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EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… Another National Party member Roelof Meyer said his party's withdrawal from the Government of National Unity …
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… of instruction in all primary schools up to standard IV. His proposal was unanimously adopted by three provinces but …
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… on route to Potchefstroom military camp from Johannesburg. His driver did not stop at a roadblock set up for the Foster …
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… changed to African National Congress (ANC). Throughout his political career, Dube strived to promote peace between …
EventStruggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island
… boats capsized and Makana, while marshalling and urging his men to swim to shore, drowned. Only four of the prisoners …
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… Black rugby player to captain the Springboks. In 2010, his reputation was tainted when he was suspended following a …
Descom Bulletin
… under the custody of the security police. It was after his death that with the increase of political prisoners that …
EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… by the Comrades Marathon Association in recognition of his contribution to the Comrades Marathon. …
EventEthnic violence in Rwandan capital Kigali is spreads throughout the country
… president, Juvénal Habyarimana. Habyarimana died when his plane was shot down as it was landing in Kigali. It was …
EventPhambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born
… structures following Steve Biko’s death. Ntloko completed his Matric while in prison, and was released in 1983. He …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… were assassinated. Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and his Burundian counterpart Cyprian Ntayamira were among 10 …
EventTwenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death for the Lari massacre in Kenya
… Mau Mau protested the arrest of Jomo Kenyatta and five of his comrades. Approximately 74 people were killed and 50 …
“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
… occupational ‘integrity’ of its members’ jobs in service work. As black workers moved into these front-line jobs, NUDW …
PlaceMossel Bay, (400 km From Cape Town)
… Gama returned to Portugal and was handsomely rewarded for His voyage was an extra ordinary maritime achievement, if one considered the small size of his…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… Decades ago writer; Athol Fugard chose Nieu Bethesda as his inspirational home where many of his world-famous plays were written. On 6 August 1901, during …
ANC statement on incident at Luthuli House, 29 February 2008
… the identity of the individual and possible reasons for his actions. …
PlaceConcordia
… news of this debacle eventually reached Kitchener's HQ, his Director of Intelligence described it as "the most …
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)’s Central Committee. In his meeting with Gorbachev, Tambo was accompanied by Thabo …
EventA Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board
… "the error in judgment by the pilot of ADK 096 continuing his turn heading to 330 M to avoid TIX 185” …
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… Abebe hadn't fully recovered from the surgery and limped his way down the stairs. However, the reception Abebe …
EventHosni Mubarak, President of Egypt is born
… East and is a close ally of the United States. Among his most prominent accomplishments is maintaining stability …
EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… conference, ANC president Nelson Mandela indicates that his organisation will not insist on elections in 1993 if …
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
… Vorster Prison after spending 27 years in the gaol. After his release he toured extensively outside and within the …
EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
… mysteriously died in a plane crash in South Africa, met his South African counterpart P.W. Botha at Songo, in Tete …
EventNkuma and Mahlalela sentenced to death
… field, poured petrol over him and placed a tyre around his body before setting him alight. Despite the fact that the …
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… were released after Judge K van Dijkhorst delivered his judgment. The judge released them on the grounds that …
EventThe ‘Hospital and Lunatic Asylum’, the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, is opened
… retired in 1845, and practiced medicine in Wynberg until his death in 1864. …
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… of the 1838 battle and Zulu culture in general. In his address, Mtshali expressed the view that the proper …
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… of Sifiso Nkabinde, who had been expelled by the ANC for his involvement in the very violence under discussion. This …
EventThe Second General Election is held in the Union of SA
… Louis Botha again became prime minister, but many of his followers voted for the new party under General J.B.M. …