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EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
… Democratic Movement to form the Democratic Party (DP) on 8 April 1989 as opposition to the National Party (NP) in …
EventDr. Chris Barnard, medical practitioner who performed the first heart transplant, is born
… that successfully performed the first heart transplant on a human being. Click here to read more about the operation. …
EventP.W. Botha is born
… known as Die Groot Krokodile - The Big Crocodile) was born on the farm Telegraaf in Paul Roux district, Free State. …
EventBishop Zulu is born
… Council of Churches (WCC). Zulu died in Ulundi, KwaZulu on 29 February 1988. References Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) …
EventTravelling in a cab no longer in fashion
… to Siemert Road in Doornfontein.The first car appeared on the streets in 1897. …
EventChoirmaster, educator and singer Mary Eveline Fincken is born
… at the South African College of Music in Cape Town. On her death in 1955 she left her collection of music to the …
EventSA is readmitted to the IOC
… South Africa was readmitted to the Olympic games on condition that it complied within thirty days to terms …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President
… democratic President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 10 May 1994.. He replaced the outgoing National Party …
EventSouth Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, because of its Apartheid policy in sport.
… was expelled from many international sporting bodies. On 23 March, 1970, South Africa was banned from the Davis Cup …
EventParamount Chief, Botha Sigcau is appointed the first President of Transkei
… became the first Homeland to gain independence in 1976. On 30 December 1987, Major General Bantu Holomisa, commander …
EventThe name of the military base, Voortrekkerhoogte is officially changed to Thaba Tshwane
… since 1939. , It was officially renamed on 19 May 1998, marking its third name change. The military … BY THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE, THE Hon. MR JOE MODISE, ON…
EventThe Labour Party (LP) adopts a resolution to represent the Coloured community
… even though the organisation rejected the racial premises on which the constitutional proposals were based. This …
African Statistics Day
… The African Statistics Day (ASD) is celebrated every year on the 18th of November. This event was initiated in 1990 by …
Event300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border are facing starvation
… government. This is after the outbreak of the Biafra War on 6 July 1967, when the easterners tried to force the west …
EventYouth has been burnt to death in Mahwelereng Township
… On 6 June 1986, Mr Ronnie Molifi was stabbed and burnt to …
PlaceAbaxab, a Railway Siding in the Northern Cape
… 'Rooilyf', a railway siding 17 km North of Groblershoop, on the way to Sishen. The name means 'red body'. Definition: …
ArchiveClosing address to the 58th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 29 November to 4 December 1980.
… Johannesburg, 29 November to 4 December 1980. Spoke on education within the framework of the conference theme: …
ArchiveWhose Reality Mr. Botha?
… A2 red and black on white, litho; maps of SA with bars; text: Whose reality Mr …
Liberation
… founded in Johannesburg as a magazine of quality, focusing on issues of concern to Blacks and non-establishment Whites …
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1951-1952
… relations in South Africa in 1952 and includes chapters on: The functioning of South Africa's sovereign Parliament; …
Namibia resource package
… cape including contents, 1 General overview profile on Namibia, 2 Military rule history of military conflict, 3 …
ArchiveNamibia resource package
… cape including contents, 1 General overview profile on Namibia, 2 Military rule history of military conflict, 3 …
PlaceMagistrates Court, Main Road, Simonstown
… one of his first visitors after his arrival in Simons Town on 21 May 1776. Towards the end of the 18th century it was …
PlaceRust-en-Vrede, Wellington Road, Durbanville
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 October 1984. …
Yukon, Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 4 December 1981.. …
PlaceThe Pines, Parktown, Johannesburg
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 4 December 1982. …
EventA Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain
… a Dakota, crashed into the Ingeli Mountain in Kokstad on 15 October 1951. It was operating a service from East … [online] Availble at: www.thenewage.co.za …
EventSouth African pop queen, Brenda Fassie, is born
… had tourists paying to hear her sing. Brenda Fassie died on 9 May 2004 after allegedly taking a drug overdose. She is …
EventSA artist Sfiso Mkame is born
… African artist, was born in Durban. As a child he drew on sand walls. He received formal art training at the Open …
EventSA poet Sydney Vernon Peterson dies
… as a guest speaker. Various honours were bestowed on him during his lifetime and posthumously. …