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EventBusiness leader Matome Maponya is born
… Matome Maponya, chair/owner of several food companies in his name and deputy chair of the Agricultural and Rural …
EventSelassie becomes emperor
… that he is an African messiah. Click here to read about his burial Click here to read more about the history of …
EventANC member, Henry Fazzie sentenced to 20 years in jail under the Sabotage Act
… to receive training in guerrilla warfare in Ethiopia. On his return to South Africa, their movements and whereabouts …
EventSchabir Shaik is convicted on two corruption charges
… to ponder opening a corruption charge against him. In his verdict Judge Squires announced that there was a corrupt …
EventCecil John Rhodes is forced to resign
… minister of the Cape Colony, was severely censured for his involvement in the infamous Jameson Raid and forced to …
EventPretoria’s first Black mayor
… Mamelodi. A street in the Pretoria CBD has been named in his honour. …
Michael Mosoue Moerane, pianist, choirmaster and composer, is born in Gumtree, Basutoland (now Lesotho). He died in Gumtree in
… Eastern Cape. He died in Bloemfontein in January, 1980. His siblings included Manasseh Tebatso Moerane and Epainette …
Chapter 12 - Certification of the final constitution
… constitutional principles. Constitutional democracy at work The Court was in a rather difficult position. The … which had to be supported with technical…
22. Natal sirdars regarded in India as pariah
… in my village. These notices did not interfere with my work. I must admit that these notices contained some true … is my employer. He asked me if I could get…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… supporter of the arts, Sir Max Michaelis (1851 – 1932), his wife, Lady Michaelis (Lillian Elizabeth) (1896 – 1976) … on 20 May 1964. During the same year…
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… the land, Carl van der Merwe, known as Carl Boplaas, was his nephew and a poet in his own right. Embedded within the rich heritage of Boplaas …
SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
… of situation that Biko had in mind when he expressed in his column, "I write what I like", in the SASO Newsletter, his objection to this type of …
PlaceRondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
… Paul's Church, Rondebosch, was granted the right to graze his cattle on the land. At the same time two pieces of land … it is a donation of private Land by…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… of Silkaatsnek towards Rustenburg with some 200 men, when his scouts brought information that the Nek was lightly held … Boers casualties are unknown, but De…
PlaceAasvoelberg known as The Eye Of Zastron
… the legend goes, he was out hunting below the cliffs with his ancient rifle, when he met the devil. Mistaking his weapon for a pipe, the devil asked for a…
EventIan Roberts was born on this day
… on this day in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. It was his character of Boet in a series of television …
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
… permitted to choose which was "closest" to Sandown, one of his favourite Locales) …
EventSouth African Actor, Henry Cele , dies
… Henry ”Black cat” Cele was a revered actor, most famous for his chilling portrayal of the Zulu King, Shaka in the 1985 …
EventPercy Montgomery, Springbok rugby player of the Western Province, is born.
… first player to earn a hundred caps. Montgomery announced his retirement from international test rugby in 2008 and has …
EventUN Tribunal on Rwanda sentences Jean Kambanda
… all counts of genocide pressed against him in May. Despite his cooperativeness, Kambanda's Defence Counsel Oliver …
EventMinister of Constitutional Development Roelf Meyer set to resign
… Development Minister Roelf Meyer would resign his Cabinet post on 1 March 1996 to become Secretary-General …
EventBafana Bafana wins against Algeria
… FNB Stadium, Johannesburg. The defender, Mark Fish, scored his first goal in international soccer, while John "Shoes" …
EventViolence escalates in German South West Africa during Herero Revolt
… were killed. Samuel Maharero allowed missionary Eich with his small party of German women and children safe passage …
EventLord Milner leaves England to return to SA
… administrator for the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. His other responsibility was to negotiate a peace treaty that …
EventHeroic act by boer soldier Windvogel
… of bullets he helped him into the saddle and he covered his retreat, dismounting several times to shoot at pursuers. …
EventFormer ANC president, Z.R. Mahabane, is born
… Kroonstad (OFS), where he had lived and worked for most of his life, in September 1971. …
EventChurch bombing kills 15 people in Nigeria.
… On 3 June 2012, a suicide bomber forced his car, filled with explosives, through a checkpoint and …
EventSouth African police close the investigation into the death of Steve Biko
… him and the two doctors who treated him just before his death. …
”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something
… Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something to eat after his escape from Pretoria the night before. The manager, John …