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EventDie Burger publishes the term 'Apartheid' for the first time
… Apartheid to mean “apartness,” and in the case of South Africa, the implicit emphasis was on the racial differences … ttps://www.sahistory.org.za/article…
ANC pays tribute to the late Arthur Goldreich, 26 May 2011
… We salute his heroic resolve that saw him leave South Africa when he escaped from custody in 1963. His legacy will …
PlaceDurban Natural Science Museum
… and life on Earth, both past and present. One of South Africa’s smallest but busiest natural science museums, it is …
PlaceEerste Rivier, Cape Town
… with the introduction of the Islamic faith to South Africa, and his tomb is considered to be the most important …
ANC statement on the high court`s ruling against IT, 29 October 1998
… in the report will now unfortunately become part of South Africa`s history. The ANC will make a comprehensive statement …
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… as a Congregational Minister. In 1887 John Dube left South Africa to study at Oberlin College in the USA. In 1894 he …
ANC statement on the passing of Epainette Mbeki, 7 June 2014
… London following her sickness. Her passing has made South Africa poorer given her long history of activism and her …
PlaceAllanridge, Free State Province
… District Municipality of the Free State province in South Africa, 34 km North of Welkom. It was founded in 1950 and …
PlaceAddo Heights, Uitenhage
… in Cacadu District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation Above Sea Level is 263 …
ArchiveSouth African political prison-literature between 1948 and 1990: the prisoner as writer and political commentator
… in the subject English at the University of South Africa. This thesis examines works written about imprisonment …
PlaceFaculty of Health Sciences, UCT Observatory
… The oldest medical school in South Africa, offer a variety of educational, training and academic …
EventBafana Bafana legend Philimon Raul Masinga dies
… goal in 1997 match against Congo which secured the South Africa’s World Cup appearance in 1998. The Minister of …
PlaceNew Somerset Hospital, Beach Road, Green Point
… and in its time was the first teaching hospital in South Africa. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC …
PlaceSt Saviours Church Anglican Church and Cemetery, Bowwood Road, Claremont
… of Bowwood and Main Roads in Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. St. Saviours has stood on its present Site since 1854 …
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… most visible manner that we, the oppressed people of South Africa and the ANC, are admired and respected (and) that it …
PlaceOld Arts Building, University of Pretoria
… masterpieces, European furniture and ceramics from South Africa and around the world. - Author Nicole Hoffmann …
PlaceKliptown Museum
… excitement and emotions of the event. Life in 1950s South Africa is also brought vividly into perspective with …
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… the permanent staff of the South African newspaper, South Africa News. At the inception of the Afrikaans newspaper, Die …
EventThe Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences
… White people and people of other race groups in South Africa is passed. The law was introduced by the apartheid … The Frightened Land: Land, Landscape and…
EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… He also founded the Media Workers Association of South Africa (MWASA). He was the third son of African National … International Defence and Aid Fund for…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… Gumede became a member of the National Assembly of South Africa. He died in June 1998 at the age of 84. …
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… honorary professor of Economics at the University of South Africa. Mboweni is currently the chairman of AngloGold …
EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… anthem of early socialists and communists in South Africa). … Boddy-Evans, A., ‘This Day in Africa History: 11 March’ , from About.com, [online], …
EventThe SABS is established
… Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), South Africa's interests are advanced and protected. In addition to …
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… is deemed to have become official policy in South Africa. In America, racial segregation on city buses was …
EventItalo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 is signed
… this treaty was to resolve outstanding differences in East Africa. The treaty provided Ethiopia access to the Red Sea …
EventThe Balfour Declaration is accepted
… the growing political and diplomatic independence of South Africa and other Dominions. … C.F.J. (ed) (1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… Slovo made his way back to the country. After first South Africa democratic elections, which were won by the ANC, Slovo …
EventJeannette Schoon and her daughter are killed by a letter bomb
… in anti-apartheid politics. He was banned in South Africa and had initially taken his family into exile in …
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… sanctions to bring the system of white supremacy in South Africa to an end. …