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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 …
EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
… company De Beers bought it and brought it back to South Africa. … Davenport, J., Eureka – South Africa has diamonds! , from Mining Weekly, [online], … 05…
EventSir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the malaria mosquito is born
… his research and visited various countries including West Africa, Panama and other countries advising and aiding in the …
EventThe Congo Free State is established by King Leopold of Belgium
… Leopold II of Belgium. Congo was a large region in central Africa that had been able to resist European penetration. It …
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… his students. On encountering financial hardships in South Africa, Bowler returned to England. He died of bronchitis in …
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… whom he describes as ‘the most famous white woman in South Africa’, and about whom he has written a biography. Uys, …
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… Exposition to mark the anniversary of the Union of South Africa. After his opening address, he took his seat. Shortly … interview’, [Available at the…
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… was opened in 1931 by the Governor General of South Africa, the Earl of Clarendon. The Memorial Tower Building, …
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… Born and trained in England, Harrison immigrated to South Africa in 1894 and a few years later entered into a …
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… 1879, the British Army suffered its greatest defeat in Africa when 24,000 Zulu soldiers overran a British camp of 1 …
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… gave his famous 'winds of change' speech here in South Africa. By 1962 the British Government had already decided …
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Acknowledgement
… it to fruition than initially expected. This makes me all the more grateful for the tolerance that has come my way …
PlacePhilippolis, Free State
… to pull you back in time, while not really moving much at all. I rattle out onto the road, that strange Karoo wind …
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
… such a fine, quiet, dignified lady as she appears to be. All her pictures and the way she conducts herself during …
Document 22 - CODESA I - Declaration of Intent
… provided on whether sustainable jobs have been created at all. This in itself, is a serious admission that the GEAR …
EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
… White areas – a phenomenon familiar to the rest of South Africa at the time. Black people had already been segregated …
Place'Aba Mponjwana', Drakensberg Mountains
… contrast to the dry canyons found elsewhere in Southern Africa. (link in further reading) …
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… we Sizwe (MK) would embark on a long march home to South Africa, whilst some MK members would assist ZAPU's military …
PlaceMaclear's Beacon
… of the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town , South Africa. This World Heritage Site was origanally caled; … of the Table Mountain National Park in Cape…