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In his opening speech to Parliament, President Botha outlines government policy on the restoration of South African citizenship
… In his opening speech to Parliament, President Botha outlines …
Martial law is imposed in Egypt as King Farouk dismisses the premier Nahas Pasha and his Wafdist government.
… Egypt as King Farouk dismisses the premier Nahas Pasha and his Wafdist government. …
Minister of Manpower and Public Works, Pietie du Plessis, resigns over a financial scandal involving his department and a compa
… du Plessis, resigns over a financial scandal involving his department and a compa …
Rev. Modisele, ANC, NECC, is killed in Heidelberg, Transvaal. His burnt body is found with a Bible on it.
… Modisele, ANC, NECC, is killed in Heidelberg, Transvaal. His burnt body is found with a Bible on it. …
BiographySadie Forman
… essential support to Lionel, whose failing health led to his untimely death in 1959 at just 32 – five days after the birth of their …
BiographyNontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
… In a poem published on 2 December 1922, lamenting the death of her mother, she gives her mother's as Emmah Jane … Maxeke, the first editor of Umteleli, and…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… ), where they were ambushed by Eugene De Kock’ s death squad. De Kock was a member of the South African Police … emphasising instead that it was an ambush…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
… broke her family’s heart − her son now old enough, mourned his mother’s absence for months. She would never return … the vehicle, and the MK cadres were…
BiographyTaubie Kushlick
… Irish actor of her time, Micheal MacLiammoir, wrote in his autobiography about enjoying dinner at her home in … and Dr Philip Kushlick, an eminent medical…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of His Inauguration and the 10th Anniversary of Freedom, Pretoria, 27 April 2004
… masters, with guns and tanks and aircraft that would rain death on those who would disturb the peace of the masters. … no one ever has grounds to say he or…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… 1940 after internal strife. At the same time he also left his position in parliament, and later passed away in 1942. … Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to…
Hlaudi manifesto gives Jimi Matthews and his SABC comrades no option but to vote #Hlexit by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail & Guardian), 27 June 2016
… SABC’s board, Professor Obert Maghuve. Matthews announced his resignation on Twitter with understated flair: “I have … And of course, the news went viral. …
Sadecque Variava
… Transvaal (now Limpopo), the fourth of seven siblings. His father held various jobs and was very well-read, and his mother, a lively and intelligent woman,…
BiographySimon Gqubule
… at a place near Cookhouse, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His family did not have a lot of money; his father earned two pounds and five shillings a month which…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
… energized, Smith arrived in Washington hoping to promote his "internal settlement" approach to biracial government in Rhodesia. However, his reception was…
BiographyRosamund Everard-Steenkamp
… of Bertha Everard, had a brief career cut short by her death in a Spitfire accident in England. She received most of …
BiographyDaniel William Alexander
… degree of Doctor of Divinity.At the time of Alexander's death the African Orthodox Church(AOC) had 20 congregations …
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… from European conquest for over two centuries after her death. Her actions as a women defying both male and colonial … that person was then expected to…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… at night to avoid attention. As a child Frank would help his mother by delivering bundles of clean washing to her … scholarships to attend Paterson High…
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… were to signal the end of the Pedi polity. Makgatho began his education in Pretoria where he completed his primary education. In 1882 he left South Africa to…
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… 1871 to James and Elizabeth Dube. ‘Langalibalele’, his middle name, means ‘bright sun’. Dube’s grandmother, … by the early missionaries that he did not rule…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Death of Samora Machel, Mbuzini, Mpumalanga, 19 October 2006
… Mbeki, on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Death of Samora Machel, Mbuzini, Mpumalanga, 19 October 2006 …
EventThe first airmail in SA, consisting of 730 post cards, is flown eight kilometres by Evelyn Driver in his Bleriot plane from Ken
… to Muizenburg. The mail bag was fastened to the back of his seat as he flew the Bleriot monoplane. The plane landed … post cards, is flown eight kilometres…
Seretse Khama is asked to renounce his chieftaincy of the Bama-Ngwato tribe, Bechuanaland (Botswana), by the British colonial g
… Seretse Khama is asked to renounce his chieftaincy of the Bama-Ngwato tribe, Bechuanaland …
Dr C.P. Mulder, resigned Minister of Plural Relations and Development, relinquishes his leadership of the National Party in the
… Minister of Plural Relations and Development, relinquishes his leadership of the National Party in the …
Napoleon Bonaparte, newly returned from his disastrous expedition to Egypt, seizes power in France, making himself one of three
… Napoleon Bonaparte, newly returned from his disastrous expedition to Egypt, seizes power in France, …
The appeal of Protea fast bowler Makhaya Ntini against his guilty of rape charge succeeds in the Supreme Court.
… The appeal of Protea fast bowler Makhaya Ntini against his guilty of rape charge succeeds in the Supreme Court. …
The appeal of Protea fast bowler Makhaya Ntini against his guilty of rape charge succeeds in the Supreme Court.
… The appeal of Protea fast bowler Makhaya Ntini against his guilty of rape charge succeeds in the Supreme Court. …
The Reverend Beyers Naudé is served with his second banning order, restricting him for a further three years. The order
… The Reverend Beyers Naudé is served with his second banning order, restricting him for a further three …
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, on his first trip to the US, arrives in Washington for talks with President Ford.
… Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, on his first trip to the US, arrives in Washington for talks …