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EventMaria Groesbeek is hanged for the murder of her husband, Christian Buys
… husband for a divorce. When he refused, Groesbeek laced his food with arsenic. Ten weeks after murdering her husband, … murdering her husband, stating that…
EventMarais Steyn dies
… died of heart failure at the age of 83 in Stellenbosch. His political career started in 1948, when he stood for the … later tourism and Coloured affairs as…
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… no other Whites had ever been. Many people, as well as his relatives, assert that it was on one of these trips that … Falls. During the civil war in the…
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… Bhambatha succeeded to the throne after the death of his father and uncle, at the age of 25. He quickly … focus on Dube's attitude to Dinizulu as indicated…
EventStanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal
… Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). When Nkosi was three years old his family moved to Dukathole near Germiston in the Transvaal … He attended school in Germiston…
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
… Vorster confirms that there was no prior consultation with his government over Rhodesia's closure of its border with Zambia, but that his government will…
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… the Labour Party Youth in 1969 at the encouragement of his father. In 1983, he became one of the founding members of … secretary. In 1985, Manuel was…
PlaceClarkson, Eastern Cape
… A red haired man who stood over 6 feet tall, he spent his long adult life working to abolish the Transatlantic … in London, in the Lake District and then…
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s press statement on the Bisho Massacre King William’s Town - 8 September 1992
… makes its troubled transition from the autocracy of apartheid to democracy. From this day, Bisho will rank … the repressive structures built up over the…
EventPeter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion
… European Barefoot Water-Skiing title in 1977.[i] Peter won his first South African powerboat racing title, as well as … from Formula One powerboat racing 18…
PlacePreller-Rondawels, Pelindaba
… suicide here on the 29th of March 1936, and a cairn in his memory has been erected on the farm, at the site of his suicide. The house enjoys a beautiful…
Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux, 9 January 1929
… were now trying to finance elections. Wolton came out with his attack on the party, very poisonous & diseased, but in … reply he was induced to stop till…
Address at the Mercosur Summit, Florianopolis, Brazil, 15 December 2000
… solidarity and an opportunity for the developing world to work together for our own development. Obviously, we have to … betterment of the lives of our…
PlaceKwaZulu-Natal Literary Trails (under Heritage Routes)
… programme also formed part of the bid. Believe me, much work lies ahead for the city. Let’s pray that in a city known … because I will never get promoted for…
PlaceCentral African Republic
… gather wild rubber, hunt for ivory and animal skins, and work on plantations. Unable to cultivate their own fields … food shortages and famine. Because they…
PlaceTradouw Pass
… was the put in charge of the planning and estimating, and work commenced on the building in 1869. Over the course of … constructed over 4 km of road through…
Archive2022 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 10 February 2022
… thousands of South Africans, put two million people out of work and brought misery to families. The fire in Parliament … and indeed all the members of our…
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… Spendiff were killed, said Jones: 'On Spendiff was found his membership card of the Communist Party. Thousands of …
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… Nkohla received South African Rugby President’s Award for his contribution in rugby. Furthermore, in 2014, Welile … Rugby Museum in Cape Town. Welile…
EventCharles Nqakula , Minister of Safety and Security and Chairperson of the SACP, is born
… born to a poor family in the Eastern Cape. Nqakula, like his peers, developed political consciousness in the 1970's … Zabantsundu in King William's Town. He…
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… elected as Mozambique's first president. At the time of his death, Machel had been in power for 11 years. On the day … was returning from an African leaders’…
EventNatal Law society apologises to Gandhi
… British colony of Natal. The Natal Law Society opposed his application because he was Indian. The president of the … the late Mahatma Gandhi for having…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… 1998 and offered a large reward for information leading to his capture. Police further linked Chauke to 17 murders and … in 2000, he converted to Islam and…
EventHendrik Witbooi, Chief of the Nama, dies
… was fluent in a number of European languages, as well as his own Nama. Witbooi's grandfather and father were both … After a number of skirmishes with the…
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… school at Robertson and Carnarvon. He continued with his studies at the University of Stellenbosch and completed his BSc degree in Agriculture. KÁƒÂƒÂ¼hn…
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
… possessions. Sekhukhune did not accept British claims over his territory. By March 1878 drums of war were beating again … was routed with heavy casualties…
EventBritish explorers, John Speke and J.A. Grant announce that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile
… second attempt and was meant to put to rest all doubt on his earlier findings. Speke’s first expedition to Africa was … River. However, when he returned to…
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… of a period from the early 1980s to the present. His colourful, bold and often naiveimages record the … and economically divided South Africa. One of his…
EventHastings Banda, former president of Malawi, is born.
… stripped of the presidency in 1993 when a referendum ended his reign. In 1994 Bakili Muluzu succeeded Banda as president … is believed he could have been at…
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… Banda , were detained without trial. In 1960, following his release, Banda fled to London, where with Kenneth Kaunda … In 1960 British Prime Minister, Harold…