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EventSouth African History Online goes live
… non-profit organisation's website began operations on 22 January 2001. CEO Omar Badsha founded the organisation as …
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… John Langalibalele Dube (22.02.1871- 11.02.1946) was born at the Inanda Mission …
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
… After a 22-year civil war in which 2. 5 million southerners died, …
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… after a long battle with cancer. Nkohla was born on 22 February 1946. He started playing provincial rugby at the …
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… and academic, Neville Edward Alexander was born on 22 October, 1936 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He went on to …
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
The colony of Sierra Leone was conceived by British philanthropists and abolitionists as a home for African slaves freed in England. A Temne king sold a strip…
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
… Union (SARFU) s executive committee voted informally 22 - 15 requesting that Dr Louis Luyt step down as the …
EventHalley’s Comet reaches the closest point to earth
… passed its closest point to earth, when it passed within 22 million kilometres of earth. References: Halley's Comet …
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
… but refused an offer to be released early. She died on 22 February 1914, soon after her release from prison. Gandhi, …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
EventConservative Party leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht, dies in Cape Town.
… married to Engela Dreyer, they had four daughters. On 22 April 1993 Treurnicht passed away in a Cape Town hospital …
EventThe Congo Free State is established by King Leopold of Belgium
… killed during the rule of Leopold range from 5 million to 22 million. In 1908, the Belgian parliament eventually …
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… On 22 January 1879, the British Army suffered its greatest …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… of unbroken resistance since the Battle of Isandelwana on 22 January 1879. 6 April, MK operative Solomon Mahlangu is … the South African raid on Matola,…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… if necessary. Shepstone moves to the Transvaal On 22 January 1877, Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Secretary for …
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… if necessary. Shepstone moves to the Transvaal On 22 January 1877, Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Secretary for …
BiographyOliver Tambo
… at Baragwanath Hospital. Their wedding was set for 22 December, 1956, but it was nearly put off as Tambo was …
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… ? [v] Kirkwood, “Staffrider: An Informal Discussion,” 22. ? [vi] Ivan Vladislavic, “Staffrider An Essay,” Digital … ? [vii] Kirkwood, “Staffrider: An…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… but eventually decides in favour of using African labour. 22 January, The Immigration Trust Board is established in … against the idea of importing labour…
Statement in Court by Dr G. M. Naicker and Dr Y. M. Dadoo, When Charged With Aiding and Abetting Under the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913, February 26, 1948
… the offence of contravening Section 20 (r) of the Act No. 22 of 1913 in that we did wrongfully and unlawfully aid or … not the letter, of the said Section 4 …
ArticleThe Western Front
… Germans suffered heavy casualties. Second Battle of Ypres 22 – 27 May April 1915: First use of poison gas by the German …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… divisions at Verdun to assist the Austro-Hungarian army. 22 June The Germans renew the offensive at Verdun. 24 June In …
The War
… 1915. It cost more than 200 million pounds and more than 22 000 men were lost to Britain. The Boers lost over 34 000 …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… as the Office of the Ombudsman which was established on 22 November 1991. 10 November, Results of the national local … percent of the votes, the African…
EventCricketer Omar Henry born
… (22 February 2016)↵ [ii] Omar Henry. 2016. [Online]. … (22 February 2016). …
PlaceNelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth
… formerly the King George VI Art Gallery. It was opened on 22 June 1956 and renamed in December 2002. The collections … formerly the King George VI Art…
Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari
PART I: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES TO THE AFRICAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906 The 1907 Presidential…
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 March 1963. The old Government Building at Boksburg is …
EventThe last sitting of an all-white Parliament
… 1984, with the Tricameral Parliament coming into effect on 22 September 1984, under the South African constitution of …
EventCOSATU headquarters Johannesburg is sabotaged
… former Minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, as well as 22 former members of the former security police appeared …