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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…
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… D.J. et al. (eds)(1970) Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 431 Wallis, F. (2000) …
EventDr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt
… presumed that he would become the Prime Minister of South Africa following B.J. Vorster's term of office. In 1977, …
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… organised, democratic trade union movement in South Africa. FOSATU resisted affiliation with political parties, …
EventAmy Biehl is murdered in Cape Town
… her life in the turmoil of our transition as the new South Africa struggled to be born in the dying moments of …
EventAdriaan Vlok, Minister of Law and Order, announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes weapons in “conflict situations”
… that led up to the first democratic election in South Africa was the reason that the ANC demanded that the carrying …
EventButhelezi snubs ANC and homeland leaders
… known as the 'Third Force') that wanted to make South Africa ungovernable. Mandela believed that state security …
EventMigrant workers ransack Phola Park
… growing reports that the Security Forces in South Africa were collaborating with IFP migrant workers to damage …
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… for her novel Maru. In March 1964, Head left South Africa on an exit permit and settled in Botswana. She was a …
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… party known as Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (Icosa). Two members of Icosa have since referred to …
EventRebels take control of Kinshasa, Zaire
… being one of the wealthiest countries mineral wise in Africa. References: Laurent-Desire Kabila (online), available …
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… before his death lost his license to practice in South Africa. After the fall of apartheid, five former policemen, …
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… his first term as prime minister of the Union of South Africa after the death of General Louis Botha on 27 August … C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a…
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… South Africa entered WWI on 8 September 1914, on the side of the … Liebenberg, B.J. & Spies, S.B. (eds)(1993). South Africa in the 20th Century , Pretoria:…
EventAlan Paton is born
… the National Party came to power in the Union of South Africa and instituted apartheid. The publication of Cry, the …
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… become a hugely popular sport among White people in South Africa. The match took place in Green Point, Cape Town … Morgan, B., 2011. Rugby in South Africa …
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… other homelands, was incorporated to form part of South Africa’s nine provinces. It is now part of the North West …
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… maximum" in view of hottest developments concerning South Africa. These developments relate to the unrest following the … Cape Times , 16 February 1962, …
PlacePolokwane
… . It is the capital of the Limpopo Province . It is South Africa's largest urban centre North of Gauteng . It used to …