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PlaceIrma Stern Museum
… Africa’s most prolific and powerful artists who played a leading role in introducing avant-garde art to the country. Born in 1894 in South Africa, Irma Stern…
PlaceKirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
… Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden lives up to its reputation as the most beautiful garden in Africa and … was the first botanic garden in the world to…
PlaceElaandslaagte, a Mission Station in Kwa Zulu Natal
… Elandslaagte was a mission station of the Dutch Reformed Church of South … about 1860. The 1875 census indicated that the village had a population of 230…
PlaceComoros
… early 16th Century. The Arabs first used these islands as a trading outpost with the continent of Africa and Madagascar … 1978 . However, other Islands like…
EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
… singles titles in 1959 and 1961, and then she went on to win the German Open in the years 1960 till 1962.[iii] She … Reynolds is still the only South African…
EventProceedings against SA start in the International Court of Justice
… Location: back to this day in history search archive South Africa received a mandate from the League of Nations over South West Africa … Africa, Cape Town:…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… was implemented in South Africa in 1948, certain laws had to be put in place to maintain white domination in all … with resistance against the apartheid…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… number of deaths outside Natal and KwaZulu rose from 124 to 1 888, mainly as a result of a fierce political turf battle between the ANC and Inkatha on ……
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… second democratically elected president in front of a vast crowd of dancing and cheering supporters. The … two days before his 57th birthday. The occasion…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… born on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban . She went to the University of Natal where she graduated with BA in … Durban under the guidance of Narainsamy…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in the … under the command of General Sir…
PlaceGoshen
… It was established by the Transvaal Boers in 1884, as a Republic. Their flag was horizontal black-white-red stripes with a green vertical stripe at the hoist…
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… first convenient natural crossing of the Sunday's River to be encountered inland from the sea, and was frequently … travelling from the coast into the South…
PlaceStanford, Western Cape Overberg
… Stanford is a small Riverside Village, in Overberg District Municipality, … is also known for its rich History, that’s tied in closely to that of the Cape…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… sacrifice together in that struggle... Today I am pleased to introduce three who were captured [by the enemy] and who … Botswana/South Africa border... He…
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
… April. Every Sunday, families and groups of friends flock to the gardens in Newlands to watch their favourite bands … Mountain and surrounds. Visitors are…
EventSekonyela, chief of the Batlokwa, dies in the Wittebergen Reserve, Herschel district.
… Kgosi Sekonyela (c. 1804 – 20 July 1856) was a chief of the Batlokwa people. He effectively took over the … engaged in cattle raids on neighbouring tribes,…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… The government announces that its aim, is to provide all Black children with free and compulsory … and township areas for Black education. The government had…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
… (Chris) Barnard, performed the world's first human to human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape … which pushed the boundaries of science into…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… in the Eastern Cape, he studied medicine and started a practice in Lovedale in 1947. While at medical school, … (ANCYL), as well as the local ANC branch when…
EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Walvis Bay, from the … by sealers and whalers before being established as a commercial port. In 1506,…
EventSlachter’s Nek rebels are hanged
… colonial power. The rebellion was quickly quashed, with a number of rebels dying in the ensuing fight and the others … Stefanus and Abraham Bothma, were…
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
… Abraham de Mist, Commissioner General, left Cape Town on a 167 day journey into the interior, accompanied by his daughter, Augusta, a companion named Mietjie…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
… from Cape Town. During December 1915, it was decided to send the South African brigade to Egypt. Their brief campaign there was successful and they ……
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi Matthews, a Tswana mineworker who later opened a cafe. Though exposed to politics at a young age - his father…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… A period of hardship set in for the AmaXhosa after their … had been fragmented, their beliefs were being tested by a mixture of missionary teachings and…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… was formally reinstated as King of Lesotho. Moshoeshoe had a turbulent reign over Lesotho as he was twice dethroned, … removed from the throne. The latter…
EventDie Burger publishes the term 'Apartheid' for the first time
… of White Afrikaners at the time. Dawie defined Apartheid to mean “apartness,” and in the case of South Africa, the … the theoretical and practical ideology…
PlaceEerste Rivier, Cape Town
… Eerste River was a Railway Station of the Cape Town , Wellington and Docks Railway Co Ltd, and was probably established as a Village after 13 February 1862…
The death and injuries of South Africans in Nigeria, 16 September 2014
… nationals who died and scores who were injured in Lagos as a result of the collapsed Synagogue Church of all Nations … untimely death was not anticipated as…