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EventBBC reports demonstrations at a game ranch in SA
… Africa over the ill-treatment of fourteen baby elephants from Botswana being trained for sale to zoos and circuses. TV …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated at Union Buildings
… Buildings, during which President Mandela stepped down from public office. The theme of the inauguration was … Sapa., (2013), ' Mbeki questions current…
EventPresident Yasser Arafat arrives in SA
… at the invitation of President Nelson Mandela. The visit, from 11 to 13 August, marked continuing good relations …
EventCyril Ramaphosa resigns as ANC Secretary-General
… as African National Congress Secretary-General, as well as from Parliament. Speculation around Ramaphosa's resignation … Cyril, M,. (2000), 'Cyril Matamela…
EventThomas Thornton becomes the first passenger on an aeroplane in South Africa
… when he paid Albert Kimmerling £100 for a short flight from Sydenham Hill.On the same day, Rand reporter Julia … History of Aviation in South Africa , from…
EventAfrikaans author, Lulu Latsky is born
… which were handwritten on blocks of writing paper. From 1943 until 1950 or 1951, she acted as the children's …
EventSA Journalist James Gray is born
… to South Africa and became editor of the Pretoria News from 1924 until 1932, when he returned to England. He was …
EventPutin visits South Africa
… (ANC), received military training and financial support from Moscow during its many years of fighting apartheid. … Putin, Tuesday, 5 - Wednesday, 6 September…
EventArmistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War
… Convention with reluctance, as it differed considerably from those agreed upon in March. …
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… of Griqualand East, was killed in an accident when he fell from his buggy. The Cape Colonial government unilaterally … Answers.com, Adam Kok III: , from …
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
… all diplomatic ties. This included a unilateral withdrawal from the non-aggression pact between the two governments, and … O’Malley, P. ‘1980’, from Nelson…
EventFierce fighting erupts between pro-Patrice Lumumba troops and UN forces
… Katanga Government announced that Lumumba, 36, had escaped from Kolatey prison farm in the west of the breakaway …
EventO. R. Tambo leaves South Africa for exile
… left the country illegally to continue with the struggle from exile. Tambo left alone and arrangements were then made … SAHO, African National Congress…
Commemorative Walk
… We are organising a symbolic train trip from Durban Central railway station to Charlestown on the 30 …
EventSouth Africa and the United Kingdom embroiled in a diplomatic crisis
… crisis because of tension over six dissidents hiding from police in the British Consulate in Durban. The South … O’Malley, P. ‘1984’ , from Nelson Mandela…
EventSouth African athlete and Africa high-jump record holder Hestrie Cloete is born in Germiston, Transvaal
… of 13 when she was discovered by her coach Martin Marx. From 1995 Cloete enjoyed success in athletics; taking gold …
EventKenyan Politician, Tom Mboya dies
… on 5 July 1969 in Nairobi CBD as he was coming from the pharmacy. Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoroge was … Boddy-Evans A. Thomas Joseph Mboya from About African…
EventPaul Kibii Tergat Kenyan professional long distance runner is born
… straight IAAF World Cross Country Championships titles, from 1995 to 1999. He came second in the 1996 Atlanta and …
EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
… held the largely ceremonial post of president of Zimbabwe from 1980, when the country gained independence, until Prime … Boddy-Evans, A., ‘This Day in…
Claremont Histories
… forced removals, and share their memories and stories from a lost community. Celebrate history with Claremont …
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… Prime Minister K.D. Matanzima announced his retirement from active politics, but would accept nomination as … O’Malley P. ‘1978’ from Nelson Mandela Centre…
EventLady Mary Bailey, the first pilot to complete the London to Cape flight and back solo, dies in Cape Town
… African mining magnate, was the first person to fly solo from London to Cape Town and back. She was already the mother …
EventEritrea becomes a member of the United Nations.
… Several attempts were made by Eritrea to gain recognition from the United Nations (UN). Habte Selassie who represented …
Contact
… the period January 1954 to December 1957. With effect from January 1958, publication began in Cape Town, on a …
EventA fire breaks out on Table Mountain after a British tourist allegedly tossed a lit cigarette out of a car window
… tourist threw the cigarette butt that started the fire from a car window. A woman walking with her daughter died … C., (2006), ‘ Briton in court over Table…
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
… wanted to explore the continent of Africa. He travelled from the Cape of Good Hope to the Transvaal and south of the … v. 9, p. 579|Britannica, Frederick…
EventSaxophone player, Bobby Hendricks, dies in Cape Town
… the Bobby Hendricks Sound. Hendricks died in Cape Town from kidney failure on 7 March 1999. Though he never achieved … Overberg, Bobby Hendricks , from…
Alfred Nzo Lecture in memory of Comrade Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo delivered on 28 June 2014 by Dr Zwelini Mkhize Treasurer General of the ANC in Mount Ayliff ; Alfred Nzo District in Eastern Cape Province
… and further specialist training in Wits after returning from exile. Comrade Nzo was awarded The Order of the Luthuli … Alexandra bus boycotts in which people…
Address by ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at Freedom Charter Forum, 29 September 2015, Pietermaritzburg City Hall
… non-sexist, democratic society. Comrades and compatriots, From its formation, the African National Congress has … of the Congress Alliance in March 1954 was…
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … assigned, but one cause is that industries have been moved from the home countries to colonial…