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EventPieter Jacobs Marais reports discovery of gold
… Pieter Jacobs Marais reports his discovery of alluvial gold in the Jukskei River on B.J. … geologist, prospected around Krugersdorp in 1852, where his effort…
EventNigerian Political Scientist Professor Claude Ake is born
… were no survivors. Ake’s death sparked speculation that his adversaries were behind it. He was vocal in political and social affairs in Nigeria; including…
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… South African President, Pieter Willem Botha, resigned from his position as state president seven months after a minor stroke that led to his admission in…
EventJomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted
… was chief Luka from Lari, who was known for ill treating his own people as an indication of his loyalty to the British government. …
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… of the current Old Presidency in Bloemfontein. He named his farm 'Bloemfontein' after the flowers (wild clover) that … peace between the various population…
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
… leader of one of the teams from Jilin Province, said that his team conducted “demanding and dangerous” door-to-door … and monitored 1 383 close contacts;…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… even the least small avenue for advancement, for voicing his grievances and aspirations, and for acquiring his full and rightful place in civilisation. And…
Petros Mulaudzi of Nthabalala village
… documenting the life of a man named Petros Mulaudzi and his family. In February 2010 I returned to Nthabalala to …
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… party to prevent any South African citizen from exercising his or her right to participate in the election. * The … and racial discrimination. There can be…
PlaceOnze Molen, Durbanville
… Uys to land in the Cape in about 1700, Jacobus Uys, and his mother-in-law the widow Roeland, were granted two morgen … met William Burchell when he…
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
… reads, “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi took the first step in his struggle against all forms of discrimination and … he boarded a train at the Durban station on…
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
… any doubt the statesmanship that has been the hallmark of his Presidency should serve as a lesson to those who seek to … scourge of unemployment. The…
EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… of Casper Kruger, was born in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape on his grandfather's farm. In 1842 he married Maria du Plessis … as well as the Krugerrand coin was…
Comrade Keith Khoza`s father being buried on Saturday, 3 February 2011
… condolences to its communications manager Keith Khoza and his family for the loss of his father – Mr Wakheni Wilson Khoza (69) - who will be …
EventJosiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the LWF
… Federation. The cleric held this position until 1984. His election was a great honour for the Evangelical Lutheran … on 18 July, 1988 at the age of 63. In…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… Training School under Lorna Peirson . After completing his studies, he went on to teach at the Appelsbosch Training … Rocke’s Drift. Sibisi has won numerous…
EventUN Secretary General is killed in a plane crash
… Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Hammarskjold was on his way to meet with President Moise Tshombe of Katanga … from a landing, apparently on Mr Hammarskjold's…
EventBlacks are making bonfires of their “passes” in Johannesburg
… situation returned to normal. Chief Albert Luthuli burned his reference book on Saturday where he issued a call to non-Whites to follow his example. Duma…
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… Delta and now a Special Administrative "Region" of China. His parents moved to Johannesburg in 1956 when he was only thirteen years old. After his first race…
EventGandhi leaves South Africa
… liberty in SA, was passed in July, and it contributed to his view that his task in South Africa has been fulfilled. …
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… War 2 (South African War), summarised the pssure his government has put on the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek … a peaceful settlement." He was hoping to avert…
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… South Africa and Governor of the Cape Province in 1897. His efforts to gain political rights for the "Uitlanders" … Britain and the South African Republic …
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… ArminiaBielefeld and Greece’s Skoda Xanthi. Katongo made his international debut in 2003. He is currently captain of the Zambian national team. Under his…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession
… the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium. In his announcement on Katanga's secession from Congo Tshombe … and Tshombe was taken to Algeria where…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… in Johannesburg to an English father and a Swedish mother. His father Sidney Peter Norton was a journalist and would influence his son’s future career path…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… of Meritorious Service (Gold) posthumously to Sontonga for his service to South Africa. . His granddaughter, Mrs Ida Rabotape received the award. Nkosi …
EventEthiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is captured by EPRDF rebels
… a successful rebel war against the forces of Mengistu and his appointment marked the end of years of civil war in the … government, Zenawi promised a…
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… In 1959, Kaunda broke away from the ANC and formed his own party, the Zambian National Congress (ZANC). In 1964, … until 1991, when he stepped down following…
EventFirst president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah (62), dies in Bucharest.
… ban opposition parties in 1960. Consequently opposition to his governance grew and led to several militants’ arrests. In … China, he was deposed by the…
EventArchibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
… and Sarah Graham. Born in Scotland, Lamont completed his schooling in Glasgow and in 1888 obtained an MA degree … at Singapore. In 1910 he came to South…