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Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
… last century, Lesotho has become increasingly dependent on its migrant labour. About 140,000 worked in South Africa … from the customs union with SA. Having…
South Sudanese Independence Granted
… leads the calls for a referendum to garner public opinion on secession. Following a regional referendum on secession, South Sudan became an independent state…
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… The trial of Commodore Dieter Gerhardt on charges of spying for the Soviet Union began in the Cape … to Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)on the…
The 2014 Cape Agulhas Treasure Tracks
… Radio Overberg 98.4fm are presenting A Heritage Day Race on the 24th September 2014 at 10:00. The race will start at … teams. - Details and clues will be…
EventThe launch of the Progressive Women’s Movement of SA
… On 8 August 2006, hundreds of women gathered in Bloemfontein … their concerns regardless of race, class and religion. On that same day, they also celebrated…
EventPalaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania
… On 17 July 1959, Palaeontologist Mary Leaky discovered on of the oldest hominid skulls in the Olduvai Gorge, in …
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
… Coal Oil and Gas Corporation) was formed and registered on 26 September 1950. The company has developed world-leading … publicly listed companies in South…
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… executed acts of sabotage. Kasrils was constantly on the run from government law enforcement agencies. In 1963, … es Salaam. He has travelled to several…
EventSpringboks lose to the Lions
… African national rugby team became known as the Springboks on their tour to Britain in 1906. Since those early years, … same time the Springboks became a…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… of the Pretoria University, which came into existence on 29 November 1929. In 1930, the University was established … as an independent university by the…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement was founded on 21 March 1975 at KwaNzimela, in Northern KwaZulu. Inkatha … late Rev. Bishop Dr. A.H. Zulu and…
EventPrime Minister opens SA’s first atomic reactor
… was not intended for the production of nuclear energy on a commercial scale, but was employed for research and the … a program of weapons development began…
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… requested States to terminate prohibition or restriction on economic relations with South Africa immediately, and to … to expel SA from the Organisation. The…
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… On 27 January 1992, the European Community announced that it … countries and the US initially refused to impose sanctions on South Africa, the growing social…
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… On 8 April 1989, the Progressive Federal Party, Independent … Committee Chairman process of CODESA (Convention on a Democratic South Africa). …
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… The killing of eleven people at Donnybrook, Kwazulu-Natal on the 21 March 1996 can be considered as part of the ongoing … Later that afternoon, the…
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… were attempts to gradually replace Dutch with Afrikaans. On 23 April 1914 C.J. Langenhoven, member of the Cape … In 1919 the Dutch Bible was translated into…
EventCongo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo
… II of Belgium handed over the Congo to the Belgian state on this date. Previously he held it as a private project … Christian missionaries. The king and his…
EventCecil John Rhodes is buried in the Matopos
… ). Rhodes visited England in 1901. He was already ill on his return to Cape Town in the early months of 1902 and … Muizenberg , Cape Town . In his will he…
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… claims of individuals and communities dispossessed on or after June 1913. The court, with the same status as the … to buy or expropriate land and return it…
EventKenyan independence hero Bildad Kaggia dies after a long illness
… African customs and traditions. He later joined and sat on the central committee of the Mau Mau. When Kenya gained … due to clashes with Kenyatta over land…
EventPeter van der Merwe, South African cricketer, dies
… Peter Laurence van der Merwe was born on 14 March 1937 in Paarl, Cape Town. He began playing … match referee for eight years. He died in Port Elizabeth on 23…
EventSA jazz singer, Letta Mbulu is born in Soweto
… Letta Mbulu was born in Soweto on 23 August 1942. As a teenager she joined the cast of the … returned to South Africa. Soon after they worked together on the…
EventThree cases of Buboinic plague are reported in Cape Town
… The first cases of Bubonic plague in Cape Town emerged on 1 February 1901. The disease then spread across the city … pestis”. It spread through a bite by…
Event5,580 Egyptian prisoners of war are exchanged for four Israelis held by Egyptian troops
… of Egypt by the three aforementioned countries began on 28 October 1956, when Israeli troops crossed the frontier … of conspiracy between Israel and Britain…
EventIvorian Footballer, Arouna Kone, is born in Anyama, Ivory Coast
… Arouna Kone was born in Anyama, CÁ´te d'Ivoire on 11 November 1983. Kone began his football career as a … him to the international scene. He subsequently…
EventPhambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born
… Phambili Ka Ntloko was born on 18 April 1960 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape. As a high … Organisation’s (AZAPO) Queenstown branch and served on its community…
EventMaggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies
… Born on 14 April 1886 in a wheat farm called bloublommetjieskloof … her from pursuing singing as a career. Laubster died on 17 May 1973 … , [online],…
EventA booby-trapped TV kills Tsitsi Chiliza, wife of an ANC official in Harare, Zimbabwe
… On 14 may 1987, a Zimbabwean citizen, Tsitsi Chiliza, who was … In 1988, the ANC office in Zimbabwe was hit by a rocket. On another occasion a car bomb…
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… Article in the Indian Opinon by Jordaan K Ngubane on James Moroka, 28 November 1952 (pdf) Article of the … General (pdf) Dr James Moroka with Hendrik…