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EventThe UN ends SA mandate over South West Africa
… further one, calling for the immediate withdrawal of South African administration. Since several sources confirm the … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… members of the CCB would be incorporated into the South African army to complete the dismantling of the CCB. Sources: …
EventMike Gatting’s rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… the National Sports Council (NSC) and the white South African Cricket Union (SACU) on the rebel cricket tour by … South African Institute of Race Relations. …
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… On 5 November 1987, Govan Mbeki , member of African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee … ‘Death of a Dedicated Political Leader’ from About…
EventThe first British Settlers arrive in Algoa Bay
… started, where these settlers made their mark on South African society. They embarked on development programmes by …
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… in 1699. Widely known for his development of the South African wine industry, van der Stel was also the first Cape …
EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
… group was allegedly the result of a tip-off by the South African and Angolan governments. Mann eventually stood trial …
EventCosatu and TAC table a National HIV/AIDS plan
… On 28 June 2002 the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the Treatment Action …
EventJ.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize
… John Maxwell Coetzee is a well-known South African author. After completing a degree in English and …
EventBotha found Guilty
… the amnesty committee. Click here to read more about South African leaders being exposed before the TRC for their role …
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… political life. He acknowledged that he had considered the African National Congress (ANC), but declined to be drawn on …
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
… in its final form had some federal traits in the South African Act, notably the provincial system. …
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… which was known as the First Anglo-Boer War or First South African War. On 27 February 1881, they gained a convincing … Kruger, D.W. (ed) (1972). Dictionary…
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… Passive Resistance movement (satyagraha) against the South African government and was also the co-founder of the Natal …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… iAfrika was first sung publicly in 1899. The new South African flag is one of the 'youngest' flags and is the only …
Event19 die at Shell House massacre
… African National Congress (ANC) security guards at Shell … SAGO, (1994), SHELL HOUSE MASSACRE , from South African Government Online, 08 April [online],…
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… to convince Odinga to come back to the ruling party, Kenya African National Union (KANU). The reunion was brief as once …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… troops. The proclamation was made during the second South African War (also known as Anglo Boer War II), which broke … Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African…
EventDemonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg
… established in schools and the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) branches in the majority of …
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… Kaffraria on his own initiative and introducing the African poll tax as a means of conscripting the native …
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… to democracy in 1994 the Orange Free State became a South African province and the name was changed to Free State. … SAHO, Free State , from South African…
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… 2011] The-art-world.com, 2011. ‘Pieter Wenning - South African Artist From Art History’ [online] Available at …
EventArtist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain
… the period have formed an invaluable contribution to South African historiography. Harris later returned to India to …
PlaceVoortrekker Girl
… relevance. It is argued that the performance of South African Learners, can be improved by Renovating Schools and …
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… January 31, 1941. After matriculating he joined the South African Police service and served for five years before he … SAHO, (2010), Eugène Ney Terre…
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… On 12 January 1984, a strong delegation of African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee …
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… He then rejoined the political scene in 2012 during the African National Congress' National Conference in Mangaung, …
EventPassbook laws relaxed
… of a host of anti-apartheid organisations, including the African National Congress(ANC)and Pan Africanist … South African History Online, ‘Pass Laws in South…
EventHashim Amla retires from international cricket
… the very first of these was becoming the first South African of Indian descent to represent South Africa on the … test series against England, Amla became…
EventWinnie Mandela's Soweto home reported burnt down
… of Winnie Mandela, wife of an imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was burned … be no charges laid and no prosecution…