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EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby’s return to international games
… controlling board was established. In 1964 South Africa was banned by the International Olympic Committee … was held in Zimbabwe. Seven years later, in 1995,…
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
… After protests against Barclays Bank's involvement in South Africa and its apartheid government, Barclays Bank (SA) … announced its new name - First National…
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… Bishop of Cape Town, thereby becoming Archbishop of South Africa, heading the Anglican Church of South Africa. He was installed at St Georges Cathedral, Cape…
EventLabour pioneer Samuel Long is arrested
… Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded as one of South Africa's greatest working-class martyrs, was arrested after … anthem of early socialists and communists…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… allegedly the first person to discover gold in South Africa, died in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. He made geologic and archaeological discoveries in…
EventWilliam J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies
… Burchell travelled nearly 7 000 km throughout South Africa between 1810 and 1815, collecting specimens of animals … in a book titled Travels in the Interior…
EventMalawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election
… first multi-party election. With 30 years at the helm as Africa's longest ruling dictator, Kamuzu bowed gracefully and … Malawi into a new era. Banda died in…
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… in intelligence. In 1990 she returned to South Africa just after the unbanning of the ANC and became a … the Minister of Human Settlement of the Republic of…
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… An International Conference on Sanctions against South Africa was hosted by the United Nations (UN) and the … the UN Security Council, in its first action on…
Ikwezi
… devoted to proletarian socialist revolution in Southern Africa, published in England by "a group of South African and … of devotion to the struggle for…
PlaceAiab, Stream in Namibia
… language of those non-Bantu languages of Southern Africa that contain ‘click’ sounds and have therefore been … family and is spoken in Namibia, Botswana and…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
… responsibility to unite the tripartite alliance and all the democratic forces. The Alliance Political Council …
PlaceSudan
… collapse in the 13th–15th centuries. Egypt had conquered all of the Sudan region by 1874 and encouraged British … collapse in the 13th–15th centuries. Egypt…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… , Newlands , Sea Point , Windemere and Wingfield ( all Cape Town) .' …
PlaceZambia
… major problem the Zambian Government abolished fees for all maternal health services. In women’s day, particularly, … [Accessed 21 September 2012]|…
EventSmallpox Epidemic Strikes at the Cape
… and death upon them. So the Khoi fled the Peninsula with all their belongings in the hope of escaping the smallpox. … et al. (eds) (1970). Standard…
EventThe Dutch Indiaman, the Nieuwe Haerlem, is wrecked in a storm in Table Bay
… on the Remonstrantie. He supported Janszen and Proot in all aspects. The Directorate of the VOC approved the … EWH, Dutch in South Africa , from Epic World…
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… action. The way of preparation lies in our rooting out all impurity and indiscipline from our organisation and …
PlaceOld Presidency
… Nicolaas Boshoff and Marthinus Wessel Pretorius. They all lived in the dwelling during their terms in office. In …
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
… lot B of 97 of block 3, farm Sea View, county of Durban. All planted with fruit trees bought for £400 in November 1905 …
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
… meeting is strongly of opinion that in the interests of all parties concerned, the introduction of further indentured …
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… cheaper to have the Agricultural Work, Seal-Catching and all other necessary work, done by Slaves; in return for a … Slave Lodge is also one of the oldest…
EventMagnus Malan's trial ends
… on 11 October when he and other officials were cleared of all charges relating to the murder of thirteen people in …
PlaceTaj Hotel, Cape Town
… sense of place. Spread across two Heritage Buildings, all 176 rooms at our 5 star hotel in Cape Town have …
Statement of Acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh Award Bestowed on the ANC by the World Peace Council by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, 15 December 1986
… most serious challenge to the ANC and the people of South Africa to relentlessly pursue their struggle for the … forces inspired and encouraged the oppressed…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… ignored by the media, exploring the values of South Africa. His beautifully composed, subtle pictures dissect the … unlicensed social critic," he says. "I…
Statement by Oliver Tambo of acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh award bestowed on the African National Congress by the World Peace Council, 15 December 1986, Luanda
… most serious challenge to the ANC and the people of South Africa to relentlessly pursue their struggle for the … forces inspired and encouraged the oppressed…
PlaceMotswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton
… Vivienne Abrahams-Aliveriotis, the founder of 'Art with Africa", plans to start working with the learners to identify … of the Alexsan Kopano Resource Centre…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… in our country. We have further called on the people of Africa to unite against these atrocities being committed in the name of South Africa and the law…