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EventLuc Montagnier, virologist who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus, is born
… On 18 August 1932, Luc Montagnier was born in Chabris, …
EventPretoria receives city status
… On 14 October 1931, Pretoria achieved official city status. …
EventHosni Mubarak, President of Egypt is born
… Hosni Mubarak was born on 4 May 1928 in Kafr-El-Meslha. Upon completing high school, …
EventSA rugby team plays and wins the first test match against Ireland
… On 30 May 1981, South Africa played its first rugby test …
EventOAU Council of Ministers decide to reject dialogue with South Africa
… On 20 June 1971, at the meetings of Organization of African …
EventThe Springbok rugby team receives the State President Sports Award
… On 20 February 1970, the Springbok rugby team was presented …
EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… Mandela indicates that his organisation will not insist on elections in 1993 if their demands are not met. …
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… The Goldstone Commission was appointed by De Klerk on 24 October 1991 to investigate incidents of public … South Africa [online] Available at: www.hrw.org …
EventThe Declaration of Windhoek
… World Press Freedom Day is observed on 3 May. This day was the culmination of a UNESCO seminar …
EventChief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo is shot dead
… of Pietermaritzburg. He had survived a previous attempt on his life when his house was burnt down. An alleged …
EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… the Morogoro Conference in 1969. Oliver Tambo passed away on 24 April 1993. …
EventViolence erupts in Bophuthatswana Townships and Kathlehong
… 450. The crowd caused millions of rands of damage. On the same day 75 000 people marched to the Katlehong Town …
EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
… economic cooperation between the two countries. Chissano, on the other hand, afforded permission to senior leaders of …
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… Dijkhorst delivered his judgment. The judge released them on the grounds that there was no sufficient evidence to …
EventRiots erupt in Soweto
… On 27 August 1986 a crowd of more than 500 marched to council …
EventSA sugar magnate Sir Hulett is born
… Kearsney College, a prestigious boys' school in Stanger, on the Natal north coast. Today, the Huletts Sugar Company is …
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… resort of Fancourt, just outside George, Western Cape, on the Garden Route. Its theme highlighted the plight of …
EventBafana Bafana loses to England
… the Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Brian Baloyi spilt the ball on the path of Emile Heskey who guided the ball into an empty …
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… Ngubane to chair the meeting. The meeting took place on 14 July 1998. Following the session, violence broke out …
EventMax the gorilla is shot
… Max, by now enraged, bit Constable Robert Tshabalala on his arm and buttocks, broke the arm of Sergeant Rassie …
EventWork is stopped at the Kimberley mine
… On 4 August 1914, work was stopped at the Kimberley mine …
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… the camps caused her to be severely criticised in Britain. On her second arrival in Table Bay in October 1901, she was …
EventHunting is prohibited in the area that is now the Kruger National Park
… On the 26 March 1898, a proclamation was published in the …
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… there”, a documentation of his time in South Africa’s war on the Namibian/Angola border. …
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown . She was one of six …
EventThe use of Dutch is ratified in the Cape parliament
… 1910, Dutch became an official language alongside English. On 5 May 1925, Afrikaans was subsumed under Dutch and thus …
The life, times, and memories of Joe Rassool
… speaker) Refreshments will be provided. Books will be on sale. Official invite to the event. …
EventDennis Brutus is born
… Dennis Vincent Brutus was born on 8 November 1924 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now … [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 8 October…
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… among other measures, the lifting of a 30-year ban on the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist …
EventSouth African History Online goes live
… Online non-profit organisation's website began operations on 22 January 2001. CEO Omar Badsha founded the organisation …