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EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
… in One Day International (ODI) matches played from 26 to 30 December against England in Port Elizabeth , South Africa. …
EventOmar Bongo, former president of Gabon is born
… three times and was reported to have fathered about 30 children by the time of his death. …
EventMorocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain
… Atlantic coast. Although the actual transfer was made on 30 June, the Sidi Ifni people were happy about the … Available at www.africanhistory.about.com …
Article2016 in Review
In 2016 South Africa History Online celebrates 15 years of being a public open source heritage site. What a journey it has been. At the end of the first week…
ArticleThe Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal Floods
… Town was flooding. Born in 1887, Mariemuthoo Padavatan, 30 years old at the time, displayed leadership skills from a … to keep the boat balanced. Pulling the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process. 30 November, President Thabo Mbeki and President Olusegun … diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… all public meetings of more than 12 persons until June 30 in an effort to disrupt the wave of protests against the … in the long drawn out Treason Trial are…
EventClarence Makwetu Passes Away
… Makwetu passed away in Queenstown Private Hospital at 13:30 after a long illness. Makwetu was born on the 6th of … Available at: https://www.timeslive.co.za…
EventInternational Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting
… from ILO meeting. The meeting was held in Geneva from 28- 30 June 1963. The ILO is the international organization …
Archive of documents pertaining to Pixley ka Isaka Seme
… Seme's letter to Professor H Cutler at Mount Hermon, 30 January 1911 (PDF) Presidential address by Dr. Pixley ka …
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… to the Suppression of Communism Act, had been served up to 30 April 1964. Of that total, 68 were listed Communists, but …
EventThe Second Battle of El Alamein starts
After various North African operations late in June and in July 1942, Lt.-Gen. B.L. Montgomery, the new commander of the Eighth Army in World War 2, initiated…
EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… the first tranche of shares - at least 20% of Johnnic's 30,4 million shares - would be sold at R50, a 7% discount to …
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… the South African people, in reaction to the massacre on 30 January 1981, where more than 14 uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) …
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… SA liable for contributions relating to the period from 30 September 1974 to 23 June 1994. …
EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
… On 30 May 1963 the Transkei Constitution Act No 48 commenced. … April 2013)| Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African History: 30 May’ , from About African…
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… On 30 December 1987, Major General Bantu Holomisa, commander of … 2011]|Boddy-Evans, A. (2011). ‘This Day in History: 30 December’ from About.com: African…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… changed to a National Emergency in 1986, and more than 30 000 people were detained during this period. Sporadic …
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… Youth/Civic Associations Sandkraal Beaten for at least 30 minutes by police in front of eyewitnesses. 1 December …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… Nguni and Sotho Tribes . Fort Hare Papers, Vol 3, pp 19-30. DE LANGE, MM . 1973. Aspects of South African Beadwork, …
ArticleThe Basotho
In the early 1800’s there was a great deal of migration and upheaval in Southern Africa, mostly as a result of the Mfecane. There were a number of conflicts…
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… Post-Colonial University”. The lecture is to be held at 17:30 for 18:00 on Tuesday, 22 August, at the New Lecture … South, Upper Campus, University of Cape…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
… Available Online: http://bimba.co.za/mbongeni-ngema (30 May 2017). ↵ …
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… that unless all the obstacles are removed on or before 30 April 1991, the ANC shall consider the suspension of the …
EventEvidence found at Barberton confirms theory of life on earth as early as about 3.4 billion years ago
… Mpumalanga. The remarkable find was announced on 30 September in the science journal 'Nature'. This discovery …
EventPresident George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan
… posed by the HIV/AIDS crisis. He stated that nearly 30 million people on the African continent have the AIDS …
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… of the oppressor. It was against this background that on 30 April 1976, students at Orlando West Junior School in …
EventJoseph Kasavubu, first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo dies
… office when the Congo became independent from Belgium on 30 June, 1960. Kasavubu was born in the village of Kuma-Dizi …
EventDaisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.
… he was approaching the age of 21. De Melker was hanged on 30 December 1932. …
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… On 30 August 2012, two hundred and seventy workers were charged … miners charged with murder , from BBC News Africa , 30 August [online], Available at www…