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EventBritish Prime Minister Wilson announces arms embargo on South Africa
… was in its third year as a republic, established on 31 May 1961 by Prime Minister HF Verwoerd . … available at www.africanhistory.about.com (Accessed: 05…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… was at Louieville. Kangwane was granted self-governance on 31 August 1984. In 1994 it was reintegrated into South …
The Democratic Party (DP)
… that year. However, the history of the DP goes back to 1959 when a number of liberal members of the United Party … principles and ideals around which the PP…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… an ANC meeting in the Congress Offices in Johannesburg. 1959 11 April, Sisulu attends a meeting of the National … The boycott of certain goods and activities…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… in their primitive state would be lost for all time." 31 Perhaps the people most victimized by the tribal emphasis … with censorship implications were passed…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… in Fidel Castro’s seizure of power on 1 January 1959, was from the beginning based on a non-racial ethos, and … the three movements and Portugal was to be…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… most important events in the history of South Africa. On 31 March 1900 De Wet dealt the British a severe blow when he …
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… Louis Botha, premier of the Union of South Africa since 31 May 1910, resigned from his post following an anti-British …
EventDinuzulu refuses British instructions to take up arms against Boers
… Evans, A.B., This Day in African History: 31 May , from African History, [online], Available at www.africanhistory.about.com [Accessed 31 May 2013] …
EventDr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins
… appear in Aix-en-Provence for extradition proceedings on 31 July 1979. This followed the receipt of extradition …
EventThe Groote Kerk pulpit, sculpted by Anton Anreith, is inaugurated in Cape Town
… was designed by Hermann Schutte and was inaugurated on 31 January 1841. It was declared a National Monument under …
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… warrant against ousted leader Francois Bozize. CAR May 31 2013 Francois Bizoze Gaddafi billions found in SA. South … wins the election by outright majority…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… since the end of the 11-day hunger strike at that prison. 31 March, The ANC decides not to hold talks with the South … of the Inkatha Freedom Party, is also…
EventPolice constable is buried alive at Ackerville cemetery near Witbank
… On 31 May, Constable S.H. Mandlazi was attacked by a crowd of … Date accessed: 18 /05/2016 …
EventThe first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State is founded
… On 31 March 1842, Reverend Daniel Lindley instituted the first …
EventNatal becomes part of the Union of South Africa
… had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to form the … YFM, Today In History (T.I.H.): May 31 , …
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… Christopher Katongo was born on 31 August 1982 in Mufulira, Zambia. After playing for a few …
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… Esso South Africa withdrew business from South Africa on 31 December 1986. The country was at the height of political …
EventNegotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
… independence of the former republics. The War ended on 31 May 1902 with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging. …
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… the country’s first democratically elected president. On 31 December 1980, Senghor became resigned as president of …
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… as those situated in the city were flourishing. Then in 1959, following the murder of a white man near the Mai-Mai … Administration gave a directive that by…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… racial group to disease-ridden, crammed quarters. [7] In 1959, a typhoid outbreak exposed the gross conditions … for all women and remove the children from…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… denounces Marxism-Leninism in favour of social democracy. 31 May 1991 A peace agreement is signed in …
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… after reported arrest. 22 November Ngwenya, Abel (31) Daveyton Police reported epileptic fit as cause of …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… is an important contributor to the Republican war effort. 31 May, Johannesburg surrenders to the British when Dr. … interim British Military Administration…
PlaceGrand Parade, Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 31 August 1962. …
PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 31 July 1981. …
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… representatives of the two Boer Republics and Britain on 31 May 1902. The implementation of this term was precipitated …
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… for equally long periods. At the end of the war on 31 May 1902, shortly before midnight, the two parties …
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… On 31 July 1969 Albertina Sisulu, the wife of Walter Sisulu who …