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EventSir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor and founder of tropical medicine is born
… that would be very valuable in treating malaria in South Africa, where people suffer from the disease in certain parts …
EventGrant Baker, SA surfer, wins the Mavericks Surf Contest at Santa Cruz
… the Biggest Wave accolade (2005) at the annual Big Wave Africa event at Dungeons in Cape Town. … Anon, (2006), 'South Africa's Grant Baker wins Mavericks…
EventStampede kills twelve people in Harare
… Cup qualifying soccer game between Zimbabwe and South Africa, setting off a stampede that killed twelve people. …
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first time in South Africa for refusing to carry an obligatory identity document …
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… the Johannesburg town was already the largest in South Africa, outstripping the growth of Cape Town. On 28 September … Giliomee, H. & Mbenga, B. (2007). New…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
… 000 world-wide. The largest Rastafarian community in South Africa is situated in Knysna and comprises of 30 families …
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… to form part of the history of post apartheid South Africa. On 16 December 1995 the name was changed once more …
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… in his condemnation of the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa. He was knighted in 1960 by Queen Elizabeth II. …
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… medicine, but studied law instead. On his return to South Africa, he studied nature at the Waterberg in Pretoria. He …
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… by European nations that became known as the Scramble for Africa. The region today known as Kenya had previously been … to white farmers, who mostly moved…
EventSA signs investment incentive agreement with the USA
… of the investment incentive agreement between South Africa and the US in 1993 ensured that the two countries … Since the signing of the agreement the USA and…
South African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… as follows: “It has never happened in the history of South Africa, Mr Speaker, that in one moment, by one fell swoop, …
EventSouth African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… as follows: “It has never happened in the history of South Africa, Mr Speaker, that in one moment, by one fell swoop, …
PlaceSt. Francis Church, Simonstown
… The History of the first Anglican Church in Southern Africa, is beautifully documented in a book published in …
On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… indebted to Comrade Tambo who delivered back to South Africa a united and strong African National Congress …
PlaceAggeneys, a Town at the foot of the Aggeneys Mountain in the Namaqualand
… some of the most diverse and complex geology in Southern Africa, including some of the richest known concentrations of …
ArchiveFrom conscience politics to the battlefield
… attempted to become an effective political force in South Africa. The Party was formed in May 1953 as a non-racial …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.2 1990
… ESSAY: Serote's, To Every Birth Its Blood within Southern Africa's, Literature of Liberation, Martin Trump. POETRY: The …
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… of early 20th century Edwardian beach houses in South Africa, and face onto the old False Bay coastal road, …
PlaceGanyesa
… The massive North West Province of South Africa is home to Ganyesa, which is formally part of the … The massive North West Province of South Africa is home…
PlaceNZASM Goods Office, Railway Street, Pretoria
… The building was erected by the Netherlands-South Africa Railway Co, probably in 1896, and is the largest and …
PlaceDolobran, Parktown, Johannesburg
… the windows too small for the heat and bright light of Africa. Dolobran is a two-storey building with many gables …
EventHumphrey Khoza, former chief executive officer of Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd and director of several other companies, is born in Germiston
… from working outside of his place of birth until South Africa became a democratic nation. Among Khoza’s most …
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… a Master of Arts Degree from the University of South Africa before proceeding to study Linguistics at Georgetown …
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… but bought with funds from the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). At the farm police found documents relating … Liliesleaf Farm, ‘A Brief history of…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… Paarl in its most determined effort to destabilise South Africa and spark a general uprising. The rioters attacked a … Reader's Digest. (1988). Illustrated…
EventGeneral Law Amendment Act No 37 is approved
… without trial was first introduced in apartheid South Africa more than sixty people have died while in detention. …
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… The strike was initiated by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), which was active in distributing pamphlets and … Sharma, K., (1989), Women of Africa:…
Event”Ghetto Act” or The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act No 28 of 1946 is passed
… saw African, Indian and Coloured people united in South Africa. A 'Joint Declaration of Cooperation' was signed in … University of Natal Press.|Davenport, T…
EventSir Christoffel Joseph Brand succeeds his brother, P.A. Brand, as editor of De Zuid
… African) was the first proper Dutch newspaper in South Africa, and was first published on 9 April 1830. The … D.J et al. (eds) (1975) Standard Enclyclopaedia…