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EventFuneral service of Wilton Mkwayi takes place in Eastern Cape
… and contribution to building a free and democratic South Africa. His cremation in East London on 2 August was attended …
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
… the sum of R5 million to secure his residence in South Africa. His responsibilities were assigned to former ANC …
EventPastor Sekano Ntoane is born
… Church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), S.G. Sekano Ntoane, was born in Hebron, …
EventKen Oosterbroek is killed
… two weeks before South Africans went to the polls in South Africa's first historic democratic elections. It was a …
EventFormer Minister of Public Works, Thoko Didiza, is born
… Mafeje Research Institute at the University of South Africa. She holds an honours degree in Politics. She is also …
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
… his first in 1993 and his second in 1997, beating South Africa’s Ernie Els. The tournament has attracted the best … South Africa.info The Nedbank Golf…
Remembering the enslaved in Cape Town by Sam North
… modern day South East Asia – as well as from elsewhere in Africa, predominantly Madagascar and Mozambique. Roughly … period. Memory and recognition of slave…
PlacePrince Edward Islands
… south-east of Cape Town and are politically part of South Africa. The only way to travel to Marion Island is on board a …
ArchiveCultural considerations for a democratic South African Constitution
… on Constitutional guidelines for a democratic South Africa, held in Lusaka, Zambia. Argues that the formation of …
PlaceKoedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
… 1920 it was the first landing place in the Union of South Africa for the aircraft Voortrekker , whose epic flight from …
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… Movement, and non-governmental organisations in South Africa, the Bloemfontein Appeal Court commuted James Mange's …
EventThe new RSA Constitution Bill is read in parliament
… The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill received its third reading. Among …
EventMarais Viljoen is inaugurated as state president
… National Party, Marais Viljoen, was inaugurated as South Africa's fifth state president after he had been elected on 4 …
EventThe New Republic Party is formed
… A new South Africa opposition party, the New Republic Party (NRP), was … C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa ; 3rd rev. ed.,…
EventSA tenor Johan Botha is born
… major opera houses, but still finds time to visit South Africa occasionally. …
EventJapan lifts economic sanctions against SA
… is that it has taken note of reform and stability in South Africa and wishes to indicate interest in again establishing …
EventFour men die instantly in car races
… Pretoria. References: http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1570319,00.html …
EventArchbishop Tutu retires as Archbishop of Cape Town and head of the Anglican Church in SA
… of Cape Town and head of the Anglican Church in South Africa. However, he remained chairman of the Truth and …
EventConclusive Battle of Ndondakusuka takes place
… the bloodiest battles ever fought on the southern tip of Africa. More than 5000 warriors, including Mbulazi, were … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
EventFrancis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, is born
… the first president of the Senate of the Union of South Africa. He was very popular and loved for his openness, to …
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
… party. At the time the NP was the ruling party in South Africa as it came to power in 1948. It was F.W. de Klerk who, …
EventThe Japanese government announces that South Africans will no longer be granted visas to enter Japan
… Due to South Africa’s Apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s, many … Payne R.J. Japan’s South Africa Policy: Political Rhetoric and Economic Realities from …
EventOver a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
… April 1960, about 1,575 people were detained under South Africa's state of emergency that was declared by the South … Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day in Africa…
32. An unjust and uncalled-for Immigration Bill, 1894
… 10-years' stay in the Colony would be pure fatuity. All the old cords and ties will have been broken up. Such an …
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all people, irrespective of race, colour, or creed," the …
ArchiveThe Basotho Origin of Mathematics - A Public Lecture By Zulumathabo Zulu
… The popular myth in South Africa is that the African natives were devoid of …
EventRiaan Cruywagen was born on this day
… this day, Riaan Cruywagen was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was educated at Stellenbosch University and where …
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… unity sport can bring to the conflicts of post-1994 South Africa. …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 28 March 1983, Volume 59
… Methodist Conference of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.3 1986
… Literature and the Struggle for Liberation in South Africa by Daniel P. Kunene; Days with Poona Poon by Luli …