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EventWayne Ferreira was born on this day
… the men’s tennis doubles at the Barcelona Olympic Games of 1992.[ii] Wayne reached his best career ranking ever, when he …
EventMapungubwe is ‘discovered’
… by the provincial Department of Nature Conservation in 1992 and control was transferred to SANParks in 1999. …
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… be tried in either of these two countries. On 21 January 1992, the United Nations ordered the Libyan government to …
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… (CPSA) took an active role in the uprising. On 15 March 1992, the South African government's artillery bombarded the …
EventDefence Minister disputes HIV statistics in SANDF
… group. He maintained that the percentage was about 22% or 23%. Lekota was responding to a question from Democratic …
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha to The Honourable Alexander H Haig Jr, Secretary of State, United States of America
… withdrawal of troops from Angola. Incudes the response of 23 September 1981, of the South African Government to the …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… would supply electricity at cost price to the VFTPC). [23] During the late 1920s and early 1930s, ESCOM began … to the whole of South Africa, with 260…
69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation
… are reproduced the minutes of an informal meeting held on 23 April 1947, at which the decision was taken to establish … of representatives of the Indians…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… election in 1994, South Africa joined the OAU on 23 May 1994. Another significant development connected to …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… to hold prayer in sympathy with ‘Blacks who have died'. 23 August, An Athlone High school student statement is made …
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… OF ARMED STRUGGLE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Conference Date: 23-25 November 2016 Venue: University of the Witwatersrand …
EventScores of soccer fans die in a friendly match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates
… and Orlando Pirates met in a pre-season friendly at the 23,000 seater Oppenheimer Stadium, near Orkney, Western …
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… saw foreign debt increase from $16 billion in 1979 to $ 23,7 billion in late 1985, and from some 8.4% of GDP in 1980 … and regulate the presence of Africans…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… meeting of Natal Indian Congress in Durban. February 23, Gandhi explained the Transvaal struggle at meeting of … P.S. to Minister of Interior on Free State…
ArchiveRenewed fighting in April
… . According to official figures, 279 Swapo combatants and 23 security force members were killed . On April 10 1989, …
EventLucas Seage is born
Lucas Seage, South African artist, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg. Seage attended Barolong High School in Gaborone, Botswana and then Damelin College in…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Gabon at Odi Stadium
… Special Edition, p. 10). http://www.dispatch.co.za/1999/02/23/sport/AAMOLOTO.HTM …
EventThe Rosebud, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Diaz Beach, Mossel Bay
… [online] Available at: 'diasmuseum.co.za' [Accessed 23 August 2010] Wallis, F. (2000) Nuusdagboek: feite en …
EventAt Botha, SA artist, is born.
… most renowned artists. He was born in Kroonstad on 23 December 1949. Botha studied drama at the Potchefstroomse …
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… Million Recruits', editorial in The International, March 23, 1971. Document 12: Editorial 'The Great Events in … conference held on July 30-31 and August 1,…
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… sentence, while Maseko and Dladla were sentenced to 23 and 12 years respectively. …
EventJan de la Fontaine becomes Governor at the Cape
… Noodt succeeded him as governor until his death on 23 April 1729. Following this, De la Fontaine was again …
EventSA tennis player Wesley Moodie and Australian Stephen Huss win the Wimbledon Men’s double title
… map' [online] Available at: iol.co.za [4 July] [Accessed 23 June 2009] …
EventArmistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War
… of peace negotiations, which were concluded on 23 March 1881. The end of the war was finally reached with …
EventOubangi-Shari achieves independence as the Central African Republic
… the constitution and dissolved the National Assembly. On 23 March 2013, about 13 South African soldiers were killed …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… held in Johannesburg and are to be charged with sedition. 23 March, Robert Sobukwe, president of the PAC, and P.K … a traffic officer, Simon Kungoane in…
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… Johannesburg. He worked as a day editor of The Sowetan in 1992 - 1993. …
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… was the Boipotong massacre that took place on 17 June 1992. Approximately 300 armed residents of the …
EventFormer Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere dies
… found their way into Tanzania and landed at SAMFCO. In 1992, the piece of land was handed back to the government of …
EventJoe Slovo dies
… create a climate for negotiations. And it was Slovo who in 1992 first broached the idea of a national government of …