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EventDr. Dadoo and Naicker lead Passive Resisters
… complete hartal, that is, a day of mourning or protest on which all the shops were shut and no-one went to work or … Resisters, including seven women,…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… On retiring as prime minister after twelve years in office, … resigned from his position in disgrace. Ill health and the on-going exposure of the …
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… its decision to invite the South African cricket team on tour. This was as a result of the reaction caused by the … Cricket Council subsequently withdrew the…
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… 1967. The Rhodesian authorities closed Operation NICKEL on 8 September 1967, as they were satisfied that all the … here to read Nicole (Nicky) Van Driel's…
EventANC stage marches in major cities
… seen as another way of the ANC trying to establish itself on grassroots level, thus positioning itself amongst its … in order to avoid releasing known…
EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… their respective homes or magisterial districts from 6pm on 21 September to 6am on 3 October. Many trade unionists were detained during the …
EventFormer Student Representative Council (SRC) Vice-President shot by Police
… Transkei government, Batandwa Ndondo, was shot by police on the outskirts of Cala, Transkei. Ndondo became one of the forty-nine victims on the list compiled…
EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
… On 23 June 1792, Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan … or farmers who had been given land independent of the VOC, on how to better earn a living. However…
EventThe Santo Alberto is wrecked
… The Portuguese cargo ship Santo Alberto was wrecked on the coast of Pondoland, south-west of the mouth of the … who tried to cross overland to Sofala, twenty…
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
… in the occurrence. Mosimane appeared before the committee on two charges, one of bringing the PSL into disrepute and … the normal flow of play during the…
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
… The live Webcast in English and French featured on the United Nations Web site, which also made available the … Thabo Mbeki, who delivered his five minute…
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… whose term of office had expired. He assumed his duties on 1 January 1997. After accepting office, Annan, speaking as … Annan will be succeeded by South…
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… The South African National Assembly passes the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act. The law allows women to terminate pregnancies on request within…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… he published his only and much acclaimed book Blame Me on History, which was in many ways similar to Can Themba's … for Sophiatown (destroyed in the late…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… On 5 September 1909, a tireless fighter for national and … liberation, socialism, non-racialism and internationalism. On 19 September 1983, Dadoo died while…
EventAlbert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
… call the Annus Mirabilis Papers. In one of the four papers on mass-energy equivalence, Einstein deduced from his equations on special relativity what has…
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies in the city on 9 July 1893. Cato was born in London, England in 1814. He … densely populated area thrust…
EventThe historic Tana Baru Muslim cemetery is forced to close
… for a Muslim cemetery - Tana Baru - to Frans van Bengalen on October 02, 1805. Despite its closure, the Tana Baru, … Tuan Nuruman, Tuan Sayeed Alawse and…
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… of the Transvaal revoked. These attempts did not work. So on 8 December 1880 between 8 000 and 10 000 Boers gathered at … (Paul Kruger, Piet Joubert and M. W…
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… in the Eastern Cape. She died in Wynberg, Cape Town, on 10 December 1920. The Department of Tourism in the Eastern … From Man to Man. So Then There Are…
EventShaba War in Zaire comes to an end
… The first Shaba war (also referred to as Shaba I) broke out on 8 March 1977 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when … Mobutu were thwarted when he was…
EventJazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg
… On 28 January 2013 Victor Mhleli Ntoni died of heart attack, after he was admitted to hospital on Thursday due to persistent cough. The famous jazz bass … …
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… On 31 July 1969 Albertina Sisulu, the wife of Walter Sisulu … Reasons for the renewal of the banning order were based on a mixture of fact and lies by the…
EventJudge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987
… woman who was stoned and stabbed to death after disclosing on a local radio show that she had HIV. Cameron has been … Applied Legal Studies, he co-drafted…
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… forces were forced to retreat. The colony surrendered on 9 July 1915, bringing 31 years of German rule to an end. On 21 March 1990, Namibia was granted its…
EventThe prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed
… Court of Justice at The Hague. Extensive evidence was led on behalf of South Africa. On 21 March 1990, Namibia officially gained its independence … P., (2012…
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… Boeremag, Dirk Hanekom and Henk Van Zyl, were apprehended on a farm in Memel district, Free State. They were taken into … of the right-wing Boeremag at the…
EventThe Pretoria Show is opened for all races
… began in 1939 and was only open to whites only. However, on 22 August 1977 the show was officially opened to all … it was briefly changed to Tshwane Show…
EventBritish troops land in Madagascar.
… the French, would allow Japan to set up military bases on the Island. If this happened, it would have seriously … threatened its sea routes leading to India…
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
… at the University of Grahamstown and later went on to teach the subject at the University of the … Webster was gunned down outside his house by Ferdi Barnard…