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EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
… 1927 she set a world altitude record for light aircraft, by reaching a height of 18, 000 ft. (m). She was also the …
EventXhosa Chief Sandile is killed
… in his place as paramount chief. In 1878 Sandile, joined by Kreli of the Galekas, waged war against Colonial forces, …
EventThe Cape Times appears for the first time
… Africa, appeared in 1824 in Cape Town, but was closed by Governor Lord Charles Somerset. The paper reappeared again …
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
… and Great Britain. The test would be the first of many by France. Despite protests from the international community …
EventIvorian Footballer Didier Zokora is born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… team reputed to be hugely talented and yet has been eluded by any major trophy in the last decade. He was in the team in …
EventNigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
… In 1978 Kuti was thrown out of a second floor window by military men that had invaded her son, Fela’s compound. …
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… He died of acute kidney failure in 2010 and is survived by his two wives and ten children. …
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President’s Council a chance
… after it was voted out of office in a landslide defeat by the National Party (NP) in 1948, which then introduced …
EventMark Thatcher arrested
… to help impoverished Africans. This excuse was rejected by the court and he was found guilty and sentenced to a five …
EventSpecial Committee on Apartheid publishes its first Interim Report
… against black people. The Apartheid policy was introduced by the National Party (NP) after it won the heavily contested …
EventJoseph Kasavubu, first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo dies
… father and lost his mother at the age of 4. He was raised by his older brother who sent him to a nearby Catholic …
ArchiveYouth and the building of the nation
… Opening address by I B Tabata, to the 1st Conference of the Society of Young …
EventA plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn
… century. It preceded the University Act passed in 1916 by the Union of South Africa government. The 1916 legislation …
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
… His message read that the station was surrounded by 1 000 men with four guns and he called upon the post to …
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… Subsequently, on 31 May 1900 Johannesburg was occupied by the British forces. Roberts believed that if Pretoria …
EventThe death of Andries Tatane
… On 13 April 2011, activist Andries Tatane was killed, by police after a service delivery protest turned ugly in …
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… himself emperor on 4 December 1977. Bokassa was overthrown by the French in 1979. He fled the country and went into …
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… Palestinian hijackers, who were later killed at Entebbe by Israeli forces. In 1978, under Amin’s command, the Ugandan …
EventThe Johannesburg Meteorological Observatory opens
… a hill in the suburb of the same name. The land was owned by the Bezuidenhout family before they gave it to the …
EventUgandan President Idi Amin releases political prisoners
… Milton Obote, he released all political prisoners detained by Obote’s government. He wasted no time announcing names of …
EventANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
… In 2005 he was awarded the Order of Luthuli in Silver by President Thabo Mbeki for his contribution to the …
EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
… to the Transvaal which was under Afrikaner rule, led by State President Paul Kruger. After the discovery of gold …
Say It out Loud - The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, … thirty minutes, and was listened to with great interest by…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
… began at the airport where some 600 people waited, led by Dr. Naicker, Bishop Manas Buthelezi, Fatima Meer, George … The authorities baulked and disrupted…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on Receiving an Honorary LLD Degree at the University of Fort Hare 9 May 1992
… These positions will be more or less carefully considered by the cabinet. The ultimate decision, they feel, will be made by themselves, and this is against…
ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE COAT OF ARMS, Kwaggafontein, 27 April 2000
… to embrace the indigenous belief systems of our people, by demonstrating our respect for the relationship between … its upper part as a shield being…
PlaceTulbagh, Western Cape
… but during the Colonial Era this was greatly reduced by indiscriminate felling. The following census figures are … road through Tulbagh). The valley was…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
… the acquisition of a number of fruit farms in the valley by Cecil John Rhodes, the area began to develop as an …
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… between the two countries were formalised during a visit by former President Nelson Mandela to Saudi Arabia in …
PlaceAir Force Museum, Port Elizabeth
… in South Africa. There are ongoing restoration projects by a team of dedicated enthusiasts, who are members of the …