finally broke …
EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
… On 23 June 1792, Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan …
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… a major gain with the NNP being the main casualty after 23 of its 32 councillors crossed to the ANC. … group [Online], available at www.pmg.org.za [Accessed …
EventAlbert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
… Einstein [online] Available at: teslasociety.com [Accessed 23 June 2009] Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse …
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… relating to the period from 30 September 1974 to 23 June 1994. …
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… 1995 and 2002 the number of learners in grade 1 dropped by 23 per cent despite the population increasing by an estimated …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… out that their property contains payable gold deposits. 23 December, The Mining Commissioner is instructed to issue … J.W Sauer. 15 March, The first Hospital…
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
… On 24 February 1962, a Coloured journalist Joseph Louw, 23, was sentenced to six months in the Johannesburg Regional …
EventSA sprinter Oscar Pistorius reaches the final
… tenacity to surge from last to victory in a world record 23.42sec for double-amputees at the Athens Paralympic Games. …
EventPresley Chweneyagae, star of the Oscar winning movie Tsotsi, is arrested for fraud in Pretoria
… On 23 January 2007 Presley Chweneyagae (22) was arrested near …
EventMakapane’s Cave is under siege
… warriors of the Ndebele chief Makapan (Makapane) massacred 23 Voortrekkers, men, women, and children, who were on a … L. 2004.|Davie L.(2004), Blown away by…