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EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on January 31, 1941. After matriculating he joined the South African …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… campaigns culminating in disturbances in Durban. 31 December, Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe is born near Dundee in … Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) supporters of…
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
… Killed. 7 June Oukasie, Western Transvaal Abel Molokwane (31) Executive member of Brits Action Committee Shot dead by … heads at close range. 29 September…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… and in Durban - for which the ANC claims responsibility. 31 July, Joe Gqabi , journalist and member of the ANC and MK, … bust of Mandela at the Royal…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… on Church Square for statue of President Kruger. 1902 31 May, Treaty of Vereeniging signed, ending the South … status. 1910 April, Lord Selbourne leaves…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… and an end to the exploitation of farm workers. 2005 27-31 July, The National Land Summit is held in Johannesburg … the benefit of those who did not lodge…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… presided, passed the following resolution unanimously: [31] That as agreed at the Special General Meeting of the … Ibid, p11 [28] Ibid, p11 [29] Ibid, p13 …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… printed in Afrikaans, Nama/Damara and Otjiherero. [15] 1959 Omahodhi gaavali by H.D. Namuhuja is published by … non-religious book by a black Namibian to be…
EventNatal votes for the formation of the Union of South Africa
… of members of the ruling party in the four colonies. On 31 May 1910, the Union of South Africa was inaugurated. …
EventSA is banned from the Olympic Games
… have to eliminate racial discrimination in sport before 31 December 1963, or the country would not be permitted to …
EventJapanese submarines attack naval base in Madagascar
… Japanese Midget submarine attack on Sydney harbour, 30-31 May 1942 (online), available at: http://www.awm.gov.au …
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
… tricameral constitution was passed by 119 to 35 votes on 31 August 1983 and signed into law by State President Marais …
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
… On 31 July 1879, the first cable connection between South Africa …
EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
… She claimed the South African women’s singles titles in 1959 and 1961, and then she went on to win the German Open in …
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… for singing at the Pretoria Conservatoire for Music from 1959 to 1961. After 1963 she became increasingly involved in …
EventFidel Castro, president of Cuba from 1976 to 2008, is born
… he went into exile in Mexico, but returned to Cuba in 1959 and staged the Cuban Revolution. The Baptiste regime, …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… Chairman and a member of the National Working Committee in 1959. Mothopeng was arrested in 1960 for his role in the …
English Settlement in South Africa
… in 1902, all four colonies were placed under one flag. On 31 May 1910 these were united in the Union of South Africa …
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… becomes president of the United States of America. 1830/31 Thaba Bosiu, the Basotho stronghold under Moshoeshoe, is …
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
… fire. The Building housed the Company's Slaves for nearly 31 years. By 1716 it had again grown too small and in 1732 it … Government Secretary, the Bank and…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… Cutting, thus opening up the interior for settlement. 1844 31 May, District of Natal was annexed to the Cape Colony. … Earl of Derby, was appointed Colonial…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… value for interactions with the English and the Zulus. [31] As previously indicated, Fanakalo spread to the diamond … 1994), s.v. “Fanakalo.” ↵ [30] Wessels,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… of the Union on the other hand’ (Dugard 1978: 177). 31 May, The ANC agrees to observe this day as a day of … Chairperson, is born in Klerksdorp, North West…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… emerging nationalism and socialist resistance 1900-1959 1900-1959 1960-1994 Related References …
PlaceEastern Fort/Battery and Blockhouse, Chapman’s Peak, overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town
… located at the foot of Hangberg , was proclaimed on 31 March 1939. …
EventThe Blue Bulls rugby team wins the South African Currie Cup at Loftus
… On 31 October 1998 the Blue Bulls of Pretoria beat Western …
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… Record of World Events states this date as 31 August, while seven other consulted sources do not give …
Conference: African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
… I will be glad to assist. Masego Matlhatsi T el: +27 31 826 6679 email: …
EventAmina Lawal’s sentence upheld
… upheld a sentence of death by stoning for Amina Lawal. The 31 year old woman had been convicted of adultery by a village …
Foreword - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
BETWEEN THE FREEDOM FRONT, THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of…