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EventSt James Church massacre
… dead were Russian seamen attending the service as part of a church outreach programme. Another seaman lost both legs and an arm. The St James Church Massacre…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… States. South African President P.W. Botha proclaimed, "A new era has begun.... We want to be accepted by our African brothers. We need each other." ……
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Former South African … Kwamakutha Township. It was alleged that Malan engaged in a 'dirty tricks'…
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… headed by Millicent Fawcett in 1901, was established as a result of an outcry against the treatment of Afrikaners in concentration camps during the South…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… South Africa. Today, South Africa celebrates Freedom Day to mark the liberation of our country and its people from a long period of colonialism and White…
PlaceAlbaster Klip, Northern Cape
… only Voortrekker leader in the Great Trek Era, who kept a diary. The Voortrekkers made their own smoking pipes out of the soft Alabaster stone, a fine…
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
… along the entire South African coastline . Second only to Table Mountain , most likely, though only a small fraction of the size. It is found on the northern…
PlaceGreyton, Western Province
… the Cape 1854-61. By 1891 the census indicated that it had a population of 276. The verdant plains and forested ravines of the area were home to the;…
EventCharges against Cape Times editor, Mr Anthony Heard are dropped
… PFP spokesperson on justice, Mr Dave Dalling responded to the deputy minister of information, Mr Nel Bureau to launch a booklet ‘Talking with the ANC’’. Mr…
EventA Cape Passive Resistance Council is formed
… The Cape Passive Resistance Council was formed at a mass meeting in Cape Town, attended by 1 500 people. Among the first people to volunteer were African…
EventArtist Allina Ndebele is born
… master weaver Allina Ndebele, nee Khumalo, who returned to her father's village and established a small workshop to teach neighbourhood women to card, spin,…
EventSenator Robert Kennedy visits SA
… Apartheid, United States (US) Senator Robert Kennedy made a historic visit to South Africa. He was invited by the National Union of … Cape Town. Kennedy was…
EventDjibouti and Cote d’ Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
… Following a visit to Nigeria by the state president, F.W. de Klerk, and his foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha a …
EventMinister Kobie Coetsee on meeting between Botha and Mandela
… in South Africa. However, the document which Mandela gave to Botha prior to the meeting suggested otherwise, hence he refused to denounce violence and break…
EventWestern Cape High Court suspends pebble bed modular reactor at Koeberg
… provincial Department of Environmental Affair's decision to permit the construction of a pebble bed modular reactor at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station ……
EventP.W. Botha appears in court
… State President P.W. Botha appeared in court for refusing to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). … The former South African State…
ArchiveFederation or desolution
… he believes that South Africa should move towards forming a federal constitution and that the" Verwoerdian Utopia has fallen to pieces"; he also challenges…
ArchiveSouth African Church leaders confront the Sstate
… assembled at Cape Town's Anglican Cathedral and after a brief service set out on the short walk to Parliament to present a petition of protest. Within…
Event300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border are facing starvation
… and the Red Cross. The Red Cross had been sending supplies to relief camps in "rebel" Biafra, but had been ordered out … the Biafra War on 6 July 1967, when…
International Council for Traditional Music
… Music Study Group on African Musics is pleased to announce its Second Symposium on the theme, “African … especially in the case of Francophone participants…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) is honoured to launch its annual Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with a lecture by the internationally…
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
… adjacent chimney contained the boiler and blower house of a blast furnace and formed part of the iron works established … 1918, that cast-iron from…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… Born Ronald Horwitz in in 1934, he moved to from South Africa to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the theater. He changed his name to Harwood after ……
PlaceElgin
… Originally called Koffee Kraal, the village of Elgin is a lush land circled with mountains, in the Overberg region . … . The Elgin name, was derived from the…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 4: Dont vote! its not a crime
… This pamphlet wishes to clear some fears and anxieties of those members with regards to the consequences of them not casting a vote or registration to vote…
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1951-1952
… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1952 and … the Union; Rising tensions in South Africa and work to help resolve these; General South African…
Yukon, Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… who subsequently became Mayor of Johannesburg from 1917 to 1919. It is a testament to the high expectations that initially … the establishment of this suburb…
EventNotices served on Solly Sachs
… of South Africa (GWU). The first notice ordered Sachs to relinquish his position in the Union within thirty days and not to participate in any way in the…
EventSA signs Nuclear Non
… countries that signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to curb the spread of nuclear weapons. Other countries that … the treaty, while Finland became the…
EventApartheid minister of Law and Order opposes White radicalism in the South African police force
… Congress (ANC) be accepted. He said 'radicalism either to the left or to the right of the moderates is unacceptable to us in the police force'. …