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ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 19 May 1983, Volume 74 and Volume 75
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 17 and 18 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of …
EventSouth Africa win the most medals at the 7th All African Games
… 7th All Africa Games, which opened on 9 September 1999. By 18 September South Africa had gained the most medals on the … [online] Available at: www.aag.org…
EventA Zairian aircraft crashes in Angola, killing 141 people.
… On 18 December 1995, a Lockheed L-188C Electra plane owned by …
EventGeorge Walker, co-discoverer with George Harrison of the gold reef of the Witwatersrand, dies in poverty in Krugersdorp.
… of events was supported by evidence. Walker died on 18 September 1924 in Krugersdorp. With his claims disputed, …
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
Assembly on 29 April 1981, voters returned the National Party (NP) to power, albeit with a reduced majority in the House of Assembly compared to previous…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… accompanied them to Robben Island, where Mandela had spent 18 years in prison. …
EventHealth officials launch an intensive campaign to find the origins of an outbreak of Ebola fever in Uganda.
… Republic of the Congo, where it was first found. On 18 October 2000 Scientists launched a campaign to find the …
PlaceBenin
… . University of Pennslyvania website [online. accessed 18 June, 2009] Facts About the Republic of Benin: Official … . University of Pennslyvania website …
EventRiaan Cruywagen was born on this day
… Online:http://whoswho.co.za/riaan-cruywagen-5903 (18 May 2017). ↵ …
EventNelson Mandela is buried in the Eastern Cape
… He was born in Mvezo village near Mthatha, Eastern Cape on 18 July 1918. On 15 December 2013, Mandela was buried in Qunu …
PlaceKwaMhlanga
KwaMhlanga is a town in Mpumalanga near Pretoria and is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled here in the early 18th century. This town…
PlaceInn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
Inn On The Square is located on Greenmarket Square which was a meeting place of Caledonians and distant travellers centuries ago. In 1834, this square was the…
EventSouth African black activist and poet Benjamin Moloise is hanged for allegedly killing a police officer
… Benjamin Moloise was executed by apartheid government on 18 October 1985. Moloise was accused of murdering a black …
EventThe first regular jet flight leaves London for Johannesburg
… with 36 passengers on board. It arrived in Johannesburg 18 hours later. The London-Johannesburg route therefore …
EventPresident P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.
… On 18 January 1989, P W Botha suffered a mild stroke at the age …
EventEmily Hobhouse reports on her findings regarding concentration camps during the Second Anglo Boer War
… that more than 27 000 people in White camps and more than 18 000 inhabitants of Black camps had died in captivity …
EventPolitical activist Mvulane Zacharia Bheki dies in detention
… Bheki Zacharia Mvulane, an 18 year old political activist was arrested with eight others …
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… the course of the Inter War Years the regulations of the 1902 Location Act were expanded to create a more formal … course of the inter World War years the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… Burundi for having failed their people and all of Africa. 18-20 February, The ANC holds a National Executive Committee … to those who need it, for all people…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… in Alexandra Township and other areas on the Reef, killing 18 and wounding 30 people. May, Dadoo calls for a broad … disobedience and general strikes against…
EventOlive Shisana is born
… http://prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=340099 (18 May 2017). ↵ [2] Olive Shisana Biography, Available … (18 May 2017). ↵ [3] Olive Shisana and…
EventThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement hosts a Concert for Mandela
… to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela on his 70th birthday on 18 July. Peter Gabriel delivered his anti-apartheid anthem …
EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
… Republic of Zimbabwe. He was officially inaugurated on 18 April of the same year. Banana held the largely ceremonial … Available at africanhistory.about.com …
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… is connected to racism, repression and violence. [18] It was, after all, the medium through which the Apartheid … African Political Organisation] . The APO ?…
The First South African side to play in the sub-continent: Boer Prisoners of War in 1901 (Part 1 of 2) by Arunabha Sengupta (Cricket Country), 12 October 2015
… was a scratch golfer and marksman. He was barely 18 when the Boer War started, and later, played for Orange … State, he was to dominate the New Year Boer…
Message by Albert Luthuli to Asian-African Conference, 7 April 1955, Bandung
… that the deliberations at Bandung, Indonesia, on April 18 will present the point of view of the African and Asian …
PlaceHoly Cross Mission & Hospital, Eastern Cape
… part of Lusikisiki and Bizana with a Population of about 18,000. Holy Cross Hospital is a Provincial Hospital, and …
EventFormer Springbok captain Bobby Skinstad is born
… Human & Rousseau. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=18&set_id=6&art_id=vn20070601101326934C635499 …
EventConstable Vlotman is given a R500 fine and a five year suspension sentence
… On 18 January 1987, Constable Vlotman a member of the South … Available at www.nelsonmandela.or.za [Accessed on 18 November 2010] …
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… age of 10 after her grandfather was beaten by police. By 18, she was a branch chairman of the ANC and spent her life …