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EventDie Burger publishes the term 'Apartheid' for the first time
… On 26 March 1942, an article was published by an Afrikaner …
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… activist and went into exile with her husband in 1964 for 26 years. She returned to South African in 1990 and worked …
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… to boycott the first democratic elections scheduled for 26 to 28 April, the IFP agreed to provisionally register for …
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… township in the southern Gauteng (then Transvaal) area, on 26 March 1990. After F.W de Klerk gave instructions for an …
EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
… of a refreshment station at the Cape was possible. On 26 July 1649, Janszen, together with Matthijs Proot, handed …
EventDiscovery of the wreck of passenger liner SS Waratah
… On 26 July 1909, the SS Waratah, with 211 passengers and crew …
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
… 1936, three years before the outbreak of World War II. On 26 June 1945, delegates from fifty countries met in San …
EventEmily Hobhouse receives a reply to her request to be included in the Ladies Commission
… On 26 July 1901 Emily Hobhouse wrote a second letter to St John …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… in India and meets Annie Besant in Calcutta. February 26, Settles down to practice in Rajkot. March 31, Writes to … Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act (TARA)…
ArchiveThe All-African Convention: The Awakening of The People by I.B. Tabata
… of a threat to white domination." His book records how in 1943 the All-African Convention issued a call for a still …
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… Natal) Restriction Act also known as the Pegging Act of 1943 was passed. In Natal, as was the case in the Transvaal, …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… 23 November, A police convoy is ambushed in Pondoland. 26 November, A week of violence continues in which it is … Commonwealth States to lobby for expulsion…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… Leader Of African Liberation Movement." January 26, Dadoo issues a statement on behalf of the SACP for the … May 19, Moses Kotane passes away in Moscow…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… Indian labourers arrives in Durban on board the Truro . 26 November, the second batch of 310 indentured Indian … repatriation of time-expired indentured…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Glossary
… . John. "Adolf Hitler." Encyclopedia Britannica, April 26, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler. …
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… should be suspended and elections held for new leaders. 1943 June: ANC officials authorise Xuma to take control of … foundation of economic exploitation’ …
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… following Mandela’s enrollment at Fort Hare Unversity in 1943 when he found himself particularly close to communists, … initiative of the SACP, inspired by…
ArticleThe Western Front
… Battle of Mons 23 August 1914 Battle of Le Cateau 26 August 1914 Battle of the Marne 6 September 1914: The …
ArticleTransport in the air
… flight took place in such a balloon. It went as high as 26 metres and just over 8 km far. The problem with these hot …
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… uttered those words in German near the Berlin Wall on June 26, 1963. The phrase had been translated for him by a …
The War
… and dysentery resulted in 1 in every 5 children dying. 26 370 white women and children died in the concentration …
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… was the general secretary of the SACP, gave a speech on 26 July 1981 in Luanda to mark the 60th anniversary of the … was of great concern to the South…
PlaceWrensch House, 77 Lower Wrench Road, Observatory
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 June 1981. The House stands on a property once called …
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… he resided here for less than a month, and on 26 March 1902 he died in the house. It remained in the …
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… Artist George Msimang was born on 26 October 1948 in Durban. Msimang's interest in art began at …
EventP.W. Botha and Kenneth Kaunda in a historic meeting
… between Prime Minister B.J. Vorster and Kaunda on 25-26 August 1976. The two leaders were together for nearly four …
EventCruel murder of Dora Bloch
… 139 (an Air France A-300B Airbus, hijacked from Athens on 26 June) was reported as still missing. Bloch, a 74-year-old …
EventEgyptian and Israeli forces in fierce fights
… From 6 to 26 October 1973 Israel and a coalition of Arab nations led by …
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… in Cambridge, where he became a teacher and fellow. On 26 October 1813, Fallows was appointed to be the principal …
EventLiberia is established
… On 26 July 1847 the Liberian Declaration of Independence was …