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EventSA artist, Daniel Sefundi Rakgoathe is born
… On 25 February 1937, Daniel (D an) Sefundi Rakgoathe was … Randfontein in the then Transvaal province. Rakgoathe went on to be the first full-time student…
EventRobert Mugabe returns to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years
… On 27 January 1980, the Rhodesian nationalist leader Robert … rally of supporters there would be no more injustice based on race and colour. ……
EventStudent Wages Commission meet
… and signed an objection to the Wage Board's latest ruling on the minimum wage, and demanded a minimum wage of R20 per … ignored by the government's Wages…
EventEuropean Community lifts sanctions against SA
… Community lifted its sanctions against South Africa on 4 October 1993. The United Nations only lifted all … when the Security Council adopted Resolution 919…
EventSA signs Nuclear Treaty
… accession to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) on behalf of South Africa. This opened South Africa's nuclear … The nuclear safeguards agreement…
EventUNHRC service is enlisted in repatriation process
… with which Pretoria did not have diplomatic relations. On 7 March, the first batch of the African National Congress (ANC) exiles returned home from Zambia on…
EventThe ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute
… ANC later learned that the Pretoria Minute was not binding on Homelands government. Homelands like Bophutatswana were … the South African government was…
EventUpington 14 are sentenced
… Justice J. Basson handed down death sentences on fourteen Blacks (Upington 14) for the murder of Lucas … who fired at demonstrators attacking his home with…
EventPresident P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.
… On 18 January 1989, P W Botha suffered a mild stroke at the … He was scheduled to meet with Namibian political leaders on 20 January 1989, but could not…
EventBartolomeu Dias enters Luderitz Bay
… weeks along the arid Namibia coast of south west Africa. On the same day exactly 10 years later, on 25 December 1497, Dias's compatriot Vasco da Gama gave…
EventBrett Kebble is shot dead
… was ambushed in Melrose, Johannesburg, at around 21:00 on his way to a dinner engagement. Andile Nkuhlu, Kebble's … a callous, premeditated crime. His car…
EventBavumile Vilakazi dies
… Vilakazi, died of a heart attack in Kampala. He was on his way back from the airport to fetch Deputy President … Zuma. Vilakazi was the first mayor of the…
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
… from the United Nations to aid tsunami victims in Somalia on 30 January. This was the first humanitarian relief from … About 54 000 people were affected by…
EventUN approves embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea
… http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1525037,00.html …
EventErnie Els wins the Nedbank Golf Tournament
… Dollar Golf Tournament for the first time in his career on home soil since he turned pro in 1989. The Million Dollar … the top five of the official World…
EventBrian Duddy dies
… when the bomb was detonated. Duddy spent several days on a life support machine, while his colleague, Fanie … who had lost two legs, died at the Somersault…
EventSeretse Khama is born
… Sir Seretse Khama was born on 1 July 1921 in Serowe in the British Protectorate of … in Southern Africa. He served as president until his death on July 13,…
EventEducationist Godfrey Nakene is born
… from University of Witwatersrand. He died in January 1983 on his farm Kameelrivier in Groblersdal district. The … campus) bestowed a Doctorate in education…
EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
… Mpanza was the only member of the Orlando Advisory Board on which the Communist Party was not represented. Mpanza himself had been on both sides of the law:…
10th Annual Oral History Conference
… Delegates at the conference will focus their deliberations on the Land Act and its impact on communities and the country at large. …
EventSA Artist, Andries Johannes Botha, is born in Durban
… Andries Johannes Botha was born on 22 September 1952 in Durban. He studied Fine Arts at the University Of KwaZulu-Natal and later went on to teach the…
EventThe Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government’s announcement concerning reclamation of the Ingwavuma region
… of the Ingwavuma region, KwaZulu. The cancelation was done on the grounds that the government did not meet its legal … Ingwavuma under government control…
EventJohannes Kerkorrel, Afrikaans singer and songwriter, is born in Johannesburg
… and groundbreaking songwriter born in Johannesburg, on 27 March 1960. He started singing in the late 1980s while … as a result, his albums were banned…
EventEmmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer, is born
… Emmanuel Frimpong was born on 10 January 1992 in Kumasi, Ghana. He moved to England at a … them since. He is currently playing for Charlton Athletic on loan…
EventFour black newspapers are banned by the SA government
… Sunday Post and the Sowetan, were banned, technically on the same day that the eight week strike of black … Court, Justice Coetzee, refused to lift the…
ArchiveThe National situation, an address delivered at the Edendale Conference of the All African Convention
… year, namely; The first, the Treason Trial, which began on 5 December 1956 where 156 people were arrested in a … as an instrument for fighting herronvolkism…
EventLife magazine is banned in Egypt after publishing an unflattering article about King Farouk
… government considered it an insult to their country. On 10 May, the Egyptian government banned the magazine from their country forever and confiscated all…
EventThe ANC unveils its proposed constitutional principles
… On 12 April 1991, the African National Congress (ANC) made … for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), which began on 21 December 1991 at the World Trade…
PlaceLittle Chelsea, 18 Windermere Road, Durban
… for L Evans, for use as a shop, dining room and kitchen on the ground floor. From CBD take Filed Street north, … was declared a National Monument under old…
PlaceStasiegebou, Sannaspos
… of the nineteenth Century. During the Battle of Sannaspos on 31 March 1900 the Building provided shelter for the Q … was declared a National Monument under…