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PlaceRiversdale Division, Western Cape
… The Division of Riversdale was originally located on the Eastern boundary of the District of Swellendam, which … in 1745. It was proclaimed a separate…
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… On 23 June 1956 General Gamal Abdel Nasser was officially … to occupying the post-colonial space that invited reliance on Arab values, Arab ideas and Arab…
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
… Guinness Book of Records for mankind’s deepest dive ever on 13 June 2005. Gomes’318.25m plunge beat the record of … have descended below depths of 250m. More…
EventThe battle of Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) marks the continuation of the South African War
… On 11 June, 1900, Boer commandos and British forces clashed … forces met with no resistance when they entered Pretoria on 5 June. Roberts thought that the…
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… to mobilise resistance against apartheid. In Britain on the 24 June 1986, Tambo met with Lynda Chalker, Great … first time in a quest to end apartheid. Chalk…
EventAuthor and playwright Ronald Harwood is born in Cape Town
… Ronald Harwood was born Ronald Horwitz in Cape Town on 9 November 1934. He left Cape Town for London to pursue a career on stage. In London, he received…
EventANC activists bribe warder and escape from prison
… detainees, Harold Wolpe, a listed Communist arrested on the Bechuanaland border, Arthur Goldreich, caught in the … surfaced in Francistown, Bechuanaland…
EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
… ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mandela was arrested on 5 August 1962 near Howick, Natal, after being on the run for seventeen months and was imprisoned…
EventUN Secretary General is killed in a plane crash
… airport, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). Hammarskjold was on his way to meet with President Moise Tshombe of Katanga … that the plane had turned away from a…
EventSir Thomas Cullinan (74), founder of the Premier Mine where the Cullinan diamond was discovered in 1907, dies.
… of 1910. The Cullinan rough was presented to King Edward on his 66th birthday, and the largest pieces would be mounted … the place of 2nd largest cut diamond…
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… of the South African Council of Churches. On 16 April 1981, Tutu was arrested by the South African … was confiscated, barring him from travelling overseas…
EventStudents support the appointment of Archie Mafeje
… 200 students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) embarked on a "sit in" to protest against government intervention that forced the university to rescind on…
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
… Prime Minister H.F. Verwoed to death. A prior attempt on his life since becoming Prime Minister was on the 9 April 1961, at the Rand Easter Show, where he…
EventWinnie Mandela is elected ANCWL president
… of the African National Congress’ Women’s League (ANCWL) on 8 December 1993. The election came just a year after she … been made over the years. The most…
EventSouth Africa is invited to rejoin Commonwealth of Nations
… On 25 October 1993, South Africa was invited to rejoin the … 1994. The move came after prolonged promising talks on constitutional reform between the…
EventWinnie Mandela attacked by a group of people
… the Supreme Court in Cape Town. She blamed the attack on the apartheid government, which, she said, was working … association with well-known criminals…
EventTeboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games
… his own record of 13.07sec that he had set in his heat on the previous night. Mokgalagadi, a cerebral palsy athlete … at the games by also winning the 200m…
EventUS invades Afghanistan
… took place after the destruction of the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001 in New York, United States of America, … the beginning of the United States of…
EventTobacco Products Control Ammendmant Bill passed
… claim that it will damage the economy, and that the ban on tobacco represents an unconditional infringement on the right of free speech. Worst hit by the…
EventSouth Africa observes Armistice Day
… the original name of the day internationally. WWI ended on 11 November 1918 with the guns stopped on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. This is…
EventActress and teacher Wilhelmina Freund is born
… parents, who were South African German immigrants, were on a visit to Germany. On returning to South Africa in 1912, she was appointed as …
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… Nkomati Accord was signed by South Africa and Mozambique on 16 March 1984. The move followed talks between South … their countries to be used as launching…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
… by an overwhelming majority in a referendum held on 2 November 1983. The elections for the Houses of Representatives and Delegates were respectively held on…
EventWife of detained Nigerian president is killed
… On 4 June 1996, Kudirat Abiola the wife of Moshood Abiola, … help in the investigation. In May 1996, she was detained on a charge of false publication as…
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, brothers, Wilbur and … piloted the first flight, lasting only twelve seconds. On the fourth and final flight of the day,…
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… On 26 August 1966, the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia … people against the South African occupation of Namibia. On this date is also commemorated the…
EventThe Federal Congress of the National Party supports a set of constitutional reforms
… Chris Heunis. If enacted, Parliamentary rule, based on the Westminster model, would be replaced by a Presidential … At a United Democratic Front (UDF)…
EventMannetjies Coetzer is killed by a crocodile in the Kunene River
… and his family had gone to the Kunene River in Namibia on a trip that they had planned for three years. The Kunene River is located on the border of Namibia…
EventWiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police
… fully fit as per a medical examination. He was released on Feb 22 1978. Eight days later, the security police … the Riotous Assemblies Act) and were…
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
… of Mineworkers (NUM), a union which is still in operation. On 8 and 9 June 1985 unity talks between CUSA and the Azanian … of Trade Unions (AZACTU), failed…