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Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
… children while the poor ones of his own race ran wild on the veld or loafed about the streets. He could not hold … constitution which made no distinction…
Elections Programmes for Deputy President, Secretary General & Treasurer General, 16 May 2011
… President, Secretary General and Treasurer General will on Tuesday lead the movement`s election campaign in the …
EventBanyana Banyana player, Eudy Simelane, is found raped and murdered
… On 28 April 2008, Banyana Banyana midfielder Eudy Simelane …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.1 1989
… Moritso Makhunga; Now We May Talk, Moritso Makhunga; On the Wire Glen Fisher; Emergency, Glen Fisher; Morning, Ian …
Address at 90th brthday celebration, by Nelson Mandela, 25 June 2008, London United Kingdom
… note so much failing as well. In our time we spoke out on the situation in Palestine and Israel, and that conflict …
PlaceRichtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape
… herders as they move with their herds of sheep and cattle on a seasonal basis) and Nama, rush mat houses. (Which are …
PlaceGordonia Division
… Coloured 56 644; Asiatic 3; Bantu 10 447. Gordonia borders on South-West Africa and Botswana. It is crossed from east to …
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… On 10 July 1964 MoÁ¯se-Kapenda Tshombé, leader of the …
Khoisan leader given state funeral despite last wishes by SAPA, 1 July 2012
… wanted...he would have preferred the money [to be] spent on his veld school.” He said that was Kruiper's last wish. …
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to present a petition against the carrying …
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… we Sizwe(MK), armed wing of the ANC, were arrested on this day. This moment came as a terrible titanic dream in … Brief history of South Africa’s Socio…
EventGeneral Law Amendment Act No 37 is approved
… access to a lawyer or recourse to law through the courts. On expiry of that period the security forces needed only to …
EventThe first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrives in South Africa
… On 15 July 1960, the first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrived in …
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… out in 1939, the OB opposed South Africa's involvement on the side of the Allies. They felt that Germany was not an …
EventThe Trial of strength between the Conservative Party and the National Party begins as three Members of Parliament resign
… Botha, Dr Treurnicht, and Tom Langley from parliament on the 21 February 1983. It was not clear whether the …
EventSouth African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns
… resignation from office, at the request of his colleagues, on the grounds of ill health. Surprisingly, he was available … E. (1991). Major political events…
EventThree people are murdered at Eikenhof
… Shaun, and his friend, Claire Silberbauer, were murdered on the old Vereeniging road, near Eikenhof, south of …
EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… issued a stern warning that should he not be consulted on several issues, he was going to follow Mangosuthu …
EventStompie Seipei’s murderer goes to jail
… the torture of Seipei, who was sjamboked and bounced on the floor by Richardson. Seipei was allegedly tortured and …
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… this area was allegedly sparked by a hand grenade attack on the house of ANC supporters. The ANC retaliated quickly, …
EventAfrikaans is declared an official language of South Africa
… African identity. However this identity was largely based on race and Afrikaans as a language thus became synonymous …
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… called Spanish Flu or 'Great Flu', were diagnosed on this date in Durban. This started the worst pandemic ever … Department,University of Cape Town,…
EventAnna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born
… and author was born in Graaf Reinet in the Eastern Cape on 24 December 1906. At the age of five she joined theatre …
EventThe first known reference to Antjie Somers, a South African bogy figure, is made in The Friend
… It is also claimed that Antjie favoured coming out on warm summer nights, which is how he got his other name …
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… On 23 August 1862, the first rugby match heralded the start …
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
… at that time, the technology to do so was nonexistent. On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Dr. Martin Cooper placed …
EventAmina Lawal’s sentence upheld
… On 19 August 2002, an Islamic high court in the Katsina state … [online] Available at: https://news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed on 13 August 2012]| Alfadi (2011)…
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… Thirty-four years ago, on 6 December 1977, Bophuthatswana was granted ‘independence' …
PlaceWupperthal Mission Station, Clanwilliam
… the seven Khoikhoi families in the valley and concentrated on their spiritual upliftment as well as to encourage …
EventCPSA is founded
… 30 July to 1 August 1921, however, the party was founded on 29 July 1921 in Cape Town. It was founded mainly by …