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EventFatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born
… at the Gujarati-speaking Muslim community of Southern Africa. Fatima was the second of nine children in her family. … that was violating the land right of…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … comrades, 23 October 1932 Berlin 23/10/32 Cape Town, South-Africa- Dear comrades…
EventTanzania gains independence
… Missionary Society preceded French interaction. East Africa was seen as an opportunity for German colonial … an area including Tanzania had become known as…
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… Plymouth, England and Newport, Rhode Island. While South Africa celebrated Dalling's success, Admiral H.H. Biermann made the first recorded suggestion of…
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
… and business fields. Amongst the delegates from South Africa were Tony Bloom, Dr F. van Zyl Slabbert, Willie … by the Institute for a Democratic Alternative…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… Party (TNIP) which pressed for 'independence' from South Africa. When Transkei became 'independent' in 1976, Kaiser … for a housing project. With mounting…
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… car accident in Paris. Her funeral was broadcast in South Africa by the SABC. The Funeral Speech (Eulogy) to Diana … by her brother Earl Charles Spencer,…
EventWinston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War
… to cover the occurrences of the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. Soon after his arrival in South Africa, he accompanied a scouting expedition on an armored ……
PlaceGroote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
… renowned as the training ground for some of South Africa's best doctors, surgeons and nurses.As an academic … research. Vision is to be the leading Academic…
Phakamani
… to stand up and join the democratic forces inside South Africa and abroad to oppose the legality of the South African … struggle for a non-racial, non-sexist…
EventVan Wyk de Vries Commission submits its report to Parliament
… appointed in 1968 to investigate the activities of South Africa's White universities and the University of South Africa (UNISA), was submitted to Parliament…
Journal of Black Theology
… The Journal of Black Theology in South Africa published by the Black Theology Project in Pretoria is … relation to the national struggle for liberation in…
EventAn intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, Mozambique
… "hostile elements which threaten the Safety of South West Africa (Namibia) and South Africa". These included SWAPO, the African National Congress …
EventThe Luanda International Jazz Festival is launched in Luanda, Angola
… jazz artists from Angola, Brazil, United States, South Africa and many other countries. Amongst the artists featured were South Africa’s Freshly Ground, Lira…
EventSA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.
… to the African Games provided that competitions in South Africa are held without racial discrimination. Eight years … because their rugby team was touring…
EventDeath of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… politician, and principal architect of Africanism in South Africa, died unexpectedly in Johannesburg at the age of 33. … pursuing his doctoral studies at the…
EventLesotho and Swaziland threatened with sanctions
… The government of South Africa threatened Lesotho and Swaziland with economic … going to suffer, as both of them were dependent on South Africa for economic…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
… The election was the 18th general election since South Africa since the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910. …
EventAfrikaans Writer Breytenbach is sentenced
… On an illegal trip to South Africa with a false passport, a well-known Afrikaans writer … Supreme Court. He had pleaded guilty for entering South Africa to…
EventSA is blamed for Harare bombing
… South Africa is blamed for a massive bomb blast in Harare, Zimbabwe … movement living in exile there. In April that year South Africa had planted a bomb in…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… Airport. Clinton was on a tour of two weeks in Africa, showing a level of interest in Africa unprecedented for a Western head of state. In an …
EventGhana is declared a republic
… Ghana became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence on 6 March 1957. On 1 July … of the British Commonwealth of Nations…
EventThe third democratic elections in SA are held
… South Africa held its third democratic elections on 14 April 2004. … 2004 election also marked a decade of democracy in South Africa. The first democratic…
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
… new was afoot that had yet to find a home in South Africa, which at the time had only one serious contemporary … African gallery to exhibit artists from…
PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
… Pretorius Streets. Following the end of Apartheid in South Africa, there had been calls for the removal of the statue … the Statue requesting it to be left…
EventMandela meets Taiwanese Foreign Minister
… President met with President Nelson Mandela. While South Africa had maintained a friendly official relationship with … rewarded with economic aid this…
EventThe Johannesburg International Airport is officially renamed OR Tambo International Airport by President Mbeki.
… OR Tambo Airport is South Africa’s main airport for domestic and international flights. … Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, just outside Johannesburg. It is Africa’s…
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… The visit was part of a six week tour of 14 nations in Africa, Europe and North America that began on the 6 June … for keeping the economic and political…
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
… investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa, was refused permission to enter South-West Africa (now Namibia). The minister of Foreign…
EventBar argues against the Suppression of Communism Bill
… Communism Bill was passed, the freedom of people in South Africa would be in jeopardy. The Bar made this point with … Swart, wherein he stated that the…