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Place'Boekenhout' Farm in Rustenberg
… Click on image to enlarge South African Republic president Paul Kruger's farm was declared a …
EventDr. Andries P. Treurnicht is re-elected NP leader in the Transvaal
… later (1994) the NP lost control of the country to the African National Congress (ANC)and formed part of the … (Accessed: 15 August 2012) | South African…
EventCOSATU issued a statement on Marikana Massacre
… On 24 August 2012, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) issued a statement expressing … statement on Marikana Massacre , from Congress of South…
EventUN Special Committee releases its report
… United Nations and Apartheid Chronology. Sources: South African History Online …
EventUganda gains independence
… The East African country Uganda gained independence from Great Britain …
EventMacmillan’s 'winds of change’ speech in Parliament
… of Parliament in Cape Town . He suggested that the South African government had not yet appreciated the force of the …
EventZwelakhe Sisulu is arrested
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political …
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
… Sources: Verwey, E. J. (1995). New dictionary of South African Biography, Vol. 1 , Pretoria: HSRC, p. 247. …
EventThe Democratic Party is founded
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E.(eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key events from …
EventMaluzi Gigaba is born
… after the 2004 general elections. Previously, he had been African National Congress (ANC) member of parliament and …
EventIOC extends South Africa’s ban from Olympic games
… Olympic Committee (IOC) after serious threats by African nations and the Soviet countries. On 15 May 1970, the …
EventThousands protest the killing of Chris Hani
… commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The protesters called for …
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
… The government and the African National Congress (ANC) reaffirmed their commitment …
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
… President F.W de Klerk announced that South African beaches would be opened to all people across the …
EventNational Party adopts five year programme
… Black leaders to negotiate on the "reform" initiative. The African National Congress (ANC) said that it would consider … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. …
EventSA Policeman Wins 90km Comrades Marathon
… A member of the South African Police Services (SAPS) from Mafikeng in North West, … , Pretoria: GCIS, p. 509|Xinhuanet., (2001), ' South African Policeman…
EventMinister of Constitutional Development Roelf Meyer set to resign
… has held discussions with various parties opposed to the African National Congress (ANC) . … African National Congress The resignation of Roelf Meyer from …
EventRuth First is born
… academic, political activist and the wife of former South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Joe Slovo was born in … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New…
EventHeroic act by boer soldier Windvogel
… During the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General Kemp attacked …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… state Artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic, also known as Transvaal Republic), was …
EventFormer ANC president, Z.R. Mahabane, is born
… Clergyman, teacher, politician and president of the African National Congress (ANC) Zaccheus Richard Mahabane, … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of…
EventANC leads march through central Durban
… The African National Congress (ANC) led a march through central …
EventSA announces its decision to allow multi-racial teams to represent the country in international events
… The South African government announced its decision to allow … Evans Alistair Boddy, ‘This Day in African History: 23 September’ , from About.com African…
EventMalawi switches over to a new decimal currency, the Kwacha
… the Pound sterling, the Rhodesian Dollar and the South African Rand at different stages. The Kwacha is divided into …
ArchiveCircular from Oliver Schreiner, Deputy Vice-President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… the Deputy Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students. The circular discusses the structure of the …
”Apartheid Over Our Dead Bodies:” Speech, July 1948
… circulated in some papers. It Is not possible in South African jails to consult us. There is a specific regulation … General Election - declared quite…
PlaceBoulders Beach, Simons Town
… to Boulders Visitor Centre to visit the famous colony of African Penguins - once called: 'Jackass Penguins' , for …
OR Tambo lecture by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa
… the event. Issued by: Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson&n African National Congress Enquiries Keith Khoza - 082 823 …
National spokesperson to address a lecture on OR Tambo
… This month, October 2014, the African National Congress pays homage to our late former …
EventUnited Democratic Front call to Police
… saying that they only intervened at funerals when they saw African National Congress flags displayed, people giving the …