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EventOldest example of written Afrikaans appears in a poem
… positions at Muizenberg during their campaign to capture the Cape Colony. The engagement saw Dutch East India Company troops, burgher … artillery fire from…
EventHouse of Representatives impeaches American President Bill Clinton
… recent university graduate, began working as an intern in the White House. This was during Bill Clinton's first term of office. A relationship developed…
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… On this date the British Colonial Secretary addressed a dispatch that Queen Victoria has approved a Royal Charter creating the British South Africa Company …
EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
… Mbhazima Samuel (Sam) Shilowa, was born in Olifantshoek in the Transvaal (now Limpopo Province.) After High School, … Shilowa moved to Johannesburg, where…
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… In March 1961, at a Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers held in London, the South African Prime Minister, H.F. Verwoerd formally … a Constitutional…
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rally at Jabulani Stadium. In the ensuing battle between residents and Inkatha supporters, hand grenades were allegedly thrown…
EventSouth African Police announce arrest of serial killer
… The South African Police in Pretoria announced the arrest of Moses Sithole, named the country's most wanted … Fraser, R. (1995). Keesing's Record of World…
The first French Huguenots arrive at the Cape in the Voorschoten.
… The first French Huguenots arrive at the Cape in the Voorschoten. …
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… One of the most gruesome attacks on township residents was … out by armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg. In what has become…
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… Africa’s first permanent modern observatory was erected at the Cape of Good Hope (now known as Cape Town) byFearon Fallows, a British astronomer. During the…
PlaceOur Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay
… Our Lady Of Montserrat in Betty's Bay, Western Cape is a Christian Congregation serving the Betty's Bay Community and encouraging others through a … working…
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
… or Haile Selassie, as he was later known, was born the son of Ras Makonnen Wolde Michael, the Governor of the region of Harrar. He is credited for … Tafari…
EventDecision to integrate city councils of Pretoria area
… The municipality of Pretoria announced that several autonomous city councils were going to merge to form the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM)…
A Survey Of Race Relations In South Africa 1973
… Excerpt "During 1973 the National party has been faced with increasing manifestations of black dissatisfaction and anger. The Black Conciousness movement…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… The African National Congress (ANC) condemns in the strongest terms the hijacking last night (Tuesday, 24 November 2009) of one of its spokespersons Ishmael…
Opening remarks by President Jacob Zuma to the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on global sustainability - transforming the world in an era of global change, Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC, African Pavilion, Durban, 06 December 2011
… Excellencies Heads of State and Government, Prof Johan Rockström, Chair of the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability, … UN climate change…
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… Few years after the Second Anglo-Boer War (11 Oct 1899 – 31 May 1902), the European continent got embroiled in hostilities, which culminated in the break…
EventTrial of nine BPC and SASO leaders ends
… The lengthy trial of nine student leaders from the Black People's Convention (BPC) and the South African … guilty under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to…
ArchiveBantu Education Act, Act No 47 of 1953
… The Act was to provide for the transfer of the adminiustration and control of native education from the several provincial … Bantu Education Act, Act No 47…
EventArchibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
… Archibald Lamont was one of seven children born to Alexander Lamont, a master-mariner … and in 1888 obtained an MA degree (cum laude) in Ethics at the…
ArchivePopulation Registration Act, Act No 30 of 1950
… The Act was to make provision for the compilation of a Register of the Population of the Union; … Population Registration Act, Act No 30 of 1950 …
EventMinister reports 23 acts of sabotage in RSA
… back to this day in history search archive Two years after the formation of Poqo and a year after the formation of Mkhonto we Sizwe (MK), liberation armies…
ArchiveText of telex received from Rev Frank Chikane
… Telex from Rev Frank Chikane, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches to the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, … Text…
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… Mpumalanga game ranger, Sibusiso Vilane, became the first Black South African to reach the top of Mount Everest, an 8 848m Himalayan peak, one of the ……
ArchiveGroup Areas Act, Act No 41 of 1950
… The Act was to provide for the establishment of group areas, for the control of the acquisition of immovable property and the occupation … Group Areas Act,…
EventSeparate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed
… Following years of struggle in courts and abortive parliamentary attempts to pass the Separate Representation of Coloured Voters Bill, the act was passed…
EventFerdi Barnard is found guilty of killing Webster
… On 1 June 1998, Ferdi Bernard was convicted for the murder of anti-Apartheid activist, David Webster. Bernard shot … 1989, in front his home. Bernard was…
ArchiveOptions for a redefinition of NUSAS structure and functioning
… Paper delivered at the 51st Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of … Options for a redefinition of NUSAS structure…
ArchiveHistory of Wages Commissions: formation, aims and structure
… Working notes from the National Union of South African Students Labour Directive, July workshop, University of the Witwatersrand, 2-4 July 1982. Discusses…
EventReported arrest of London bomb mastermind, Rashid Aswat
… The suspected mastermind of the bomb attacks in London on July 7 hid in South Africa for … reported on Thursday that the man, a British national of Pakistani…