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ArchiveInternational Childrens Day June 1
… Childrens' Day June 1; All children have the right to a name, enough food and a decent place to live; All children should be looked after …
ArchiveMonth of Compassion 1986
… Father in spirit and in truth.. So let us use this year to dream, let us use this year to prophesy, let us use this year to see visions of love, and peace…
Mayibuye
… Mayibuye, published for many years as a small, underground newsletter, was one of three African … the aim of stimulating political debate and discussion to…
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
… Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame … colonizers. He was also the first black African…
EventBar argues against the Suppression of Communism Bill
… be in jeopardy. The Bar made this point with reference to a speech in parliament by Justice Minister C.R. Swart, … not only was the CPSA to be outlawed, but…
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… The Appeal Court handed down a landmark decision in the case Rikhoto v. East Rand Administration Board (ERAB), granting him the right to permanent urban…
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
… The Nationalist party government announced its intention to consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas … The homelands were officially…
EventThe NCCR is dissolved
… of South African Exiles (NCCR) was dissolved due to fraud and corruption amounting to substantial amounts of … the reception of exiles in South Africa. He…
EventUN Special Envoy visits SA
… 765 by the UN Security Council, Cyrus Vance was dispatched to South Africa as Special Representative of the UN … During his visit, Vance held deliberations…
EventSanctions are applied on Libya over Lockerbie bombing
… because of its alleged involvement in the destruction of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988 and the bombing of a French plane over Niger in…
EventSA signs Nuclear Treaty
… Foreign Minister R.F. (Pik) Botha signed accession to the Nuclear … its nuclear capability. Nuclear rollback occurs when a nation voluntarily achieves one or…
EventBartolomeu Dias enters Luderitz Bay
… compatriot Vasco da Gama gave the name Terra do Natal to the coast around the Kei River. The name was later extended to cover the coast up to Durban. To read…
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… organisations converged in South Africa from 30 January to 3 February for the African Leprosy Congress. The … was coordinated by Wits University to discuss…
EventLegal action against election results
… The Minister of Local Government in Kwazulu-Natal applied to the Supreme Court to have voting in four rural areas … chaos and intimidation during the second…
EventIFP commemorates Shell House shootings.
… supporters marched through the streets of Johannesburg to mark the anniversary of the 1994 Shell House shootings … Shell House headquarters. The threat of…
EventRelations between South Africa and Algeria are smoothed out
… Mandela. Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad was sent to Algeria to smooth things out. On his return he stated that the two countries would strengthen ties by…
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… A council of war, tried Chief Malebogo for refusing to allow his people to pay hut taxes and waging war against … Although he was never sentenced, he was…
EventHundreds die in a train fire in Egypt
… A fire reported to have been started by a gas cylinder spread through seven of a train’s eleven cars … Egypt. The gas cylinder which was used for cooking is…
EventEmmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer, is born
… was born on 10 January 1992 in Kumasi, Ghana. He moved to England at a very young age where he attended school in Tottenham. He … an injury during the 2011…
EventEgyptian and US Archaeologists discover a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile
… On 20 December 1991 (21 December according to other sources) Egyptian and American Archaeologists discovered a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile in…
EventTogo and South Africa establish diplomatic relations following a visit by Nelson Mandela
… After a visit, that only lasted a few hours, by then President Nelson Mandela in 1996, Togo and South Africa set the platform to establish diplomatic…
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… then, gold fields flourished as fortune seekers flocked to the Area in search of gold. Today, the Town has four gold … then, Fairview is the only South…
EventThe First Gay Pride March is Held in South Africa
… Pride March on the African continent and acted as both a gay pride event and an anti-Apartheid march. The march was … Organisation of the Witwatersrand (GLOW…
SABC CEO quits after about-turn by Shain Germaner (Cape Times), 28 Jun 2016
… Less than a week ago, SABC acting group chief executive Jimi Matthews … implied that his morality had been tainted for failing to object to recent policy…
PlaceFalse Bay
… and follow the M3 towards Muizenberg , you will have a great view of the Coasts of False Bay (Afrikaans: Valsbaai) … between the Mountains ", in 1488. False…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… Game Reserve is possibly one of the finest on which to cut your teeth if you’re new to the pursuit of game … but also because its size is such that one can…
”The African Mine Workers’ Strike-A National Struggle.”flyer issued by the ANC Youth League, August 1946
… of man by man in the history of mankind. Their struggle is a challenge to the whole economic and political structure of South … as business men and Africans…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… Bantu education. Various churches and missionaries had a long history of providing education for Africans. The Government intended to eradicate what it saw…
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… and obtained interests in 27 countries. According to his biography, Anton Rupert's business career spanned over … $1.7 billion. After dropping out of medical…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… of the Ofentse Tribal School at Moruleng. He was promoted to the rank of supervisor of schools in the Potchefstroom … in the east to Supingstad near Gaborone…