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EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
Bantu Holomisa was dismissed as Deputy Environment and Tourism Minister after revealing that the African National Congress (ANC), received a sum of R2 million…
EventThe Transvaal National Union is established
The Transvaal National Union, a political organisation, was set up with J. Tudhope as president. The principal reason behind its formation was to further the…
EventKenyan men arrested as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities
2,500 men are arrested in Kenya as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities against the Mau Mau. Four days later, close to 100 people were…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Disfranchisement of the Cape Native
From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu The franchisement was first granted to the Native of Cape Colony in 1854, without,…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
His Majesty the King, Isilo Samabandla, Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Dr Zweli Mkhize, Minister Transport S`bu Ndebele, Minister of Justice and Constitutional…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have been able to come... Perhaps I could…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the General Assembly of the African Ombudsman Association (AOA): Misty Hills Conference Centre, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg: 11 April 2005.
Deputy President of the Association, Ombudsman of Malawi, Enoch Chibwana, The Executive Secretary of the Association and Public Protector of the Republic of…
PlaceKoedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
This site is now part of the experimental farm of the University of Pretoria. On 17 March 1920 it was the first landing place in the Union of South Africa for…
PlaceFeathermarket Hall, Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth's Feather Market Centre is located on the corner of Baakens Street and Military Road, Central and, as its name implies, was an extension of the…
PlaceBritish Fort, Marabastad, Polokwane
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 January 1938. This English fort or earthworks is situated just east of the national…
EventThe Luanda International Jazz Festival is launched in Luanda, Angola
The Luanda International Jazz Festival was launched on 31 July 2009 in Luanda, Angola. It has been held annually since then. The inaugural festival was…
EventDeath of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
Anton (Anthony) Muziwakhe Lembede who was a teacher, lawyer, politician, and principal architect of Africanism in South Africa, died unexpectedly in…
EventOne person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani
An unnamed person was killed in a car bomb explosion at the home of Chris Hani, then Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) commander in Lesotho. Eben Frederick Coetzee, a…
EventIndian students join the Coloured schools boycott
The Coloured schools' boycott began as a result of students' dissatisfaction with the South African educational and political systems. Students from about 60…
EventMarais Viljoen is inaugurated as state president
Former minister of labour and a moderate member of the National Party, Marais Viljoen, was inaugurated as South Africa's fifth state president after he had…
EventThe New Republic Party is formed
A new South Africa opposition party, the New Republic Party (NRP), was formed after the integration of the United Party (UP) and Democratic Party (DP). The…
EventAfrikaans Writer Breytenbach is sentenced
On an illegal trip to South Africa with a false passport, a well-known Afrikaans writer Breyten Breytenbach was betrayed, arrested and sentenced to nine years…
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
Dr. Peter A.J. Waddington of Reading University, who had been invited by the Goldstone Commission to make an independent inquiry into the Boipatong massacre on…
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
On 16 August 1990, President F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto. Fighting in Soweto started…
EventScottish missionary, Robert Moffat arrives in Northern Cape
Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary of the London Missionary Society (LMS), arrived at Maruping, ten km from present day Kuruman, to assist with missionary work…
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
Ashwell Prince was appointed as South Africa's first Black Test cricket captain to lead the Protea team in Sri Lanka. This announcement was made by Cricket…
EventFirst day of office for Mboweni as Governor the SA Reserve Bank
The former minister of labour, Tito Mboweni, was appointed governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to replace Dr Chris Stals. Mboweni, the first…
EventThe Du Preez brothers appear before Judge Faan Hanke in Bloemfontein High Court in connection with the murder of two soldiers
Two brothers, Hendrik and Petrus du Preez appeared before Judge Faan Hanke in Bloemfontein High Court in connection with the murder of two soldiers, Michael…
EventWinnie and Nelson Mandela divorce
After 38 years of marriage, Judge Eloff granted Nelson and Winnie Mandela a divorce. Irreconcilable differences were cited as the reason for the parting. The…
EventOlivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda
Olivia Forsyth escaped from her guards and took refuge in the British embassy in Luanda. She was a self-confessed SA spy of the security police in the African…
EventPretoria Boys High School opens
The Staatsmodelskool (State Model School), started in 1893 by President Paul Kruger in central Pretoria, was refurbished by Lord Alfred Milner and opened as…
EventSA composer Benjamin Tyamzashe is born
South African composer, choir conductor, organist and teacher, Benjamin Tyamzashe, affectionately known as 'B-ka-T', was born in Kimberley in 1890. B-ka-T…
EventBritish Kaffraria becomes a province with its own administration
British Kaffraria becomes a province with its own administration The area that became known as British Kaffraria was overrun by violence between British…
EventHealth officials launch an intensive campaign to find the origins of an outbreak of Ebola fever in Uganda.
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF) is a serious and aggressive disease characterised by severe flu-like symptoms, vomiting, diarrhoea, headaches, haemorrhaging and…
EventThe ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk
The African National Congress (ANC) sent a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police…