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PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… Cottage , it was bought by Rhodes on 27 February 1899 from the deceased estate of JR Reid. Historical events in the rest of South Africa kept Rhodes away…
PlaceAlphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
… the Groot Constantia Estate, and the House probably dates from the first quarter of the 19th century. The homestead is … this wonderland nestled in the…
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… and construction was completed on or before 10 April 1891. From 1902 to 1958 the building housed the local magistrate … of Mining, C.J. Joubert. It served as…
EventThe Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade the Republic of Biafra
… the Yoruba in the West. When Nigeria gained independence from Britain, the three major ethnic groups in the west, … task. The Westerners (mostly Yorubas)…
EventAfrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag
… The Boer community was still recovering fresh wounds from the defeat by British settlers in the South African War … The Union Jack was spread horizontally…
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
… Fin24,"Surprise as Avusa chair, directors quit",From: Fin24,[Online],available at: www.fin24.com,[Accessed : … Buhle Ntsebeza LLB, BProc, BA, LLM …
EventUN names four experts to investigate apartheid in South Africa
… Sir Hugh Foot (United Kingdom) and Alva Myrdal from Sweden. This followed a resolution taken by the UN … Council also called upon all member-states to…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… On 11 February 1962, two actors, Athol Fugard, 29, from Port Elizabeth, author of the two - man play "The Blood knot" and his co-actor Zakes Mokae, 27, from…
EventEdgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia.
… Stephen Garfield Todd was premier of South Rhodesia from 1953 till 1958. As a leader of a White minority regime … quality was unfortunately also the reason…
EventSA artist, Bongiwe Dhlomo, is born
… 1983 she worked at the African Art Centre in Durban and from mid-1983 at the Grassroots Gallery in Westville. … African Arts Festival and in 1986 an award…
George Msimang, artist, is born
… 1973 to 1975 and 1985 to 1986. Msimang's work particularly from the late 1960s is known for recording township scenes … UZ Festival of African Art. Msimang…
EventSA artist Mmakgoba Sebidi is born
… feet, hands, portraits; and I kept all this rubbish from the whole year piling up on the carpet. At the end of … 'I want to see if I can grow these up', I…
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… offices in Keimoes and Upington. Vlok resigned from public service, became involved in politics and … widely publicised and drew criticism as well as…
EventCruel murder of Dora Bloch
… hijacked Flight 139 (an Air France A-300B Airbus, hijacked from Athens on 26 June) was reported as still missing. Bloch, … became known that shortly after…
EventEgyptian and Israeli forces in fierce fights
… From 6 to 26 October 1973 Israel and a coalition of Arab … The USA supported Israel while Egypt received backing from the Soviet Union. … …
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… their work abroad. They then settled in London, and apart from acting as a courier for her husband, Adelaide became a … and served as a member in the South…
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… gangs of poachers used automatic weapons, profited from government corruption, and laundered tons of elephant … Overall, the elephant population in Africa…
EventKhotso House is bombed
… amnesty for his acts revealed that he received injunction from Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok to bomb the … TRC two years later, testified that he…
EventYouth rage follows the funeral of Victoria Mxenge
… began to spread even further when groups of students from Duncan village moved from village to village burning government cars and …
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… as the cattle raids by the Xhosa on the Cape Frontier, from which the British government provided no protection or … to the interior of the country, where…
EventOrganisations forward applicants for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… Congress (ANC) confirmed it had forwarded 300 applications from its members to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission … of violence could also give…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
… to the public. These banks had to convert the notes from the public in to gold. Subsequently the gold was sold to … commercial banks requested the government…
EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
… their cattle to the Dleke hill, about forty kilometres from Nongoma. The military operation from 4 - 9 April 1901 ended in a Boer defeat. Thousands of … a…
EventBoers occupying Magagabe Hill shell Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop
… lines to Gabarone in order to deny Mafikeng any relief from this quarter while they were besieging it. The positions … The Rhodesian response was to shell…
EventFirst Tramway Company in Cape Town commences operations, with a horse
… in Cape Town in May 1801, when a weekly coach service from Cape Town to Simon's Town was announced. Many years … 1 April 1863, with a horse-drawn service…
EventLiberia is established
… a sovereign nation. The story of Liberia is different from other African countries because of its bond with the … roots in the European Scramble for Africa…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… nickname for the university - Tuks or Tukkies is derived from the TUC acronym. The University of Pretoria, into which … has taken place. The university was…
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… of widespread revolt, Chief Lucas Mangope was removed from power and a temporary administrator was put in his place … Ontlametse Bernstein Menyatsoe, applied…
EventLucas Ntuba Radebe, SA soccer hero, is born in Diepkloof, Soweto
… sent him to live in Bophuthatswana so could be safe from the political violence of the 1980’s. Soccer was one of … He received a Master of Social Science…
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… 5000m record However, because of South Africa’s isolation from International sporting events the time, Budd could not … Carolina, in the US with her family…