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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. …
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… renowned for perfectly executing tasks entrusted to him by the leadership of the party. He was a member of the South …
EventSpringboks lose to the Lions
… The first two test matches of the tour were easily won by the Springboks. Though the British did not win the series, …
EventNovelist and historian Bessie Head is born
… Being the daughter of a White mother (who was disowned by her parents when she became pregnant and sent to a mental …
EventHertzog and Smuts to form a coalition
… Nationalists were stunned by the announcement of seven points according to which Gen. …
EventThe Conservative Party is formed
… not vote for political parties, the "No-vote" advocated by the CP eventually constituted 35,5% of the total number of …
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
… search archive During the summit conference organised by non-racial labour unions at Langa, Cape Town, Trade Union …
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… Movement, to fill the vacuum in Black politics caused by the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan …
EventMinster of Justice, Pelser defends the banning orders on eight leaders of SASO
… a parliamentary debate, in which he justifyed the action by stating that he was preempting future acts of terror. …
EventThe existing ban on marriages between White and Black people (Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) is extended to White and Coloured people
… Black people (Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) by extending it to White and Coloured people. Marriage … Town: HSRC press, pg 160.|Giliomee, H. and…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs second heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital
… months. Surgeons worldwide followed Barnard's lead, and by October 1971, recorded heart transplants numbered 178. …
EventPrime Minister opens SA’s first atomic reactor
… as one of its chief aims. A secret project was begun by the Atomic Energy Board in the early 1970s to develop a …
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… to impose sanctions. In contrast to the stance taken by western countries, the United Nations (UN) General …
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… the elections 'free and fair'. The elections, supervised by the United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG), …
EventAdam Tas is arrested
… lifestyle of Van der Stel and the fact that abuse of power by officials led to unfair competition with burghers. From …
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… they, however, only equaled. The record was then held by New Zealand's All Blacks with 17 consecutive wins from …
EventSouth Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high
… installations on naval cruisers in 1900 proved successful. By 1912, there were Marconi stations all over the world, …
EventCecil John Rhodes is buried in the Matopos
… also provided for the education of young British colonists by the creation of a yearly scholarship, still in existence …
EventNelson Mandela appeals for calm after the assassination of Communist Party chief, Chris Hani
… escape the scene as the murder was carefully orchestrated by Janusz Walus, an anti-Communist Polish immigrant who was …
EventThe first SARS case is suspected in South Africa
… in South Africa. At the time, the number of deaths caused by SARS stood at least at 104 out of more than 2,600 cases …
EventThe Nelson Mandela Museum is opened in Mthatha
… in Qunu, all in the Eastern Cape. The museum was opened by then President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela himself on …
EventSA jazz singer, Letta Mbulu is born in Soweto
… Mbulu was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the South African Music Awards in 2001. …
EventSouth African player Thabo Mngomeni is born in Cape Town
… year saw his career come to an end. His career was plagued by controversies. He was once suspended for six months for …