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EventDisaster strikes as Portuguese ship São João sinks
… 100 people were drowned and the rest of them, led by Manuel de Souza e Sepulveda, started walking northwards …
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… 2004 Games was the United States with 103 medals, followed by Russia with 92 and China, which is set to host the next …
EventANC celebrates 90th anniversary
… the land of promise for Africa and Africans foreseen by our forebears when they established the ANC on January …
EventThe National Anti-Corruption Forum is launched in Langa
… The National Anti-Corruption Forum was launched by former Deputy President J.G. Zuma in Langa, Cape Town. The …
EventMbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate
… University. After he was capped an Honorary Doctor by RAU's Chancellor, Mr Paul du P Kruger, President Mbeki …
EventMakhaya Ntini is found guilty of rape
… of spending six years in prison. He was replaced by Alan Dawson in the South African World Cup cricket team. …
EventANC makes first submission to TRC
… died in exile, including the names of 34 members executed by order of a military tribunal, was also contained in the …
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… decision to expel Winnie Mandela was unanimously hailed by parliamentary parties as well as the African National …
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… After losing the Wakkerstroom and Oudtshoorn by-elections in April, prime minister and leader of the South …
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… for the Union of South Africa as a whole was issued by A.G. Howard of the Union Weather Service from the branch …
EventLeprosy expert Dr Kok is born
… there she made a major contribution to medical literature by identifying and describing an unknown skin disease which …
EventMonty Naicker dies
… later dropped. He also endured the wrath of the regime by several banning orders that were imposed on him. Naicker …
EventWoolf Joel is killed due to his refusal to kidnap President Paul Kruger
… Woolf Joel, Barney Barnato's nephew, was shot and killed by Baron Von Veltheim because he refused to assist in …
EventPutin visits South Africa
… visit of a Russian head of state to SA. He was welcomed by President Thabo Mbeki in a special ceremony. The two … Media Programme for State Visit to South…
EventArmistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War
… Transvaal War), a provisional armistice was agreed upon by General Evelyn Wood of the British forces and Republican …
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… source gives the date as 31 December 1875. He is revered by the Griqua people of the present day as the greatest of …
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… Republiek (ZAR or Transvaal Republic). He was described by Theal as "the ablest leader and most perfect …
EventHeavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
… nine in Limpopo. South Africa was once again ravaged by heavy floods in early 2011, leading to fears of a repeat …
EventThe Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha reveals government plan on increasingly militant Black trade unions.
… a means of disciplining certain unions. This stern warning by Botha came almost two years after the formation of the …
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… Many of those who led the protest were later harassed by security forces and forced into exile. …
EventFierce fighting erupts between pro-Patrice Lumumba troops and UN forces
… became the new Congo Prime Minister. Lumumba was arrested by Col. Mobutu Seseseko's soldiers and transferred to …
EventDesire Wilson is born
… documenting her life as a racing driver titled 'Driven by desire' has been published. … [Accessed on 11 October 2013] | Motor Sport Retro Driven by Desire:…
EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
… His first acting job was a role in the play No good Friday by Athol Fugard. Gampu was born in Germiston in 1929. Before …
EventSouth African athlete and Africa high-jump record holder Hestrie Cloete is born in Germiston, Transvaal
… high jumping at the age of 13 when she was discovered by her coach Martin Marx. From 1995 Cloete enjoyed success in …
EventThe British government closes its consulate in Angola
… Namibia to oust the Marxist MPLA which was supported by Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). …
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… for Katanga province on 11 July. The intervention by UN troops followed Patrice Lumumba’s request for …
EventKenyan Politician, Tom Mboya dies
… was involved in the assassination as he was threatened by Mboya, but this was never proven. …
EventCanadians, Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod discover insulin, saving the lives of many diabetics
… had had a very short life span. It was first discovered by Frederick Banting and J.J.R Macleod in 1922. The discovery …
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… with Claremont Histories & South African History Online by visiting the stand, browsing a selection of South African …
EventSouth African Airways is given permission to fly over the bulge of Africa as negotiations to end apartheid gain momentum
… signaled the end of sanctions and boycotts on the country by the international community. Since the establishment of …