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EventSouth African refugees leave Lesotho
… undisclosed number of South African refugees have decided to leave Lesotho voluntarily. Most of the refugees belonged to various liberation movements banned…
EventFather Smangaliso Mkhatshwa served with restriction order
… A year after the 1976 Soweto Student Uprising, the former … Mayor, Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, was served with a five years restriction order for his…
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
… World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which was created to facilitate international cooperation in the establishment … Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor,…
EventPresident FW de Klerk tells Parliament that South Africa had constructed six nuclear fission devices
… On 24 March 1993; South African President F.W. de Klerk announced the existence of a South African nuclear programme as well as the fact that … devices. …
EventFirst formal school opens at the Cape
… Riebeeck, commander at the Cape, wrote in his diary that a school for slaves has been started. Sick-comforter Pieter van der Stael was the first teacher. To…
EventMakgatho Mandela dies
… the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. His father put up a brave face and announced that his son had HIV/Aids. He … stressed that being open about HIV/Aids…
EventMorgan Tsvangirai is cleared of Treason charges
… was charged with treason for allegedly plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. Charges against … the country's 2002 elections, which he…
EventSA athlete Ernst van Dyk is hard done by at Paralympic games
… South African athlete, Ernst van Dyk, was cut off from a certain gold medal by the Mexican Saul Mendoza during the 1 … Van Dyk controlled the pace from the…
Roelf Meyer and Bantu Holomisa confer
… and tourism in the Government of National Unity, to discuss the formation of a new political movement. Botha and Holomisa, the latter who … from the African…
EventFrancois Botha wins International Boxing Federation (IBF) title
… (Frans) Botha, nickamed the "White Buffalo," secured a victory in a split decision against Germany's Axel Schulz to win the International Boxing…
EventThe UN Security Council condemns all violations of its embargo against South Africa
… In 1963, the Security Council called upon states to stop the sale of arms to South Africa, and repeated the call in 1970 and again in … 281 (1970) was…
EventHenry Olonga, Zimbabwean Cricketer is born
… Henry Khaaba Olonga was born in Lusaka, Zambia, to a Kenyan father and a Zimbabwean mother. The family moved back to his father’s …
EventAn inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale finds no-one criminally liable for his death
… Security Act and charged with furthering the aims of a banned organisation, the African National Congress (ANC). He allegedly hung himself with a strip of…
EventWorld No Tobacco Day is observed
… 1987. The day is observed by abstaining from tobacco for a period of 24 hours around the World .The objective is to encourage smokers to stop smoking…
EventA ferry carrying 200 passengers capsizes near the coastal town of Robersport in Northwest Liberia
… A ferry carrying close to 200 passengers capsized in Robersport, Liberia on 14 … 2002. The passengers were returning from the funeral of a well-known local…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education
… that devastated Africa. However, it is equally important to highlight the various ways in which Africans shaped colonialism. This is not to deny the negative…
A Place of Freedom
… Phoenix represented an island of freedom in a society that moved from informal segregation in the early years of the twentieth century to full-blown…
EventThe UDF launches the Million Signatures Campaign and by October collect just under 400 000 signatures.
… Democratic Front (UDF) embarked on an ambitious campaign to collect one million signatures from the public, declaring … and its constitutional reforms, and…
PlaceNoupoort
… Noupoort is a town in the Eastern Karoo region of South Africa. With the … and ANGLICAN. The St Agnes Anglican church was designed by a railway engineer in…
PlaceMandela Capture Site, Howick in Kwa Zulu Natal
… "To see this sculpture of Mandela !" Visit the Capture Site … In 2012, to mark the 50th anniversary of Mandela's arrest, a sculpture was erected in the…
PlacePort St. Johns
… the primitive force of freak waves that have caused many a shipwreck along this region of the Coast! Port St Johns was developed, in 1878. Port St Johns also…
PlaceThe Randjeslaagte Beacon, Parktown Johannesburg
… Louis Botha Avenue at its Highest point. The Beacon is a simple concrete Structure standing on a Natural Rock Outcrop. When the farms; 'Turifontein, … the…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… in the immediate vicinity of Rustenburg. Designed in a neo-classical idiom, it was erected for William Robertson … After the South African War, the farm…
PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
… The Property was purchased in 1940 by a Dutch diamond trader known as Messias, who had a House erected upon it. During WWII Italian prisoners of war were…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… African singer Miriam Makeba dies at the age of 76 after a 30 minute performance for Roberto Saviano in the Italian … international spotlight. As consequence…
Event1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… The events which led to mass detentions in April 1960 were the following: A state of emergency was called after anti-pass … Pretoria: Van Schaik Academic, pp…
PlaceOnze Molen, Durbanville
… The mill was erected in 1840 and continued to function as such until after the turn of the 20th century … were removed and the remaining structure was…
PlaceRust en Vreugd, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… owned the estate between 1777 and 1782. Boers was reputed to have been a corrupt official who gained much of his wealth through … to develop this beautifully…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
… The Lookout stands on a high promontory overlooking a Valley noted for its Indigenous Vegetation. Although it is … an auctioneer from Port Elizabeth, arrived…
PlaceRichmond
… The Village of Richmond was established in 1844 on a portion of the Farm Driefontein, owned by P J van der … Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape Colony…