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PlaceCypress Tea Gardens, Hermanus
… the surname of his sweetheart, Martha Wessels. Theirs was a great love story: Martha's husband disappeared without a trace and as his death could not be…
PlaceGanesha Temple, Mt Edgecombe
… Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 February 1977. Believed to be the oldest surviving ‘solid’ temple in Africa and one … road to…
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… campus as designed by architect JM Solomon in 1918. A number of important structures on the property inherited … with plumbago japonica, jacaranda and turkey…
Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m.
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … Place In Politics." It was decided that Dunbar be…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… but when the CPP swept the 1951 elections, he was freed to form a government, and he led the colony to independence as Ghana in 1957. A firm believer in…
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… Arthur Robert Ashe, a prominent African American tennis player who was born and … died of complications from AIDS after contracting HIV from a blood…
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… National party (BNP) led by Chief Leabua Jonathan who came to power as Prime Minister in 1966. For instance, Jonathan … attacks on BNP targets by the LLA…
EventOne-fifth of SA’s military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… an internal health review in July 1999, declared HIV/AIDS to be one of its most important strategic issues... ...The … Democratic Republic of the Congo. The…
EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… Boutros Ghali was born in Egypt on 14 November 1922 into a prominent Coptic Christian family. He studied International … Law and International Relations, and…
EventNamibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies
… Namibian artist John Ndevasia Muafangejo died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Katutura Township, Windhoek. He … kraal. After his father's death in…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… 8 Jan 1912 Formation of the ANC 1948 National Party comes to power 1955 26 June, Adoption of the Freedom Charter 1960 … 1985 November, Kobie Coetsee meets…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the … the working class. On the…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the … the working class. On the…
PlaceMbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit
… Henshall Street and Samora Machel Drive/N4, it is hard to imagine that what is today known as the Orion Hotel … to be the town hall of Nelspruit. The town…
PlacePeter Mokaba Stadium
… of the FIFA World Cup of 2010 , South Africa had to upgrade and build a variety of Stadiums, and as a result, some of the most impressive stadiums hosted the…
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… At a National Party (NP) Congress in Bloemfontein, the South … African Prime Minister, P.W. Botha said that the NP has to draw together as many people as…
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… Award on 13 February 2005 for their album Wenyukela. A hybrid of the album was released in the United States and … helping the group win the award. Their…
Event13 year-old South African Native mineworker is published in a newspaper
… On 7 March 1960, a photograph of a 13 year-old Native boy in a torn vest was published in the … Herald, with the headline "The miner, aged 13." According to…
EventManto Tshabalala - Msimang, controversial minister of health, is born
… her studies at Fort Hare University where she managed to obtain her BA degree. Tshabalala-Msimang and other … Institute to fulfill her mother's wish. She…
EventJournalist and anti-apartheid activist M.P. Naicker dies
… Pragalathan Naicker (M.P.) died at the age of 56 from a suspected heart failure en route on a flight from London to Berlin. At the time of his death Naicker…
EventWorld Health Organization publishes indictment of apartheid
… The system of Apartheid was not only detrimental to the cultural, economic and emotional wellbeing of those on … of those who bore the brunt of it. This was…
EventMinster of Justice, Pelser defends the banning orders on eight leaders of SASO
… Black Consciousness (BC) exponents in March 1973 came as a direct result of the popularity that these leaders enjoyed … BC movement was that it advocated…
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… General Assembly of the United Nations requested States to terminate prohibition or restriction on economic relations … Executive Council in South Africa…
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… South African Olympic team of ninety-five members took off to participate in the 22nd Olympic games staged in Barcelona, … in 1994. This was South Africa's…
EventANC calls for the dismissal of Adriaan Vlok and Magnus Malan
… ANC further warned that state sponsorship of Inkatha poses a grave threat to the peace process. Malan was later charged with instigating a 'dirty tricks'…
EventSAA Helderberg 747 crashes
… Ocean near Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board. A fire, which started from the main deck cargo hold, caused … of ignition could not be determined…
EventNational Day of Prayer is observed peacefully
… A National Day of Prayer was peacefully observed, despite … by the National Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR) as a way to foster peace, the National Day of…
EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
… Dick King (Richard Philip) returned to Port Natal on board the Conch after his heroic rescue … after-rider Ndongeni as far as Pondoland, had set off on a ten…
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… their 13th under Mallett. This envisaged the possibility to break the world record for consecutive victories on their end-of-year tour to the United Kingdom,…
EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… The Human Rights Commission (HRC), a statutory body provided for under the Interim Constitution, … were protected, ensuring that South Africa complied to the…