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EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… issues. To read more about FOSATU click here (a paper by Nicole Ulrich at Wits History Dept., titled "The Origins …
EventJohn Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shoot
… Mrs. Mandela seemed to confirm the information released by police investigations. References: Carin, J. 22 November …
EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… when Treurnicht promised further defence from any attack by the ANC. Underlying his weakness; Buthelezi wanted the …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
… the legal framework was the result of unified opposition by people from all over the world, who collectively put …
EventAn ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command, Johannesburg, kills one person and injures 68
… in Quartz Street, Johannesburg. The attack was executed by Heinrich Grosskopf, under the instructions of the African …
EventDiplomatic office of the ANC in Stockholm is bombed
… of attack of attacks that involved operations conducted by the apartheid government the ANC office in London was …
EventAlleged Mk members are killed
… When the minibus carrying the MK guerillas, driven by Constable Sehlwana who was appointed to meet the group at …
EventOldest example of written Afrikaans appears in a poem
… infantry advance. Despite a spirited defence, particularly by the burgher cavalry and Pandour soldiers who …
EventStart of blood classification controversy
… to reinstate and compensate her with an amount of R46 662 by no later than November 19, 2004. SANBS medical director Dr …
EventWriter J.M. Coetzee is awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature
… further observed that Coetzee's novels are characterized by their well-crafted composition and analytical brilliance, …
EventPope John Paul II appoints 31 cardinals, three from Africa
… appointment of Wako highlighted many hardships experienced by Christians and other religious minorities like the …
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… on 26 August and ended on 4 September 2002 was organized by the United Nations and was aimed at finding ways to strike …
EventRobert Mugabe assures the SADC that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair
… electoral process in that country. The 'report' compiled by the two judges sparked a legal battle with the Mail and …
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… police hospital. The news of the political killing, denied by the country's white minority government, led to …
EventSA author, Nadine Gordimer, is born
… racially-divided country. She often wrote about apartheid by focusing on oppressed Black characters. The Nobel Prize …
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… of those who died in the Battle and was unveiled by the widow of General Louis Botha on 10 October 1926. 146 …
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… the Boers supply of food. The Boers were being supported by farmers so he initiated the "scorched earth" policy. About …
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… which was held in Vereeniging. The delegates were elected by the commandos after two republic leaders Gen. L. Botha and …
EventThe South African War: The lifting of the siege of Mafeking
… point occurred on 17 May 1900, when British forces, led by Colonel Mahon and Lord Roberts fought their way into the …
Zastron
… farm owner led a precarious existence in this zone flanked by the Caledon and Orange Rivers. In the mid 19th century …
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… contribution to the liberation struggle was acknowledged by South Africa when President Thabo Mbeki honoured her with …
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… 460 mm speculum mirror with a focal length of some 6 m and by 1820 had used it to construct one of the most powerful …
EventThe first known reference to Antjie Somers, a South African bogy figure, is made in The Friend
… killed someone) and becoming a fugitive. Frustrated by the fact that he couldn’t return home, or lead a normal … Barnard, M., 2007. Cape Town Stories …
EventChief Kausobson Kausob is killed
… and children, while farms were burnt and cattle raided by his group of about 300. On this day a commando of 400, …
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… of a lighthouse at Agulhas was requested in March 1837 by the Cape's surveyor-general and civil engineer, Colonel …
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… during the Battle of Boomplaats (near Bloemfontein) by the British under Cape Governor-General Harry Smith. The …
Conference: African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
… Kindly note that the registration forms must be submitted by (10 March 2014), as we have a limited number of seats. …
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 71 - National Committee for …
Firstly, as to COST
… in consequence; COMMIT OURSELVES To effective joint action by all of us leading to the eradication of violence and to …
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… water storage. Lives up to its name- meaning ‘suffering’; by flooding its banks on an annual basis for some 150 years , …