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EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… School, and that same year became the first Coloured man to receive a doctorate degree in South Africa. During this … meeting of Coloureds at Malmesbury near…
PlaceKenilworth
… still offers good value for money and remains affordable to middle class Capetonians . The spectacular Kenilworth … pieces of Cape Flats sand fynbos, which…
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… group Mlada Bosnia (Young Bosnia), which was affiliated to the secret armed organisation known as Unification of … behind the assassination was that the…
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… the African National Congress(ANC) was granted access to military bases in Mozambique in support of its liberation … the Nkomati Accord was signed, in which…
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… Qabula’s mother wilted away early in his Life, leaving him to look after his brothers. Barely 18 years old, Qabula was … in the forests. In 1964 he caught a…
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… at tender age of nine, and by the age of sixteen she began to sing opera. After completing her school education in 1946, … for the arts council of Great…
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… of the group of Africanists that broke away from the ANC to form the PAC. He was elected as Chairman and a member of … on Robben Island . He was released in…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… According to Coleman (ed.) in A Crime Against Humanity, the mutilated … house. It was suspected that the special branch wanted to destroy the whole family,…
EventWorld War I begins
… group Mlada Bosnia (Young Bosnia), which was affiliated to the secret armed organisation known as Unification of … behind the assassination was that the…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… staff corps. While he was doing his service, he started to write the song called ‘The Mission that Failed’ that was … performed by the music hall comedians. …
PlaceWaverly Road Memorial, Durban South
… three sculptures in bronze. This memorial is dedicated to British soldiers who died during the Wars and is made up … providing room for inscriptions. As the…
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… Africa! The African continent has demonstrated commitment to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. … !' - The protocol states that every…
PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
… bottom of Parliament Street in Cape Town and was erected to provide a place of worship for English settlers of the … Jones wished for a grander Cathedral,…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… Rationed away to French colonialists at the 1885 Berlin Conference, the … a decision was taken by the French government in July 1960 to dissolve the French…
PlaceAluin Krantz West, a Farm Near Alexandria
… The Name means in Dutch 'alum cliff', and refers to the occurrence of this mineral there, of Fibrous Alum. … very dark colors. One species was a liquid,…
A Walk in the Night
… 1834, the enslaved people of the Cape were legally freed. To commemorate this day, the annual Emancipation Day “Walk in … at the South African National…
PlaceBreakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
… 1970. The Breakwater Prison was constructed in 1860 to house British convicts working on the breakwater, which eventually allowed the harbour to be buildt…
EventNatal is formally separated from the Cape Colony
… the Lieutenant-Governor of Natal would not report directly to him. The Colony would have limited self-government through … and Mtamvuna rivers. The rest of…
EventViolence erupts in Paarl
… when Poqo members from Mbekweni, Paarl, met and resolved to attack the White town of Paarl. Over 200 men armed with … gathered at about 02h00 and split into…
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
… active at Livingstone High School where she was elected to the Student Representative Council. A year after she … of the Western Cape (UWC), she left South…
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… 1960, South African Police (SAP) detectives continue to give evidence at the Treason trial against the accused. … People in 1955, considered by the state as…
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
… in the game of table tennis, it was not an easy for them to participate in an international competition. According to the New Age newspaper, the team did not…
EventThe Algerian War of Independence begins
… FLN in Nasser’s Egypt, which called for Muslims in Algeria to join a national struggle for restoration of an Algerian … in favour of the French settlers as…
EventWW2: A German bomb fired off Algeria’s coast sinks British transport ship (HMT Rohna) carrying US soldiers.
… Navy and had already carried thousands allied of troops to various war-zone destinations during World War II. On … Similar technology guided Germany's…
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… South Africa, he was arrested and charged with conspiring to overthrow the government. After being convicted of this charge, he was sentenced to ten years…
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… on 1 November 1938 as a unit of the Permanent Force) to that of Military Police Corps (MPC). It brought all … assured uniformity in procedure. The Military…
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk rings in cabinet changes
… In what was widely regarded as move to prepare the ground for the country's first multiracial … President F.W. de Klerk reshuffled the cabinet. This was to…
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… when it launched an attack on Ethiopia in an attempt to regain Somali territory lost prior to the colonial period. Although the attack was suppressed ……
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom
… like many other Dutch farmers at the Cape, he decided to leave the colony in 1834. In 1835 a group of Voortrekkers … River the various groups spread in…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… England and joined the British Army in 1793. He soon rose to prominence, serving in most major battles, including … of Good Hope, at which time his…