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EventInkatha becomes a political party
The Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement, founded on 21 March 1975, was transformed into the multi-racial Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) at a special…
EventSA troops withdraw from Angola
The South African government withdrew its military forces from Angola that have been fighting on the side of Jonas Savimbi led guerrilla forces UNITA. The…
EventBomb in Benoni Wimpy kills Mary
Mary-Anne D'Oliveira Netto Serrano (21) was killed in a bomb explosion in the Wimpy Bar at the Benoni Plaza, Benoni on the East-Rand. About sixty people were…
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta was born into a Muslim family in Tangier, Morocco. At the age of 21 Battuta set out on a…
EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
The 21.19 carat diamond that would come to be known as the Eureka Diamond was discovered by a young boy and his little sister as they played in their family…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
On 25 May, 1963, the first African organisation after independence, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The…
EventDutch East Indian Company, pioneer in the expansion of European settlement in South Africa is formed
The Dutch East India Company(DEIC) or Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) popularly referred to as 'the Company', was founded when seventy-three directors…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… year, over 3,000 Mau Mau had been confirmed as killed and 1,000 captured (including Itote), and almost 100,000 alleged … Uprising in Kenya’ Transafrican…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… the townships enforcing racially biased detainment laws [1] . Gwen Ansell describes these living situations in a … before a banner calling for justice and…
PlaceOverberg District Municipality, Western Cape
With its pristine Coastlines, where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet at the Southern-most tip of Africa. With its headquarters in Bredasdorp, the Overberg…
PlaceTsolo, Eastern Cape
(prior to 1910) St Augustine's was established in 1865 by the Reverend Bransby Key as a station of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign…
ANC Gauteng Centenary Month to celebrate Oliver Tambo, 18 October 2012
The ANC Gauteng will host the centenary flame for eleven days from the 21st October until November 2012. The ANC will celebrate the life and legacy of the ANC…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
The African Students Association (ASA) was established on 17 December 1961 in Durban under the auspices of the banned African National Congress (ANC). At the…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… first day of the planned Somme Offensive (to take place 1 July). Over 1.5 million shells are fired along a 15 mile front. 1 July 1916 The Battle of the Somme…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… hear the ANC’s demands. 18 February 1992: In Working Group 2 on constitutional principles, the ANC agrees to Codesa … all parties at Codesa. 14 April 1992:…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of apartheid, Nelspruit remained a small…
PlaceSonderwaterkraal
… elevation above seal level is 407 metres. Approximately 1,118 km South-West of Pretoria, the country's capital. The …
ArchiveWho was Albert Luthuli? The murdered South African leader who put his people above himself
South African liberation leader Albert Luthuli died on 21 July 1967 near his home in Groutville, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. A government…
Address, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of the World Summit for Sustainable Development Johannesburg, 26 August 2002
Mr Nitin Desai, Secretary-General of the World Summit for Sustainable Development, Your Excellencies Ministers, Ambassadors and Senior Officials, Leaders and…
EventCricketer Omar Henry born
… Available: http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2058/2058.html (21 February 2016).↵ … Available: https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2058…
EventSA artist, Lionel Davis, is born
Lionel Davis, a South African artist, was born in District Six, Cape Town on 21 June 1936. Davis became a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and…
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
George Harrison and the history of Johannesburg are closely bound together: it was he who first found gold in 1886, a discovery that gave rise to the largest…
EventAfrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag
On 21 June 1927, Afrikaner nationalists rebelled against plans to have a Union Jack (the British flag) in the centre of the national flag. The controversy…
EventA South African Defence Force Capt. Wynand du Toit is captured in Angola
During the raid on the Cabinda oil refinery, Angola, on the 21 May 1985, Capt. Wynand du Toit was taken captive, and two other South African commandoes were…
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
Fearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland on 4 July 1789. The son of a weaver, he was brought up in the…
EventSouth African Library Week is held from 22 - 27 March 2010 to make people aware of the value of libraries
In 1997 the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) was formed. LIASA has worked diligently to centralise libraries and information related…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, Albertina Sisulu, a wife to former ANC Secretary, Walter Sisulu died at her Linden home, Johannesburg at the age of…
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
The government proceeded with the introduction of apartheid laws in the 1950s. An example of this was the hated pass law. This forced Black people to carry…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… Poqo activists leading to their subsequent arrest. 1 April, The British Colonial police raid PAC offices in … his release, Mandela requested a meeting with…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… as Simons and Simons, Ticktin, Sheridan Jones and Katz, 1 have attempted to improve our knowledge of such … and the standard books by Roux, Cope and Hamson 2…