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EventG7 meeting on world finance kicks off in London
… G7 (now Group of 8 after the inclusion of Russia), opened a two-day meeting in London that, while unlikely to yield any major changes in exchange rate…
EventInhabitants flee UNITA occupation
… of Angola (UNITA), formed in 1966 by Jonas Savimbi to contest power and access to minerals in Angola, occupied Kuxi in southeastern Kuando … warned the…
EventFinance Minister Chris Liebenberg presents his budget
… Chris Liebenberg, presented his 1996 - 1997 budget to parliament. It was a cautious package intended to reduce the fiscal deficit and provide tax relief to…
EventNatal Indian Congress is formed
… Indian Congress (NIC) is formed by Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal. The … party became the first permanent…
EventANC leads march through central Durban
… The African National Congress (ANC) led a march through central Durban, attended by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The march was…
”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something
… "On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something to eat after his escape from…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… of Songhai, Mali, Gao, Kanem, and Bornu, as well as a number of Hausa states, claimed control over portions of … Tuareg, were not subdued until 1922, when…
PlaceGriquatown
… Kramer, of the London Missionary Society, established a station among the Griqua at Leeuwenkuil. Thesite proved to be too arid for cultivation, and in about…
Place(The) Gambia
… Gambia is a Western African country, situated on the Atlantic coast and … surrounded by the neighbouring country, Senegal. It is a long narrow strip of land,…
PlaceBurundi
… Burundi is a relatively small country located in central Africa, and the name and approximate territory has a continuity with the Kingdom of Burundi which…
PlaceWits School of Arts (WSOA)
… interdisciplinary school of arts in South Africa according to World Universities Ranking. Forming part of the University … graduate and doctoral levels. The…
Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson
… struggle and in the broad movement of liberation. He is a voice we have to listen to even though it has not been heard for many years. He, more … Johnny…
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
… one of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries, has a population of 2 019 023 million people, (21/07/2021). … Bijagos . The country of Guinea-Bissau,…
PlacePhiladelphia
… Not the Philadelphia one attributes to the Eastern parts of North America, this Philadelphia lies … is just off the N7 towards Malmesbury. You can take a…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… This area began to be settled by free burghers in 1657, and for more than a century most of them travelled into Cape Town to attended … local roads, on 7…
PlaceGreen Point Common
… The Green Point Common was vested land, which was granted to the City of Cape Town in 1923 for public recreation and … sport fields. Your stadium is home to…
PlaceQuaqua
… Quaqua, or Qwaqwa, was a homeland created for the Southern Sotho people from a reserve in the Orange Free State (OFS) that had been granted to the followers…
EventFearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born
… Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, was born to John and Rebecca Fallows on 4 July 1789 in Cockermouth, … and at the early age of 19 he became…
PlaceOld Lutheran Church, Kroondal
… The Kroondal congregation was founded by a group of German speaking farmers, artisans and … the village of Kroondal, on 2 August 1896. By that time a church…
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… for War wounded people. Although she was too young to serve as a nurse, she assisted her parents with welfare work during … children, Elizabeth and Margret…
EventAlbertina Sisulu addresses a major anti-apartheid rally in London.
… Titus Mafolo. The delegation’s expedition was primarily to call for increased sanctions on the apartheid government. … during their meetings were that of…
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
… of the ANC who believed in African Nationalism, and wanted to follow an active policy focused on the mobilisation of the … became the first president of the…
EventGideon Nieuwoudt dies
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Gideon Nieuwoudt a former apartheid-era security police colonel, who was … in the Eastern Cape, died in…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… as the Minister of Education, but he was elevated to the Minister of Justice. In 1979 George was appointed as … Matanzima including the embezzlement of funds…
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… German South West Africa, took place in 1884. The Herero, a pastoral and nomadic group, had begun to move into Namibia in the 17th century. German settlement…
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… his PhD at Oxford. After he returned from Oxford, he began to teach chemistry at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. … focuses on the study of fish. During…
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… Youssou N'Dour was born in Dakar, West of Senegal. He was a member of Star Band, Senegal’s most famous band. He left the band to form his own, Á‰toile de…
PlaceRailway Station and Post Office, Point Road, Durban
… This building was erected in 1900 as part of a general upgrade by the Natal Railways. It replaced an … line between Durban and Pinetown was laid. It was…
EventThree MK soldiers found guilty
… Humphrey Makhubo, and Wilfred Madela, were en route to sabotage petrol depots near Mamelodi when they realised … police were tailing them. Cornered, they…
Inner-Party Bulletin
… probation, discipline and standards of conduct, report on a visit to the Soviet Union, a meeting with the CPSU Central Committee delegation, a …