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… The role of the SACP in the transition to democracy and socialism by Central Committee of South African Communist Party, May 1993, South Africa …

… The Chamber of XVII orders Jan Van Riebeeck to restrict the allocation of farms at the Cape to officials who wanted to farm, to …

… All of the political factions from Ivory Coast sign a new peace accord in Accra at the close of a two-day summit headed by thir …

… All of the political factions from Ivory Coast sign a new peace accord in Accra at the close of a two-day summit headed by thir …

… ‘The coolies will elbow us out of the country’: African reactions to Indian immigration in the Colony of Natal, South Africa, by Heather Hughes …

… Absa Bank hands an old warrant of arrest for Nelson Mandela, dated May 18, 1961, to the Minister of Arts and Culture, Dr Pallo …

… Jan C.G. Kemp resigns as officer in the SA army because of the war policy of the Botha government and joins the Rebelli …

… The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, lays the corner stone of the Cape Town city hall, designed by architects Reid and …

… ‘Is the continuation of the present a possible future?’ In honour of Richard Turner, 1941-1978 by Mark Heywood, 4 August 2014 …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 5, p. 524. … Hintsa, chief of the Xhosa, is shot, while allegedly trying to escape from the British forces at the start of the 6th frontier …

… Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor …

… Keynote Address of Comrade Nelson R Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC, to the ANC National Consultative Conference, …

… WWI: The first Battle of the Somme begins. It lasted five months and the death toll of more than 1 million resulted in an allie …

… The first grant of land in Table Valley is registered in the surveyor’s office in Table Bay in the name and favour of Hieronymo …

… Act no 90 of 1967 commences, according to which the minister of mining no longer chairs the board on atomic energy. The …

… Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 442 … J.C. Smuts appoints Dr H.J. van der Bijl to the post of Director General of War Supplies, making him, next to Sm …

… Former first-lady of SA and ex-wife of FW de Klerk, Marike de Klerk, is found murdered at her …

… Kwame Nkrumah, first premier and later president of Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) is born. He is seen by many as the father of Pa …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 10. … Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor …

… grave concern on World AIDS Day about the growing number of AIDS orphans in SA, many of whom who are raised …

… A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air about 40km north of the border crossing at Goma …

… The Ncome Monument project is unveiled at the site of the Battle of Blood River in 1838. The Monument was opened on 26 November …

… An Afrikaans poem of thirteen verses in near perfect Afrikaans by H.C. van de Berg and P.P. Hugo is published in De Vriend of B …

… WWI: At the end of the war, the Paris Peace Conference accepts the proposal to create the League of Nations. The League was eve …

… Oupa Gqozo, head of the Ciskei, claims to have put down the second coup attempt in the space of two weeks, with the assistance …

… Buller, are defeated by the Boers under Botha at the end of the three-day battle of Vaa …

… Rwanda frees more than 22 000 detainees, most of whom were held in connection with the 1994 massacre of some 800 000 ethnic Tut …

… Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team …

… An amount of R1.3m is paid out in compensation to thirty-two South African seamen who lost fingers as a result of frostbite inc …

… The house of Paul Kruger in Church Street West is declared a national monument. At the death of mrs Kruger it was used as polic …