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EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… Zambia. After playing for a few local teams, he moved to South Africa and joined Jomo Cosmos Football Club in 2004. In 2007 he moved to the Danish side,…
EventThe Federal Congress of the National Party supports a set of constitutional reforms
… outlined by Prime Minister P.W. Botha, and explained to the Congress by the Minister of Constitutional Affairs, … hands. The tri-cameral structure was…
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… in the House of Assembly that the government has decided to make funds available for a uranium enrichment programme. … for the economic enrichment of uranium…
EventVictor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
… Victor Sidney Norton was born in Johannesburg to an English father and a Swedish mother. His father Sidney … The Star Newspaper in 1927, but was soon…
EventZambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon killing 18 national soccer team players
… known by the nickname Chipolopolo was destined for Dakar to play against Senegal in a world cup qualifier. All thirty … engine after a fire. They attributed…
EventThe Security Council begins deliberations on the situation in South Africa
… They handed over their passes demanding an end to the pass laws. However, the march ended in tragedy when … fire on the marchers, killing 69 people and…
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
… after the discovery of arms caches that were alleged to be part of a ZAPU-led coup attempt. On 5 March, 1983, six … Union (ZANU) government. Three days later…
EventMore than 2,250 people are arrested in the township of Sebokeng
… the township of Sebokeng in the Vaal in what was believed to be the biggest raid against black people living in the … a stay away, school boycott and protest…
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… into the Westdene Dam .The children were on their way to their homes when the driver blacked out as he was driving … Residents, teachers and other pupils…
EventArchibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
… Archibald Lamont was one of seven children born to Alexander Lamont, a master-mariner and businessman, and … of England and inducted at Singapore. In 1910 he…
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… Conspiracy stands on the farm Onze Rust, and once belonged to Marthinus Steyn, the last President of the Free State, who … in 1905, after his return from…
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… leaders, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe went from house to house in Orlando, Soweto near Johannesburg rallying … created black councils in urban areas that…
EventPretoria High Court Judge, Nkola Motata, is arrested
… garden wall of a house north of Johannesburg. He was found to be drunk by police and is said to have resisted arrest. The owner of the property that … Motata…
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… He later joined the French army. He later chose to return to his native country and led the struggle for independence. … as his successor. He was the first…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… by architect Tom Claridge on a piece of land connected to Church Square. While it was being built church services … the church after which the whole of…
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
… for an important interchange of human values that led to far-reaching cultural and social changes in Southern … Cultural Landscape are a remarkably complete…
PlaceBlyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
… uplift created steep cliffs and deep valleys that continue to evolve today. Travellers are rewarded with panoramic … eagles and numerous antelope species add…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… the people's struggles and the fires of battle and found to be the only effective weapon, the only antidote against … powers feverishly endeavour with all…
PlaceZonderwater
… like Zonderwater Museum Curator, Emilio Coccia, to whom every piece of history in the museum was personnel because, in 1970 he left Panama Italy, to work as…
PlaceIbeka, Simonstown
… for smallpox patients! The meaning of the name has to do with your your ambition and and being best by having a strong self -confidence. (This could have…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… known artists. He was born in Pretoria in 1886 and moved to Holland at the time of the Boer War. He studied there and then returned home to South Africa,…
EventControversial ‘Black Jesus’ painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… Black Christ, depicts Luthuli crucified on the cross next to apartheid mastermind Hendrick Verwoed and former Minister … and the painting banned. The…
EventUgandan Prime Minister, Milton Obote announces the proposed division of Buganda
… province independent Uganda and considered a threat to the central government Hence the decision to divide the province into four districts. The division…
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… and other political prisoners, Ali Bacher was forced to abruptly end the English tour mid way following … and demonstrations against the tour had escalated…
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… so-called 90 Day Act), consisting largely of amendments to the Suppression of Communism Act, had been served up to 30 April 1964. Of that total, 68 were…
EventSA artist Tshela Matsoso is born
… 1972 he studied at the Bill Ainslie Studios and traveled to France, England and Italy. He then worked for the SABC as … West Germany. In 1972 he received…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… after twelve years in office, B.J. Voster was elected to the unprecedented honorary position of State President. … Vorster was implicated in the use of a…
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… left the cabinet at the request of President F.W. de Klerk to take up the appointment of National Party (NP) … and which could win a democratic election. He…
EventNelson Mandela announces intentions on nationalisation policy
… Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the … that the ANC welcomes dialogue with the…
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… as policemen in the Italian governed part of Somalia prior to World War Two, Barre was found to excel in the sphere of politics. After Somalia gained…