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EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… Morogoro Conference in 1969. Oliver Tambo passed away on 24 April 1993. …
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
… than de Klerk had admitted. The book claimed that 24 nuclear devices had been manufactured, rather than six, …
EventNine policemen are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban, shortly before the infamous Sharpville Massacre
… On 24 January 1960, nine policemen were killed by an angry mob …
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
… River as a pretext for launching a military attack. On 24 January Zambia requested an urgent session of the United …
PlaceRhodes
… the Cape Colony. Records of a public meeting held there on 24 February 1892 indicate that it must have been known by …
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… African, Mhudi. He started his career as a postman, but by 1921 he was well-known in South Africa and Britain as a …
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… would still summarize important information in Afrikaans. [24] According to this policy there would be limited parallel … “Afrikaner”, South African History…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… Kakamas officially became a state work colony. [18] In 1921 the Kakamas water scheme already provided land, food and …
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… Schlesin. They form the Indian Women's Association. May 24, M.K. Gandhi is released from prison. June, Mohandas … begins when M.K. Gandhi gives up Kaisar-i…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… own family tree, which he has for 500 years and includes 24 slave ancestors from Africa, India and Southeast Asia as …
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… and a large area was opened up for white settlement. Over £24,500 was added to Natal government funds through the sale …
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… and a large area was opened up for white settlement. Over £24,500 was added to Natal government funds through the sale …
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… died on the 13th January 2000. MaNzo passed on Saturday, 24 September 2011, at the age of 81. She was an ANC activist …
PlaceAllanridge, Free State Province
… 1951 as works no 27090 according to the standard NBL 20" x 24" design. Somewhere during its History it also picked up …
PlaceNew Somerset Hospital, Beach Road, Green Point
… services for pregnant women. The Hospital is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and their services are free of …
EventNational Heritage Day celebrates South African cultural diversity
National Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. The day was previously known as Shaka Day, and was celebrated in kwazulu/Natal…
EventThe SABS is established
… Bureau of Standard (SABS) was established in terms of Act 24 of 1945. The Act was revised on several occasions and is …
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… On 24 June 1973, South African athlete Danie Malan set a new …
EventThe Citizen reveals housing irregularities in Transkei
… and their friends, as reported by the Sunday Star on July 24. The Matanzima brothers allegedly blocked opposition to …
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
… the Middle East and North and West Africa. It would be 24 years before his return to Morocco and 29 years before he …
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… British Army suffered its greatest defeat in Africa when 24,000 Zulu soldiers overran a British camp of 1 800 near …
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… Progressive Party wins one seat with 51,760 votes cast. 24 April, It is confirmed in London that thirteen African … with means of improving South Africa’s…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… and social welfare organisations until his death on 24 November 1960 The first discriminatory legislation … also established in Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
Vlakplaas is the name of an undercover counterinsurgency division of the apartheid police that operated in the 1980s. Vlakplaas is also referred to as C, C1…
ArticleTransport in the air
… trip in such an airship in 1852, the craft travelled over 24 km. Unlike the air balloon, the airship could be …
The War
… he remained in charge in Natal. Battles at Spionkop on 24 January 1900 and Vaalkrans on 7 February 1900 were also …
PlaceFraserburg
… Township of Fraserburg, Division of Fraserburg, being Lot 24, portion of the farm Rietfontein (now described as …
EventSpringboks beat New Zealand in Rugby Wold Cup final match
… History was made at Ellis Park Stadium on 24 June 1995, where the South African Rugby team (famously …
EventThe first indications of protest over Afrikaans in Soweto schools
… as teachers registered their displeasure as early as the 24 of February 1976. However, these rumblings were largely …
EventEgyptian and Israeli forces in fierce fights
… onslaught, who made excellent progress during the first 24-48 hours. By the second week of the war, the Syrians had …