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EventFormer Springbok rugby captain, Franscois Pienaar, is born
… national rugby team, better known as Springboks from 26 June 1993 until 10 August 1996. Many would recall for …
President Kaunda of Zambia meets the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha on the Botswana border to discuss the political situation.
… meeting between B.J. Vorster and President Kaunda on 25-26 August 1976. Kaunda is yet again criticised in the African …
PlaceGrey College Complex, Bloemfontein
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 October 1979. The School campus consists of many other old …
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
This article was written by Nicole Dellaportas and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Women’s Role in the…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
By the early 1980s, the Congress movement was becoming established as the most effective force in the fight against apartheid throughout the country. With the…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… Act No 108 of 1991) The Aliens Registration Act No 26 of 1936 Provided for the registration and control of … The Marketing and Unbeneficial Land Occupation…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… Johannesburg. He was also compromised by an affair with a 26-year-old COSATU female employee who claimed Vavi offered … office bearers as well as its…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
The 1980s saw escalating state repression and mass detentions. In a frenzy of desperate reaction, the government declared a series of back-to-back states of…
EventPresident F W de Klerk announces that South Africa’s first democratic elections will be held
… first non-racial democratic elections will be held from 26-28 April 1994. …
PlaceAbiquasput, Northern Cape
… 26 km North of Noenieput. The name in Afrikaans meaning, …
EventNP serves legal papers on TRC
… giving notice of a High Court application to be heard on 26 August 1997. The application called on the court to order …
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… African Coloured Indian White 1989 51% 29% 6% 3% 1993 50% 26% 8% 3% 1996 57% 22% 9% 3% 1997 55% 21% 6% 4% 2001 62% 29% …
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… changed to Tshwane. [xvi] This new name was approved on 26 May 2005, by the South African Geographical Names Council …
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… in South Africa after winning the national elections. 1950 The National Party enacts the Group Areas Act defining …
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… and Selected Related Pieces Legislation Group Areas Act of 1950 Dixson Pushparagavan Dixson Pushparagavan was born in …
PlaceOfficial residence, Commander of British forces in South Africa, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 June 1981. …
EventBattle of Dogali: Ethiopian army defeat the invading Italians
… forces, as they totally routed the invading Italians on 26 January 1887. …
EventProtection for whistleblowers' is ensured
… The Protected Disclosures Act, no 26 of 2000, providing protection of employees against …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… and Union forces rapidly subdue the insurrection. 1915 26 January, Johannesburgss’s new Town Hall is used for the … in 1961. 1949 19 September, The gold…
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… Anton van Wouw , was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women and children who died in prison camps …
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
… About 54 000 people were affected by the disaster on 26 December 2004. …
EventWorld’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa
… On 26 January 1905 miner Frederick Wells extracted a large …
Emissaries from Russia
1. I have received the response of Mr F. W de Klerk to a memorandum which I addressed to him on the 26th June 1992. I enclosed the statement of the Emergency…
Appendix - The Freedom Charter
… Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on June 26, 1955 We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our …
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… in the dessert”, Historia, (Vol. 10), (No. 2), (2011), p. 26. [6] Visser, K. & Du Pisani, K., “Die vestiging van … in the dessert”, Historia, (Vol. 10), (No…
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… On 26 June 1959, over five hundred people attended a meeting at … Exactly 40 years later, on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 June 1999, the moment of the Anti…
ArchiveChapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance Despite the isolation and consequent defeat of…
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
… at the memorial service. A man from Johannesburg aged 26, celebrated the legend’s life by selling framed pictures …
EventHeavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
… On 26 February 2000, it is reported that Cyclone Eline, which …
EventDesire Wilson is born
… Desiré Randall Wilson was born on 26 November 1953 in Brakpan. Wilson is a former racing driver …