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EventEfforts by a pro-sanctions lobbyist group against SA debt rescheduling prove unsuccessful
… US commercial banks, rescheduled. An announcement by South African Reserve Bank Governor Chris Stals that the …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo win a Grammy
… lead vocalist Joseph Tshabalala, became the first South African group to win a Grammy award. The group won the award …
EventCoup attempt on S Doe’s government in Liberia
… rule of Liberia ended a century old rule by the Americo-African elites who were descendents of freed American slaves. …
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… reception of 26 councillors. In Cape Town unicity the African National Congress (ANC) registered a major gain with …
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… 1998 came into effect after an investigation by the South African Law Reform Commission of the legal position of …
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
… more than 150 heads of governments, including South African President Thabo Mbeki, who delivered his five minute …
EventCrime statistics released
… The South African Police National Crime Information Management Centre …
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… The South African parliament approved legislation to set up the Truth … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… closer links between underprivileged groups of Indian, African and Coloured people in the struggle for liberation. … Pahad, E., (1979) ‘Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo’…
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… not to extend the parliamentary franchise to Black South African's. The Boers decided not to, and Blacks were excluded …
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… Source: Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2 , Pretoria: Vista. …
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… especially remembered for his brave rescue of fellow South African John Martin, whose yacht sank after hitting a …
EventChief of the Lebelo group of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, dies
… the education of his people, by inter alia appointing an African teacher and later obtaining the services of a … 2014]| Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New…
EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… building at 78 Fox Street. The bank has grown to span 17 African countries and 16 countries across South East Asia, …
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… almost a month after the outbreak of the Second South African War (also known as Second Anglo-Boer War), which … Boddy-Evans, A., ‘This Day in African…
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… Art School in Johannesburg. Skotnes served in the South African forces in Italy. On his return to South Africa he …
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… eldest of nine children. Tsavangirai joined the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which later became …
EventJazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg
… Abdullah Ibrahim , Ringo Madlingozi, Dondo, the South African Freedom Singers and the Victor Ntoni Big Band, … SABC, Jazz legend Victor Ntoni dies , from…
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… and shrapnel. Six months prior to the start of the South African War II, Danie Theron was found guilty of assaulting …
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… of continuing to be a member of Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) which was indeed the case, while the …
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… for the transitional period. The credentials of the South African delegation were approved and SA was welcomed back … Available at: www.un.org [Accessed on…
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… Nthatho Harrison Motlana he has been the secretary for the African National Congress, Eric Mafuna he was the president …
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… Boer republic. Ten other men, including three former South African Defense Force (SADF) members, had already been …
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… This was the last conventional battle of the South African War (1899-1902). The climax of the battle of … F. ‘The Second Anglo-Boer War: An Overview’ , in…
EventMiss Namibia, Michelle Mclean, model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand
… where she studied acting. In 1995, Mclean joined South African pay television channel Mnet as a presenter of a …
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… commander of the Transkei Defence Force (TDF), a staunch African National Congress (ANC) activist, led a bloodless … (2011). ‘This Day in History: 30…
EventStephen Gray, SA writer and academic, is born
… Department of Arts and Culture honoured Gray with a South African Literary Award for Life Time Achievement. …
EventThe League of Nations grant Belgium the right to govern Rwanda
… in 1916, they advanced from Congo into Germany's East African colonies, rapidly driving out the German forces. … Boddy-Evans A., 2011. ‘This day in African…
Fighting Talk
… is also given to the path of emancipation taken by several African countries, such as Sudan, the Congo, Tanganyika, …
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… On 11 January 1963, African National Congress (ANC) member, Walter Sisulu … at www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed: 01 December 2011]| African History , ‘Walter…