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EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… On 14 June 1913, the first Immigration Regulation Act, which … was passed in South Africa. The Act was prejudiced on the basis of national origin, race,…
EventControversial ‘Black Jesus’ painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… painting, named Black Christ, depicts Luthuli crucified on the cross next to apartheid mastermind Hendrick Verwoed … and was only returned in 1997. Harrison…
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… On 12 June 1917, Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor, … act plays. Dr Singh also lectured widely to students on a range of topics ranging from health…
EventMafika Gwala born
… first piece. A poet and writer, Gwala made people think on what it is to be Black and examine their self-identity. … space for him and his writing as before…
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
… FEDSAW was multi racial and consisted mainly of women. On 29 August 1987 FEDSAW‘s new branch was launched in the … were honoured at the launch. Breaking…
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… A government notice published on 6 November 1964 gave the names of 303 persons on whom banning notices under the General Laws Amendment Act …
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… popular support and managed to register some victories. On New Year's Day 1959 the 26 July Army finally forced … into the only communist state in the Western…
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… Pixley ka Isaka Seme died in Johannesburg on 7 June 1951. He was a political activist, journalist, … conducted by the bishop of Johannesburg, Ambrose Reeves,…
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…
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…