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EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
… On 4 April 1939 Hugh Ramopolo Masekela , South African … Trevor Huddleston. Masekela mastered the trumpet and went on to play in South Africa's first youth…
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique sign a non-aggression pact
… Accord, a non-aggression, and good-neighbourliness pact, on the border between the two countries. On 16 March 1984, South Africa and Mozambique entered into…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… and passed a guilty verdict and imposed a death penalty on these men. He labelled them compulsive liars and rejected … to resume interrogation. The "Moroka…
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape’s water supply problem
… water supply problem During his opening of the Cape Show on 4 March 1970, Minister of Water Affairs S.P. Botha said … 150 000 litres of potable water to…
EventThe UN ends SA mandate over South West Africa
… (now Namibia) year after year with increasing acrimony. On 18 July 1966 the International Court of Justice ruled in a … That decision did not deter the…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… is purported to have been deported from South Africa on the 31 March 1991, having being fingered as the triggerman … organization known as the Civil…
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… Court judge, to investigate into alleged hit-squads. On 11 February 1990, the SA Defence Force (SADF) admitted to … The chief of the SADF, Gen. Jannie…
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… Simon van der Stel was born on 14 October 1639 in Mauritius, the son of Adrian van der … Huguenot farmers and by utilizing their farming skills on their…
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
… On 12 June 2005, Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI died in a … Rain Queen to have received formal education, and went on to complete high school. The legend of…
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… On 20 July 1998 former Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok … African Congress of Trade Union headquarters; and attacks on cinemas which showed the Steve…
EventQueen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
… A royal charter was sought to establish a company, based on the British East India model (BEIC), in which this goal could be achieved. On 15 October 1889,…
PlaceEnon
… Enon was formed in 1818 by the Moravian Missionary Society on request of the Area Landdrost Jacob Glen Cuyler, to serve … to the Missionary Society in trust,…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… left the Muslim community with no alternate burial ground. On 17 January 1886, in defiance of the closure, 3000 Muslims … of the 124th anniversary, a…
EventArthur Conan Doyle, medic during the Second Anglo, is born
… Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 22 May 1859. Although Doyle is best known for his writing … the Second Anglo Boer War. In 1902, Doyle…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… War (also known as Anglo Boer War II), which broke out on 9 October, 1899. The Burghers were part of the war as they … shift of power and the occupation of…
EventFormer SANNC President Sefako Mapogo Makgatho dies
… the Makgatho chieftaincy at GaMphahlele. Before embarking on a political career, Makgato wa a teacher and a journalist. … to exert considerable influence in…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa.
… On 16 July 1901, the Ladies commission was appointed. The … camps to try and improve the life of the prisoners living on the concentration camps. Hobhouse…
EventGerrie Coetzee becomes the first South African boxer to win a world heavyweight title
… On 23 September 1983, Gerrie Coetzee, went up against … tire in the later rounds and this would lead to a loss on his part. Coetzee retired from boxing in…
EventArtist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain
… Born in Kent on 2 April 1807, William Cornwallis Harris was a military … hunter who discovered his artistic talent when he embarked on an expedition to…
EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
… On 5 February 1956, 11 Mau Mau prisoners, serving life … the political prisoners escaped in a canoe to Usenge. On arrival in Usenge, Kenya, they vanished…
EventThe Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) is founded
… of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg. Ray Simons, who was the … of all laws and customs that denied women…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… that opened the path for the first democratic elections on the 27th April 1994. After resigning from active politics, … served as the head of the National…
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
… in explaining it to the Coloured people, laying stress on the discrimination it contained in that it embodied … or nothing has been done by the State to…
Dare you Ponder the Obvious: Of course Mbeki is Aloof by Thabo Mbeki, 1 February 2016
… in my specific case, the charge of being ‘aloof’ rested on the assertion that whether intentionally or not, my very … Mbeki: Aloof leader who fell from grace…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
… of the United Nations were made at a big mass meeting on the Red Square on Sunday morning. Mr. Kajee, the speakers asserted, spoke … H.A. Naidoo said, "We…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… prevail over laws passed by the national parliament on matters reserved for the provinces. Only in exceptional … amendments. A new constitutional principle…
PlaceSouth African State Theatre
… Philips. [iv] The production that opened the theatre on the 23rd of May 1981 was Applause – directed by Anthony … The South African State Theatre re-opened…
Statement at Press Conference in Dar es Salaam Concerning Sentences in the Rivinia Trial by O. R. Tambo, 12 June 1964
… the foundations of international peace. We call on our oppressed people in South Africa to prepare for hard … calling for sanctions. [1] [1] In a…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… Whereas recent exhibitions of the series have concentrated on the period after the fall of apartheid, the exhibition at … as far as 1963. The chronology of…
PlaceStanger, now officially known as KwaDukuza
… and it was only in 1873 that a European Town was built on the Site. Today KwaDukuza-Stanger serves as the … here by the first Indian immigrants who came to…