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PlaceSeal Island
… well known as the port of departure for scenic day trips to Seal island or Duiker Island, home to a colony of thousands of Cape Fur Seals. Drumbeat Charters,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… The decision of the Confederation of African Football to hold the 20th Nations Cup Tournament in South Africa is the best gift Africa could present to our…
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… by rebel junior officers. The reasons for this coup was a long standing dissatisfaction with military leadership that … ruling council that governed Lesotho…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… Orange Free State (now Free State), where there was a large concentration of women working mainly as domestic … the protest. Two hundred angry women marched…
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… African continent, was ruled by colonial powers that left a legacy of ethnic and class divisions. The Tutsi had been … preferred group of the former Belgian…
EventThe Pretoria Supreme Court orders for an inquiry into the doctors' treatment of Steve Biko at the time of his death
… the South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) to hold an inquiry into the conduct of the two doctors who … 6 and 7 September, Biko was beaten and…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… it was known by many names, most commonly referred to as "Town". This is as opposed to going to West Street, … was predominantly settled by Indians, it was…
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
… cornerstone of the present church building, designed in a neo-Gothic style, was laid by Lord Milner on 15 March 1905. … High Commissioner for South Africa…
Event“Maberete” strike ends more than a decade of labour broking at the South African Post Office
… with management at the South African Post Office (SAPO) to be employed directly. This constituted one of the few … fight against all forms of third party…
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… Vlakfontein Monument.The Vlakfontein Monument was erected to commemorate the Jameson Raid of 1895/ 96, in which the … some of the casualties of the ill fated…
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The Liquor Act, which … bill was withdrawn, and Indians were once again allowed to enter licensed…
EventThe first mountain zebra foal is born in at the National Mountain Zebra Park
… The Mountain Zebra is an endangered species native to South Western Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. It is … boldly stripped in black and white or brown…
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… Idi Amin Dada Oumee fled Uganda on 29 March 1979* first to Libya and eventually to Saudi Arabia. Amin began his career as a cook in the King's African Rifles…
EventDr. Margaret Roach ‘Killie’ Campbell, collector of Africana, dies in Durban
… and St. Leonard's School in Scotland, where she is said to have developed a profound interest in history. Campbell was well known for … was built in 1914 by…
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
… among the many South Africans who fled across the border to join the African National Congress (ANC) in their armed … African state. On 25 February 1988,…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… Zulu army, and slowly arrived in Xhosa territory over a period of time. By the 1830's, a centre of Mfengu settlement had been established around the … and…
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… settlement at the cape, however, before the island began to grow into its modern legacy as a place of sorrow. It's unique geography - close to the ……
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
… Enshrined in the South African Bill of rights, is the right to free access to information. In this spirit, the … Authority of South Africa granted Midi…
EventBeginning of the Anglo-Zulu War, 10 January 1879
… Sir Bartle Frere was appointed British high commissioner to South Africa in 1879 to realise the policy of … and independent African groups under common…
EventScores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters
… On 26 March 1953, close to 100 people were killed and scores of others injured at … treating his own people as an indication of his loyalty to the British…
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
… Coloured and Indian areas of the Western Cape embarked on a class boycott. This became a precursor to a massive popular revolt in the province. The Committee…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… of fevered eyes have been fixed on South Africa, host to the World Cup, which ends next weekend. For half a century the probing gaze of the South African…
V - The Funeral
… 1978, South Africa Thirteen Western nations sent diplomats to the funeral on 25 September. Police actions prevented … skulls, and said he had witnesses who…
EventMargaret Rheeder is hung in Pretoria
… in Pretoria. On the morning of 27 April 1957 Rheeder went to a pharmacy in Kempston Road, Port Elizabeth to buy a bottle … Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek:…
EventKing Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with the British East Africa Company
… the death of his father, Muteesa I in 1884. Upon ascending to the throne, mwanga expelled all Christian missionaries and … the faith. He saw the spread of…
EventWomen’s Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein
… attended by 20 000 people from all over the country, was to commemorate 26 251 women and children who died during the … Mr M.T. Steyn, who was absent from…
ArchiveUnlike The Gambia’s Jammeh, Mugabe may not disappear, 22 November 2017, AZAD ESSA
… In the central lobby of the Banjul International Airport, a painting of Yahya Jammeh, the former president of The … free-flowing kaftan, is shown with his…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - White Students and Black Students
… held under the auspices of the National Union of S. A. Students. A Bantu Christian like myself must also join in this feeling … gratitude as well as…
PlaceArtillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence
… Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of a military camp on the present premises of the South African … buildings were found…
PlaceSão Tomé and Príncipe
… In the late 15th Century the Portuguese sent out settlers to the island's to grow sugar. This included many convicts … island of São Tomé in 1595, is now…