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EventCullinan diamond is cut into two
… major event. It took experts about three months to decide on how to cut it and what shape to give the finished gems. … Available at: www.cullinandiamonds.co…
EventGen. De la Rey captures Lord Methuen
… and twenty-six wounded. Eleven armed Blacks, fighting on the side of the British and responsible for misconduct at …
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… African War), summarised the pssure his government has put on the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) or South African …
EventSA artist Helen Martins is born
… owls, camels, wise men, women, and children walking on the road to Mecca. Her artwork, once an object of derision …
EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… first Gold Medal of the South African Nursing Association on 12 May 1961 in recognition of distinguished and …
EventBram Fischer born today
… apartheid, was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 23 April 1908. This man, from staunch Afrikaans descent …
EventPresident Paul Kruger authorises the construction of the railway line to Delagoa bay
… followed the discovery of gold in the then Transvaal area. On 2 June 1887, President of the Transvaal, Paul Kruger …
EventThe Republic of Goshen is founded
… in Lichtenburg is founded by a group of Afrikaner farmers on land allocated to them by Chief Matlaba, of the Barolong …
EventThe Stellenbosch Gymnasium is founded
… in a large house in Dorp Street. This was achieved on initiative of Proff. John Murray and N.J. Hofmeyr, and the …
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… Alexander la Guma was born in District Six, Cape Town on 20 February 1925. His father, Jimmy La Guma was of Cuban …
EventZambian journalist, Fred M’membe is born
… Front, who died in London of an undisclosed illness on 28 October 2014. …
EventStephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
… Ghanaian national team. Appiah was born in Achimota, Accra on 24 December 1980. He began his soccer career with the … Appiah [online] Available at: www…
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… Christopher Katongo was born on 31 August 1982 in Mufulira, Zambia. After playing for a … 2012) [online]. Available at: www.goal.com [Accessed on 25 August…
EventWhite sympathisers join evicted Black squatters in a protest
… In the 1970s and 80s the Apartheid government embarked on a concerted effort of destroying informal settlements …
EventThe inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned
… Dr. Aggett to be interrogated for a sixty-two hour period. On 21 December, 1982 the inquest, headed by Johannesburg …
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… African-born Chief Subeditor. He died in Johannesburg on 4 May 1983. … ,[online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 2 May 2013] …
EventZambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon killing 18 national soccer team players
… play against Senegal in a world cup qualifier. All thirty on board the plane perished. The Gabonese government … [online] Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk…
EventThe Chernobyl computer virus damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world
… On 26 April 1999, the CIH computer virus infected a large … attack [online] Available at: www.sophos.com [Accessed on 12 April 2013]| Wise Geek What Is the…
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
… that were alleged to be part of a ZAPU-led coup attempt. On 5 March, 1983, six hundred members of ZAPU were arrested …
EventSol Kerzner admits to the Harms Commission, that he has paid R2m for the personal benefit of Chief George Matanzima
… ensure exclusive casino rights in the Transkei Province. On 17 January 1989, after two years of investigations, … 1995)[online] Available at: https://mg.co…
EventEllen Johnson-Sirleaf, becomes the first woman to be Head of State in Africa
… historic inauguration as President of Liberia was on 16 January, 2006. She became the 24th President of …
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… Esso South Africa withdrew business from South Africa on 31 December 1986. The country was at the height of … Africa [online] Available at: www.mbendi.com …
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
… to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977 on the humanitarian conduct of war. Clause 1 of this protocol …
EventSouth Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… On 15 April 1996, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission …
EventNegotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
… independence of the former republics. The War ended on 31 May 1902 with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging. …
EventNaguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate, is born
… the conservative Muslim community and threats were made on his life. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in … Online [online] Available at www…
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 20 February 1981. It appears that some time during Sir …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education
… is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba …
EventPretoria High Court Judge, Nkola Motata, is arrested
… judge and the Judicial Service Commission has placed him on leave pending a judicial tribunal against him. … 3 2009) [online] Available at: www.iol.co.za …
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… the country’s first democratically elected president. On 31 December 1980, Senghor became resigned as president of …