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EventEnglish ship “Caesar” with William Pearse on board bound for Bantam arrives
… their sick, [blank] in number, to be allowed to be lodged by one of our burghers ... which was politely granted ..." …
PlaceMaitland
… census indicated that Maitland had a population of 2,035. By 1904, this number had risen to 5,071. Maitland is …
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… year of Rhodes’s life. The Doric columns were inspired by Rhodes’s appreciation of classical Architecture, and the …
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… Movement (SASM) held a meeting, which was attended by representatives of all Soweto high schools, at which it …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… Kruger boarded the Dutch warship, Die Gelderland, sent by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, at Lorenço Marques, …
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… war. Unhappy with this decision, the anti-war section led by William H. Andrews walked of the conference. Later this …
PlaceGreenhill Road 14, Emmarentia, Johannesburg
… the Gold Laws! The original building was erected in 1887 by Geldenhuys, well known locally as a land developer, …
Letter to Farzanah
… in the images, along with the preface letter written by Badsha to his infant daughter, Farzanah, in which he …
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
… European settlers arrived at the Cape, it was inhabited by various other people. Two of the most well-known groups …
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
… the piano and at a young age was introduced to the trumpet by Father Trevor Huddleston. Masekela mastered the trumpet …
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… their training from him or at institutions initiated by him He participated in various art workshops in South …
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… complicit in police brutality and at times collaborated by giving the police permission to take away Motaung who was …
EventMass protest against the circumstances of Neil Aggett’s death
… committed suicide while in police detention, was supported by virtually all independent Black unions, with more than 50 …
EventThe first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place
… which was carrying fifty-four passengers, was piloted by Capt. Blake Flemington. All but five of the passengers … to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.|…
EventTwelve ANC supporters are killed in eSikhawini
… exchanged fire with IFP supporters who were assisted by the KZP members. Hostel residents were subsequently forced …
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
… on 29 September. During the funeral service, attended by thousands of people in the Thokoza Stadium, six people …
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
… obstacles to negotiations, which were not affected by the ANC's action. Source: …
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… neck and dumped at a waste site, was positively identified by his mother. At Seipei's funeral on 25 February 1989, at …
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… use of a vaccine in late July 2004, as it was developed by a UN-approved manufacturer in Muslim Indonesia. In 2004, …
EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
… arrest of the group was allegedly the result of a tip-off by the South African and Angolan governments. Mann eventually …
EventJ.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize
… and his frequent portrayal of the devastation caused by the injustices of the former regime in South Africa. …
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… Anglo American Corporation, founded in 1917 by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer to exploit the gold fields of the …
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… and joined the United Democratic Movement (UDM), led by former NP colleague Roelf Meyer and Bantu Holomisa. De …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… In his testimony, De Kock admitted to numerous operations by himself and his unit against the ANC and other …
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… In 1990, the National Party was officially informed by then Editor Ebbe Dommisse that it would no longer serve as …
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… of some of the camps ..." His observation is belied by the fact that about 28 000 Whites and 14 000 Blacks …
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… Rudd concession with C.D. Rudd, a partner of Rhodes, by which, in return for a thousand Martini-Henry rifles, 100 …
EventQueen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
… of South Africa and the discovery of gold and diamonds. By the mid-nineteenth century, the mining industry was well …
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… took place after a prolonged liberation struggle waged by the Boer republic against the British in the 19th century. …
EventKenyan mediates in SA election deadlock
… and the 1993 Constitution as amended will be addressed by way of international mediation. Accordingly the IFP …