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EventTony Leon is born
… A. The merger occurred immediately after the second South Africa national democratic elections in 1999. These parties …
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
… South Africa's Prime Minister since 1978, P.W. Botha, was …
EventKimberley swimmer Karen Muir (12) sets new world record
… in 1980. Because of the Olympic Games ban on South Africa, she never competed at the Olympics and retired in …
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… next Olympic competitions in 2008, with 63 medals. South Africa managed to win six medals, including one gold. The …
EventAn American Jet is shot down in Ethiopia
… was en route from Naples, Italy, to Johannesburg, South Africa, via Egypt for repair. The Ethiopian authorities …
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… 1912, the first weather forecast for the Union of South Africa as a whole was issued by A.G. Howard of the Union … et al. (eds) (1970). Standard…
EventMonty Naicker dies
… Naicker played a crucial role in the history of South Africa and his name is well documented amongst the political …
EventProfessor Lydia van Niekerk is born
… and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. On her return to South Africa after obtaining a D.Litt et Phil degree, she lectured … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… and believed that the Zulu Nation should reign in South Africa. In 1999, he suffered a stroke, which meant he could …
EventThe condition of Edwin Smith, the youngest baby in SA to undergo open-heart surgery, improves
… Edwin Smith became the youngest baby in South Africa to undergo open-heart surgery. Edwin was operated at … improving’ [Available at the National Library of…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu
… the Native view of what is known as Segregation in South Africa. Contents The Segregation Fallacy Hertzogian …
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… Het Gesticht, the fourth oldest church building in South Africa and erected in 1813 by the inhabitants of Paarl as a …
PlaceValdezia Mission Station, Soutpansberg District
… that has come to represent a portion of South Africa's Heritage. Valdezia Mission Station in Limpopo has … and Dr Manghezi (today at Development Bank of…
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 21 May 2004 (After National Elections)
… Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the first joint sitting of the third … Distinguished guests, friends and comrades People of South…
PlaceTunisia
… in 647 CE. Although the Arabs initially unified North Africa, by 1230 a separate Tunisian dynasty had been … converted the native Berber (Amazigh) population…
EventIFP proposes a truce with ANC
… to read more about the role of State violence in South Africa. Click here to read about the increase of Inkatha …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VIII - “Christianity and Civilization”
… in his book, "The History of Native Policy in South Africa." He writes: "Doubtless the fact that the Grey System … keen correspondence on the question of…
Mission Stations - T-Z
… largest assemblage of human habitations in this part of Africa: it comprises two large Barolong towns and a few … This is now by far the largest town in…
PlaceThembuland
… is a natural region in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Its territory is the traditional region of the Thembu … citizens of the Cape. However it…
EventANC's Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
… 300 000 in Port Elizabeth in what was described as South Africa's biggest ever political rally. Mandela announced to …
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… before, this one was also a mirror image of the new South Africa we are building, from both the ethnic factor as well … that has been hailed both inside and…
Le Rona Re Batho by Phyllis Naidoo - Introduction
… of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 After the raid into Lesotho on Thursday, 9 … on the raid in various homes around Maseru…
Chapter V - Acts of conscience
… love. June 1976 became another ugly anniversary for South Africa to add to its calendar of shame, another Sharpeville. … detained. Trouble was flaring up in…
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… workers under James Dryja and myself who started the All Africa Southern Socialist Working Youth and Students … Pondos, Basutos, we die like brothers. We are…
PlaceRuth Prowse School of Art
… opened the only Non-Discriminatory Art Centre in South Africa on the Estate in Woodstock in 1970. In 1980 the …
PlaceAmanzamnyama, a small size Town in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… is a stream and is located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation Above Sea Level is 936 …
ArchiveA mapping of the KwaZulu Natal political conflict with reference to Inkatha (1990-1993)
… Port Elizabeth. The Black political participation in South Africa has experienced many challenges whether under the then …
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 10: So
… position; The present political position in South Africa; Political aspects of separate development; The …
EventThe first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal
… The first Indian people in South Africa are reported to have arrived on board the Truro from … Ancestry 24 Indentured Indians Immigrants to South Africa …
PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
… of the Castle, the oldest military establishment in South Africa. Its history has long been neglected. Unfortunately, …