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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 …
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… people are weak and effeminate, as stated by Mr. Morris in his History of India, and cannot, consequently, stand … cases that may come before the court at…
PlaceInkamana High School, Vryheid
… advancement but also as a trust and responsibility to work for the good of their fellow men. As A Benedictine … We pray with and for one another. We…
PlaceSlave Church Museum
… anentrance fee. The church depicts the history of mission work undertaken by South Africans. It also displays church … panels, which showcases the church’s…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… to be professionally Sub-Divided before they could pass to his Heirs. The official Document was signed by then State … to erect Beacons ‘according to law’…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… poor whites. In 1913 Kakamas officially became a state work colony. [18] In 1921 the Kakamas water scheme already provided land, food and work for 3000…
EventDale Steyn retires from Test cricket
… August 2019, Dale Steyn South African cricketer announced his retirement from the Test format. He made his Test debut against England in December 2004. In…
PlacePaarden Eiland
… delays with CIPRO and SARS, the CID officially began its work in March 2006. The history of the association of … Working closely with the City Council, PEMA…
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. …
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… he was one of the architects of the Union of South Africa. His vision of South Africa included both British and Dutch. …
EventAmy Mollison sets a new world record when she flies from England to Cape Town in 3 days 6 hours and 26 minutes
… who dived into the water to try and rescue her also lost his life in the process. …
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… the Great Fish River but was forced to turn back home by his crew. It was on this homewards journey that he reached …
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… was kidnapped by unknown assailants and brutally murdered. His body was later found at a rubbish dump in the nearby …
EventJan van Riebeeck, the first Dutch governor of the Cape Colony, dies
… landed in three ships, with 82 men and 8 women, including his wife Maria de la Quellerie. He landed two ships (The …