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EventSir Thomas Cullinan, digger and founder of the Premier diamond company, is born
… Colony in 1862. He settled in Barberton, before moving to Johannesburg in 1887. He began working as a bricklayer in Johannesburg, a job he later left for…
EventThe first regular jet flight leaves London for Johannesburg
… (later merged with British European Airways Corporation to form British Airways). In 1952, BOAC became the first airline to introduce a passenger jet, the de…
EventThe first Afrikaans Hymn book is published
… Letters and Art society, which was set up in 1909 to reconcile the champions of Dutch and Afrikaans, named language advisers to assist with the translation…
EventMethane gas explosion kills 68 mine workers
… . The gas explosion was caused by poor safety standards. A week before the explosion a miner who also died in the explosion discovered methane … captain…
EventBomb explodes at Johannesburg synagogue
… A limpet mine exploded outside the Temple of Israel synagogue … four hours before State President Marais Viljoen was due to attend a ceremony there and was…
EventSmugglers of military recruits in court
… out of the country. It was alleged that they had set up a transport route in and out of South Africa (through … for the recruits and that they used the same…
EventViolence erupts on the eve of Soweto uprising anniversary
… students had formed an Action Committee and agreed to march on 16 June. They were protesting an order to be taught in Afrikaans. The route was chosen and…
EventRhodesia withdraws from Summer Olympic Games
… Olympic Committee (IOC) asked Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games held in Munich, Germany. The request came a few days…
EventStudent Wages Commission meet
… Line (PDL) were printed and distributed by the students to workers in industrial areas, outside factory gates and at … Board's latest ruling on the minimum…
EventNelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison
… spelt incorrectly as "Rolilahla") that he used to embark on a tour of some of the African states that had supported the … photograph on the left of Mr…
EventBritain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory
… Sir George Napier took over Natal and proclaimed it a British Colony. A year later the colony was put under the Cape Colony … that the power of the volksraad…
EventBrett Kebble is shot dead
… in Melrose, Johannesburg, at around 21:00 on his way to a dinner engagement. Andile Nkuhlu, Kebble's business … Kebble at dinner, said that Kebble was the…
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
… supplies and water into Somalia immediately after getting a go-ahead from the United Nations to aid tsunami victims in Somalia on 30 January. This was the…
EventFraud and Corruption on the rise in SA
… Deloitte and Touche surprised many delegates attending a conference of the Institute of Municipal Finance Officers … in South Africa. Powell announced that…
EventProvincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns
… was concerned that the Executive Committee was creating a sharp division within the provincial leadership of the … Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri as Lekota's…
EventEducationist Godfrey Nakene is born
… district. Nakene became one of the first Black student to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Witwatersrand. … The University of…
EventEmily Hobhouse reports on her findings regarding concentration camps during the Second Anglo Boer War
… Republics during the Second Anglo Boer War , reported to the British government that she found 2 000 women and … at Bloemfontein. The British government was…
EventLansana Conte’ leads a coup that deposes Guinea’s interim government
… was the second president of Guinea. On 3 April 1984, a week after the death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré, Conte’ who was a Lieutenant in the army at the…
EventSA Artist, Andries Johannes Botha, is born in Durban
… Arts at the University Of KwaZulu-Natal and later went on to teach the subject at Techinkon Natal. He specialises in … and solo exhibitions over the years…
EventThe Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government’s announcement concerning reclamation of the Ingwavuma region
… that the government did not meet its legal obligation to consult fully with the KwaZulu authorities before making … The State President, P.W. Botha responded…
EventTwenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa.
… Twenty-six miners were trapped when a roof collapsed at the Emaswati Coal mine near Mpaka, Swaziland. The fastest way to get the miners out was through a…
EventGeneral Lord Roberts marches on Pretoria
… Lord Roberts left Bloemfontein and began the 'March to Pretoria' with nearly 44,000 men, 18,000 horses, and 1200 … field-guns. The War had started eight…
EventFour black newspapers are banned by the SA government
… later, in the Rand Supreme Court, Justice Coetzee, refused to lift the banning order on the four aforementioned newspapers. In addition to that, the security…
EventThe Transkei Constitution Act is enacted
… into effect on 30 May 1963, gave partial self-government to the Transkei within the Republic of South Africa. This … Authority in December 1962. The Act…
EventVuminkosi Zulu, S.A. sculptor is born in Mapumulo, Natal
… art school and completed his course in 1972. He decided to stay on as a resident artist until 1974. Zulu is famous for his etchings … work titled the Battle…
PlaceDurban Main Post Office
… the South African National Convention, which took place in a hall to the left of the building. It served as the town hall until … To-day, it houses the…
EventAt Botha, SA artist, is born.
… vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys and has performed in a few productions. His first love is painting; he admitted to have loved the craft since childhood. Botha…
Black Student Politics
… mass popular struggles during the 1970s and 1980s played a pivotal role in eroding apartheid and creating the conditions for the transition to democracy in…
Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, December 1964
… In a statement released in London on Wednesday, December 23rd, … Secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress, is reported to have said that there are talks…
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… was nicknamed “Muis” (English translation for mouse), due to his petite physique when he registered as a member of the South African Jockey Academy in…