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EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… - July 2010. References: BBC 'Key Dates' (2004) Focus on Africa, October to December, v. 15 no. 4, p. 8 'Nigerian …
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… were under the fatalities. Nine of the injured remained on the critical list. The stadium has a capacity of 60,000 …
EventNiger President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara is assassinated
… Mayaki's attempt was rejected by the opposition parties on the grounds that the assembly could only be dissolved by …
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… African National Congress (ANC), but declined to be drawn on whether he was in formal talks with ANC leaders about his …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… in February 1995 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment on 30 October 1996. In his testimony, De Kock admitted to …
EventRashaad Staggie shot dead
… to end his life. PAGAD also claimed overwhelming support on grass-roots level for their intention to curb the drug …
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium hands over the administration of the Congo to the Belgian parliament
… account of the excesses committed by colonial officials on their subjects in Africa. Belgium and Leopold's business …
EventSouth African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… Department and six Republican policemen, left Johannesburg on their way home to Natal and Zululand, walking about 56 …
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… the independence of the republic. Once war was declared on 11 October 1899, the Free State joined Transvaal in the …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… Western Cape. Botha was found dead in bed just after 20:00 on Tuesday night by his second wife Barbara. Botha was …
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… also the co-founder of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). On his return to India, he became the pre-eminent political …
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… On 9 April 1860, Emily Hobhouse was born in Liskeard, …
EventKenyan mediates in SA election deadlock
… in the elections. Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini called on his subjects to take part in the election. The details of …
EventPublic places of recreation for whites only, are proclaimed
… offence for a member of one racial group to reside on or own land in an area set aside by proclamation for …
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
… from different backgrounds all over South Africa Mohl died on 28 January 1985. … [online] Available at: www.johansborman.co.za [Accessed on 16 January 2013] …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… in 1994. The voting time was extended until 7 pm on 29 April in Venda, Gazankulu, Lebowa, KwaZulu, … [online] Available at: www.southafrica.info [Accessed…
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… government to allow for opposition parties. Odinga died on 20 January 1994 at the age of 92. …
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is born
… for two years, but he was not given a teaching post. On 21 March 1960, at the launch of the PAC’s anti-pass …
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… The Orange Free State constitution was adopted on 7 April 1854, three weeks after the renunciation of …
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… Hadebe wrote; “We (ANC) are agreeable that you should stay on for another year to pursue your studies leading to a …
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… the Cape, became a full time painter and started working on his first solo exhibition. Wenning’s bold impasto brush …
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… On 12 January 1984, a strong delegation of African National …
PlaceDock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
… Portswood and Quarry Roads, as well as the Wall and Tunnel on Portswood Ridge." The Dock House, built in the 1800’s as a …
EventNiger's Independence Day
… Fifth Republic and the Nigerien National Assembly agreed on the 28th of July 1960 that Prime Minister Hamani Diori …
ANC-KZN flabbergasted by DA’s denigration of Oliver Tambo, 11 July 2006
… produced by South Africa, Oliver Reginald Tambo. Speaking on SABC’s PM Live News Show this afternoon, Ms Desiree Van …
Letter to Ayatollah Khomeini by O. R. Tambo, Iran, 13 February 1979
… Khomeini, (2) Teheran Islamic Republic of Iran On behalf of the African National Congress and the oppressed …
PlaceAluin Krantz West, a Farm Near Alexandria
… that this species was the salt that forms spontaneously on certain salty minerals, as alum slate and bituminous …
PlaceAkkoordskop, a Hill in the Western Cape
… by; Paulus van Caerden, in his native language of Dutch! On the 6 th of August 1595 an agreement was signed between …
Launch of The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner
… an excellent entry point for both historical reflection on 1970s South Africa and critical engagement with …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.1 1988
… by A.W. Oliphant. Essays: Gerard Sekoto: A Perspective on his Art by Barbara Lindop; Socialist Explorations in South …