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EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… ANC in 1990, he was among the first ANC leaders to return from exile. After the first democratic elections in 1994, … BBC News, "South Africa's President…
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… were unsuccessful; and, apprehension of absentees from the Union Defence Force (UDF). Duties like the … Political History: a chronology of key political…
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… 25 years of the founding of the United Democratic Front’ from Nelson Mandela Foundation [online] Available at …
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… projects which was later known as Information Scandal. From Ecuador Rhoodie proceeded to Great Britain where he …
EventThe last passenger boat of the Union Castle line, the Windsor Castle, leaves Table Bay
… would leave Cape Town bound for Southampton. The voyage from Southampton took a mere 10 days, and continued on to …
EventBiafra, a Nigerian Province is recognised by Tanzania
… On 30 May 1967, Biafra declared itself independent from Nigeria. This region comprised roughly the south-eastern …
EventDr. Margaret Roach ‘Killie’ Campbell, collector of Africana, dies in Durban
… for much research, and she was awarded honorary degrees from the University of Natal and the University of the …
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk rings in cabinet changes
… that the co-option of discredited and discarded figures from the existing parliament was not non-racialism and the … C.S., (1989), South African Leader…
EventReport on ANC detention camps is released
… evidence of brutality and torture to extract confessions from alleged South African spies and other detainees. The … commission implicates ANC in torture …
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… of a letter titled the Question of South Africa from the Charge D'affaires of the permanent mission of …
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… region of Lower Giuba, while the USC was operating from central regions and in Mogadishu. These clashes resulted … Bobby-Evans, A., This day in African…
EventNelson Mandela is free
… On this day, Nelson Mandela was released unconditionally from prison after 27 years. Accompanied by his then-wife …
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… penalties were later commuted to prison sentences, ranging from twenty-five years to life. Reprieve came in 1991 when … Coetzer D. (n.d.), ‘Theresa…
EventSusanna Kok, SA medical missionary whose work led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, dies
… skin disease similar to leprosy known as the Mkar disease. From 1968 onwards, Kok published a number of works in which …
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… occupied. This led to the renaming of the principal port from Port Natal to Durban. D'Urban was fairly popular amongst … of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sir…
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… gained international infamy as a maximum security prison. From 1961 to 1991 over 3000 political prisoners were …
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… number of his subjects. However, at the same time, Arabs from Mozambique had begun to defame the missionary - a plot … Catholic Online," Ven. Goncalo da…
EventClampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins
… Representatives of the diamond industry and government, from more than thirty countries agree to certify all …
EventStampede kills twelve people in Harare
… and people tried to run towards the exits to get away from the noxious fumes. On 19 July 2000, the commission, … BBC News, (2000), Zimbabwe football riot…
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
… Corporation in terms of revenue streams derived from advertising. This act also demonstrated the government's …
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… final break-down of protracted negotiations which resulted from the SABC's demands for a drastic reduction in its annual … Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau. |Who's…
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the ruthless methods employed by the South African … time, for refusing to carry Obligatory ID Card in…
PlaceReitz
… town in the Orange Free State province, Reitz is 51km from Bethlehem. At an altitude of 1622 metres, Reitz has an …
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… and Jenny Fitzgerald, both of whom were originally from Ireland. James Fitzpatrick served as a Supreme Court … Political and Cultural Identity of Sir Percy…
EventPresident. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency
… his ruling National Party. The release of Nelson Mandela from prison and the unbanning of the African National …
Cutting Through The Mountain
… a 'history-in-the-round' of the last sixty years, as seen from a particular perspective. The individual interviews …
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
… References: abitabout.com, 2011. ‘Augustine Makalakalane’from a Bit About [online] Available at …
PlaceOld Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
… Visit the Old Court House Museum, just a stone’s throw from the City Hall, where the background and development of …
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… Westminster Central Hall in 1946. Nearly 2000 delegates from 51 countries were present for the historic occasion. The … digital archives (1946) ‘First UN…
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… aptly named Encephalartos eugene-maraisii after Marais. From an early age Marais is said to have been addicted to … Pinnock, D., ‘Worker in a science yet…