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A Walk in the Night
… On 1 December 1834, the enslaved people of the Cape were … Day “Walk in the Night” will once again take place on the eve of this jubilant day with…
PlaceOrkney, North West Province
… primarily for, its gold mining opportunities, and lies on the banks of the Vaal River . Although a relatively quiet … International Airport . The Town was…
PlaceBreakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 December 1970. The Breakwater Prison was constructed in 1860 to house British convicts…
EventNatal is formally separated from the Cape Colony
… On 15 July 1856, Natal Colony (now known as Kwazulu Natal) … as Griqualand East. In 1884, Natal occupied Port St Johns on the same day that the Cape…
PlaceGazebo, Civic Square
… in 1932 to Bulawayo Municipal Council for £25 and used on pioneer and other anniversaries, the last occasion being in 1950 on Bulawayo’s 60th anniversary…
EventSA is banned from the Olympic Games
… SA had undertaken to send a multiracial team, selected on merit, to the next Olympic Games. On strength of this report, SA was invited to the 1968 games ……
EventUN Security Council urges SA government to end Rivonia Trial
… On June 9, 1964, just two days before the final verdict was … Another reason why the British Government was keen on getting the US involved in the South…
EventThe United Arab Republic is proclaimed by Egypt, Iraq, and Syria
… to engage in this initiative were Syria and Egypt on 22 February 1958. The agreement was signed by presidents … red-white-and-black stripes, with two green…
EventViolence erupts in Paarl
… Mayezana Mali was shot by the South African Police (SAP) on the following day. Mali was shot in the head and chest … of a group of Pan Africanist Congress …
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… in history search archive The Liquor Act, which was passed on 23 June 1927, prohibited Africans and Indians from serving … about 3000 Indians who worked in…
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… On 18 February 1960, South African Police (SAP) detectives … the accused, addressed a SACTU meeting in Port Elizabeth on 13 November 1955. According to Fani…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… sorghum beer, or utshwala. The riots in Cato Manor began on 17 June 1959, when a demonstration of African women forced … *Please note that some sources claim…
EventANC adopts the Programme of Action
… liberation movement. The Programme of Action called on the ANC to embark on mass action, involving civil disobedience, strikes, … Trade Unions and the…
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… On 10 November 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second … of the South African Corps of Military Police (established on 1 November 1938 as a unit of…
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… Campaign (as decided upon at the earlier meeting of 7 May) on 1 August 1939. The campaign was in response to the South … Natal resulting in police brutality…
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… On 26 October 1938, Richard Goldstone,a well-known figure in … July 1991 and the 1994 general election. He then went on to serve as a judge of the…
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… Andries Gerhardus Visser was born on 1 March 1878 on the farm Zaaifontein, in the district of Fraserburg, South … authors who lived before 1930. Visser…
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
… new tricameral constitution was passed by 119 to 35 votes on 31 August 1983 and signed into law by State President … implementing the constitution. In the…
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… Idi Amin Dada Oumee fled Uganda on 29 March 1979* first to Libya and eventually to Saudi … rank of commander of the Armed Forces. Amin seized power on the 25…
EventNelson Mandela is free
… On this day, Nelson Mandela was released unconditionally from … prison (later renamed Drakenstein Correctional Centre) on the outskirts of Paarl and was…
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… On 11 July 1988, Duma Khumalo, Oupa "Scotch" Diniso, Ja-ja … Dlamini, who was beaten and burnt to death by an angry mob on 3 September 1984. They faced…
EventSir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor and founder of tropical medicine is born
… On 3 October 1844, Sir Patrick Manson was born in Oldmeldrum … after he proved Manson's theory. Manson continued to teach on his return from his contract in…
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom
… was born in the Graaff Reinet district in the Cape Colony on the 19th of December 1792. He was the second child of … to settle in the region. At a…
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… tributary of the Zambezi. He arrived in Monomotapa on 26 December 1560, and remained there until his death. … was strangled to death in his hut, by order of…
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… Airport in New York. Pam Hearne, the owner of the house on which the leg fell, said she heard something hitting the … Upon her arrival in the backyard she…
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal … was upgraded as a full-fledged and autonomous university on 10 October 1930, having been a university…
EventChina promises to increase imports from Africa
… to being the premier trading partner of many countries on the African continent. Coupled with this is an undertaking … of Africa does not possess the…
EventBeginning of the Anglo-Zulu War, 10 January 1879
… more of a threat to peace and prosperity in South Africa. On 11 December 1878, under the flimsy pretext of a few minor … invasion of Zululand began after the…
EventThe peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) are called off
… members. Buthelezi accused the ANC of putting the country on the brink of civil war and of aiming to wreck the … 1992 tensions between the ANC and its…
EventScores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters
… On 26 March 1953, close to 100 people were killed and scores … Kikuyu dead.The massacre followed the eruption of violence on 20 October 1952 as the Mau Mau…