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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 …
PlaceNarainsamy Temple, Newlands, Durban
… built by Chris Kristapper Reddy, and probably represents his major contribution to the temple architecture of this …
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…
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
… however, compelled every mineworker to be a member of his union. The Reformers denounced the closed shop principle … Harris, secretary of the Mineworkers'…
PlaceGrydo Pass
… the same time as Michells Pass by Andrew Geddes Bain and his team of convict labourers in, 1848. This important pass …
PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
… property was purchased by President Kruger and remained in his family until; 1903. During this time an impressive main …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… South Africa, Advocate J. G. Strijdom dies. It was during his tenure in 1955 in Kliptown near Johannesburg, that the …
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… Botha made some changes in the allocation of portfolios in his cabinet. He retained the post of minister of defence. …
EventRobert Sobukwe, first PAC president, dies
… lung complications after having been hospitalised in 1977. His medical doctors requested that he should be granted …
EventJames Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, dies in Tsolo, Transkei
… poetry. Born in Transkei, Jolobe was best known for his collection of poems, Umyezo (1936). He also played a …
EventThe Conservative Party decides on talks with National Party and expel a member
… within a unitary state. The party disapproved of his attack on its leader Dr Andries Treurnicht. …
EventThe Supreme Court of Zambia ruled that former Zambian president, Frederick Chiluba should stand trial for corruption
… brought a case against the Zambian parliament for lifting his immunity from prosecution. A year earlier, Frederick …
EventKen Oosterbroek is killed
… an intricate personality with a wonderful talent. His untimely death in the crossfire between hostel dwellers …
EventFormer Minister of Public Works, Thoko Didiza, is born
… under President Thabo Mbeki. When Mbeki was ousted from his position as President in 2008, she was one of the ten …
EventJeremy Cronin and British couple are sentenced in the Cape Town Supreme Court
… Town Supreme Court a British journalist, David Rabkin, his wife and a South African lecturer, Jeremy Cronin, were …