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EventSouth Africa abandons the Gold Standard, sparking a period of economic expansion
… and wool. Hertzog finally abandoned the gold standard on 27 December 1932. The move returned South Africa's fortunes; …
EventThe Angolan-Namibian peace plan is accepted
… for the Total Independence of Angola), and went on for 27 years. South Africa entered the civil war by providing …
EventJohn Thomas Baines, South African painter, traveller and writer, is born
… John Thomas Baines was born in England on 27 November 1820. Apprenticed to a coach painter at a young …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… and women were to be confined. At the end of the war, 27 000 Afrikaaner women and children had perished. Most …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… whites’ abortive military action in Bophuthatswana 1994 27 April, South Africa’s first democratic election 1994-1996 …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… and researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT). 27 February, It is announced in the National budget documents … delegates and is opened by Deputy…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public … 2,500 lives in the last five years in the Natal…
ANC statement on Zimbabwe, 26 May 2000
The African National Congress wishes to reiterate its position on Zimbabwe as per the discussions and decisions of its last National Executive Committee (NEC)…
EventKhulane Morule, the Motswako rapper is born
… ‘Khuli Chana’ was born in Mmabtho, North West province on 27 August 1982.[i] He is a Motswako rapper and …
PlaceFreedom Park
… for the 10th anniversary of democracy in South Africa on 27 April 2004 (Freedom Day) and it continues to be a choice …
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
… recognition. Over State Department objections, 27 U.S. Senators invited Smith to the U. S. in October 1978 … 23 October available at: www.time.co m , …
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… some 14 000 Black people died in them. By 1902 there were 27 927 deaths in the concentration camps comprising 1 676 …
PlaceTree Garden, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. …
PlaceDie Grootkerk in Bosmanstraat
… less than 7 congregations. During the 1980’s there were ±27 000 members and 29 ministers in the presbytery. In this … less than 7 congregations. During…
PlaceSierra Leone
… . Sierra Leone became an independent nation on April 27, 1961 . This was followed by a long History of coups and … and Sierra Leone became an independent…
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… regained their independence—subject to certain provisos—in 1881 after overwhelming British forces at the Battle of …
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
… ‘some travelled up to eight hours per day, starting at 02.45 and getting home at 22.00.’ A sequence of three …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
… de Klerk as President. Mandela spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the Robben Island Prison. In June 1990 he …
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… out. 22 January, The Battle of Isandlwana takes place. 1881 Indians and Bamboo square – unhygienic conditions – the … The brick and mortar structure erected…
PlaceTunisia
… languages. French, introduced during the protectorate (1881–1956), came into wider use only after independence, …
PlaceSoccer City (FNB Stadium) -Johannesburg
… few days after being released from prison where he served 27 years. The venue has hosted the biggest Sports and Music …
PlaceRaadsaal Building, Church Square, Pretoria
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 September 1968. …
Address by ANC President, Nelson Mandela, to the International Solidarity Conference Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
… here you will see what 1 saw coming out of prison after 27 years: That our people are still the hewers of wood and …
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… with the responsibility to find a formula for unity. On 27 November 1939 a declaration appeared in the press that the …
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… caller was responsible for the abduction and killing. On 27 August, a petrol bomb was thrown at the Dweba house. It …
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… of the Republic of South Africa Act 200 of 1993 on 27 April 1994. Thus after the 1994 elections South Africa was …
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… at the University of Cape Town (UCT) library. He died on 27 November 1996, at the age of 87. References: Feldberg …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around property and land
… but it was my desire to spend my last days there. 27 March 1977 I wrote two letters to the Magistrate of …
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… I mean, I refuse to be played by an instrument’. [27] Dyani could not physically return to South Africa, but … ↵ [25] Jordan, Email Interview. ↵ [26]…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… trading segregation for Indians throughout South Africa. 27 January, The Natal Indian Congress and the Natal Indian … between South Africa and India to…