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EventAn ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command, Johannesburg, kills one person and injures 68
… and the attack on the army headquarters was in response to the apartheid government deploying troops in the townships to stifle resistance. On 30 July, a car…
EventDiplomatic office of the ANC in Stockholm is bombed
… the apartheid government in the 1970s and 80s that sought to eliminate or neutralise South African liberation movements … of the ANC overseas stated his…
EventAlleged Mk members are killed
… calculated thing. The operation was launched in response to information received about a planned infiltration, via … guerillas, driven by Constable Sehlwana…
EventOldest example of written Afrikaans appears in a poem
… defensive positions at Muizenberg during their campaign to capture the Cape Colony. The engagement saw Dutch East … and Stellenbosch, and the Korps Pandoeren…
EventStart of blood classification controversy
… was appointed permanently on this date, but refused to sign the offer of employment when she learned that the … donors were considered as "high risk" cases. …
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… Brigade under Major-General H.T. Lukin was ordered to clear the wood at d'Elville, north-east of the village of … the wood on that day, but the problem was…
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… North West Province), situated on the main railway line to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and the Bechuanaland British … rations from the sizeable Baralong town…
Zastron
… province (2207m, or approx. 7240 imperial feet). Close to the border of that mountainous country Lesotho, this … President of the Orange Free State Republic…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… known as Lungi, was born on 20 August 1966 in Moscow to Max Sisulu and Mercy Vuthela, two young South African … in the Soviet Union. At the age of five,…
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… in international rugby matches. SA was only allowed to return to playing international rugby in 1992, following changes in … again in 2007. Both the World…
Conference: African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
… Should you or a colleague in your organization wish to attend this conference, please complete the attached registration form and fax to 031 561 3584…
EventSA Police kills eleven Pondo tribesmen when they revolt against the imposition of Bantu authorities.
… rejected the system of Black authorities because it aimed to reÂstore the tribal system and the power of the headmen, … stock farmers who did not like the…
PlaceMali
… by the time it enters the country near Kangaba. It flows to the northeast across the Mandingue Plateau, its course … it spreads out in a wide valley and…
EventA 19 year old Mzwandile Kekana is testifying at the trial of 14 Cookhouse people charged with murdering a teacher.
… Anele Mnyalatyo. Mr Kekana mentioned that the crowd went to Mr Mbunge’s house where they believed Mr Mnyalatyo was. Mr Mbenge refused to allow them entry,…
ArchiveApartheid under siege, 1984-1988: actions and reactions
… Thesis submitted to fulfil the requirements for the Degree Philosophiae Doctor … South Africa's transition from white minority rule to black majority rule…
PlaceHoly Cross Mission & Hospital, Eastern Cape
… in Taweni, Eastern Cape. The Hospital provides services to the Flagstaff area, part of Lusikisiki and Bizana with a … Hospital is a Provincial Hospital, and…
ArchiveSelf rule in the Transkei: a monstrous fraud
… a constitution, which the Unity Movement is unhappy about; to which this document ensures continued domination of the … The Unity Movement and the freedom…
PlaceLanherne Building, Humewood Road, Port Elizabeth
… the South African Railways. During WWII it was converted to a convalescent home for servicemen, and in 1960 it was sold to the municipality of Port Elizabeth…
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… It consists of five dwellings in Donkin Street, facing on to the Donkin Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two … its entirety was declared a national…
EventANC members, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe go overseas under false names
… two arrived in London, England and from there they went to Bucharest, Romania, where they attended the communist … Poland, Russia and Communist China. They…
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
… resolution requesting the UN Economic and Social Council to denounce of racial discrimination. The motion was adopted … the General Assembly called on the…
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
… away as the Province of Gaza. Favio was the worst storm to hit Mozambique ever. The country was just recovering from … flood devastation and it was feared…
Event2000 Students march through Cape Town
… once again marched through the heart of Cape Town's CBD to protest and condemn police brutality, inferior education … detainees. Police teargassed the…
EventThe Chinese Community in South Africa is granted ‘White’ status
… classed non-White in the past though they were admitted to White theatres, restaurants and residential areas, was … Black Africans, Indians and others who…
EventMulti-party delegates endorses the Interim constitution
… negotiation endorsed the Interim Constitution according to which SA would have a Government of National Unity (GNU) … issued in July 1993. The final draft…
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… but humble spiritual leader was the first Black person to hold this office. He occupied the position until 1996, when he retired to chair the Truth and…
EventDelmas Treason Trial starts
… The Delmas Treason Trial, up to that time the longest trial in the history of SA, started … convicted eleven of the twenty-two and sentenced them to terms of…
EventCardoso’s murderers convicted in Mozambique
… journalist Carlos Cardoso, were convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. One of the suspects, Anibal dos … detention, was tracked down in South…
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… F.W. de Klerk was stabbed from behind and strangled to death. Her death shocked the nation and the world. Luyanda … at the complex accused of her murder,…
EventFirst victim of the land invasions in Zimbabwe, David Stevens, is murdered
… occupying his land. He was the first White farmer to be killed in the on-going land confrontations involving … the bush. It was alleged that Stevens was…