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EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… on the side of the Allied Forces. On 15 July 1916, the S.A. Infantry Brigade under Major-General H.T. Lukin was ordered to clear the wood at d'Elville, north…
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… North West Province), situated on the main railway line to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and the Bechuanaland British … Protectorate (Botswana). The town was…
Zastron
… province (2207m, or approx. 7240 imperial feet). Close to the border of that mountainous country Lesotho, this … The town is named after Ms Johanna Sibella…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… such as the Castle of Good Hope . Protective Mountains and a good fishing Area surround Hout Bay. The fishing village of Hout Bay was probably established in…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… known as Lungi, was born on 20 August 1966 in Moscow to Max Sisulu and Mercy Vuthela, two young South African … his grandmothers, Greta Ncapayi and Albertina…
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… first rugby match heralded the start of what would become a hugely popular sport among White people in South Africa. … in international rugby matches. SA was…
Conference: African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
… of Education: Wits School of Education Should you or a colleague in your organization wish to attend this conference, please complete the attached … forms…
EventSA Police kills eleven Pondo tribesmen when they revolt against the imposition of Bantu authorities.
… rejected the system of Black authorities because it aimed to reÂstore the tribal system and the power of the headmen, … 1960, at Nguza Kop in Pondo-land,…
PlaceMali
… Mali is one of the largest countries in Africa, it has a relatively small population, which is largely concentrated; … by the time it enters the country near…
EventA 19 year old Mzwandile Kekana is testifying at the trial of 14 Cookhouse people charged with murdering a teacher.
… Mziwandile Kekana, a 19 year old boy, testified in the Port Elizabeth Supreme Court that the people who accused him of being a police informer were those who…
ArchiveApartheid under siege, 1984-1988: actions and reactions
… Thesis submitted to fulfil the requirements for the Degree Philosophiae Doctor … how these actions and reactions interacted to forge a polical catharsis,…
PlaceHoly Cross Mission & Hospital, Eastern Cape
… Holy Cross Hospital is a 224 bed Public Hospital situated in Taweni, Eastern Cape. The Hospital provides services to the Flagstaff area, part of Lusikisiki…
ArchiveSelf rule in the Transkei: a monstrous fraud
… The Bantu Authorities in Transkei have accepted a constitution, which the Unity Movement is unhappy about; to which this document ensures continued…
PlaceLanherne Building, Humewood Road, Port Elizabeth
… the South African Railways. During WWII it was converted to a convalescent home for servicemen, and in 1960 it was sold … to the municipality of Port…
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983. Donkin Street is a famous tourist street located in Port Elizabeth,…
EventANC members, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe go overseas under false names
… two arrived in London, England and from there they went to Bucharest, Romania, where they attended the communist … Poland, Russia and Communist China. They…
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
… at Leopoldville in Congo, fifteen African states tabled a draft resolution requesting the UN Economic and Social Council to denounce of racial discrimination…
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
… On 22 February 2007, a category 4 cyclone named Favio struck the central province … away as the Province of Gaza. Favio was the worst storm to hit Mozambique…
EventJohannesburg municipal workers strike
… involved over 10,000 African municipal workers. Apart from a wage crisis, the strike was centered around the migrant labour system under apartheid. In…
Event2000 Students march through Cape Town
… A day after the peaceful 1 September march 2000 students from … once again marched through the heart of Cape Town's CBD to protest and condemn police…
EventThe Chinese Community in South Africa is granted ‘White’ status
… classed non-White in the past though they were admitted to White theatres, restaurants and residential areas, was … Chinese South Africans would be…
EventMulti-party delegates endorses the Interim constitution
… Delegates at the multiparty Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) negotiation endorsed the Interim Constitution according to which SA would have…
EventCOSATU leads an anti-VAT strike
… The Congress Of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) called a two-day nation-wide strike to demonstrate their opposition to the government's intention ……
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… but humble spiritual leader was the first Black person to hold this office. He occupied the position until 1996, when he retired to chair the Truth and…
EventDelmas Treason Trial starts
… The Delmas Treason Trial, up to that time the longest trial in the history of SA, started … convicted eleven of the twenty-two and sentenced them to terms of…
EventCardoso’s murderers convicted in Mozambique
… journalist Carlos Cardoso, were convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. One of the suspects, Anibal dos … in absentia while he was still on the run…
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… Cape Town. The ex-wife of former South African president F.W. de Klerk was stabbed from behind and strangled to death. Her death shocked the nation and the…
EventFirst victim of the land invasions in Zimbabwe, David Stevens, is murdered
… A White farmer, Davis Stevens, was shot dead in Zimbabwe by … occupying his land. He was the first White farmer to be killed in the on-going land…
EventBritish Airways prohibits smoking on all flights
… on all flights. Other countries across the world had begun to impose the first restrictions on smoking in public in the 1970s, but legislation was only…
EventMandela reshuffles the cabinet
… Following a decision by the finance minister, Chris Liebenberg, to relinquish his cabinet post for private reasons, president Nelson Mandela announced…