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EventArtist Allina Ndebele is born
… mission on the Swart Mfolozi near Vryheid, Natal. On 27 September 2005, president Thabo Mbeki bestowed the Order …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President
… de Klerk as President. Mandela spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the Robben Island Prison. In June 1990 he …
PlaceMusgrove road, Berea
… Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 July 1984. This is a double-storey manor house designed by …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… in the area. It is attributed to members of the ANC. 20-27 May, The International Conference on Sanctions against … Paris. Oliver Tambo addresses the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… 1994, when the date of the first democratic elections, 27 April, became an official public holiday known as Freedom … legislation and threatens a defiance…
PlaceWandel and Barnet Streets, Gardens
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. …
PlaceAbraham Fischer Men’s Residence, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… squad threatened officials at the Bantu administration. 27 June, Further arson occurs on Langa Post Office and Zimosa …
ArticleThe Homelands
… South African Homelands or Bantustans ceased to exist on 27 April 1994, and were re-incorporated into the new nine …
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
Introduction Pretoria is located in the north east of South Africa, to the north of Gauteng, and 60 Kilometres away from the north east of Johannesburg [i] …
Post NEC & Lekgotla Briefing, 30 January 2017
The African National Congress invites members of the media to a media briefing on the outomces of the NEC meeting and NEC Lekgotla held on the 25th to the 27th…
PlaceLong Cottage, Newlands Avenue, Newlands
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. Now offered is a taste of the early Cape – …
EventRobert Sobukwe, first PAC president, dies
… General Hospital between midnight and 01h00 on February 27, 1978. Sobukwe died of lung complications after having …
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… months before the first South Africa non-racial polls of 27 April, 1994. More than seven million people in the former …
EventSipho Ngomane of South Africa wins the 80th Comrades Marathon in Durban.
… from Durban to Pietermaritzburg in a time of five hours, 27 minutes and 10 seconds mentored by Nic Bester. He was the …
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
… between Sri Lanka and South Africa were to start on July 27, while India would be the third team in a one-day …
EventFrancis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, is born
… degree from the University of Stellenbosch. He died on 27 March 1934 and received a state funeral. …
PlaceRuimzicht House, 10 Milner Road, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. THE RUIMZICHT HOUSE, TAMBOERSKLOOF, …
EventThe Johannesburg International Airport is officially renamed OR Tambo International Airport by President Mbeki.
… is named after political activist Oliver Reginald Tambo on 27 October 2006 by President Thabo Mbeki. The airport was …
EventDjibouti, France’s last colony, gains independence
… the country, had named it French Somaliland. On 27 June 1977, Djibouti gained independence from France. At …
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… He travelled to Canada a few months after his release from 27 years of imprisonment. The visit was part of a six week …
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
… and political activist, Omar Badsha, was born in Durban on 27 June 1945. Badsha played an active role in the South …
EventTrader and philanthropist Mohamed Joosub dies
… On 27 August 1944, a pioneer wholesaler, trader, philanthropist …
EventRobert Mugabe returns to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years
… On 27 January 1980, the Rhodesian nationalist leader Robert …
EventSeparate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 50 of 1968 is enacted
… of the 'White' Cabinet (Dugard 1978: 98). Assent gained: 27 March 1968; commencement date not found Repealed by s … , [online], Available at www…
EventControversial Catholic Archbishop Milingo agrees to renounce marriage
… Emmanuel Milingo of Zambia married Maria Sung on 27 May in a ceremony performed by the Unification Church … mumbailaity, ' 27 May in a ceremony performed by…
EventEmily Hobhouse reports on her findings regarding concentration camps during the Second Anglo Boer War
… circumstances continued. It was estimated that more than 27 000 people in White camps and more than 18 000 inhabitants …
EventArchbishop William Barnett issues a statement condemning Apartheid
… and interrogation of people 'until they die'. Between 27 October, 1971 and 30 January, 1990, seven people died …
EventJohannes Kerkorrel, Afrikaans singer and songwriter, is born in Johannesburg
… and groundbreaking songwriter born in Johannesburg, on 27 March 1960. He started singing in the late 1980s while …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… in Lusaka, Zambia while sorting mail with Maxwell Sisulu. 27 March, While deputizing for Oliver Tambo, Mzwandile Piliso … Tambo and five colleagues make a…