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EventThe First Draft of the Constitution is published
In January 1995 an advertising campaign was launched to elicit public views on what should be in the Constitution. On 19 September the first consolidated draft…
EventParliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki resigned as president of the Republic South Africa on Sunday 21 September 2008. Parliament convened on Monday 22 September and accepted…
EventSouth African cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born
… 1907 he, in all matches for the South Africans, he scored 1,288 runs and took seventy-three wickets. Probably his two …
ANC National Executive Committee by ANC, December, 2012, 53rd ANC Annual Conference, Mangaung
… Conference in Mangaung December 2012 is: Officials 1. Zuma, Jacob 2. Ramaphosa, Cyril 3. Baleka, Mbete 4. Mantashe, Gwede 5. …
Constitution of the ANC Youth League, 1944
… of the African National Congress and become liable to 2/6d annual subscription of that body. (g) Annual … the C.Y.L. (b) Annual subscription per member shall…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… etc. who paid their own passage to the Natal Colony. 2 October, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is born to Karamchand … Colony. 1888 The Registration of…
PlaceO.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg
The renaming ceremony of the Johannesburg International Airport to O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27, 2006. Oliver…
PlaceVhembe District Municipality
… and is located in, South Africa, with a population of 1 240 035 habitants. The estimate terrain elevation above … Mutale'. It covers 21 407 km2 and the…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… laws. 30 March, The state declared a state of emergency . 1 April, Dr Monty Naicker was one of 2 000 people arrested in dawn raids. Dr Monty Naicker met ……
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… predominantly White areas in the Transvaal and Natal since 1 January 1927 (the date of the Cape Town Agreement). June, … 1941 5 February, Dawood Seedat…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… for the photographic renaissance of that period. [1] The devaluation of utopian ideology in favor of realism … supposedly has an intrinsic relationship to…
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… in order to encourage settlement in the new town, plots of 1 morgen, or approximately 2.1 acres, were offered free to new residents, on the condition …
PlaceRobertson Division
… for the division: 1865 census: 6,155 residents, of whom 2,343 were literate 1875 census: 8,031 residents, of whom 2,096 were literate 1891 census: 11,348…
PlaceCameroon
… independence from France after a series of negotiations on 1 January 1960 [lxiv] . The British parts of Cameroon gained independence on 1 October 1960,…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 2:30 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Comments on site … I do have a few suggestions for…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… of the most publicised guerrilla trials in South Africa. 1 June, The SASOL I fuel plant complex at Sasolburg, fifty … the Anti-Apartheid Movement. 20 March,…
PlaceClanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
… originally formed part of the District of Stellenbosch. On 1 Feb. 1808 the Earl of Caledon , Governor of the Cape Colony … the magistracy of Tulbagh was…
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
Steve Biko was born in King Williams Town and began his political career as the co-founder of the all-black South African Student's Organization (SASO). It was…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… from this commitment, the following was agreed upon: 1. The establishment of a working group to make … merely to organisations which were previously…
Event1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… organiser of the PAC, led a demonstration of between 2 000 and 5 000 supporters into the city, where they were … 1 575 people are detained under a state of…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… 29 Dominion Party 8 Labour Party 4 Native Reps. 3 Vacant 1 Â Smuts 66 Hertzog 38 National Party 29 Dominion 7 Labour … (20), Orange Free State (10) and…
Chapter 2: The Nature and Character of Vigilantes in Kwazulu-Natal
… 2.1 Introduction Before embarking on the nature and character … of democratic forces in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. 27 2.2 The IFP and the Vigilantes By…
PlaceTokai, Cape Town
The Suburb of Tokai took its name from Tokaj, a range of Hills in Hungary. It was built in the late 1940's due to the urgent need for housing for South African…
EventEmily Chinea is the first woman to be officially executed in SA
Emily Chinea became the first woman in the Free State and South Africa to be officially executed after being found guilty of murdering her husband. The Star of…
EventGwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
Two members of the banned liberation movements, Harry Gwala, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and Zephania Mothopeng a member of the Pan…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… Bantu, African newspaper linked to the Chamber or Mines. 1 July, Seretse Khama is born at Serowe, Bechuanaland (now … between the two being strictly…
PlaceFunda Community College
Funda Community College was founded in 1984 in Soweto, Gauteng with the support of private sector funding and built on land which was donated by the Urban…
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
Ceres is the Administrative centre and largest Town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Ceres serves as a…
Joint Communique of the Meeting of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 27 May 1986
During the weekend of 24th to 26th May, 1986, delegations of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce (NAFCOC) and the African National Congress…
PlaceCookhouse, Eastern Cape
The Village of Cookhouse was located on the Farm; 'Roodewal', near a River crossing. It probably derived its name from a small stone structure, over the Great…