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PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
… dormer windows and ornate fretted timber details. Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of the railway … locomotive enthusiasts. There are two…
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
… The museum is located on 8288 Khumalo Street, Orlando West ( Soweto ). The museum … of those that marched through Soweto and shot at by police on the 16 June…
EventGerard Bhengu SA artist, is born in Natal
… these patrons, he was ultimately prevented from embarking on formal art training for fear that it would spoil and … paintings were exclusively in watercolour…
Demonstrations against Proclamation of Republic: Answers to Questions by May 1961
… not held, we feel that demonstrations should take place on the eve of republic day, May 31. Question: What form … - the establishment of non-racial democracy…
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…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods is banned
… could publish. This became known as "Black Wednesday." On the same day, Daily Dispatch editor Donald Woods who was … Daily Dispatch, the Daily Dispatch had a…
EventJoost Van Der Westhuizen, Springbok rugby scrum-half and captain, is born
… video tape showing Joost and a woman who claimed to be his on and off mistress in a compromising position was leaked to … public. Initially Van Der…
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on 18 March 1936. de Klerk grew up in a political family. He … political prisoner Nelson Mandela. Soon…
EventThe South African Government passes the Group Areas Act
… was obsessed with separating the citizens of South Africa on a racial basis. This was done to foster White superiority … where Black and White South…
EventSA artist Mmakgoba Sebidi is born
… She described this change in her work: "First I kept on drawing figures in the studio, feet, hands, portraits; and I kept all this rubbish from the whole…
EventA South African Defence Force Capt. Wynand du Toit is captured in Angola
… During the raid on the Cabinda oil refinery, Angola, on the 21 May 1985, Capt. Wynand du Toit was taken captive, …
EventBritish pop star, David Essex, claims to have been quoted out-of-context regarding his return to perform in South Africa.
… audience In an exclusive interview with Peter Feldman on 27 February 1985, David Essex, a British pop star claimed … with the issue of the United Nations (UN…
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… were arrested. However, the official death toll was given on 7 November 1984 as 23. The boycott in Black townships impacted heavily on other areas with 600…
EventThe last sitting of an all-white Parliament
… last sitting of an all-white parliament was therefore held on 13 July 1984, with the Tricameral Parliament coming into effect on 22 September 1984, under the…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is murdered
… was severely mutilated in an act of barbaric brutality on 19 November 1981. His murderers used three okapi knives, a … (TRC) granted them amnesty. The record…
EventGovernment admits responsibility for Mdluli’s death
… National Congress (ANC) member, Joseph Mdluli (50), on 19 March 1976 and agreed to pay damages to his family. A … the police version. All four accused were…
EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
… that led to the adoption of a new constitution in Rhodesia on the 30 January 1979 (now Zimbabwe) was that Ian Smith, the … declared independence from Britain…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… On 6 January 1978, Donald James Woods, editor of the banned … Police and served with a banning order. Following attacks on his home and family by the…
EventWinnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrest
… Mandela was released from banning order and house arrest on this date. Surprisingly, for a brief period Winnie's … she was charged with. At the time of her…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… announced that Sobukwe was being released from detention on 13 May 1969. On his release, Sobukwe was allowed to join his family in …
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… and Phola Park residents located in the Thokoza Township on the East Rand, near Johannesburg. Tension between hostel … when residents from Thokoza erected a…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… (NP) government put its revised constitutional proposals on the table during the Convention for Democratic South … Africa (CODESA) discussions. The proposals…
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
… people were killed and eighteen injured in an attack on Soweto residents after an Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) … police failed to direct that the marchers…
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… for several centuries, the exploitation of elephant herds on a massive scale began in the 1970s. Organized gangs of … million to 600,000 in the 1980s,…
EventThe Pope arrives in Lesotho
… a hijacking crisis that revealed Lesotho's dependence on South Africa. A busload of pilgrims coming to see the Pope … of South Africa. South Africa's direct…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… On 30 January 1987 the Minister of Law and Order issued a … Wall Street Journal." The message suggests a softening up on the part of the NP government. This…
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… On 3 October 1685 the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam … (180), composed mostly of families, arrived at the Cape on board the Voorschoten. The first…
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
… On 4 February 1999 a group of researchers from the … had "viral sex" to form a third virus that could be spread on to other chimps and, more importantly,…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
… from the obligation to convert their banknotes into gold on demand. For this reason the Gold Conference was convened … The South African Bank opened its…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… France. It is possible that John Weston based his design on a Voisin. In France he fitted a Gnome rotary engine (50hp) and flew it successfully (in France)…