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EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… Organisation (Swapo) won the election overwhelmingly and on 14 November Mr Martti Ahtisaari, the Secretary-General's …
EventSAA Helderberg 747 crashes
… the Indian Ocean near Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board. A fire, which started from the main deck cargo …
EventNational Day of Prayer is observed peacefully
… forced to evacuate the building because of a bomb threat. On the same day, one of South Africa's biggest stay-aways and …
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… caused by the July 1985 South African Defence Force raid on Gaborone, capital of Botswana. The disagreement came after …
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… South Africa, where he died of kidney failure on 10 October 2005. He was 81 when he died. …
EventMbeki unveils Women’s Monument at Union Buildings
… to witness a symbolic victory of their struggle. Earlier on there was a march to the Union Buildings led by Ms Winnie …
EventClarence Mlokoti is shot dead by hijackers
… his car in Pimville, Soweto. The highjacking took place on Tuesday night while Mlokoti was waiting for his wife and …
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… to break the world record for consecutive victories on their end-of-year tour to the United Kingdom, a record …
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… was to withdraw from the Government of National Unity on June 30. This came after the African National Congress …
EventPresident Mandela addresses the National assembly of Mali
… On the 2 March 1996, President Nelson Mandela paid his first … Speeches [online] Available at: www.anc.org.za [Accessed on 25 March 2013]| South African…
EventThe railway line between Cape Town and George is opened.
… On 25 September 1907, the railway line connecting George to …
EventThe first SARS case is suspected in South Africa
… On 9 April 2003, a 62-year-old South African man was treated …
EventThe Nelson Mandela Museum is opened in Mthatha
… by then President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela himself on 11 February 2000, exactly ten years since his release from …
EventSouth African player Thabo Mngomeni is born in Cape Town
… for a certain period. Mgomeni has currently set his sights on becoming a coach. …
EventKing Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with the British East Africa Company
… to the British East Africa Company. They signed a treaty on 26 December 1890. The British then backed Mwanga as he … San Beck [online] Available at: www.san…
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… player, Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle was born in Tzaneen on 11 September 1986. Ralepelle moved to Pretoria and … player [online] Available at: www.whoswho.co…
EventAhmed Helmy, Egyptian actor, is born
… Ahmed Helmy was born on 18 November 1969 in Banha, Egypt. His career as an actor … Available at: https://alarabiacinema.com [Accessed on 30 October 2012]|…
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… premiership of Louis Botha, ceased to exist at midnight on 30 May 1961. The Union left the British Commonwealth to …
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) was founded to carry on the work of liberation as an overt organisation. The … [online], Available at www.sahistory…
PlaceBloemfontein City Hall
… (the architect of Viceroy's House, in India.) Click on image to enlarge 21 of June 2017, a 1000 members of the …
EventAthanase Seromba surrenders to the ICTR after being accused of participating in the slaughter of the Tutsis
… to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on 6 February 2002. Some 2 000 Tutsis hiding from Hutu rebels … msnbc [online] Available at: www…
No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
… The Pathologists IX - The Doctors X - Counsel’s Submission on behalf of the Biko Family XI - The Verdict XII - …
EventWomen’s Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein
… The Women's Memorial was unveiled in Bloemfontein, on the same day as the celebration of Dingaan's Day upon …
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… which has blown up from the adjacent beaches over a period on the order of a hundred thousand years. Below the sand, the bedrock is in general the …
53. The significance of the settlement for the colonial-born India
… In the following article, Albert Christopher reflects on what settlement held for South African-born Indians. As he … sense. The abolition of that iniquitous…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at dinner hosted in his honour by the Minister of External Affairs of India, Mr. P.V. Narasimha, 21 January 1983, Rao, New Delhi
… relations is a policy of bullying, blackmail and bribery on an incredible scale. Thus, on the one hand it is offering constitutional bribes and … the growing…
Remembering the Artistry of Photojournalist Ranjith Kally by Kalim Rajab (Daily Maverick) 21 June 2017
… Some years ago, Muhammed Ali was asked for his thoughts on the death of the great African-American boxer, Joe Louis. … he and I held a talk about the book we…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s ‘Mother of the Nation’ who was never First Lady by Mashupye Herbert Maserumule (TheConversation.com), 3 April 2018
… mother of the nation’ – took the apartheid system head-on, at the huge personal cost. Her life typified the courage … spied for the apartheid government,…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… Bonner, Philip. "The PoUtics of Black Squatter Movements on the Rand, 1944-1952." Radical History Review 46/7 (1990): … 37-46. Callinicos, Luli. A Place in…