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EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… defence force, and at its peak strength it had around 23 000 members. More than 12 000 South African servicemen …
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
… led the Congo province of Katanga into secession on 23 December 1961. Tshombe was born in 1919 in the southern … Boddy-Evans A. (2011). ‘This Day in African…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa calls for national lockdown for 21 days in South Africa
… On 23 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national …
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… labourers which was 47 656 was recruited from Mozambique [23] . Wenela recruitment expanded even more in the 1930s, it … to South Africa. The Journal of…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… underground. Mbeki’s life took a significant turn on 23 November 1974 when he married Zanele Dlamini. The wedding …
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… (Prayer for Dr. Asvat, 2010). Childhood and Schooling On 23 February 1943, Abu Baker Asvat was born in … 2011, ‘The Life and Death of Dr Abu Baker ‘Hurley’…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… moves to their first church in Kerk Straat. 1854 23 February, the Bloemfontein Convention is signed, giving …
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… and English be given equal status and privileges. [23] This resulted in a change in the University’s language … ↵ [20] Ibid. ↵ [21] Ibid. ↵ [22] Ibid. ↵ [23]…
PlaceRehoboth
… the participants of the 'Peace Conference of Okahanja' on 23 September 1870. Within a few years the Basters were …
PlaceLutheran Church, New Germany
… left Bremen on 10 November 1847 arriving in Natal on 23 March 1848. Soon after their arrival, Jonas Bergtheil …
EventAbram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates
… also led the defence in the Rivonia Trail from 1963-64. On 23 September 1964 Fischer was arrested for contravening the … Special South Africans. Bram Fischer…
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… within their respective organizations. Mothopeng died on 23 October 1990 and Gwala died of a heart failure on 21 June …
EventSomerset concludes a treaty with Ngqika (aka Gaika)
… and Ndlambe, who was retreating, abandoned about 23,000 cattle to the pursuing commandos. Ngqika, who was …
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… including George Matanzima. In the wake of the scandal, on 23 September 1987 Transkei Defence Forces (TDF) soldiers …
PlaceFicksburg
… The dam is the starting and finishing point for the 23-km Imparani Hiking Trail. Ficksburg is a gateway to the …
PlaceJohn Vorster Square Police Station or Johannesburg Central Police Station
… Square Police Station, was officially opened on the 23 August 1968 by John Vorster, the then prime minister of …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… takes place as a result of Governor Somerset lifting 23 000 head of cattle belonging to Ndlambe who had been … farmers had been accustomed to a bartering…
Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, December 1964
In a statement released in London on Wednesday, December 23rd, Mr. Z.B. Molete, Publicity Secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress, is reported to have…
PlaceAlfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
… serving under Count Gleichen on HMS Racoon, and Captain on 23 February 1866, being then appointed to the Command of the …
EventThe Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps
… was sent up, this time under S.M. Motsuenyane.On 23 August 1993, the Motsuenyane Commission reported that the …
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… Mozambique. Of the 473 people on board the Sao Bento, only 23 survivors reached Mozambique. …
EventOne-fifth of SA’s military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… by the high HIV rates found in soldiers between the age of 23 and 29, as officers and non-commissioned officers in this …
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… of the white Dutch Reformed Church). He was ordained at 23, and at the age of 30 left for Holland where he would earn …
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Mahomed Mahida 1804 Attainment of freedom of worship 23 By 1804, the number of the Vryezwarten or Free Blacks, … at the South Beach [Port Natal, later Durban…
Mission Stations - N-S
… EAST RAND , Transvaal: SACIM 1898 NEW GERMANY , Natal: Bn 1835-1846 NEW HALLE , Transvaal: see NEU HALLE , Transvaal … , Transkei, Cape: No data available…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… explore other avenues to strengthen its maritime forces. 23 February, The Bantu Laws Amendment Bill is passed. 26 … Court on three charges under the Official…
PlaceThe South African Police Service Museum
… was reopened by Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko on 23 March 2016 after undergoing renovation. Inside the museum … Museum reopened in Muizenberg today, www…
PlaceEritrea
Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa located on the Red Sea. A fact reflected in its name, which is an Italianized version of; 'Mare Erythraeum'. Which…
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 September 1988.The property together with the Old Goal and …