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EventTsafendas, murderer of South African Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies
… spent 28 years on death row. During the last five years of his life he was kept in a psychiatric ward for infirm men . …
EventMbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate
… Click here to read President Thabo Mbeki's speech during his awarding of an Honorary Doctorate. …
EventMcBride is conditionally released from prison
… to Mozambique for an appeal hearing in December. Upon his release, he claimed that he had been arrested while …
EventPresident Yasser Arafat arrives in SA
… president, Yasser Arafat, arrived in Cape Town on his first state visit to South Africa at the invitation of …
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… Party members, F.H.P. Creswell and Thomas Boydell to his Cabinet. …
EventPrince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War
… "Fate", bolted and the prince, in attempting to mount his fleeing horse tripped and fell and was speared to death. …
EventBotha’s Pass in Natal is under attack by General Buller’s forces
… battle the Republican forces were in retreat, defeated. His troops relieved British forces at Ladysmith in Natal on …
EventPaul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument
… to be of poor quality. The house, which Kruger shared with his second wife, Gezina, was declared a national monument on …
EventAaron Mokoena, SA footballer is born in Boipatong
… was born on 25 November 1980 in Boipatong Johannesburg. In his early career, he played for local teams such as Jomo …
EventManne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape, is born in Kimberley
… In 1994, Dipico became Premier of the Northern Cape. His tenure ended in 2004. He is now the Provincial Chair of …
EventSiyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 &
… 2 December 1977 in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal. Nomvete began his professional soccer career in lower league clubs in …
EventThe condition of Edwin Smith, the youngest baby in SA to undergo open-heart surgery, improves
… According to the hospital, the boy turned blue as soon as his mother delivered him. During the three-hour long …
PlaceMtubatuba
… District Municipality in 2000, as part of post-apartheid restructuring. Mtubatuba Local Municipality is one …
PlaceOld Durban Brook Street Cemetery
… at Brook Street Cemetery include Thomas Baines and anti-apartheid activist Rick Turner, assassinated in 1978. Known …
PlaceHammarsdale, KZN
… IFP and ANC were originally allies in the fight against apartheid, but the IFP’s ardent nationalism soon proved to be …
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
… town is also associated with political unrest during the apartheid era. Inextricably linked with Bisho - the two are …
PlaceSol Plaatje University
… first of two new universities to be established in post-apartheid South Africa . It is also the first university to … first of two new universities to be…
EventA 19 year old Mzwandile Kekana is testifying at the trial of 14 Cookhouse people charged with murdering a teacher.
… not see who killed Mr Mnyalatyo, but he saw injuries on his head. They were distracted from killing Mr Kekana, who …
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
… He occupied leadership positions in the exiled ANC until his early death in 1978 …
EventGeneral Secretary of the ANC, journalist and writer, Solomon Plaatje dies
… (ANC). Plaatjie’s contributions to literature include his translation of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, Julius …
Zindzi Mandela is born
… African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela and his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was born in a year …
EventPolitical activist Mohammed Shaik is born
… and was involved in sabotage operations until 1988. His main targets were government buildings, economic …
EventC.J. Langenhoven dies in Oudtshoorn
… Stem van Suid-Afrika (The Call of South Africa), died at his home 'Arbeidsgenot' in Oudtshoorn. Die Stem, and its …
EventTrade Unionists convicted of kidnapping and assault
… years was imposed. Naidoo, Secretary-General of COSATU, his deputy Mufamadi and Mayekiso, Secretary-General of the …
EventUS opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process
… In his address to the senate foreign relations committee, United …
EventP. W. Botha grants reprieve to the “Sharpeville Six”
… Sharpeville in September 1984. Botha's reprieve came after his initial decline in 1986,citing that he would be …
EventDr Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa Chief Minister, dies
… of the Lebowa Homeland, a position he held from 1973 till his death in 1987. Phatudi suffered from diabetes and …
EventFirst formal school opens at the Cape
… Jan van Riebeeck, commander at the Cape, wrote in his diary that a school for slaves has been started. …
EventMorgan Tsvangirai is cleared of Treason charges
… political consultant Ari Ben-Menashe. After the verdict his supporters cheered and danced outside the court, though …
EventSA athlete Ernst van Dyk is hard done by at Paralympic games
… on the outside and cut the South African off, forcing his left wheel off the ground. As a result Van Dyk's manager …