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EventBanyana Banyana player, Eudy Simelane, is found raped and murdered
… Banyana Banyana midfielder Eudy Simelane was found in a ditch in the outskirts of her home township KwaThema, … She had been raped, robbed and murdered. Her…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … reflect the determination with which Indians responded to the curtailment of their…
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
… , whilst taking water. In 1601 the name was applied to the present Saldanha Bay by the Dutch navigator Joris van … first European to explore the region in…
Address at 90th brthday celebration, by Nelson Mandela, 25 June 2008, London United Kingdom
… here this evening, and your support for our causes. It is a great privilege having been able to travel here in our 90th year and be in the presence of so ……
PlaceOppenheimer Gardens, Kimberley
… that constitute part of this heritage, contributing to it in an important way. It depicts five life-sized miners holding up a diamond sieve, high above their…
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… March 1986 when an additional seven properties were added to the group. To this was added Sea Fever , a picturesque thatched dwelling presumed to date from…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Zoutpansberg
… as its first minister. He immediately initiated plans for a new church and on 18 October 1872 the structure was consecrated and served as a church until 1917…
PlaceIrish House, Polokwane Museum
… in the centre of the city of Polokwane is Irish House, a Victorian building that was prefabricated and moved complete to the City by a German immigrant,…
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
… through the decades. Built for the Honorable Henry Hull to host lavish parties for the Rand Lords of the day, Emoyeni … after the turn of the 20th century,…
EventHumphrey Khoza, former chief executive officer of Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd and director of several other companies, is born in Germiston
… of Uthingo Management, the first company awarded the bid to operate the South African National Lottery. Born in … by the Bantu Affairs minister owing to his…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces Whites-only referendum results
… On 17 March, 1992, President F.W. de Klerk announced the results of the Whites-only referendum held to determine White people’s support for the reform…
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… A week long strike by African mineworkers, led by John Beaver … in distributing pamphlets and other material related to the strike. About 60 000 miners went…
EventDr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt
… Dr Connie Mulder was an Afrikaans professor who became a politician. In 1958, he became a member of the National Party (NP) and was the mayor of … was…
EventThree people are murdered at Eikenhof
… an identification parade and had made confessions of guilt to a police officer. The accused later pleaded their innocence … Ndweni was sentenced to seventeen…
EventNomsa Mapongwana is assassinated
… in Lingelethu West. Mapongwana and her husband woke up to the sound of shots being fired from the front and rear … stopped, when he found that his wife had…
EventButhelezi snubs ANC and homeland leaders
… Mangosuthu Buthelezi refused to attend a meeting organised by the African National … violence. It was essential for Buthelezi to attend such a meeting since…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… Namibia or South West Africa, as it was called while it was a German territory was placed under the South African … National Party came into power. The NP…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… The Nobel Peace Prize is considered by many to be a symbol of international recognition over the prize … bomb threat. The last president of Apartheid South…
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… Hendrik Truman Prince is a South African politician and the former mayor of the … controversy. On 16 November 2005, he was suspended pending a disciplinary…
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… Location: back to this day in history search archive  An estimated 60,000 … the United Nations and was aimed at finding ways to strike a balance between…
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… A number of interrelated factors led to the Second Anglo-Boer War. These include the conflicting … after the conclusion of peace in May 1902, and it remains…
EventKing George VI is born
… the British's symbol of resistance extended his popularity to the Commonwealth states including South Africa. In 1947, … Party (UP) and South Africa's war…
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… Harry Smith. The defeat forced the Voortrekkers to flee north of the Vaal River and into the Transvaal. The Battle of Boomplaats was a direct result of the…
EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… states of Mozambique, Lesotho, Angola and Zimbabwe. Due to its policy of apartheid, South Africa was excluded from … amongst African states. Once South…
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison … been responsible for: 1. The removal of banished people…
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
… of cellular phones began in 1947, when researchers began to examine crude mobile (car) phones. These researchers … April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Dr…
EventAnton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya
… by Libyan forces on the Brega frontline. According to eyewitnesses, Hammerl’s injuries were such that he could … bring his body back home so that his family…
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… Fischer told the court that transport which was suppose to bring the accused to the court, had broken down. The adjournment came as a blessing to many of the…
PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Railway Siding 16 km west of Greytown, on the route to Kranskop. It was named in honour of Wilhelm Ahrens, … the Umvoti Local Municipality Administration. In…
PlacePolokwane
… Is a City of 1 30,000 people counted in the census of 2011 . It now has a Population of about about 640,000 inhabitants. Spoken … Africa's largest urban…