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EventApartheid becomes official policy
… from Jan Smuts' United Party (UP) by 5 seats. The HNP came to power in coalition with the Afrikaner Party, led by Nicholaas C. Havenga. Dr D. F. Malan became…
PlaceLadysmith
… African province of KwaZulu-Natal. Furthermore, it is also a town with a particularly fascinating history, with a range of … the British annexed it in the…
PlaceEgypt
… East in the Africa n continent, its history goes back to Biblical times; with Pharaohs fighting for land in the … Valley of the Kings Tombs! The capital is…
Workers Library Launch 22 OCtober 1988 Tape
… Speeches and cultural performance to launch the Workers Library and to explain how the Workers library came about and to describe it aims. To encourage…
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… On 6 June 1995 a historic resolution was taken by the Constitutional Court to abolish the death penalty. The court ruled that capital … rates of judicial…
PlaceOost-Eind Primary School, 70 Meintjes Street, Trevenna, Pretoria
… and was first occupied in January 1904. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 March 1986. Laerskool Oost-Eind is a public…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… was born in Cradock, Cape Colony, in 1864. His father, a wagon maker and wool merchant, later moved with his family to Queenstown. When Bailey was only 7…
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… From the 1920s to the 1940s J.C. Smuts , J.B.M. Hertzog and D.F. Malan were the most prominent White politicians in South … his deputy. The coalition…
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… Beyers Naudé was born into a family that was fully committed to the preservation of Afrikaner nationalism. His father was a minister of the Dutch Reformed…
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… for apartheid. On 21 March 1960 police opened fire on a crowd demonstrating against pass laws in Sharpeville, … Party (NP) government unbanned political…
PlaceCuylerville
… A party of 256 from London led by Lieutenant John BAILIE, … Bailie of 7 Manchester Buildings, Westminster, London, a civil servant who had held the position…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… of South Africa's national reconciliation, died after a long battle with cancer of the bone marrow. He was a long- time National Chairperson of the South…
EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… The Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950, according to which the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was … in Illustrated History of South Africa,…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Introduction
… Department of Education The nineteenth century deserves to be called a turning point because of the significant events and the … the increasing activities of…
PlaceChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
… members. The facilities are housed in 429 Buildings with a total surface Area of 233 795 m2. Approximately 70% of all … Soweto area of Johannesburg , South…
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… Native Labour Contingent were recruited and employed to assist Britain in the First World War with labour duties. Black South African men were shipped to…
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… On 26 October 1938, Richard Goldstone,a well-known figure in the legal fraternity, was born in … Court. Towards the end of apartheid, Goldstone headed a…
FOREWORD: THEORETICAL DEBATES AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES
… WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, pledge ourselves to Peace and Reconciliation in South African and agree to commit ourselves to the following: 1. The Inkatha Freedom ……
EventSouth African Indian Congress opposes "Ghetto Act"
… A five-day conference of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) held in Cape Town , unanimously resolved to oppose the proposed Asiatic Land Tenure and…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1960 Muslim Population According to South African Government statistics the Muslim population … its fortnightly publication from…
PlaceJubilee Art Centre
… art education centres in the 1970s but was forced to relocate to the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto when the Group Areas Act … the Mofolo Art Centre, which is…
EventA Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board
… destined for Lagos airport when it conflicted with a Triax Flight TIX 185 that was heading for Enugu. It was reported that the air traffic controller delayed…
EventPrime Minister Vorster holds talks with Dr. Kissinger
… Dr. Henry Kissinger, on 23 and 24 June in West Germany to discuss the Rhodesian issue. Despite the Soweto Uprisings, … whether South Africa would be willing…
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
… Matthews Phosa as the province's second premier, caused a storm within political circles with his now infamous statement, "It is acceptable for politicians…
PlaceAgate Terrace, Port St. Johns
… the river mouth and where the beach ends abruptly in a very steep bluff. The path from here leads to the top and along the hills to another splendid beach…
EventKenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa
… On 20 June 1991 the Kenya National Sports Council sent a letter to its 39 affiliated associations informing them that they were now free to invite South…
EventANC’s Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
… Congress 's deputy president Nelson Mandela addressed a crowd of 300 000 in Port Elizabeth in what was described as … Africa's biggest ever political rally…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… is Johannesburg gallerist Warren Siebrits' coming of age. A former curator at the influential Everard Read … Wopko Jensma, Wayne Barker and Sandile Zulu. His…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… of Burkina Faso from the 2015 elections and coup attempt to independence in 1960. Overview : Burkina Faso's poor … overthrow in 2014 of long-time president…
African History Books
… During the month of May we celebrate Africa Month as a way to commemorate the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OUA) in 1963.. As a way to value…