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EventThe National Library of South Africa is founded
… 1818 was Lord Charles Somerset. It was he who first issued a proclamation launching the first South African Public Library. Somerset stipulated that a wine…
ArchiveBlack Sash / Sash
… Sash, originally published as Black Sash, is a detailed record of the activities of the Black Sash … papers which reflect the modus operandi of their desire…
EventNatal votes for the formation of the Union of South Africa
… South Africa Act was approved in Britain granting power to the White minority over Africans, Asiatics (mostly … who, in his view, had enjoyed most support to…
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… the original building into sections and transported it to Port Elizabeth, where it was re-erected under the … MacFarlane, of Glasgow, in Scotland, and was…
EventDay of the African Child
… Child. This commemoration was adopted on 16 June 1991 to honour those who had laid down their lives for the cause … to the status of the child can be claimed…
EventPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as UN- Women Executive Director
… was sworn in as the Executive Director of UN Women during a ceremony on 19 August 2013 at United Nations (UN) … exceptional women figures in South Africa who…
EventThe United Arab Republic is proclaimed by Egypt, Iraq, and Syria
… Many attempts were made by the Arab countries to form a United Arab Republic. The first two countries to … by presidents Quwwatli of Syria and Nasser of…
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it … powers in Africa. The aim of…
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
… After a prolonged parliamentary session lasting 127 days, the new tricameral constitution was passed by 119 to 35 votes on 31 August 1983 and signed into law…
EventArmscor’s Chairman announces the production of a record breaking South African artillery system
… of Armscor announced that South Africa had developed a 155mm artillery piece that outranged it's counterparts of a similar calibre by at least 50%. The…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… secretary of information, was initially tracked down by a journalist at Ecuador. Rhoodie had fled South Africa … of the Department of Information was…
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
… in 1890. By the late 1940's, the Malagasy had started to demand independence. A national uprising took place in 1947, but was crushed by … power from the…
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… A human leg was dropped from a South African Airways (SAA) aircraft as it was preparing to land at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Pam Hearne, the owner…
EventClampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins
… and government, from more than thirty countries agree to certify all legitimate shipments of rough diamonds, in an unprecedented effort to weed out the …
EventStampede kills twelve people in Harare
… Police fired tear gas at unruly fans during a World Cup qualifying soccer game between Zimbabwe and South Africa, setting off a stampede that killed twelve…
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) was plunged into a crisis when the Editor-in-chief of television news, Joe Thloloe, announced his resignation due to…
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
… overrun by Boers from the Orange Free State. He appealed to the British for protection, and on 12 March 1868 his country became a British protectorate, and…
EventPresident. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency
… On 7 June 1990, former South African President, F W de Klerk, announced the end of South Africa’s four year … unbanning of the African National Congress and…
EventPolice open fire, killing 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana
… striking mine-workers at Marikana, North West Province. As a result, 78 people were left wounded while more than 250 … people were arrested. The protesting…
EventPrime Minister B.J. Vorster predicts South Africa will become leading state in the Southern Africa
… African Regional Tourism Council. South Africa continued to have good relations with white colonial governments in … sub continent. The fall of the…
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
… Augustine Makalakalane is a former soccer player who later became a coach. He spent most of his soccer career playing midfield … Zurich and FC Baden. He was…
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… In 1929, H Live commissioned architect Ritchie McKinlay to design a building which, according to local tradition, would serve as a naval college. McKinlay is…
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
… of rugby memorabilia and is one of its kind in the world, a must-see for rugby fans, the Springbok Experience Rugby Museum is a world-class, modern…
EventEdgar Wallace (56), author and newspaper editor in South Africa, dies in Hollywood.
… in London in 1875. His mother, unmarried and struggling to make a living, gave him up for adoption when he was nine years … songs and poetry. He soon left…
PlaceSteenberg Farmstead, Tokai Road, Constantia
… Estate, originally known as the Zwaanswyk, was granted to Catherina Ustings in 1688 and was one of the first farms … at the beginning of the 19th century. It…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… Walmer Township in the area. The name change was part of a broader effort to rename places that had names with a colonial or apartheid legacy. Port…
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … The comrades of the Cape Town Lenin Club have asked us…
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the departure of former president Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father. Although we knew that this day would come, nothing can diminish our sense of a profound…
PlaceGrey Street now Yusuf Dadoo Street, Durban-City Centre
… workers for the sugar cane plantations, many chose to remain after their 4 year contracts had ended and brought … mosque in the Southern hemisphere …
EventWorld Council of Churches representatives barred from entering South Africa
… During a meeting with representatives of the World Council of … Vorster reaffirmed that he would not consider allowing a WCC delegation to come to South…