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PlaceFlagstaff
… In 1877 Zachariah Bowles and his partner, a Mr Owen, established a trading store on the site of present-day Flagstaff. The … 48% of the population are…
PlaceCoerney, Port Elizabeth
… Coerney is a River and Railway station 64 km North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, … National! Recorded as early as 1752 in the journal of A F…
EventErnie Els wins the Nedbank Golf Tournament
… Golf Course in Sun City. Els finished the tournament with a remarkable record win of 25-under-par 263, after rounds of 67, 66, 64 and 66. He was ranked in…
EventControl of communication bureau is placed under Foreign Affairs
… budget to buy international and local newspapers in a propaganda war. … Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… state. The establishment of BOSS can be described as a limited function, seeing as its whole authority and … of others and coveting the secrets of one’s…
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… of the Comrades Marathon, was born in Hong Kong, then a city under English administration on the eastern side of Pearl River Delta and now a Special…
EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
… April 1961 when the Transkei Regional Authority appointed a committee to investigate the possibility of granting … South Africa Prime Minister, Dr H.F…
The National Arts Festival
… titled the 1820 Settlers National Monument was opened as a memorial to the British immigrants in South Africa. They … the tradition of celebrating landmark…
ArticleThe Information Scandal
… Bureau of State Security (BOSS), Dr Eschel Rhoodie a senior official in the department of information and author of The Paper Curtain , a book that laid the…
EventConnie Mulder resigns as a result of his involvement in plot to sell apartheid propaganda
… at the insistence of the Prime Minister P. W. Botha as a result of his involvement in the Information Scandal . … the knowledge of then Prime Minister, B.J…
EventGlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
… reduce the price of its popular AIDS medication. Combivir, a leading AIDS combination therapy, will drop from $1.70 to 90 cents a day. Epivir, also called…
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… The day before, on 7 March, Zimbabwean authorities seized a US-registered cargo plane at Harare carrying 64 suspected mercenaries and military equipment. It…
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… Falls. During the civil war in the Transvaal in 1863-64, his people's army was defeated by Paul Kruger's … government forces between Rustenburg and Pretoria…
List of deaths in detention
… the government used to quell resistance. As detention was a legal weapon that could see an individual, a group or even an entire community silenced it became…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… of the times wrote that when he travelled to Mecca on a pilgrimage he distributed so much gold that he caused great inflation lasting a decade [iv] …
EventThe AA is formed to coordinate motoring clubs
… Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) was formed at a meeting in Port Elizabeth attended by several provincial and other motoring clubs, in order to…
EventThe founding member of United Democratic Front and struggle activist Johnny Issel dies
… John James Issel also known as Johnny died at the age of 64, after he had suffered renal failure at the Groote Schuur … 1946 in the wine growing area in…
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… successor taking over he sailed back to his homeland with a fleet of three ships – Garcia, Belèm and Santa Cruz. In … visited the Khoikhoi village and…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… Born in Scotland in 1813, Livingston was a renowned explorer, doctor and missionary. Of course, he is … Africa. He then led an expedition up the Shire River,…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… the University of Cape Town (UCT), Western Cape, launched a student movement, namely #Rhodes Must Fall which focused on … protests gave rise to various…
PlaceLouw House Museum, Sutherland
… A literacy Museum in the House where two famous, Afrikaans … poet W.E.G. Louw. He viewed the Afrikaans language as a bridge that connects Europe with Africa…
EventAbram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates
… He also led the defence in the Rivonia Trail from 1963-64. On 23 September 1964 Fischer was arrested for … granted bail to enable him to leave the country…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Cape Town, in The Malays of Cape Town, writes: "In 1652 a few Malays of Batavia were brought by the Dutch into the … 1654 the Dutch East India Company…
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… lion's den - organising black protesters in Potchefstroom, a town of around 14 000 people about 80 miles south-west of … backward place for mad people', 14…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… government and prominent industrialists and by 2001 it was a state-owned enterprise. During the abovementioned period, … is seeking different solutions to…
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… Service Amendment Act of 1969. This Act did not give a full brief for the agency, but in 1972 the State Security Council Act No. 64 (1972) laid out the…
EventArrival of Chinese labourers in South Africa
… A labour shortage at the gold mines on the Rand resulted in … attempted to remedy the shortage of unskilled labour in a variety of ways such as recruiting…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… ABSTRACT Heinz Klug is a white man born in South Africa who vehemently fought … in exile. Klug believed that South Africa was in need of a constitutional…
ANC National Executive Committee by ANC, December, 2012, 53rd ANC Annual Conference, Mangaung
… Joel 62. Nkoana-Mashabane, Maite 63. Nkwinti, Gugile 64. Ntombela, Sefora Hixsonia (Sisi) 65. Ntwanambi, Nosipho …
PlaceMsinga Local Municipality
… The name means: "A current in the sea where air movement causes ripples on top … nearby climatic conditions through its breeze." Msinga is a largely rural…