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EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… The aim of The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was to … be a national umbrella organisation that could coordinate the movements of Black…
EventThe western wing of Munitoria burns down
… The Munitoria building, a municipal building in Pretoria burned down in 1997. The fire spread though the building very quickly and was already out of control…
EventSA is banned from the Olympic Games
… In October 1963, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided in Baden … racial discrimination in sport before 31 December 1963, or the country would…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… supported his plea for a republic. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able to gain a majority in … went…
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… Zephania (Zeph) Mothopeng, President of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) since 1984 dies in Johannesburg at the age of 77. Mothopeng's death came at the…
EventThe "Battle of Andringa": violently separating Stellenbosch
… Stellenbosch University students engaged in a fight with the town’s Coloured residents on the corner of Andringa and Plein Street in Stellenbosch. [i]…
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… The 1996 Atlanta Olympics marked the 100 year celebration of the Olympic Games. The event, unofficially known as the … Terror strikes the Olympics Games in…
EventMulti-party delegates endorses the Interim constitution
… Delegates at the multiparty Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) negotiation endorsed the Interim Constitution according to which SA would have…
ArchiveOrganisational Report of the National Executive Committee
… Organisational Report of the African National Congress National Executive Committee by the Secretary-General, Alfred Nzo to the First Legal National…
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
… Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, president of the then banned African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 for advocating non…
Archive1990 - President De Klerk: State of the Nation Address, 2 February 1990
… Mr Speaker, Members of Parliament. The general election on September the 6th, 1989, placed our country irrevocably on the road of … on a new dispensation. No…
EventInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery
… This day recalls the date of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA,GA), of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the ……
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… In the Mpanza valley in the Umvoti district, a minor chief of the Zondi, Bambatha ka Mancinza Zondi (also spelt Bambada, … Chief of the Zondi, Bambata is…
EventSouth African invention lands on the moon
… Krugersdorp was the hometown of engineer George Pratley who founded the Pratley research group (PTY) and went on to invent Pratley Putty in the early 1960's…
EventThe possessions of Piet Retief are auctioned
… Piet Retief's visit to Dingane's kraal in October 1837 was the beginning of an eventful relationship between the Zulu and the Voortrekkers. Retief was in…
EventSA signs Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA
… Shortly after the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1991, the South African government entered into a Comprehensive … fas,' Treaty on the non…
EventMahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913
… of passive resistance and non-violent campaigns left the Tolstoy Farm in Transvaal (now known as the Gauteng Province). After being with numerous people, he …
EventThe BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo
… The flag of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) or Chartered Company was hoisted in Bulawayo, the Matabele capital, after the Company's forces, led by…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin An … is a task requiring superhuman qualities." In politics the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 3
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin Mr. … intense as any class war. To allow a little of the naked…
EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
… and theologian, Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana was selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe. He was officially inaugurated on…
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… On 1 February 1963, a statement announcing the collapse of the Federation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ) and Nyasaland (now Malawi ) was made. In 1959, before…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
… The African National Congress (ANC) threatened in an open … W. de Klerk to suspend constitutional negotiations until the government meets its demands for an…
EventThe QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status
… Qwaqwa was one of the ten homelands in South Africa introduced by the apartheid government. It was home to the Batlokoa and Bakwena Southern Sotho sub-tribes…
PlaceAmikoob, a Plain in the Willomore Area; (Vogelstruisleegte)
… Vogelstruisleegte, a plain some 21 km North of Willowmore. The people who roam the Karoo, are the descendants of the San (Bushman) and Khoi who are Ancient ……
ArchiveRemarks by the Secretary-General at informal consultations in the Security Concil today ,(Namibia), Monday, 3 April 1989
… A report read to the United Nations Security Council by the Secretary-General regarding the insurgence of SWAPO troops from Angola into Namibia and … Remarks…
EventThe Big Three are convicted of treason
… Lekota and Moses (Moss) Chikane, collectively known as the "Big Three", were arrested in April 1989 and charged with treason. At the time of their arrest the…
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
… 1989, ex-mutineers in exile considered resigning from the African National Congress (ANC). This came after the suppression of political and cultural renewal…
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… on his aeroplane in Kimberley, John Weston embarked on the construction of his own aeroplane in Brandfort, in the Orange Free State (now known as Free State)…
EventThe Second Battle of El Alamein starts
… late in June and in July 1942, Lt.-Gen. B.L. Montgomery, the new commander of the Eighth Army in World War 2, initiated a second attack at El Alamein, a town…