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PlaceNewlands
… he named 'De Nieuwe Land' or 'Nieuwland' and developed as a country residence. This included a modest lodge, a formal garden and an oak plantation. It ……
PlaceNelspruit
… A quaint little town, near the Kruger National Park. Known now as Mbombela, which has a World Cup Stadium. This stadium which was built for some of … valley…
PlaceNaval Hill
… could well be the only City in the World that has a game Reserve in the heart of the City. Contrary to popular belief, the two naval guns are no longer on…
PlaceMarconi Beam, Montague Gardens
… Marconi Beam is next to Montague Gardens and is located in City of Cape Town. … Gardens and Marconi Beam are of strategic importance to the entire Cape…
ArchivePromise of hope
… future. Not first aid but fundamental rights -- the right to sell their labour in the best market and to live with their families at their places of work, a…
PlaceGoede Hoop Wine Estate
… it’s still run by the family with Pieter Bestbier (now a third generation winemaker) at the helm. These vineyards require no irrigation due to sufficient…
PlaceMakhonjwa Mountains, Barbeton
… of volcanic and sedimentary rock dating back 3.6 to 3.25 Billion Years, when the first Continents were starting to form on the primitive Earth. It features…
EventThe QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status
… Africa introduced by the apartheid government. It was home to the Batlokoa and Bakwena Southern Sotho sub-tribes. The … rocky Drakensberg mountain. From 1974…
EventSA Prime Minister completes a tour of homelands in the Northern Transvaal
… South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster completed a tour of self governing territories in the Northern … development, aimed at transforming South Africa…
Document 33 - League of Atrican Rights, Announcement of Meeting, 25 August 1929
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … of Meeting, 25 August 1929 Workers' Hall 14 Market St…
EventMandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace
… Medal for Peace the previous week. The announcement came a day short of Mandela's birthday, the first of its kind that he was going to celebrate behind…
EventRivonia trial sentence is delivered
… of the Rivonia trial eight of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Pretoria Supreme Court. The eight … and Raymond Mhlaba . Mandela argued…
EventMinister reports 23 acts of sabotage in RSA
… Location: 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), … anti…
EventNelson Mandela is arrested
… of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was captured in Cedara, a small town near Howick, Natal, shortly after his return to South Africa on completing six months’…
EventMovie director Henry Cornelius dies
… "Law and Disorder" in 1958. Charles Crichton saw the film to its completion. Cornelius studied under Max Reinhardt and … with Rene Clair and Alexander Korda…
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… born in Middledrift, Eastern Cape on 2 May 1954, is a former African National Congress political activist and a lawyer. In 1998 he became South Africa's…
EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
… was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. Here South Africa … at Lord's in 1935, taking the 5 test…
EventSA War Memorial is opened at Delville Wood
… was opened outside the village of Longueval, France, next to the historic Delville Wood. The Memorial was unveiled by … the First World War. The inscription…
EventThozamile Botha breaks banning order
… Thozamile Botha broke his banning order and escaped to Lesotho. PEBCO was an affiliate of the banned United … raid in the capital of Lesotho, Maseru, he was…
EventControl of communication bureau is placed under Foreign Affairs
… scandal' about attempts of the Department of Information to influence international and local public opinion by shifting R64m belonging to the Defence budget…
EventTranskei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa
… Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces his government's decision to break all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa.This included a unilateral…
EventUniversity of Stellenbosch in a historic move
… The University of Stellenbosch announced that it was to open its doors to Black, Coloured and Asian students for … own universities. In spite of the move…
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… South African Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, is refused a passport and thus permission to attend an international church conference by the South … refused…
EventFurther chaos in Liberian civil war
… Liberian President Samuel Kanyon Doe became virtually a prisoner in the presidential mansion as rebels besieged Monrovia and Doe's 500-man security force…
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… P. W. Botha suffers a mild stroke and, on this day he announces his intention to resign the National Party presidency while remaining State … process in the…
EventLocal elections in Townships
… Black Township Councils in the late 1980s, which attempted to co-opt Black leaders into the Apartheid system without … its repressive measures by detaining…
EventWynand Malan leads the newly formed National Democratic Movement
… party, the National Democratic Movement (NDM), which was to develop contacts with Black politicians. In 1988 a meeting was held between the African National…
EventNigeria cuts its diplomatic missions
… after the military regime of Buhari, which took power from a civilian government, introduced emergency economic reforms. … was the 5th largest oil producer…
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… Olympic games, which were held in Athens, Greece, came to an end with a spectacular closing ceremony. The evening was started off … Olympic Committee,…
EventAmina Lawal is freed
… The Nigerian Islamic Appeals Court freed Amina Lawal, a young woman sentenced to death by stoning by the Bakori Sharia court in the Katsina … Islamic state…