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EventFake versions of the new South African banknotes hit the streets
… On 7 February 2005, reports were issued of the use of fake versions of the then new South African banknotes. These came hardly a … IOL News," Beware of the…
EventGeneral Secretary of the ANC, journalist and writer, Solomon Plaatje dies
… linguist, translator and political leader. Plaatje died of pneumonia at the age of 55 while on a trip to Johannesburg. He was a prolific … and writer and in…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of President Nelson Mandela, is born
… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , former wife of President Nelson Mandela , is born in Bizana, Pondoland. Madikizela-Mandela was a staunch opponent of P W Botha's…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… Station in Tzaneen on 11 July 1920. He was the eldest of three children of Mlungisi and Evelyn Ntsan’wisi. Ntsan’wisi qualified as a … college near Louis…
EventNelson Mandela is appointed the Secretary of the National Action Council
… Nelson Mandela was appointed the Secretary of the National Action Council during the All Africa … that should the minority Government ignore this demand of…
EventDr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt
… who became a politician. In 1958, he became a member of the National Party (NP) and was the mayor of Randfontein. Ten years later he became the minister of…
ArchiveThis Council of the SACC calls upon all its member churches
… The South African Council of Churches (SACC) calls upon all its member churches to participate in the National Day of Prayer for the people of Crossroads…
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… On 11 March 1994 hundreds of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) (Afrikaner Resistance … a Bantustan homeland in the north western region of South Africa…
EventThe League of Nations grant Belgium the right to govern Rwanda
… On 31 August 1923 the League of Nations passed a resolution granting Belgium the right to … and its southern neighbour Burundi, as the territory of Ruanda…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
… Following the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium, MoÁ¯se Kapenda Tshombe led the Congo province of Katanga into secession on 23 December 1961…
EventThe passive resistance movement begins with a mass meeting of 2000 Africans
… movement began on 30 March 1919 when a mass meeting of two thousand Africans in Vrededorp decided to reject the … outside the Johannesburg pass office,…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
… Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) rejoined the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) after the general synod renounced … from the WARC at the 21st General…
EventDr. Margaret Roach ‘Killie’ Campbell, collector of Africana, dies in Durban
… Campbell was well known for her private collection of Africana, which is made up of items specific to Natal and the Zulu people. She collected … life, and…
EventSA signs Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
… South Africa was one of the original twenty-two nations who signed the multilateral Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources …
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… The Union Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the … laid, with completion intended for 1913. The construction of the…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… The Union Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the … laid, with completion intended for 1913. The construction of the…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 10 - … - at least in the Vereeniging and Cape Town townships. The state responded with…
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… The head of the South African Defence Force, Commandant General Hiemstra, announced the successful conclusion of Anglo-South African talks on aspects of the…
ArchiveAddress to the staff and students of the Lenin Party School
… Speech made by Jack Simons to the staff and students of the Lenin Party School at the closing ceremony of the 1981-1982 academic year and in celebration of…
EventMorocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain
… Ifni to Morocco was signed between Spain and Morocco. One of the terms of the agreement was the awarding of fishing rights to Spain, off Morocco's Atlantic…
EventAnge-Félix Patassé, President of the Central African Republic is born
… Ange-Félix Patassé was the president of the Central African Republic (CAR) from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of CAR. The…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the … cause for this astounding process, but rather…
EventSouth Africa signs a multilateral treaty prohibiting the development of biological weapons
… On 10 April 1972, The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxic Weapons and…
EventSouth Africa approves the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission
… The South African government approved the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) on 17 January 1996, deposited its Instrument of…
EventA plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn
… withdrew its plan to place a limit on the number of black students admitted to white universities, but … retain their community-directed character. The…
EventInauguration ceremony of the South African College School (SACS) takes place
… at the Groote Kerk, giving impetus to the formation of the first school in Cape Town. The idea of establishing SACS was born in 1791 when the Dutch … British…
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). Seme was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) in … (ANC) in 1923. The organisation was…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: poster number 8: SACTU and workers under apartheid
… Department of Labour multicoloured poster. Photographs of SACTU meetings and protests. History of SACTU. Artwork of new South African flag. … Builders of the…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… His father, Govan Mbeki, was a prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape. … The young Mbeki joined the ANC Youth League at…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… 1994 President F.W. de Klerk announced the withdrawal of the Internal Stability Units (ISU) from the East Rand townships of Kathlehong and Thokoza. They were…