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EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… efforts in calling for an end to minority rule in South Africa, the unbanning of liberation organisations and the …
EventThe Prince Imperial of France dies in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 8, p. 40. …
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… Ciskei homeland and its integration into the rest of South Africa. The decree provided for indefinite detention without …
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… the CSRV[online],avaliable at www.csvr.org.za South Africa Constitution 1966-The demand for a negotiated …
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
… between France and the Apartheid government in South Africa. Sergeant-Major Joseph Klue of the South African …
EventZola Budd breaks a world record
… might have attracted anti-apartheid demonstrators as South Africa was banned from competing in any sporting code with …
EventBartolomeu Dias reaches present Mossel Bay
… that he had sailed past the southern-most point of Africa. A strong wind had driven him so far south of Cape … et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of…
EventTeboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games
… At the closing of the Athens Paralympics 2004 games, South Africa saluted its Amakrokokroko team, which ended in …
EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… Omar was the first Minister of Justice of the new South Africa and was later appointed Minister of Transport by …
EventSuspect in US embassies bomb blasts denies charges
… him in New York. Mohamed was traced to Cape Town, South Africa, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and …
EventTony Johnstone wins Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament.
… to discuss the President's Cup tournament and left South Africa in his private jet. …
EventSouth African Aerial Transports services are inaugurated
… Air services were inaugurated in South Africa with the amalgamation of a London-based company, the … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern…
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
… are defeated by Herero people near Okaharui, German West Africa (now Namibia). Herero men in the Okaharui ambushed …
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9. …
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… One of the worst explosions in the history of South Africa occurred at Braamfontein station, Johannesburg, when … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia…
EventPresident Paul Kruger authorises the construction of the railway line to Delagoa bay
… The discovery of various rich mineral resources in Southern Africa saw the construction of various railway lines. Of note …
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… was of Cuban descent, which made him mixed race in South Africa and was classified as Coloured. La Guma’s father was …
EventZambian journalist, Fred M’membe is born
… is the third recipient of the Media Institute of Southern Africa's Press Freedom Award in 1995. That same year, he also …
EventThirteen residents are gunned down in Mamelodi by South African police
… on 25 July 1985 by President PW Botha in 36 of South Africa’s 260 magisterial districts. Within the first six … African History Online, ‘Liberation Struggle…
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
… Environmental Affairs and Tourism of the Republic of South Africa from 1996 to 1999. After 2004 national elections, …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… Free State and incorporated them into the Union of South Africa. …
EventDr. Neville Alexander and four others are found guilty of sabotage
… activists Kenneth and Tilly Abraham from the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), he created the YCCC to …
Clarion Call
… peaceful change and a negotiated future for South Africa". The youth of KwaZulu, in particular, were called …
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… (Gold) posthumously to Sontonga for his service to South Africa. . His granddaughter, Mrs Ida Rabotape received the …
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Cottam Grove has a length of 0.13 kilometres. …
Izwi lase Township, 1982 - 1984
… it held that Alexandra was but a part of South Africa and shared in the general struggle of the country as a …
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
… , Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2014. Source: Africa at LSE Reference List [1] Ernest Harsch, Thomas … of Ohio Press, 2014. [2]Kingsley Kobo, “Spirit…
PlaceAha Hills, Northern Cape Border With Namibia and Botswana
… When the sun sets, the characteristic sounds of Southern Africa are absent, though the resulting stillness is near …
EventProposal made to stop sending Black troops to assist in WW1
… disapproves of sending coloured men and natives from South Africa to Europe for any service in connection with the war …
ArchiveTribute to Anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman, by African National Congress, 1 January 2009
… Suzman used Parliament to fight injustices in South Africa. Suzman became a thorn in the flesh of apartheid by …