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EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… providing for Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (the Call of South Africa) and Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (God bless Africa) to become the combined national anthem of the…
EventGeneral Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister
… Nations General Assembly decided by 67 votes to 1 (South Africa) with 20 abstentions, to censure the Foreign Minister of South Africa Eric Louw for his…
EventLord Milner leaves England to return to SA
… role in causing the South African War returned to South Africa to become British administrator for the Orange Free … War. Milner was also tasked with…
ArticleKora
… speak Dutch, ride and shoot. External links: 1. South Africa West Coast History: The Forgotten People from … section on 'raiding'. 3. Hunters and herders…
Sechaba
… from the organisation's perspective, for freedom in South Africa and for the freedom of South Africa - freedom from racial discrimination, from legislation ……
EventAfrican-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe. is denied a visa by the South African Government
… tennis player, Arthur Ashe, to visit South Africa to take part in the national championships to be held … April. Arthur Ashe campaigned against apartheid in…
EventPius Langa is born
… appointed as Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He became deputy president of the Court in August … 1997. He was appointed Deputy Chief…
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
… Ashwell Prince was appointed as South Africa's first Black Test cricket captain to lead the Protea … in Sri Lanka. This announcement was made by Cricket…
PlaceBotshabelo
… the most important station of the Berlin Society in South Africa. Here were established a school, seminary, workshops, … converts in the region. The Berlin…
EventCourt approves same-sex couple's right to marry
… in court, based on the equal rights provision in South Africa's constitution. After a long legal battle the Supreme … amend existing legislation within a…
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
… The Union Buildings are considered South Africa's Architectural Masterpiece! Designed and built by … houses the Administrative offices of the Union of South…
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… government, the African National Congress (ANC), the South Africa Communist Party (SACP) and other liberation movements. … and withdrew from the Congress for…
ArchiveThe migrant labour system
… 'homelands' or 'reserves' as part of the Union of South Africa, hence employment seekers travelling outside of the … had already secured employment within…
Decolonising African Museums - What does it mean?
… The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) presents a talk by Emery Patrick Effiboley, … Research Fellow, Centre for the Creative Arts of Africa/Wits Art…
EventDjibouti, France’s last colony, gains independence
… Djibouti is a very small country located on the horn of Africa. It is so small that it has an estimated population of less than a million, one of the least…
EventSA withdraws from the International Labour Organisation
… (ILO) voted in favour of the suspension of South Africa from its Annual General Conferences. The ILO objected to South Africa's system of racial…
EventSA signs Nuclear Treaty
… Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) on behalf of South Africa. This opened South Africa's nuclear facilities for inspection. South Africa became the first…
EventJan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, is born
… (DEIC) , van Riebeeck landed at the southern tip of Africa on 6 April 1652 in order to create a settlement for the DEIC. His arrival therefore opened South…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… At the start of the 20th century South Africa faced a poor white epidemic. The state justified … not willing to fulfil these demands. The Union of South…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… museum, a poignant reminder to the newly democratic South Africa of the price paid for freedom.- more info The prison … in 1997. In 1652, during the Dutch…
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew'
… in Pretoria and Bloemfontein, as part of a plan to remove all restrictions. The '72-hour curfew' imposed on visiting …
Telegram to Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic by Oliver Tambo, 27 May 1967
… African National Congress of South Africa expresses full support and solidarity with United Arab … and a springboard to threaten peace in the Middle East,…
ArchivePromise of hope
… crying; text: What is needed by the black people of South Africa is not sticking plaster; but the promise of hope for … in the wealth they have helped to…
EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
… Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. Here South Africa played its first…
EventArchbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal
… Black Archbishop of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa in Cape Town (thereby leader of the Anglican Church in South Africa), was born in…
EventKoeberg becomes operational
… at Koeberg, the only commercial nuclear power station in Africa, became operational on this date. On 21 August 1984, the French contractor turned Koeberg-1…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… establishment of the “Constellation of States” for South Africa's different races. The constellation of states would include South Africa's neighbours and…
EventSalman Rushdie’s visit is still on
… public lecture from the Islamic Council of Southern Africa, the Weekly Mail (now Mail and Guardian) announces … governments and other governments such as…
EventPresident Yasser Arafat arrives in SA
… arrived in Cape Town on his first state visit to South Africa at the invitation of President Nelson Mandela. The … 1995. Arafat's visit raised controversy…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… is among the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its Black citizens; this was carried out in terms … was the homeland of the Swazi people…