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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EventA plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn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…
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 …
PlacePeter Mokaba Stadium
… the preparation services also including a website created by the marketing council of the Country to provide …
EventThe inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Bantu Biko, opens in Pretoria
… all court officials playing a part. The officials stood by the claim that Biko had committed suicide. It was later …
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… Subsequently, nine years later the Soviet Union, known by many as one of the strongest socialist countries, …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… on to win three Grammy awards. The group, which is led by Joseph Shabalala was formed in 1960 and released their …
Event13 year-old South African Native mineworker is published in a newspaper
… in a mine under the age of 18 years. This act was amended by the Natives Laws Amendment Act of 1952. …
EventLibya becomes independent
… state including all three historic regions of Libya by January 1952. A UN commissioner and the so-called Council …
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… best equipped of the South African divisions, commanded by Major-General W.H. Evered Poole, entered the war in Italy …
EventManto Tshabalala - Msimang, controversial minister of health, is born
… twenty-seven politically driven students were ordered by the African National Congress (ANC) to skip the country. …