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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…
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…
PlaceLake Fundudzi, Thohoyanda
… the rains and plentiful harvests, express gratitude for all the positives that happened over the year, and ask for …
PlaceRiviersonderend, Cape Overberg
… human tummies in need sustenance on the long road, are on all entry and exit points of the Town! Riviersonderend is a …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
… that is happening. POM Do you think as a result of all these revelations in the last couple of weeks that they … survival. AG A matter of survival…
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 …
ArchiveOpening address at the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Cape Town, 1981.
… of students. Discusses political events in South Africa, in particular, the emergence of a Broad Democratic …
Nqutu, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… gender, 57.29%, because like in most villages of South Africa, the men venture off to cities, to find work and …
ArchiveRenewed fighting in April
… force members were killed . On April 10 1989, South Africa, Angola and Cuba signed the Mount Etjo Declaration to …
PlaceDe Beers Building, 88 St Georges Street, Simonstown
… Supply Co., who then sold it to the Standard Bank of South Africa. They established a branch in the building and used it …
EventZola Budd and Annette Cowley are banned from the Commonwealth Games
… sanctions against the apartheid government of South Africa. …
Nelson Mandela Speaks on Tolerance, April 30, 2006 on CBS (Video)
… has lived his life and why he was able to lead South Africa from the repression of apartheid into a peaceful …
EventElectric lights are installed in Adderley Street, Cape Town.
… Lodge Museum, Groote Kerk (the oldest church in South Africa) and the Company Gardens. During Christmas, the street …
EventCommuters cause damage estimated at R30m when they set fire to several coaches and two offices at Germiston Station
… the fire. Setting trains on fire is not unusual in South Africa. Commuters often use this method to express their …
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb ‘Devil’s Tooth’ in the Drakensberg Range
… The Drakensberg is the highest mountain range in South Africa, with Thabana Ntlenyana the highest peak in the …
EventSA artist, Daniel Sefundi Rakgoathe is born
… with the aim of nurturing the unique artistic heritage of Africa. Later, Rakgoathe was awarded a Fulbright scholarship …
EventViolence erupts on the eve of Soweto uprising anniversary
… the next morning. The uprising that would change South Africa began the following day. … at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 14 June 2013]| South Africa…