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EventTakudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player, is born
… Takudzwa Ngwenya was born in Harare, Zimbabwe on 22 July 1985. He played for the Mashonaland Club and for …
PlaceKwaDukuza
In July 1825, King Shaka, son of Senzangakhona and Nandi, who was the king of the Zulus from 1816, established a royal settlement as a halfway station between…
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
The South African Olympic team of ninety-five members took off to participate in the 22nd Olympic games staged in Barcelona, Spain in 1994. This was South…
EventSouth African boxers,Zolile Mbityi and Peter Malinga both win world titles
… 22 October 1999 was a red-letter day in South African boxing …
EventBritish troops establish their camp at Isandlwana
… laager with the wagons. The Zulu army attacked the camp on 22 January. …
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… Town was issued although most areas were not zoned until 1961. Protea Village was proclaimed a white group area in 1961, parts of the city such as Boo-Kaap…
ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
… wanted him to surrender. They wanted him dead. At about 03:00am, a Casspir vehicle made its way up the road, and … with automatic rifles surrounding the…
Statement In Court By Dr. Dadoo And Dr. G. M. Naicker, When Charged With Aiding And Abetting Under The Immigrants Regulation Act Of 1913, February 26, 1948
… the offence of contravening Section 20 (r)of the Act No. 22 of 1913 in that we did wrongfully and unlawfully aid or … if not the letter, of the said Section…
Chronology
… 1946 1946-1948 [Fagan Report] March , Election for NRC May 22 – 24 , First Transvaal-Orange Free State People’s Assembly … covered by the indictment in the…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… the country left the Commonwealth and became a republic in 1961. Die Volksblad Het Volksblad was a transformation of … SA’s ties with Britain to declare SA a…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… including Nelson Mandela were only released in March 1961 because the State could not prove its case 1958 Dr. … of Laudium, a residential township for…
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… (ANC) from 1952 to 1967 and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1961, was one of South Africa's greatest leaders. In 1952, …
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… Ugandan soldiers to be promoted to the rank of officer in 1961 just before Uganda attained independence. In 1965, …
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… international infamy as a maximum security prison. From 1961 to 1991 over 3000 political prisoners were incarcerated …
EventTRC releases documents revealing plot to kill UN Secretary
… to discredit them. Hammarskjold and fifteen others died in 1961 when their aircraft exploded before landing in Zambia, …
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown . She was one of six children …
EventSouth African History Online goes live
… non-profit organisation's website began operations on 22 January 2001. CEO Omar Badsha founded the organisation as …
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… posters announcing MK’s formation on 16 December 1961, the day of the organisation’s first attacks. After a … beliefs. In a letter written to the Jewish…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… as the editor of the New Age (successor of The Guardian ). 1961 29 March, The charges are dropped against the 156 in the …
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… Umkhonto we Sizwe logo 16 December 1961 is seen as the date of formation because Umkhonto …
PlaceBram Fischer International Airport, Bloemfontein
… a land-locked Province. The Airport was opened in November 1961 and the Runways were completed before the terminal … a Land-Locked Province. The Airport was…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… if necessary. Shepstone moves to the Transvaal On 22 January 1877, Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Secretary for …
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… if necessary. Shepstone moves to the Transvaal On 22 January 1877, Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Secretary for …
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… John Langalibalele Dube (22.02.1871- 11.02.1946) was born at the Inanda Mission …
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
… After a 22-year civil war in which 2. 5 million southerners died, …
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… after a long battle with cancer. Nkohla was born on 22 February 1946. He started playing provincial rugby at the …
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… and academic, Neville Edward Alexander was born on 22 October, 1936 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He went on to …
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
… Union (SARFU) s executive committee voted informally 22 - 15 requesting that Dr Louis Luyt step down as the …
EventHalley’s Comet reaches the closest point to earth
… passed its closest point to earth, when it passed within 22 million kilometres of earth. References: Halley's Comet …
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
… but refused an offer to be released early. She died on 22 February 1914, soon after her release from prison. Gandhi, …