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EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson’s book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… a wildlife conservationist based in Kenya. He was forced to kill Elsa’s mother in self- defence when she tried to attack him. It was only after he had shot…
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… Zolla Budd was born to an Afrikaans family on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein. She was one of five children. Budd was especially close to her older sister Jenny…
EventNine members of the ANC are officially banned in Dakawa, Tanzania
… from different ANC communities in Dakawa. The decision to ban these members followed the announcement made during … and released unconditionally. This group…
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
… Gamal Abdel Nasser and later served as Vice President to Nasser. Following the death of Nasser in September 1970 … many of his predecessor’s socialist…
Draft constitution of the ANC
… It was agreed that a Working Group would be established to resolve all outstanding questions arising out of this decision to report by 15 September 1990…
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
… of this was the hated pass law. This forced Black people to carry passes wherever they went. Black resistance against … 180 people. In Cape Town about 30 000…
EventAfrikaans Writer Breytenbach is sentenced
… On an illegal trip to South Africa with a false passport, a well-known Afrikaans … Breyten Breytenbach was betrayed, arrested and sentenced to nine years…
EventCOSATU delegates are left at Beitbridge
… In spite of being refused to visit, the thirteen delegates of the Congress of South … regarding the political situation in Zimbabwe prior to parliamentary…
EventSir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape
… Colony in 1897. Milner arrived in Cape Town on 5 May 1897 to assume his new position. Soon after taking up the position, he advocated a sterner policy with…
EventSA composer Benjamin Tyamzashe is born
… the only composer and choir conductor of his generation to have his song "Zweliyaduduma" sung to the British Royal family in Umtata, during their visit to SA…
EventAn earthquake, measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, hits Cape Town.
… the Richter scale. It is the biggest recorded earthquake to have hit the area. The quake was caused by the Milnerton … the Milnerton area, the Cape Flats…
ArchivePolitical Action Committee report
… Report of the Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South … include exposing the role of the apartheid government,…
50 years of forced removals under apartheid
… communities who experienced forced removals are welcome to join & to bring banners with their communities' names on them. The … performances and music. The…
ArchiveInternational Childrens Day June 1
… Childrens' Day June 1; All children have the right to a name, enough food and a decent place to live; All children should be looked after when they are sick…
ArchiveMonth of Compassion 1986
… Father in spirit and in truth.. So let us use this year to dream, let us use this year to prophesy, let us use this year to see visions of love, and peace…
Mayibuye
… the aim of stimulating political debate and discussion to promote the voice of the banned Congress to the masses. Legal publication began in 1990 after the ……
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
… Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame … colonizers. He was also the first black African…
EventBar argues against the Suppression of Communism Bill
… be in jeopardy. The Bar made this point with reference to a speech in parliament by Justice Minister C.R. Swart, … the Bill be passed. Under this Bill, not…
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… Rand Administration Board (ERAB), granting him the right to permanent urban status. The ruling was likely to affect about 150, 000 Black contract workers in…
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
… The Nationalist party government announced its intention to consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas from 113 to 36. The homelands were…
EventThe NCCR is dissolved
… of South African Exiles (NCCR) was dissolved due to fraud and corruption amounting to substantial amounts of money. South African Council of … and a…
EventUN Special Envoy visits SA
… 765 by the UN Security Council, Cyrus Vance was dispatched to South Africa as Special Representative of the UN … religious, business and labour leaders in an…
EventSanctions are applied on Libya over Lockerbie bombing
… Organisation of African Unity (OAU) countries decided to ignore some of the sanctions imposed by the UN, including … when president of Niger, Ibrahim Bare…
EventSA signs Nuclear Treaty
… Foreign Minister R.F. (Pik) Botha signed accession to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) on behalf of … South Africa became the first nation in…
EventBartolomeu Dias enters Luderitz Bay
… compatriot Vasco da Gama gave the name Terra do Natal to the coast around the Kei River. The name was later extended to cover the coast up to Durban. To read…
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… organisations converged in South Africa from 30 January to 3 February for the African Leprosy Congress. The convention was coordinated by Wits University to…
EventLegal action against election results
… The Minister of Local Government in Kwazulu-Natal applied to the Supreme Court to have voting in four rural areas declared null and void and for polling to…
EventIFP commemorates Shell House shootings.
… supporters marched through the streets of Johannesburg to mark the anniversary of the 1994 Shell House shootings … Shell House headquarters. The threat of…
EventRelations between South Africa and Algeria are smoothed out
… Mandela. Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad was sent to Algeria to smooth things out. On his return he stated that the two … would strengthen ties by signing…
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… A council of war, tried Chief Malebogo for refusing to allow his people to pay hut taxes and waging war against the Transvaal Boers … until 1900, when the…