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EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
Finance Minister Barend du Plesis presented in parliament a budget offering a large tax incentive to business, with emphasis directed to the Growth Domestic…
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…
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…
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
Well-known South African anti-apartheid journalist and former editor of The World newspaper, Percy Qoboza, died on his fiftieth birthday in Johannesburg after…
EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
On the night of 15 August 1985, South Africa's President P. W. Botha delivered the infamous "Rubicon" Speech in Durban. Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time…
EventFreedom of press is established at the Cape
The freedom of the press was established in the Cape Colony through the efforts of journalist John Fairbairn, founder of The South African Commercial…
EventAt an international summit in SA leaders pledge to push for a new global trade deal that will help poor countries
On 12 of February 2006, the Progressive Governance Network held a summit in Hammanskraal South Africa. The aim of this gathering was to strategize ways in…
EventHalley’s Comet reaches the closest point to earth
Halley's Comet is named after the astronomer Edmund Halley, who in 1705 calculated the orbit of the comet around the sun. Halley was also the first astronomer…
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
Christoffel Hermanus Kahn (Mikro), Afrikaans author, was born at Van Reenensplaas in Williston district, Cape Colony. KÁƒÂƒÂ¼hn attended school at Robertson…
EventRobert Koch announces the discovery of a rinderpest vaccine
On 10 February 1897, Robert Koch, a German bacteriologist, discovered a vaccine successful in the prevention of the animal disease, rinderpest. Robert Koch…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
Nelson Mandela's name resonates with the struggle for independence and social, economic, political and institutional rights of Black people. The commemoration…
EventNqwiliso cedes land to Cape Government
Nqwiliso, tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, signed a treaty with H.G. Elliott in which he ceded sovereign rights and shipping in the…
EventScientists find the virus that may cause Aids.
On 23 April 1984 the discovery of a virus that may cause Acquired Immune deficiency Syndrome (Aids) the disease that destroys blood cells, leaving its victims…
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
Born to Indian Emigrants from Tamil Nadu, India, Mudaliar grew up in Johannesburg. She was named after the village her mother came from in India, Thillaiyadi…
EventSouth African writer J.M. Coetzee is born in Cape Town.
Born John Maxwell Coetzee in Cape Town to Afrikaner parents, Coetzee uses his initials as his pen name. He studied at the University of Cape Town and graduated…
EventJohnny Clegg, South African musician is born
Johnny Clegg was born in England in 1953 to an English father and a Zimbabwean mother. He left England for Zimbabwe where he lived until the age of seven. He…
EventThe longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban
Today marks the anniversary of the longest cricket test match in history. The game was played between South Africa and England in Durban. The game continued…
EventShaun Pollock makes history in a test match
The South African all-rounder, Shaun Pollock, became the only player in Test cricket history to have taken 300 wickets and score 3 000 runs. This milestone was…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
Pieter Dirk Uys was born in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and…
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
On 13 September 1960, during the trial of David Beresford Pratt, two psychiatrists gave evidence about his mental condition. The case was heard at the Supreme…
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
On 22 January 1879, the British Army suffered its greatest defeat in Africa when 24,000 Zulu soldiers overran a British camp of 1 800 near Isandlwana Mountain…
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
On 1 February 1963, a statement announcing the collapse of the Federation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (now Malawi) was made. In 1959, before the…
Free Nelson Mandela - Margaret Thatcher
SECRET & PERSONAL 10 DOWNING STREET THE PRIME MINISTER 31 October, 1985. Dear Mr President, Thank you for the message which you sent me on 28 October. Now that…
PlaceFairview Wine and Cheese Estate, near Paarl
An immigrant from Lithuania, the young Charles Back I, landed on these shores in 1902. With a strong work ethic and passion for wine, he soon built up a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
National Director of the Legal Resources Centre; Members of the Fischer family; Dr Bill Venter; Distinguished guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. …
Document 25 - E. R. Roux, The New Slogan and the Revolutionary Movement among White Workers in South Africa, presented at the Sixth
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 25 - E. R. Roux, The New Slogan and the…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
Robben Island, 7400 Republic of South Africa 3 August 1980 Dear Mrs. Bhalla, I am writing to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the Indian…
Chapter 10
Chief obstacles in the way In the last few chapters we have described the highest level of political development reached by the people, as expressed by the All…
Document 98 - “The All African Convention”, Umlilo Mollo /The Flame, 1, 2, October 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew At the beginning of October 1936 the all African…
PlaceFranschhoek Motor Museum
The Franschhoek Motor Museum offers visitors a special opportunity to look back at more than 100 years of motoring History with its unique and exciting…