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PlaceSt Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Boksburg
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 20 September 1974. This delightful Sir Herbert Baker …
EventThe Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade the Republic of Biafra
… the break away as illegal since they were not consulted. On 6 July 1967, a war broke out when the easterners tried to … [online] Available at: www…
EventAfrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag
… On 21 June 1927, Afrikaner nationalists rebelled against …
Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 29 October 1930
… Party (S.A.) Dear Comrades, We understand that a move is on foot to remove Comrade S. P. Bunting from the Executive …
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… was sentenced 20 years in jail in 1964 and served his time on Robben Island. He was released in 1983 and eventually …
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
… Commission (TRC) in 1995. After the commission, he went on to play other key roles, including becoming chairman of …
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… 1991, after the African National Congress (ANC) insisted on his dismissal. In the 1990s Vlok made a submission to the …
EventPolitical activist Molly Blackburn is born
… life of service to Black communities came to an abrupt end on 28 December, 1985, when a car that was driven by the …
EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
… On 4 October 1929 the Table Mountain cableway, one of the …
EventResolute Treurnicht rejects waiving language policy
… at Soweto schools being noticed by government authorities on 4 June, who reported it to the Minister of Bantu … [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za …
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… On 13 March 1994, Lucas Mangope was ousted as President of … [online] Available at: www.independent.co.uk [Accessed on 14 March 2014]|O'Malley Lucas Mangope…
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… job security, pension packages and a general amnesty based on disclosure. President F.W. de Klerk described the ANC's …
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… Tambo, along with her husband, returned to South Africa on 6 August 1990. She took up the position of national … African National Congress, ‘ ANC statement…
EventMayor of Welkom, in the Free State, is tarred and feathered
… This was the main cause of the events that transpired on the 13 May 1989 in Welkom, a small town in the then …
EventKhotso House is bombed
… Click here to read statement by Rev. Frank Chikane on the granting of amnesty by the TRC to Eugene de Kock and …
EventStudents at Durban
… assembly to be held to discuss why police had come on to campus. Students decided to stay away from lectures …
EventIFP proposes truce with ANC
… to bring itself closer to the ANC, it blamed violence on the South African government. In London 1979, the two …
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… 900 schools were going to be closed until 1 October 1985, on the grounds that the department could no longer guarantee …
EventYouth rage follows the funeral of Victoria Mxenge
… police officer immediately after the burial of Mxenge. On 14 August, violence began to spread even further when …
EventA blaze destroys Wanderers Cricket Club
… rest of the province. The Club was originally established on the site of the current railway station in 1888 during the … Available at: www.thewanderersclub…
EventHome Affairs Minister Mapisa
… nabbed in the normal course of policing at airports and so on ". The use of intelligence should ensure that these people … [Accessed: 08 August 2013]| News24…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… Each year Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on 8 May. This is to commemorate those who volunteer their …
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
… However, Germany had the upper hand over Bafana Bafana on the day and won the game by three goals to nil. Dieter …
EventOrganisations forward applicants for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… made international news and many sessions were broadcast on national television. The TRC was a crucial component of …
EventLocal government elections thrown in disarray
… the Cabinet and Parliament, which had gone into recess on September 15, to reconvene as soon as possible. Speaker of …
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… with a registration certificate, which they had to produce on demand. Indians who could not produce a certificate could …
EventBoers occupying Magagabe Hill shell Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop
… with the Boers shelling Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop on 16 February 1900 can be traced in part by Rhodesian fears …
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… Government of all responsibility regarding the incident. On completion of its work, the Committee found that the raid …
PlaceFort Cunynghame
… and Auditor General, Mr C Abercrombie Smith, reported on 5 February 1880 that: "It appears that ... as soon as …
EventSouth African Library Week is held from 22 - 27 March 2010 to make people aware of the value of libraries
… the establishment of the National Library of South Africa on 20 March 1818 bearing in mind that 21 March is Human …