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EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… Barre shared the fate of many post liberation leaders in Africa. Having started out as policemen in the Italian …
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… sped up the change in the political dispensation in South Africa. On 4 March 1990 343 political prisoners on Robben … Negotiating the Release of Political…
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo win a Grammy
… group that has sold over 6 million copies in South Africa and internationally. Ladysmith Black Mambazo has … South Africa.Info Grammy for Black Mambazo …
EventThe four corner stones of the castle (Kasteel de Goede Hoop) at the Cape are laid
… of Good Hope is the oldest surviving building in South Africa. This fortification replaced a small clay and timber …
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… people's feelings of being marginalised in the new South Africa, warned against this and said Coloureds must claim …
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… which had reached the summit on 26 May 2003. Back in South Africa, he told journalists at an environmental affairs media …
EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… In South Africa's largest Black economic empowerment deal, Anglo … " Johnnic Holdings Ltd (Johnnic) - Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa ", from Mbendi ,…
EventThe first issue of the weekly periodical ‘TIME’ appeared on news stands
… covers that documented our history. Source: TIME, South Africa [online]. Available at: time.com [accessed 25 February …
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… English Methodist family in 1906. He became one of South Africa's first and most important abstract painters. He first …
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… Cato was born in London, England in 1814. He came to South Africa as a trader. He was asked to plan Durban while it was …
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… he received the Wolraad Woltemade Decoration, then South Africa's highest civilian award for bravery. During his …
EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… in 1862, then known as The Standard Bank of British South Africa. It started doing business in a tent in Johannesburg, …
EventThe historic Tana Baru Muslim cemetery is forced to close
… the earliest and most respected Muslim settlers of South Africa were buried, was closed in terms of the Public Health …
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… Man to Man. So Then There Are Dreams. Thoughts on South Africa. Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland. Undine. New … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia…
EventLesotho’s deputy Prime Minister shot
… but his request is turned down. Despite South Africa's refusal of military assistance, South African …
EventFNB cancels its R20 million anti-crime initiative designed to encourage President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his priority
… the public and politicians to work together to make South Africa a better country, only to delete some of the content …
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… the South African forces in Italy. On his return to South Africa he joined the Polly Street Art Centre in Johannesburg …
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… and fined £20. Monneypenny, who had only been in South Africa for two months, had written a highly derogatory … Walkerville South Africa, ‘Danie Theron in…
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… to be one of the most hardworking players in South Africa. In 2004 Burger won two awards; the IRB International …
EventIgnatius Royston Dunnachie (Roy) Campbell, SA satirical poet, is born in Durban.
… was born in Durban, Natal, and was considered one of South Africa’s most esteemed English poets. The son of Dr Samuel … Potgieter, D.J. et al. Standard…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… the African National Congress (ANC) when he was in South Africa inthe 1940's, came to the attention of colonial …
EventMiss Namibia, Michelle Mclean, model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand
… of Ceremonies in several events, including the Miss South Africa 2010 and Miss World 2009. Mclean has one son with ex …
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
… studying at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in South Africa. He studied Anthropology at the University of …
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… suspended the civilian constitution and refused South Africa's repeated demands for a return to civilian rule. He … Country-data.com (2011). South Africa…
EventStephen Gray, SA writer and academic, is born
… Born in Cape Town, Steven Gray is one of South Africa’s most prolific writers. He received an M.A. in … Jobson, L., 2008. ‘ Steven Gray ’ South Africa ”“…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… Congress (ANC). Contrary to many predictions, South Africa avoided a bloodbath. There was no single cause for …
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
… scene of arguably the most famous political trial in South Africa's history, the Rivonia Trial. During this trial, … theatre. It as opened by the Prime…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… ' which flows through the City. Xhosa is one of South Africa's 11 official languages and one of the few in the … Cape Town , he was informed of his new…
Introduction
… quest for future improvements rested squarely with South Africa's Indians. Smuts his compatriots recognised that white … . from first to last [the history of…
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… be Maintained. In Jan 2011, a bunch of pictures of all the Headstones and Plaques were taken, that could find. …