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EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… Bishop Dr. A.H. Zulu and Dr. Frank .T. Mdlalose. On 14 July 1990, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) came into being …
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… (Swapo) won the election overwhelmingly and on 14 November Mr Martti Ahtisaari, the Secretary-General's …
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
The Springbok rugby team, nicknamed Amabokoboko, national team of South Africa under mentorship of Nick Mallett, registered an important victory over the…
EventNelson Mandela appeals for calm after the assassination of Communist Party chief, Chris Hani
… murder. Hani died instantaneously after he was shot. On 14 April, former President Nelson Mandela made a televised …
”A House in Harrington Street”, photographic exhibition by Nicholas Eppel
… inner city. Mrs Barrett recently made headlines by saving 14 children from her burning house, which now stands in …
EventPeter van der Merwe, South African cricketer, dies
… Peter Laurence van der Merwe was born on 14 March 1937 in Paarl, Cape Town. He began playing …
EventMaggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies
… Born on 14 April 1886 in a wheat farm called bloublommetjieskloof in …
EventA booby-trapped TV kills Tsitsi Chiliza, wife of an ANC official in Harare, Zimbabwe
… On 14 may 1987, a Zimbabwean citizen, Tsitsi Chiliza, who was …
PlaceSannieshof, North West Province
Sannieshof is a small train stop and farming town in the middle of the North West Province’s maize farming belt, it lies surrounded by the four towns of…
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… of better relations between employers and employees 14 , but it seems that the government strategists had made … Committee for the period 1/1/1920 -1/9/1920…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… negotiation. The National Peace Accord was signed on 14 September 1991 by the representatives of twenty-seven …
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… opportunities for the Dutch colonial settlers. In 1836 approximately 15 000 Dutch-speaking colonists moved from … was with the Ndebele group led by Mzilikazi…
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… On 14 December 1961, Tanganyika became a member of the United …
EventPretoria receives city status
… On 14 October 1931, Pretoria achieved official city status. The …
EventResumption of talks
… certain conditions. The two met on three occasions between 14 and 24 September 1992, discussing three specific ANC …
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… Ngubane to chair the meeting. The meeting took place on 14 July 1998. Following the session, violence broke out and …
EventWork is stopped at the Kimberley mine
… have been inhabitants of the area. The date of 14 August 1914 is given by one of the sources for the same …
EventDennis Brutus is born
… Fame. At the time of his death in 2009, he had published 14 books. He is regarded as one of Africa’s most influential …
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… Chapter 13 - Black Workers Boycott The Mines Chapter 14 - The Chinese Workers Chapter 15 - White Workers and …
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
… in Donkin Street, facing on to the Donkin Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two at 8 and 10 Whitlock Street. …
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… Sudan. This convention was put into force on 14 January 1936, the same year that the conference was held …
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… boycotted the elections, with only an estimated 10 - 14 per cent of 'eligible' Black voters participating. …
EventDiscovery of the wreck of passenger liner SS Waratah
… flagship of the Blue Anchor Line shipping company. On the 14 July, marine explorer, Emlyn Brown, announced he had …
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… force was made up of 5 000 men, 10,000 horses, and 14,000 tons of military stores, guns and ammunition. The …
PlaceRosmead
… the morning, the Boers retreated from the village and by 14:00 British troops had taken this position. By the next …
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
Many South Africans have heard of the ‘Bang Bang Club,’ a nickname given to four South African photographers who captured the dying years of apartheid through…
EventRoger Joyce Bushell, Auxiliary Air Force pilot famous for his escape from the German prisoner of war camp, is born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
… to British parents. He lived in South Africa until he was 14, when his father sent him to study in England. He …
EventThe longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban
… Africa and England in Durban. The game continued until the 14 March - 9 days in total. England needed 41 runs to win at …
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… and the bridge links the two countries. The bridge took 14 months to construct and was completed on 11 April 1905. It …
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
Patric Tariq Mellet was born and grew up in the working class districts of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working…