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EventOscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
… elected Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Secretary-General On 1 June 1990 Dhlomo resigned as Inkatha Secretary-General, …
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… On becoming prime minister after the resignation of B.J. …
EventJames Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, dies in Tsolo, Transkei
… On 16 May 1976, South Africa lost a poet, author and a …
EventBritish labour conditions in South Africa condemned
… The British Parliamentary Report on Black Labour Conditions indicated that 63 of the 141 …
EventAfrican-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe. is denied a visa by the South African Government
… black man to win the US championship in 1968. He died on the 6th of February 1993 from an AIDS- related illness. …
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… Restoration of South African citizenship, announced on 15 December 1993 by the South African parliament led by …
EventPresident de Klerk warns General Bantu Holomisa
… Speaking after the publication of a report on the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) by the …
EventNelson Mandela says “thank you” to the world
… prison and is attended by over 72 000 people and watched on TV by many millions globally. The concert's line-up …
EventPotgieter barters land from Chief Makwana
… town Winburg (originally Wenburg) was subsequently founded on a tributary of the Vet River. There is some controversy …
EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
… case, the first time proceedings would be captured on camera in a High Court civil matter. Thatcher was to …
Event6 th Partnership Against AIDS anniversary is celebrated
… by the then Deputy President Thabo Mbeki . He made a call on all South Africans to join hands to fight the epidemic. …
EventFuneral service of Wilton Mkwayi takes place in Eastern Cape
… and democratic South Africa. His cremation in East London on 2 August was attended by Pres.Thabo Mbeki. Sources: …
EventThe first Chadian oil pipeline opens
… oil pipeline was opened by Chad President Idriss Deby on 10 October. Thus the small West African republic of Chad … 01 October 2013]| BBC. (2004). "Key dates…
Two policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
… to the collection of poll tax, which became payable on 1 January 1906. Twelve people were found guilty of the …
EventThe Star is published in Johannesburg
… Star. It was founded in Grahamstown under that title on January 6, 1871, and was moved to the Witwatersrand …
EventThe Battle of Kambula takes place
… On 29 March 1879, the Anglo-Zulu War Battle of Kambula took …
EventKen Oosterbroek is killed
… killed in bloody pre-election fighting in Thokoza township on the East Rand, just two weeks before South Africans went …
EventA Zairian aircraft crashes in Angola, killing 141 people.
… On 18 December 1995, a Lockheed L-188C Electra plane owned by …
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.
… of Uganda and later president. In 1969, an attempt on his life was made when he was shot at while attending a … [online] Available at: www.telegraph.co.uk …
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… for habitation. It follows that people congregated on the coastal plain. Marine resources there include …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… and 17th centuries. This topic also includes a discussion on the European societal structures during the above …
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… Africa was readmitted into international rugby in 1992. On 23 March 1992, the South African Rugby Football Union was …
Increase Assistance to Liberation Movements - Statement at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa by O. R. Tambo, Oslo, 11 April 1973
… need to increase what assistance has been given so far. On the contrary, the trends are in the opposite direction; … of the African Liberation Committee, who…
EventSoldiers die from gas leak at Naval base in Durban
… On 17 February 2017, six people were killed and more than a …
Umrabulo Roundtable discussion, 7 March 2016
… discussion today, 07 March 2016. The discussion will focus on the Land Question; progress and challenges. Panelists will …
EventNo time to wash at The VOC Slave Lodge
… On 10 June 1793 C G Höhne, private secretary to the Governor, …
Read SABC CEO Jimi Matthews full resignation letter (Staff Reporter), 27 June 2016
… prevailing‚ corrosive atmosphere has impacted negatively on my moral judgment and has made me complicit in many …
A study of the theoretical aspects of ANC mobilisational methods in the Eastern Cape Townships of Cradock and Port Alfred, 1980-1988
… of Port Alfred and Cradock as examples. The study focuses on the mechanisms utilised by the African National Congress …
Cultural considerations for a democratic South African Constitution
… Department of Arts and Culture from an in-house seminar on Constitutional guidelines for a democratic South Africa, …
PlaceCottages 60 and 62 Simonstown Road, Fish Hoek
… were declared National Monuments under old NMC legislation on 16 July 1982. …