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EventRetief Goosen is born.
… On 3 February 1969 Retief Goosen, a prominent South African … ,[Online],Available at: www.astrotheme.com ,[Accessed on: 15 January 2014] …
EventReggie Hadebe ANC Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, is gunned down
… Region, Mr Reggie Hadebe, was gunned down in an ambush on the Richmond-Ixopo road. Radebe was travelling with other …
EventThe United States shuts its embassy in Nairobi
… Kenya. A new embassy building in Nairobi had been opened on March 3 2002, after a bomb had destroyed the original …
EventThabo Mbeki is honoured
… in Scotland conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Law on the South African president and the president of the …
EventMahamane Ousmane is overthrown
… leader Col Barre Mainassara Ibrahim issued a statement on the state-run radio station that Ousmane was under arrest, …
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… of the Union of South Africa, which was to be inaugurated on 31 May. …
EventJB Marks is born
… born in Ventersdorp, Transvaal (now North West Province) on March 21 1903. He was the seventh child of an African …
EventThe Anglo Boer War
… Instead of lasting for a few weeks the war dragged on for four years. …
PlaceCoerney, Port Elizabeth
… a River and Railway station 64 km North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the Sundays River Valley …
PlaceCyphergat Station
… to Stormberg Junction via Cyphergat Station was opened on 15 October 1883. It has been suggested by Historians, …
PlaceCarlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape
… Joseph Newey ,who has written a book. Carlisle Bridge is on farm in Eastern Cape and has an elevation of 400 metres. …
EventGhana is admitted to the United Nations
… Ghana was admitted to the United Nations on 8 March 1957, two days after it achieved independence from …
EventThe South African Police Services (SAPS) celebrates its 10th anniversary
… for providing a service to South African democracy on 27 January 2005. Since this celebration, the South …
EventBotswana gains independence from Britain
… as Bechuanaland, Botswana gained independence from Britain on 30 September 1966 under the leadership of Seretse Khama. …
EventA statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith
… Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by Ian Smith on 11 November 1965. …
EventBoer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals
… ended with the signing of the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902. …
EventThe district of Uitenhage is founded in the Eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist
… the Volkswagen factory which is the largest car factory on the African continent. …
EventInternational Day of Families.
… opportunity to celebrate families. This day is celebrated on 15 May every year.It is supported by the UN’s Division for …
PlaceAmsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
… June 1881. At first called Roburnia, the name was changed on the 5 July 1882 to Amsterdam, after the Dutch city where …
PlaceAlbertville, Johannesburg
… to the South-East of it. It was laid out in 1896 on the Farm 'Waterval' and was named in honour of the owner, …
EventCharges against Cape Times editor, Mr Anthony Heard are dropped
… Tambo were withdrawn, after PFP spokesperson on justice, Mr Dave Dalling responded to the deputy minister …
ArchiveThe United Democratic Front (UDF): a case study of democratic organisation, 1983-1987
… the theoretical basis of writings of Lennin and Gramsci on revolutionary theory and praxis; and researches the …
ArchiveFounding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders
… repeal legislation which organises South African society on the basis of race. …
PlaceWoolsack House, Rondebosch
… by Sir Herbert Baker for the use of Poets and Artists on the instructions of Cecil John Rhodes. Rudyard Kipling and … by Sir Herbert Baker for the use of…
ArchivePOTWA
… A2 black on yellow silkscreen; cartoons of workers and bosses; text: …
ArchiveInterview with Mr H Molooi
… of Langalibalele Dube, until 1978, when she passed on. Mrs Ngcobo worked for Allison Wessels George Champion …
ArchiveUDF Unites To Expose What Underlies Reform
… A2 black and pink on white; silkscreen, graphic hand pulling up paper; text: …
ArchiveBolt Number 11 December 1974
… Mann. Silene, Fiona Morphet. Two Poems, Sydney Sepamla. On Seeing Umabatha, Pat Mosel. Four Poems, Katherine …
Speak - the voice of the community
… shack demolitions and evictions. The newspaper reported on the communities' sustained efforts in creating residents' …
PlaceMea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 October 1980. …