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EventDe Klerk and Mandela receive UNESCO peace prize
… negotiations for a democratic dispensation in South Africa. In the process they set an example to the rest of the … Frederik W. De Klerk, President of the…
EventMandela addresses ANC rally in Durban
… that the ANC was the principal political movement in South Africa. …
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA) in the border region, was found on a dirt road …
EventMoses Mabhida dies in Maputo
… 1986. In 2006, Mabhida's remains were transferred to South Africa by the South African government for reburial at his …
EventPhumizile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed as SA Deputy President
… was appointed as first woman Deputy President in South Africa. She replaced Jacob Zuma, who had been fired from his …
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… next Olympic competitions in 2008, with 63 medals. South Africa managed to win six medals, including one gold. The …
EventLibrary and clinic names are changed in Pretoria
… essays and novels dealing with issues of race and South Africa's changing society. The FF Ribeiro Clinic was named …
EventCaribbean countries refuse to send troops to Haiti
… exile in Jamaica, he was offered amnesty in South Africa, where he and his family are still living in great …
EventANC celebrates 90th anniversary
… to act together to advance towards the land of promise for Africa and Africans foreseen by our forebears when they …
EventMbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate
… Three months after being inaugurated as South Africa's second president since democratic elections in 1994, … South Africa Government Online, 'Thabo Mvuyelwa…
EventAn American Jet is shot down in Ethiopia
… was en route from Naples, Italy, to Johannesburg, South Africa, via Egypt for repair. The Ethiopian authorities …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated at Union Buildings
… became the second Black president of the Republic of South Africa. He was unanimously appointed by the new parliament on … [Accessed: 11 June 2014]|Burger,…
EventMgqwetho,the first poem of Nontisi is published
… apartheid. Click here to read more about the arts in South Africa Click here to read specifically about South African …
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… 1912, the first weather forecast for the Union of South Africa as a whole was issued by A.G. Howard of the Union … et al. (eds) (1970). Standard…
EventMonty Naicker dies
… Naicker played a crucial role in the history of South Africa and his name is well documented amongst the political …
EventRabbi Israel Abrahams is born
… Abrahams was born in Vilna, Lithuania. He came to South Africa in 1937 and held the position of chief rabbi for more …
EventSA Journalist James Gray is born
… the parliamentary staff of The Times. He moved to South Africa and became editor of the Pretoria News from 1924 until … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
EventProfessor Lydia van Niekerk is born
… and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. On her return to South Africa after obtaining a D.Litt et Phil degree, she lectured … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
EventThe Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha reveals government plan on increasingly militant Black trade unions.
… December 1985, when popular unrest had spread across South Africa. …
EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
… of 74, Ken Gampu was a well known veteran actor in South Africa. Gampu was the first South African actor to act in … film star who inspired a generation in…
Event18,000 people have been detained since the declaration of the State of Emergency in March
… The Government of the Republic of South Africa announced in Parliament that 18,000 people had been … at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 12 April 2013)| South…
EventActivist and Journalist, Robert Resha dies in exile
… for a non-racial, non-sexist, just and democratic South Africa. In the 1940s he was jailed for participating in the …
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… and believed that the Zulu Nation should reign in South Africa. In 1999, he suffered a stroke, which meant he could …
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… and wrote books like The stone age cultures of South Africa and Method in prehistory. He died on 5 December 1959. …
EventThe condition of Edwin Smith, the youngest baby in SA to undergo open-heart surgery, improves
… Edwin Smith became the youngest baby in South Africa to undergo open-heart surgery. Edwin was operated at … improving’ [Available at the National Library of…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu
… the Native view of what is known as Segregation in South Africa. Contents The Segregation Fallacy Hertzogian …
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… and wrote books like The stone age cultures of South Africa and Method in prehistory. He died on 5 December 1959. …
PlaceRuth Prowse School of Art
… opened the only Non-Discriminatory Art Centre in South Africa on the Estate in Woodstock in 1970. In 1980 the …
PlaceAmanzamnyama, a small size Town in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… is a stream and is located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation Above Sea Level is 936 …
ArchiveThe end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
… of Arts in the subject history at the University of South Africa. This thesis includes chapters on the role of South …