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EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
… for the South African under-20 rugby team. At the age of 22 he played his first international rugby match against …
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… Chapter 21 Denis and Osnabruck, the Peace City Chapter 22 Rainbow at the Cape - for a new South Africa Chapter 23 …
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… a special conference was held in Johannesburg on 22 August, where 82 votes to 30 supported the war. Unhappy …
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… A previous violent attack had occurred in Sebokeng on 22 July 1990, when the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) was …
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… were to be held in Angola. The treaty was signed on 22 December 1988. The battle of Cuito Cuanavale and the Cuban …
EventA vagrant from Johannesburg, Tim Singiswa on a one
… president, he said, he would have stopped the trial of the 22 alleged state plotters and found out whether they really …
EventArthur Conan Doyle, medic during the Second Anglo, is born
… Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 22 May 1859. Although Doyle is best known for his writing of … 12 May 2009]|About.com This Day in…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… under the leadership of F W de Klerk won 983 690 (22%) of the national votes, the Inkatha Freedom Party(IFP) …
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's former political and trade union activist was born in Johannesburg. He was one of the chief negotiators at the Codesa talks…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… 1932 (extracts) Document 15 Letter from E. Dennis to ECCI, 22 July 1932 Document 16 Letter from E. Dennis to Comintern, 22 October 1932 Document 17 Letter…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… at Krugersdorp Regional Court, WLD Capital Case, 117/7/22/1340 ). At this stage the state charged all 4 accused … they would get their country back”. …
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… On 22 June 1971 a Pretoria court ruled that the former leader of …
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
… Council. Mandate over territory was under Article 22 Covenant League of Nations. Africans South West Africa no …
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… Labour Contingent. On board were 805 black privates, 22 white officers and a crew of 33. In his attempt to calm …
EventThe United Arab Republic is proclaimed by Egypt, Iraq, and Syria
… to engage in this initiative were Syria and Egypt on 22 February 1958. The agreement was signed by presidents …
EventThe first episode of Star Trek is aired on NBC
… an episode entitled "Plato's Stepchildren," which aired on 22 November 1968. Star Trek became a worldwide cultural …
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
… and was moved to a different ward without any reason. On 22 March 1988 he was shot and killed by unknown gunman …
EventBeginning of the Anglo-Zulu War, 10 January 1879
… claim that the 12 January 1879 (first attack) or the 22 January 1879 (first decisive battle of Isandlwana) marked …
PlaceOld Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on the 22 August 1980! …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… place in Sharpeville resulting in the Sharpeville Massacre 22 March, Hendrik Verwoerd tells the South African Parliament … court at Pretoria, and released…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… foreign funding to pursue its objectives. 1974 January 22 SASO holds a five-day meeting at Hammanskraal that …
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… receiving foreign funding to pursue its objectives. 1974 22 January, SASO holds a five-day meeting at Hammanskraal …
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… Workers at Marikana secure pay increases of between 11 and 22%, and agree to end the strike. 20 September, As the …
PlaceOatlands, Simonstown
… Craig, when they first occupied the Cape in 1795 . On 22 November of that year General Craig who. was acting as … and the roof plastered and the whole…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… One month later, combatting HIV/AIDS was made one of 22 lead projects of the new government’s Reconstruction and … crisis that required broader government…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… its doors in 1866 with T.C. Dekker as first teacher. On 22 February 1866 the Volksraad ratified the principle of town … church schools in the district. By…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Bibliography by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… of Bo-Kaap, p 45. 20. ibid, pp 93-98. 21. ibid, p 68. 22. The Mosques of Bo-Kaap, p 43; The establishment and … 51. A Historical Study of the Largest Mosque…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… of Poqo from 7 December 1962 to 13 March 1963. On 22 November 1962, 250 Poqo members, armed with axes, machetes …
EventJohn Traicos makes his International Cricket Test debut for South Africa
… first four Tests. The break between appearances - 22 years and 222 days - is a record. Traicos grew up in South …
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… [online]. Available at www.samilitary.org [Accessed 22 August 2011] Voortrekker-History, 2011. ‘The Battle of …