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EventANC’s economic plans
… Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the … that the ANC welcomed dialogue with the…
EventWinnie Mandela attacked by a group of people
… apartheid government, which, she said, was working hard to discrete liberation leaders. However, pro-government … the attack on her. Mandela was at the…
EventBartolomeu Dias reaches present Mossel Bay
… that he had sailed past the southern-most point of Africa. A strong wind had driven him so far south of Cape Point that he did not see it and had to sail…
EventNational Housing Department introduces new plan
… Housing Department Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, introduced a new housing plan to the media. The plan had been endorsed by the cabinet and … intention to…
EventSouth African Aerial Transports services are inaugurated
… were inaugurated in South Africa with the amalgamation of a London-based company, the South African Aerial Navigation … Barangwanath airport, near…
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… the South African News, and stressed, "We are at liberty to say that the Government regards these (Kruger's) proposals … as adequate, satisfactory and as…
EventSA artist Helen Martins is born
… the age of fifty, when her husband died, she stopped going to church. She began to create a series of extraordinary eccentric creatures of wire, …
EventBram Fischer born today
… Fischer, Judge President of the Orange Free State, and a grandson of Abraham Fischer, prime minister of the Orange River Colony), became a member of the…
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… La Guma’s father was involved in anti-apartheid activism, a path that he would also follow. La Guma was also a talented writer and wrote several books, most…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
… north of Durban, where they declared they were opposed to the Tricameral Constitutional proposals which exclude … an amendment to the South African…
EventDr Alexander Logie du Toit, South African geologist, is born in Cape Town
… Dr Alexander Logie du Toit was a South African geologist. His work raised him to prominence and he became South Africa’s most important … of continental…
EventThe western wing of Munitoria burns down
… The Munitoria building, a municipal building in Pretoria burned down in 1997. The … fighters arrived. It took four days and 252 fire fighters to put out the…
EventAlan Charles Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian is born
… newspaper. He was born in Northern Rodesia (Now Zambia) to English parents. The family moved back to Britain when … studied literature and in 1979 joined the…
EventStephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
… Stephen Leroy Appiah is a retired Ghanaian footballer who once captained the Ghanaian … soccer career with the local club Hearts of Oak. Initially a striker,…
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… on 31 August 1982 in Mufulira, Zambia. After playing for a few local teams, he moved to South Africa and joined Jomo Cosmos Football Club in 2004. In 2007 he…
EventThe Federal Congress of the National Party supports a set of constitutional reforms
… The Federal Congress of the National Party (NP) supported a set of constitutional ‘reforms’ outlined by Prime Minister P.W. Botha, and explained to the…
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… in the House of Assembly that the government has decided to make funds available for a uranium enrichment programme. The funds were made available … Energy…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… Victor Sidney Norton was born in Johannesburg to an English father and a Swedish mother. His father Sidney Peter Norton was a journalist and would influence…
EventZambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon killing 18 national soccer team players
… A Zambian Air Force De Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo … known by the nickname Chipolopolo was destined for Dakar to play against Senegal in a world cup…
EventThe Security Council begins deliberations on the situation in South Africa
… They handed over their passes demanding an end to the pass laws. However, the march ended in tragedy when … fire on the marchers, killing 69 people and…
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
… of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) formed a coalition government with Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. … homeland of Matabeleland. Initially, Mugabe…
EventMore than 2,250 people are arrested in the township of Sebokeng
… the township of Sebokeng in the Vaal in what was believed to be the biggest raid against black people living in the … of the same year when the Vaal Civic…
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… In the second worst bus accident in South African history, a double decker school bus with seventy-six learners of … into the Westdene Dam .The children were…
EventArchibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
… Archibald Lamont was one of seven children born to Alexander Lamont, a master-mariner and businessman, and Sarah Graham. Born in … he came to South Africa to…
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… Conspiracy stands on the farm Onze Rust, and once belonged to Marthinus Steyn, the last President of the Free State, who … concocted beneath its spreading…
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… leaders, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe went from house to house in Orlando, Soweto near Johannesburg rallying … created black councils in urban areas that…
EventPretoria High Court Judge, Nkola Motata, is arrested
… High Court Judge Nkola Motata drove through garden wall of a house north of Johannesburg. He was found to be drunk by police and is said to have resisted…
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… Léopold Sédar Senghor was a poet and writer who later became president of Senegal. He … He later joined the French army. He later chose to return to his…
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
… for an important interchange of human values that led to far-reaching cultural and social changes in Southern … 1300. The remains in the Mapungubwe Cultural…
PlaceBlyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
… green canyons in the world, the Blyde River Canyon is a masterpiece carved over millions of years by the Blyde … uplift created steep cliffs and deep valleys…