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EventBoris Becker of West Germany beats Kevin Curren of SA at Wimbledon.
… they would have more intense, but shorter, careers. South African tennis player Kevin Curren was born on 2 March 1958 …
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… White, Indian and Coloured representation but excluded African people from parliament. Against this backdrop, …
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… the vacuum in Black politics caused by the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress … South African History Online, Inkatha…
EventThe existing ban on marriages between White and Black people (Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) is extended to White and Coloured people
… decide the race of couples wanting to be married. If South African citizens of mixed racial descent were married outside …
EventPrime Minister opens SA’s first atomic reactor
… South Africa's first atomic reactor, SAFARI-1 (South African Fundamental Atomic Reactor Installation-1) at … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999)…
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… was shot in the back and killed while covering an African National Congress (ANC) delegation visit to Katlehong …
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… move ended years of conflict between the UN and the South African government, during which SA's credentials were …
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… In February,1990, he freed Nelson Mandela and unbanned the African National Congress (ANC) and other liberation … at: nybooks.com [accessed 16 September…
EventNegotiations between SA, Cuba and Angola start in London
… SA director general of foreign affairs, led the South African delegation. The meetings, hosted by the US and led by … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
EventSAA Helderberg 747 crashes
… The South African Airways Helderberg 747 jet aircraft crashed into the …
EventMemorial service for the victims of mining disaster
… of Nelson Mandela, the imprisoned leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC) , addressed the memorial …
EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
… v. 6, p. 396. Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research …
EventThe NPA does not pursue charges against Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the SADF
… Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the South African Defence Force (SADF), on the charges originally …
EventClarence Mlokoti is shot dead by hijackers
… World Cup, was used to support the critics of the South African bid to argue that its high rate of violent crimes …
EventHolomisa on corruption
… of Sun International, had donated two million rand to the African National Congress (ANC) before the 1994 elections. …
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… of National Unity on June 30. This came after the African National Congress (ANC) refused that the coalition …
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC). This rivalry reached its … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999…
EventPresident Mandela addresses the National assembly of Mali
… Mandela mentioned the many challenges still faced by African nations. He and urged the assembled politicians to … African National Congress Speeches [online…
EventSouth Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high
… During the South African War in 1899, Marconi wireless equipment was tested in …
EventThe first SARS case is suspected in South Africa
… On 9 April 2003, a 62-year-old South African man was treated at a Pretoria hospital as a possible … [Accessed: 8 April 2014]| CNN.com,(2003), First African…
EventEducationist George Molefe is born
… conditions, he received the 'Freedom of Port Elizabeth's African Townships' in 1973 in recognition of his efforts to … Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary…
EventThree cases of Buboinic plague are reported in Cape Town
… being forced to move to the periphery of the city. African people and their residential areas were cited by the … Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African…
Event5,580 Egyptian prisoners of war are exchanged for four Israelis held by Egyptian troops
… was one of the most important events in the history of African independence. The fallout from this unsuccessful … Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day in African History…
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… recently (April 2019) been tested positive by the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport for the banned drug … Who’s who Chiliboy Ralepelle South…
EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
… in the Anglo-Transvaal War and Vice-President of the South African Republic (SAR), was born at Doornbos, Graaff-Reinet …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… of Commonwealth Prime Ministers held in London, the South African Prime Minister, H.F. Verwoerd formally announced that …
EventPhambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born
… a high school student, Ntloko became involved in the South African Students’ Movement (SASM), a black consciousness … Gastrow S. ‘Who’s who in South African…
EventMaggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies
… artist in Berlin, Germany. She was elected to the South African Society of Artists (SASA) in recognition of her …
EventA booby-trapped TV kills Tsitsi Chiliza, wife of an ANC official in Harare, Zimbabwe
… living in Zimbabwe, regardless of whether they were South African or Zimbabwean. The bomb blasted the second floor of … www.apnewsarchive.com [accessed on 16…
EventThe passive resistance movement begins with a mass meeting of 2000 Africans
… of passes. The demonstrations were peaceful. The South African Native National Congress (SANNC) had even hired … African National Congress Campaign against…