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EventPeter van der Merwe, South African cricketer, dies
… a dependable middle-order batsman. He captained South Africa in eight test matches and was the first Afrikaner …
EventThree cases of Buboinic plague are reported in Cape Town
… cases of Bubonic plague were reported in Cape Town, South Africa. The first cases of Bubonic plague in Cape Town …
EventHamilton Naki, a laboratory assistant to cardiac surgeon Christian Barnard, dies
… who would perform the first heart transplant in South Africa. Those who have worked with Naki described him as a …
Event5,580 Egyptian prisoners of war are exchanged for four Israelis held by Egyptian troops
… an influence over the Suez Canal created a climate in Africa which both encouraged and escalated the struggle for …
EventIvorian Footballer, Arouna Kone, is born in Anyama, Ivory Coast
… in both the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana. …
EventGerard Moerdijk, SA architect of several church buildings and the Voortrekker monument, dies
… his studies in France and Italy. On his return to South Africa, Moerdijk started his own practice and got commissions …
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
… weSizwe(MK) cadres mysteriously returned to South Africa. … L. (1990). ‘Resignation from the ANC’ in Searchlight South Africa, Vol 2. No 1, July 1990 [online…
PlaceGroutville
… it fair share of the struggles of Black people in South Africa. Black farmers were neglected by the authorities and … Albert Luthuli to look at the broader…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… a technical school in Kimberley in the Cape Colony (South Africa). The trip was organised by James H. Balmer. … young Africans and campaigned for women’s…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… back to 1776 and is one of the very oldest passes in South Africa! The Akkedisberg Pass runs along the R 326 and first … else behind…" The Pass is one of the…
Part 3: Ahmed Kathrada and Arun Gandhi - Gandhi Satyagraha Tour SA
… during the inaugural Gandhi Satyagraha Tour of South Africa, documenting the tour delegation led by Arun Gandhi in …
The Unsung Hero of South African Photography
… journey began in the place where he was born, namel South Africa. “While biography is never a trivial part of the …
The Unsung Hero of South African Photography
… journey began in the place where he was born, namel South Africa. “While biography is never a trivial part of the …
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… Alexandria in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. A minor road turns sharply off to the right from the … Government Gazette of South Africa …
PlaceTogo
… Togo is a country of western Africa. Lomé, the capital, is situated in the south-west of …
EventMinister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports
… selection of contestants for international events. South Africa was once excluded from participating in international …
EventCheryl Carolus is born
… activist and Chief Executive Officer of Tourism South Africa, Cheryl Carolus, was born in Silvertown on the Cape …
EventA group of White men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters
… by warning the Resisters to vacate their premises in South Africa. During that evening the police arrested 13 Resisters. … SAHO Indian passive resistance in…
EventDavid Kitson released
… South Africa's longest serving White political prisoner, David …
EventThe Springbok rugby team receives the State President Sports Award
… significant that the award was made at the time when South Africa was barred from taking part in international sports … 20 February, (Available at the…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… of the illegal organisation Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). He was later released on bail and in January …
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… incidents of public violence and intimidation in South Africa prior to the 1994 general election. During the first … independence to mid-1997 , Westport:…
EventThe Declaration of Windhoek
… many dangers and pressures faced by journalists working in Africa and other conflict regions. In addition, it was an …
EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… of the African National Congress (ANC), returns to South Africa after going into exile nearly thirty years ago. Tambo …
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
… its headquarters from Zambia to Johannesburg, South Africa. On 11 February 1990, Mandela was released from Victor …
EventRSA introduces more press restriction
… such an extent that it fosters chaos and revolt in South Africa" (Williams 1998). Some of the alternative media … journalism - a comparative study , Cape…
EventSA sugar magnate Sir Hulett is born
… and politician, was born in England and came to South Africa in 1857 at the age of 19. Hulett pioneered the …
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… to be infected with the Aids virus than men in South Africa. The concert was made possible through the generous …
EventSpringboks beat Scotland at Murrayfield
… South Africa's tour of the British Isles finished on an upbeat note … MyPlayers," Emphatic win for South Africa ",From: MyPlayers ,[Online],Available at: …
EventWork is stopped at the Kimberley mine
… of diamond in 1867. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa attracted many Europeans who were lured by the … Archaelogy South Africa, 1996, ‘The Digging…