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EventThe Ben Schoeman freeway is opened
… named after the then minister of transport, was opened on this date. In the forty years of its existence, traffic … poses a serious problem. In an effort to…
EventMangope calls out troops as unrest flares in Bophuthatswana
… service strike and and mutiny in the local armed forces. On the other side of the divide, members of the rightwing … to support the local government. During…
EventThe Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
… he later apologised for his actions as result of an attack on the national television by State President P.W. Botha . He … in 2004. Hendrickse died of a…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… mandated the National Executive Committee to "serve notice on the regime that unless all the obstacles are removed on or before 30 April 1991, the ANC shall…
EventANC and IFP to meet over violence
… needed to be in place in order put to an end to 'Black on Black violence'. The high level talks were aimed at … not strategies of ending violence, but more…
EventThe government launches ‘Operation Iron Fist’ in townships
… use of aerial spray dyes; and, mounting light machine guns on armoured vehicles. Twenty-seven townships were placed … it returned uneasy calm to townships.A…
EventNamibia’s constitution is ratified
… The acceptance of the Namibian constitution on 9 February 1990 established the Republic of Namibia. The … parties involved came to an agreement to cease…
EventANC claim responsibility for a land mine explosion which kills six
… killed and three seriously injured in a landmine explosion on the fenced-in Chatsworth game farm 25 kilometres to the … the December holidays with friends,…
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
… of emergency entered its 100th day after it was announced on July 20. P W Botha in an attempt to suppress growing … the state of emergency failed to achieve…
EventSoweto High School under siege
… in Soweto and arrested 200 students during a clampdown on school boycotts. The arrested students were taken to … programme to ensure that students do not…
EventNP holds federal congress
… (1 - 3 August) in Cape Town to unveil its policy plan on anti-poverty strategies. The party's name change was also … its anti-poverty strategy, announced by…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… Commission (TRC) by President Nelson Mandela on 29 November 1995. The Commission was set up to deal with the atrocities of the past and guide South Africa on…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… of the National Party as its new leader and prime minister on 2 September 1958, following the death of Adv. J.G. Strijdom. On 3 September, in his first…
EventPresley Chweneyagae, star of the Oscar winning movie Tsotsi, is arrested for fraud in Pretoria
… On 23 January 2007 Presley Chweneyagae (22) was arrested near … allegedly fake Ivorian driver's license. He was released on bail of R2 000. At the end of…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… On 14 August 1882 Cetewayo (Cetshwayo), king of Zululand, … a ruler of a small portion of the Zulu Kingdom. However, on his return, a Civil War had erupted…
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
… Dr Max Theiler was born on 30 January 1899 in Pretoria. He studied medicine at the … in 1930. It is while there that he did extensive research on yellow…
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
… Louis Hayward was born in Johannesburg on 19 March 1909. He went to study in England where he met … the success he had hoped for. He died from lung cancer on…
EventMark Thatcher arrested
… Margaret Thatcher was arrested at his Cape Town home on 25 August 2004. Thatcher was charged under South Africa's … in Equatorial Guinea. He was released…
ArchiveYouth and the building of the nation
… 1st Conference of the Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held on 20th December 1951. This is an important stage in which … the effect of the South African state…
EventA plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn
… The government withdrew its plan to place a limit on the number of black students admitted to white … Native College, (University of Fort Hare), was…
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… to Pretoria.This mission was not without obstacles as on his way northwards from Kroonstad, he encountered some … so successfully since he took over command…
EventThe death of Andries Tatane
… On 13 April 2011, activist Andries Tatane was killed, by … his death, eight Free State policemen were arrested on charges of assaulting and killing Tatane…
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… the Central African Empire. He crowned himself emperor on 4 December 1977. Bokassa was overthrown by the French in … to CAR and was arrested as soon as he…
EventThe Johannesburg Meteorological Observatory opens
… telescope was installed in 1906. The Observatory sits on a hill in the suburb of the same name. The land was owned … science awareness facility with a…
EventUgandan President Idi Amin releases political prisoners
… On 28 January 1971, just three days after General Idi Amin … Ministers. Amin overthrew his long time ally turned enemy on 25 January 1971, while attending a…
EventBritish racing driver Tom Pryce dies in a freak accident during the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami
… Welsh racing driver Tom Pryce died on the tracks during the South African Grand Prix in Kyalami on 5 March 1977. The horrific accident left two people dead;…
EventA two-day All-in African Conference starts in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
… race, colour or creed. The Republic, it declared, "rests on force to perpetuate the tyranny of the minority". If the … people were called upon to organise…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… On 30 August 2012, two hundred and seventy workers were … were connected with the fateful event that took place on the 16 August 2012,whereby the South…
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
… his commando of 4 000 men to British forces at Paardeberg on 28 February 1900 and was banished to St Helena, an island … off the west coast of Africa. The…
EventAhmadou Kourouma, Ivorian novelist dies in France
… Kourouma eventually left his home country. He went on to write three more books after his debut novel, all of … Prix Renaudot and the Prix Goncourt des…