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EventManto Tshabalala - Msimang, controversial minister of health, is born
… her studies at Fort Hare University where she managed to obtain her BA degree. Tshabalala-Msimang and other … were ordered by the African National Congress …
EventJournalist and anti-apartheid activist M.P. Naicker dies
… a suspected heart failure en route on a flight from London to Berlin. At the time of his death Naicker was also a … world at the Golders Green Crematorium in…
EventWorld Health Organization publishes indictment of apartheid
… The system of Apartheid was not only detrimental to the cultural, economic and emotional wellbeing of those on … a system through impoverishing its subjects,…
EventMinster of Justice, Pelser defends the banning orders on eight leaders of SASO
… the Apartheid dispensation. These goals were contrary to the objectives of the Apartheid state that sought to subjugate non-white South Africans. With this…
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… General Assembly of the United Nations requested States to terminate prohibition or restriction on economic relations with South Africa immediately, and to…
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… South African Olympic team of ninety-five members took off to participate in the 22nd Olympic games staged in Barcelona, … the "old apartheid national flag"…
EventANC calls for the dismissal of Adriaan Vlok and Magnus Malan
… that state sponsorship of Inkatha poses a grave threat to the peace process. Malan was later charged with … government admitted that it secretly funded…
EventSAA Helderberg 747 crashes
… of ignition could not be determined. Sabotage was unlikely to have been the cause of ignition. According to Margo the smoke and fire detector systems as well…
EventNational Day of Prayer is observed peacefully
… the National Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR) as a way to foster peace, the National Day of Prayer is observed by … Despite the general peacefulness,…
EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
… Dick King (Richard Philip) returned to Port Natal on board the Conch after his heroic rescue … Pondoland, had set off on a ten-days' horse-ride of 960km to…
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… their 13th under Mallett. This envisaged the possibility to break the world record for consecutive victories on their end-of-year tour to the United Kingdom,…
EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… were protected, ensuring that South Africa complied to the Universal Declaration of Human rights. Pityana further … later the Commission issued its first…
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… Transvaal. On 15 September 1914 de la Rey was on route to Potchefstroom military camp from Johannesburg. His driver … Veteran officers of the Anglo-Boer War…
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck, was unveiled. The … Town. It was sculpted in bronze by John Tweed and…
EventBritish troops establish their camp at Isandlwana
… The area offered limited cover for attackers. Owing to the hard ground, consisting mainly of coal-bearing shale, … of the British army that a camp in enemy…
EventBarry Hough, SA literary critic and successful author of mainly teenage books is found dead
… (now University of Johannesburg) in 1970 and went on to obtain an MA in English. Hough held several positions in … finalist in the Sanlam Youth Story…
Event5,580 Egyptian prisoners of war are exchanged for four Israelis held by Egyptian troops
… crossed the frontier into the Sinai Peninsula, allegedly to attack and destroy the bases of Egyptian commandos. The … on the same day when the Anglo-French…
EventIvorian Footballer, Arouna Kone, is born in Anyama, Ivory Coast
… S.K., he was only 18 years old. The team introduced him to the international scene. He subsequently moved on to teams like Netherlands’ Roda JC and PSV…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) was founded to carry on the work of liberation as an overt organisation. … philosophy advocated by Steven Biko and…
EventDr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in Pretoria
… degree at the University of Leipzig. Van der Bijl returned to South Africa in 1920. He founded the Electricity Supply … grew and was soon providing…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, 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…
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… Cape Town. Ceres is located at the North-Eastern entrance to Michell's Pass and was the old route north between Cape … by the N1 highway, which traverses the…
PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
… their vast knowledge and bush craft on Balule game drives to search for the much sought after Big Five (Lion, Leopard, … are served at Scenic Spots!) Stops…
PlaceVredefort Dome, Free State Province
… (larger than Table Mountain ) hit the Earth close to where Vredefort is today. The Vredefort Dome is a UNESCO … Mantle by the impact of a meteorite…
PlaceSt Margaret’s House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… is not visible from the road, but what a pleasure it is to walk up the driveway through what must be one of the most … in the early eighties. Above the…
Open Talk with Grada Kilomba
… at WiCDS Decolonizing Feminism Conference, Kilomba wants to take time to reflect and share some perspectives on her work dealing … memory and post…
ArchiveKwaZakele - the politics of transition in South Africa: an Eastern Cape study
… University. Abstract: This thesis examines the transition to democracy in South Africa through the case study … of political participation and the form of…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… province of South Africa. A minor road turns sharply off to the right from the main road that leads from Alexandria to Bushman’s River Mouth; it passes…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… teenager and suffered bouts of asthma. His family sent him to Natal, South Africa, to live with his older brother in the hope that the hot … therefore should…
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… Masondo arrived at Robben Island. They were all taken to B Section where their leaders such as Nelson Mandela, … and the leadership of the ANC that Raymond…