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EventDeputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
… lives in a fierce battle in the woods, dubbed by South African soldiers as the 'Devil's Woods'. During the commemoration ceremony, a new South African coat…
PlaceHlobane, Zululand District Municipality
… "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research …
PlaceVaalkop National Park, North West
Vaalkop is known as: "an Anglers Dream", it is situated 54 km North of Britz, near Beestekraal and North-East of Rustenburg, in typical 'broken Bushveld…
PlaceMjejane Game Reserve
Only 4 hours drive from Gauteng and less than 60 minutes from Nelspruit’s Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport. Positioned on the Kruger National Park's…
PlacePilgrims Rest, Graskop- Mpumalanga Province
Once a booming gold rush town in the 1870s, Pilgrim’s Rest remains frozen in time. The entire town is a national monument, with original corrugated iron…
EventJames La Guma dies
… trade unionist and political activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured People's Organisation…
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… to liberation movements in Southern Africa such as the African National Congress (ANC), the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and the South West African…
Entering Namibia without visas
… of anyone entering the territory without a visa from South African authorities. [A delegation from the UN Ad Hoc … South West Africa in 1961 with the…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… On 29 May 1976, the South African Electricity Supply Commission (ESKOM) announced its … pressure due to the Apartheid policies of the South African State…
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… upon that the new structure of the police and the South African Defence Force (SADF) was to be put in place. The South African Police (SAP) was to be…
EventSA troops withdraw from Angola
… The South African government withdrew its military forces from Angola … and South West Africa (later renamed Namibia). The South African government…
EventApartheid bomb kills Zimbabwean and injures six ANC members
… Mr Obed Amon Mwanza, a Zimbabwean, was killed and six African National Congress (ANC) members were injured when the … outside an ANC transit house in…
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… made that two mass graves were found at a former South African Defence Force base, Eenhana, in northern Namibia. … The bones were suspected to be those of…
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
… had skills in mining and metal work. In 1960, the South African government settled the Damara in Damaraland, an area … soil and irregular rain fall. On 4…
South Africa: Liberation and Reconciliation Role of International Solidarity, 8 April 2004
… because people around the world marched with the South African people in the long struggle that led to those … of apartheid and were inspired by the vision…
Chapter 11
… African National Congress Now it is not so difficult to … different matter, however, with the third obstacle, the African National Congress . The people find…
PlaceJohannesburg Art Gallery
… and the Witwatersrand. She was of English-speaking South African descent and her husband, like many others among the … space is given over to the permanent…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… in the men’s final[iii] despite not being the South African champion at the time.[iv] Raymond claimed the title … Open in 1927.[vi] Raymond played in ten…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… at the World Surfing Games held in Durban.[ii] The South African team was also the champion team at the World Surfing … for Sunny Garcia.[iv] On 2 June 2012,…
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… physique when he registered as a member of the South African Jockey Academy in Shongweni, Pinetown, Durban, as a … stood a mere 1,32 metres tall.[iii]…
EventCliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born
… Jean Forbes, the sister of Gordon Forbes, another South African tennis star.[vi] Cliff and Jean participated as a … earning themselves the 1957, 1958, 1959…
EventTwo rival movements merge in Zimbabwe
… organisations in Zimbabwe, the Ndebele-dominated Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), led by Joshua Nkomo, and the Shona-dominated Zimbabwe African…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… Cape. Abstract: This mini-thesis tells the story of the African National Congress' (ANC's) first armed military … Detachment. The latter joined forces with…
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… officially admitted as 53rd member of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at a summit, held in Tunis, Tunisia. The … and the Annual Summit. The OAU was…
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… the political situation in South Africa was bleak as the African National Congress (ANC), South African communist Party (SACP), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… Isaac Ngcobo. The last four were all members of the South African Allied Workers Union (SAAWU), while the others were … violently. The UDF was used by its…
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… in India that he was an advisor to several black South African leaders. Nauriya, who wrote a book in 2006 about Gandhi called African Elements in Gandhi,…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… diplomatic efforts brokered by the United States. South African President P.W. Botha proclaimed, "A new era has begun.... We want to be accepted by our…
ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE COAT OF ARMS, Kwaggafontein, 27 April 2000
… stands before us for the very first time. It is both South African and African. It is both African and universal. It serves to evoke our distant past, …
EventIt is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa
… to Pakistan shipping companies not to enter South African ports. Landing and passage facilities have already been refused to South African aircraft in…