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EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… sanctions to bring the system of white supremacy in South Africa to an end. …
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… set the world record time for the event, at 2.16.0. South Africa's isolation from international competition from the …
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… steadfastly believed that a non-racial society in South Africa could be achieved. …
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… facing an escalation in violence. The PAC is one of South Africa's major political parties that endorsed the peace …
EventOupa Gqozo, military leader of the Ciskei, quells a second coup attempt
… a second coup attempt with South African help. The South Africa's Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed his …
EventAt least 150 people die in clashes between the ANC and IFP
… 1990, political violence was a common occurrence in South Africa, with Black townships most affected. The violence took … ANC and Inkatha Violence in South…
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
… Boksburg was the largest of 104 municipalities in South Africa to fall into CP’s leadership. …
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… Press. Under his leadership, the newspaper became South Africa's most popular Black-edited publication. The National …
EventThe first hearing looking into the mysterious death of Samora Machel begins
… where the borders of Mozambique and Swaziland and South Africa meet. The Mozambican president was returning from a …
EventFreedom of press is established at the Cape
… known as the "Magna Carta" of press freedom in South Africa, and concerned the proclamation of Ordinance No 60, … Every Step of the Way: The Journey to…
EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
… the refreshment station at the Cape, the course of South Africa history was changed forever. … [Accessed 15 July 2009] | History of South Africa [online]…
EventUN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign
… human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. President Mbeki of South Africa, who was mandated in May 2007 by the African Union …
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… in the so-called nine-day war near the end of South Africa's occupation of Namibia, which ended in 1990. It was …
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
… The eldest person in South Africa and allegedly eldest in the world, Granny Moloko Temo, …
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
… want to hurt rugby, and He did not want to let down South Africa's rugby partners, Australia and New Zealand. …
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
… when the signatory countries ratified the Charter. South Africa was one of the original founding members of the UN in …
EventHendrik Witbooi, Chief of the Nama, dies
… the north of the country, which became known as South West Africa with the German colonization of 1885. A number of …
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… the Kunst-Akademie, West Germany. On his return to South Africa he opened a school in Sophiatown and became one of the … Loots, A., 2001. ‘The Early Pioneer…
EventRobert Koch announces the discovery of a rinderpest vaccine
… disease, rinderpest. Robert Koch was brought to South Africa by the Cape Government to investigate and find a cure … et al. (eds) (1970). Standard…
EventJameson Raid starts
… the ambition of Cecil John Rhodes for a united South Africa under British rule. Jameson was under the impression … C.F.J. (ed) (1981). Five Hundred years: a…
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 576. Pedi Wars …
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
… public at no charge will trace the turmoil around South Africa and will culminate in the inauguration of President …
EventScientists find the virus that may cause Aids.
… time. The disease has caused a lot of damage in South Africa leaving large numbers of children orphans. The United … [Accessed: 09 April 2014]|SAHO, HIV/AIDS…
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
… places throughout the Middle East and North and West Africa. It would be 24 years before his return to Morocco and … " Medieval Sourcebook:Ibn Battuta:…
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
… Thillaiyadi. As she entered her teenage years in South Africa, Valliammai became increasingly aware of the …
EventRoger Joyce Bushell, Auxiliary Air Force pilot famous for his escape from the German prisoner of war camp, is born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
… (now Gauteng) to British parents. He lived in South Africa until he was 14, when his father sent him to study in …
EventThe South African government is to grant self-government to KaNgwane
… Swaziland, of which KaNgwane was to have been part. South Africa and Swaziland were not new to conflicting claims about … Appeal Court in Bloemfontein…
EventThe Government Gazette publishes a Proclamation that dissolved KaNgwane Legislative Assembly
… in 1984 and was re-incorporated into the Republic of South Africa on 27 April 1994. It now forms part of Mpumalanga …
EventJohnny Clegg, South African musician is born
… the age of seven. He and his mother immigrated to South Africa following her marriage to a South African Journalist. … [Accessed on 27 May 2013]| Gateway…
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… within a multi-cultural and economically divided South Africa. One of his best achievements was when he won the …