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EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
… Republic of Zimbabwe. He was officially inaugurated on 18 April of the same year. Banana held the largely …
EventA proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act is made
… spectrum would have their fingerprints taken and recorded on a central fingerprint register. A uniform identity …
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… longer take part in active politics. He died in hospital on 3 September 2004 after a short illness. … [online], Available at: www.sowetanlive.co.za …
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… was at Louieville. Kangwane was granted self-governance on 31 August 1984. In 1994 it was reintegrated into South …
EventFrance’s war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… of France in any way. A peace treaty was signed in Tangier on 10 September 1844 and came to be known as the Treaty of … Tangier [online] Available at: www…
EventThe South African War field doctor, Arthur Conan Doyle is born
… The Great Boer War. In 1902 Doyle returned to England. On 7 July 1930 Doyle died of heart disease. …
EventSouth African President Charles Roberts Swart opens the first session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly
… with Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima as the chief minister. On 25 October 1976, Transkei was granted independence with …
EventSiyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 &
… Player of the Season, 98/99 & 00/01 awards, was born on 2 December 1977 in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal. Nomvete began …
EventThe Kingdom of Ashanti is formally annexed by Great Britain
… On 25 September 1901, the Kingdom of Ashanti was formally …
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… effect from January 1958, publication began in Cape Town, on a fortnightly basis, and continued until publication …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education
… presented here ”” Nelson Mandela’s statement from prison on being offered conditional release ”” within its historical …
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
… village of Selous in Rhodesia is named after him. On 4 January 1917 Selous was shot in the head during a bush …
Visit of Graca Machel, 9 October 1991
… visit the scene of the late President Machel`s plane crash on Friday, 11 October 1991. Mrs Machel will be arriving at …
Message by Albert Luthuli to Asian-African Conference, 7 April 1955, Bandung
… the hope that the deliberations at Bandung, Indonesia, on April 18 will present the point of view of the African and …
EventThe body of the former president Nelson Mandela is taken to the Union buildings in Pretoria.
… On 11 December 2013, Nelson Mandela’s body is taken to the … , Date Accessed: 17 November 2016. N. Makhubo, Farewell on the streets of Pretoria , 11…
EventPolice found burnt body near KTC squatter camp, Cape Town
… On 2 June 1986, the South African police services found the …
EventA 19 year old Mzwandile Kekana is testifying at the trial of 14 Cookhouse people charged with murdering a teacher.
… did not see who killed Mr Mnyalatyo, but he saw injuries on his head. They were distracted from killing Mr Kekana, who …
EventArmed Policemen appeared at Langa funeral service
… On 8 June 1986 chaos erupted during the funeral service of Mr …
ArchiveThe end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
… University of South Africa. This thesis includes chapters on the role of South African Defence Force in perpetuating …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.1 1984
… Percy Sedumedi; Features: Turkish Tales and Some Thoughts on South African Fiction by Njabulo S. Ndebele; Forward With …
ArchiveNUSAS Congress 1984: Head Office report
… Front and the End Conscription Campaign. There are reports on national gatherings in 1984 and the activities of the …
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 10: So
… Report of the Political Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society. Content include: The … The Study Project on Christianity in…
PlaceHoly Cross Mission & Hospital, Eastern Cape
… are charged according to a sliding scale depending on their income. SPECIALIST SERVICES include: Anti-Retroviral …
EventThe first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal
… Indian people in South Africa are reported to have arrived on board the Truro from Madras to work in the sugar cane … [online] Available at: https:/…
PlaceBergvliet Farmstead, Bergvliet
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 October 1982. 'The Bergvliet farm house is not readily …
PlaceHouse Preller, Hartebeesport
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 March 1973. At the same time, but as part of a separate …
PlaceKlapperkop Fort, Pretoria
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 24 June 1938. …
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Pretoria
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 3 August 1979. …
EventThe South African Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu
… the Middleton area of the Eastern Cape and quickly spread. On 8 August, the government ordered the slaughter of 30 000 … Flu [ online] Available at: www…
EventEthiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province
… OAU followed the attempt by Somali forces to occupy Ogaden on 23 July 1977. The Somali Army crossed the international …