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EventMaluzi Gigaba is born
… in Eshowe, Natal. Gigaba was appointed deputy minister by president Thabo Mbeki after the 2004 general elections. …
EventThousands protest the killing of Chris Hani
… a year prior to South Africa's first democratic elections, by two right wing associates Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz …
EventAllan Boesak marries Elna Botha
… Uniting Reformed Church and had divorced his wife Dorothy, by whom he had four children. Boesak had resigned from the …
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
… in the Internal Security Act and suspension of violence by the ANC as part of the on-going negotiations to end …
EventSA beaches are opened to all racial groups
… was made after a number of protest multiracial swim-ins by anti-apartheid activists. He further promised the …
EventCosatu offices in Durban under attack
… Trade Unions (Cosatu) offices in the town were attacked by a mob armed with pangas and other weapons. Cosatu and the …
EventSwanepoel and Du Preez found guilty of killing soldiers
… Marius Swanepoel and Hendrik Du Preez were convicted by Judge Faan Hancke for murder on two soldiers, Michael …
EventUN Tribunal on Rwanda sentences Jean Kambanda
… The tribunal panel was comprised of three judges led by a Senegalese, Laity Gama. Kambanda cooperated with the … HANDS DOWN LIFE SENTENCE FOR CRIMES OF…
EventInhabitants flee UNITA occupation
… for the Independence of Angola (UNITA), formed in 1966 by Jonas Savimbi to contest power and access to minerals in …
EventThe first experimental radio broadcast in South Africa takes place
… The Broadcast was of a music concert and was made by the Western Electric Company. Radio broadcast has grown …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… Republic, also known as Transvaal Republic), was dynamited by its crew under Lieutenant H Du Toit before falling into …
EventNatal Indian Congress is formed
… The Natal Indian Congress (NIC) is formed by Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight discrimination against …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… Middlesex, England on 15 November 1802 and, accompanied by his wife, moved to the Cape Colony in 1834. They settled …
EventThe Bloemfontein Convention is signed
… The Republic of the Orange Free State was established by the signing of the Bloemfontein Convention (also called …
EventANC leads march through central Durban
… (ANC) led a march through central Durban, attended by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The …
EventSA announces its decision to allow multi-racial teams to represent the country in international events
… Japan. The decision to ban South Africa was announced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Switzerland. …
EventLimpet mine explodes and damages substation in Durban
… was thrown at a Railwaypoliceman in Soweto, followed by an explosion that damaged a Pretoria sub-station. …
ArchiveCircular from Oliver Schreiner, Deputy Vice-President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… making, and student benefits administered or provided by the National Union. …
EventHenry Morton Stanley’s expedition reaches Fort Bodo, Congo
… an English explorer who lived in America, was commissioned by The New York Herald with the task of finding explorer …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Intelligence Services Day 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony and Inauguration of the Wall and Garden of Remembrance: Musanda, Tshwane: 24 November 2005
… This could not have happened without dedicated service by many of you. However, while we are celebrating a decade of … long journey that we have travelled…
Awards of Recognition to Honourable Early Associates of Gandhiji and Phoenix Settlement 1904-1914
… contribution, dedication and devoted service rendered by the following individuals to the building of an … to South Africa with his family in 1945. He is…
1. The Way to Fox Street
… job. He ended up working at a Stellenbosch jam factory. By 1919 he had saved up enough money to resume his education … received a salary of two shillings and…
Briefing on Lekgotla outcomes, 27 January 2015
… to arrive early and to bring their media cards Issued by Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress …
EventUnited Democratic Front call to Police
… for police to stay away from funerals. This was requested by community members together with the UDF executive after …
PlaceAogutoas, Village near Port Nolloth
… water took away the old man'. Its location was marked by Bartolomeu Dias on his epic voyage around the Cape, in … New Dictionary of South African Place Names…
PlaceAbiquasput, Northern Cape
… Alternativly the name could have arisen from the usage, by the locals of the species of plants, Abiqua. They used the … South African Place Names by Peter E…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 23 May 1983, Volume 77 and Volume 78
… into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to inquire into, …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 20 May 1983, Volume 76
… into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to inquire into, …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 19 May 1983, Volume 74 and Volume 75
… into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to inquire into, …
ArchiveLeadership and conflict in Bushbuckridge: struggles to define moral economics with the context of rapidly transforming political economies (1978-1990)
… gender and generational relations in Bushbuckridge. By analysing violent conflicts, the thesis investigates how …