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EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… Richard Goldstone as chairman, released its findings of a "dirty tricks" campaign against the African National … centre run by Military Intelligence and…
EventResumption of talks
… an invitation for urgent talks with State President F.W. de Klerk on political violence. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was prepared to meet Roelf Meyer, Minister…
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
… 1990, at the opening of parliament, former state president F.W De Klerk made an unanticipated and startling statement … organisations. The move made it…
EventThe Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force
… The terms of reference of the Harms Commission, which was to inquire into alleged murders and unlawful acts of the security forces, were laid out in a…
EventGeneral Lothar Neethling sues Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail
… Coetzee alleged that Neethling has supplied him with toxin to be used on anti-apartheid activists. Justice Johan … stated that: "The fact that the court…
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… them on the grounds that there was no sufficient evidence to justify keeping the men behind bars. He pointed out that the government had failed to present a…
EventThe ‘Hospital and Lunatic Asylum’, the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, is opened
… was only one hospital for army men in the Cape, as well as a naval hospital in Simonstown. So, in order to set up the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, a…
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… plight of women and girls, who are six times more likely to be infected with the Aids virus than men in South Africa. … the venue free of charge, but also…
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… resurfaced in KwaZulu Natal in the late 90's. In order to prevent open hostilities the ANC, IFP and United Democratic Movement (UDM) convened a meeting in…
EventMarais Steyn dies
… Smuts, who said he had not expected the 33-year-old Steyn to do more than keep Verwoerd busy in the run-up to the election. After years in the opposition, he…
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
… as it was initially claimed by the then State President F. W. de Klerk , and that the nuclear weapons programme had … of right-wing extremists, while others…
EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… Kitchner, presented the British final peace proposals to the Boer negotiators after the South African War. Milner … as final, and advised the Republic Peace…
EventFirst mines are proclaimed in Johannesburg
… activities on 20 September 1886 on the farm Randjeslaagte, a piece of rocky 'left-over' ground, after surrounding farms had been surveyed. The digging was to…
EventGerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys a section of land, which is later declared part of the Witwatersrand gold reef
… On 6 April 1874, Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen bought a section of the farm Langlaagte for £100. This farm would later be declared a part of the…
The life, times, and memories of Joe Rassool
… times, and memories of Joe Rassool. The book takes us back to the late 19th century Cape Colony to the early 1950s covering the family history or the Gools, …
EventDennis Brutus is born
… in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) to South African parents. His parents moved back to South Africa and settled in Port Elizabeth. He…
EventHarold Macmillan begins his “winds of change” tour of Africa
… in Ghana. Ghana became the first country in Sub-Sahara to gain independence in 1957, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first … like it or not, this growth of…
EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
… scheduled for 29 May 1996. Inevitably the elections had to be postponed to the end of June. The announcement was made by former President, Nelson Mandela…
EventStanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal
… Natal). When Nkosi was three years old his family moved to Dukathole near Germiston in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). … his Junior Certificate. He also studied…
EventNine policemen are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban, shortly before the infamous Sharpville Massacre
… mob at Cato Manor in Durban . The incident happened after a raid by police searching for illicit liquor. This was at a time when the policemen would attempt…
EventJan van Riebeeck, the first Dutch governor of the Cape Colony, dies
… Dutch East Indies. He landed at the Cape in April 1652 to establish a refreshment station for ships travelling to the East on … on 7 April 1652 and then…
Upcoming events at the Book Lounge
… – Storytime: Friends Friends are helpful, kind and fun to be around. Today we’ll read about all kinds of friends, and talk about what being a friend means to…
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… in 1961, and in June 1972 Bophuthatswana was declared a self-governing state. On 6 December 1977 this 'homeland' … recognised by South Africa and the…
PlaceKimberley, Northern Cape
… Kimberley is a prospecting City famous for its quality diamonds , the … Orange and Vaal Rivers. Kimberley has an average of 9 and a half hours of sunshine…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… George Heys, a young man from Durban, made his fortune in the diamond rush in Kimberley by establishing a successful coach transportation business that…
PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
… 1863. Only on 21 December 1894 did the church board decide to gather money for a new church building. Klaas van Rijsse was hired as … was laid by Paul Kruger…
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
… Equatorial Guinea is a West African nation bordering the Bight of Biafra, between … and Ndowe societies. Around the 12th and 13th Century a wave of Bantu…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… Peter Mokaba, a notable freedom fighter and patriot, was born on 7 January 1959. Mokoba played a significant role in the struggle for freedom especially ……
EventSally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its top
… 1951. By the age of 17, Sally Little had claimed more than a dozen national and regional amateur titles, and in 1970 was … African Sportsman of the Year. In…
EventRaymond Dart completes work on Taung skull
… called the Taung child , was found embedded in rock at a mine near Taung, a village 400 miles southwest of Johannesburg . When Raymond … but was more human…