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EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… October 1639 in Mauritius, the son of Adrian van der Stel, a Dutch East India Company (DEIC) official and Maria Lievens, the daughter of a freed slave. His…
EventMangosutho Buthelezi reveals his daughter died from HIV/Aids
… Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, makes a landmark revelation that his daughter, Princess Mandisi … April 29. Buthelezi's openness about…
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… Polio is a water-born disease that affects the nervous system and … 2003, when Muslim states like Kano banned the use of a polio vaccine, due to conspiracy…
EventAWB leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, is convicted of attempted murder and assault
… on two counts, for attempted murder and assault in a Potchefstroom court and sentenced to six years in jail. This sentence was handed down for the brutal…
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… On this date the British Colonial Secretary addressed a dispatch that Queen Victoria has approved a Royal Charter creating the British South Africa Company ……
EventQueen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
… South Africa effectively became a British colony in 1795. This led to great number of changes, such as the expansion into the … particularly under the…
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… people displaced. This civil war directly resulted in a widespread famine in Somalia. A major problem was that the humanitarian food aid sent to Somalia was…
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… Born in the Netherland, Pieter Wenning came to live in South Africa in 1905. Though he had settled in the … he travelled all over South Africa and developed…
WhatsYourHeritage
… Solution Space Philippi Learning Lunches provides a space for entrepreneurs and youth from the community to learn from and be inspired by leading experts…
ArchiveThe rehabilitation scheme: a new fraud
… the Native Policy in which the Black man is kept as a slave to the White man and to invariably create wealth or him. A plan directed for those Africans in…
Rixaka
… journal of the African National Congress, was launched to establish a platform allowing full expression of the cultural voice in … resistance movement and…
EventBlacks are making bonfires of their “passes” in Johannesburg
… of pass laws was announced. Many Natives turned a deaf ear to the warning made by the Minister of Justice Mr. Erusmas. … his reference book on Saturday…
EventThe South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu
… Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu. The government also promised to improve facilities in those areas. The statement was made … Viljoen. Viljoen stressed that this…
EventMandela suspends talks in the wake of Boipatong Massacre
… of the killings in Boipatong. The ANC blamed President F.W. de Klerk for not doing enough to stop the violence and decided to withdraw from the Convention…
EventLocal elections receive go
… session was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to be held on November 1. This step was taken in…
EventGandhi leaves South Africa
… Cape Town by ship for England, from where he would return to India in January 1915. Deliberations between Gandhi and Gen J.C. Smuts led to the passing of…
EventNelson Mandela delivers a speech marking his first 100 days in office
… of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, delivered a speech to the joint sitting of parliament in Cape Town. The speech … to heal the wounds of the…
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… support for RENAMO, claiming that the country is committed to the Nkomati Accord of 1984. The Nkomati Accord was signed … (FRELIMO). In this agreement both…
EventDr. Neville Alexander and four others are found guilty of sabotage
… four others were found guilty of sabotage and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. The judge found that the accused … offshoot of the Yu Chi Chan Club (YCCC)…
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… and violence that made it hard for most foreign companies to remain operational. Esso South Africa was an affiliate of … of petroleum products. Esso was one…
Clarion Call
… as the official journal of the KwaZulu Government, as a record of their activities, and as a mouthpiece of the Inkatha Institute developed to foster the aims…
EventMorocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain
… On 4 January 1969 an agreement to return Sidi Ifni to Morocco was signed between Spain and … Ifni dates back to 1476 when Spanish explorer, Diego GarcÁa de…
ArchiveNon-Violence Newsletter, Third quarter 1983
… Includes a letter to encourage non violent action towards peace and justice in South Africa, also to encourage others to report on injustices wherever they…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… in about 1873. It is believed that he received training as a teacher at Lovedale Institution and was then sent to a Methodist Mission school in Nancefield,…
PlaceMamelodi
… "Mamelodi" was the name given to President Paul Kruger by the Africans because of his … birds, also meaning Mother of Melodies. Mamelodi has a Population of…
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
… South Africa prime plains for game hunting. Rooipoort is a private game reserve, of 140,000 acres with 20 miles of … animals of over 20 species running in…
PlaceRondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
… almost opposite the Rustenburg Estate, and was used as a camping ground by Batavian forces during the first British … an outbreak of dysentery among the…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
… Uganda is an east African country that had a number of kingdoms as well as political institutions by the … influence on the African continent. This was…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… There is a pass in the Magaliesberg known as Silkaatsnek It was here … huge tracts of inhospitable country, which were difficult to fight in; rough hills,…
PlaceGlen Grey Division
… most notably, the Khoikhoi of the Kat River Settlement, a group whom the British had hitherto assumed to be their allies. Following their defeat, these…