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The Directors of the Dutch East India Company (Heeren XVII or Lords Seventeen) propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possib
… The Directors of the Dutch East India Company (Heeren XVII or Lords …
Shahid Afridi, sixteen-year-old soccer player of Pakistan, scores the fastest one hundred in one day cricket from just 37 balls
… Shahid Afridi, sixteen-year-old soccer player of Pakistan, scores the fastest one hundred in one day …
Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for
… player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for …
The leader of the New Republic Party, Vause Raw, states that his party is prepared to give the President’s Council a chance as
… The leader of the New Republic Party, Vause Raw, states that his party …
The leader of the New Republic Party, Vause Raw, states that his party is prepared to give the President’s Council a chance as
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … The leader of the New Republic Party, Vause Raw,…
A US federal jury finds Egyptian cleric Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine others guilty of plotting to blow up the World Trade
… cleric Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine others guilty of plotting to blow up the World Trade …
The South African Police (SAP) take over control of the municipal police. The aim is to render a better service to the communit
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 160 … The…
Daniel Mbulaheni Mudau, Sundown’s striker who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Top Goal scorer of the Decade, is born in
… Doda, Z. (2004). 'Daniel Mudau: Top Goalscorer of the Decade,' Kick Off 1994-2004, Special Edition, p. 36. … was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Top Goal…
Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, dies in his home after a long bat
… Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, dies in his home after a long bat …
Johannes Nkosi, martyr for the Communist Party of South Africa, is born in Natal. His death is annually commemorated by the ANC
… Verwey: New Dictionary of South African Biography … Johannes Nkosi, martyr for the Communist Party of South Africa, is born in Natal. His death is annually …
Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu presents the new plan of the government, accepted by the cabinet on the 1st, to obliterate info
… Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu presents the new plan of the government, accepted by the cabinet on the 1st, to …
The new Air Force Memorial on Bays Hill, south of Pretoria, is inaugurated by State President C.R. Swart and attended by about
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 1, p. 268-9. … The new Air Force Memorial on Bays Hill,…
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bergendal or Dalmanutha on the Rand takes place, with the Republican forces falling back at nig
… Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bergendal or Dalmanutha on the Rand takes place, with the …
About 100 local businessmen, led by John Magolego, agree to organise Mapogo a Mathamaga on the day after the burial of the eigh
… to organise Mapogo a Mathamaga on the day after the burial of the eigh …
An American post-graduate student, Amy Elizabeth Biehl, 26, is dragged from her car by a 100-strong mob of youths in Guguletu,
… Biehl, 26, is dragged from her car by a 100-strong mob of youths in Guguletu, …
World War II: East Africa. South African troops are landed at Tulearon (Toliara) on the south west coast of Madagascar, to supp
… are landed at Tulearon (Toliara) on the south west coast of Madagascar, to supp …
Anglo-Boer War 2: At a joint secret meeting of the ZAR’s First and Second Volksrade, the motion to issue the ultimatum to Brita
… Anglo-Boer War 2: At a joint secret meeting of the ZAR’s First and Second Volksrade, the motion to issue …
On the last day of the Athens Paralympic Games, Malcolm Pringle follows up his 800m golden world record with a silver medal in
… On the last day of the Athens Paralympic Games, Malcolm Pringle follows up …
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak wins his fourth six-year term, taking nearly 94 percent of the vote in a referendum on his pre
… wins his fourth six-year term, taking nearly 94 percent of the vote in a referendum on his pre …
Jordan’s King Hussein and Al Fatah guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat meet in Cairo with ten Arab chiefs of state and sign agreemen
… leader Yasser Arafat meet in Cairo with ten Arab chiefs of state and sign agreemen …
President F W de Klerk arrives in Washington at the start of a three-day visit, stressing that his main aim is not the lifting
… President F W de Klerk arrives in Washington at the start of a three-day visit, stressing that his main aim is not the …
Anglo-Boer War 2: As result of a military notice on this date, the first two refugee camps are established at Pretoria and Bloe
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 379 | Cloete, … Anglo-Boer War 2: As result of a…
Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer, settler and member of the Farewell expedition to Shaka with a view to open up an ivory trade with
… Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer, settler and member of the Farewell expedition to Shaka with a view to open up an …
Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer, settler and member of the Farewell expedition to Shaka with a view to open up an ivory trade with
… D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 5, p. 104 … Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer, settler and member of the…
Ingrid Jonker, SA poet whose poem ‘Die Kind’ was read by President Nelson Mandela during his first opening of parliament, is bo
… read by President Nelson Mandela during his first opening of parliament, is bo …
Cecil John Rhodes makes his first will, leaving all his possessions to the British secretary of state for the colonies, in trus
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 319 … will, leaving all his possessions to the…
Josephus Suasso de Lima (46), first editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper in SA, ‘De Verzamelaar’, dies in Cape Tow
… Josephus Suasso de Lima (46), first editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper in SA, ‘De Verzamelaar’, dies in …
The Alfred Dock in Table Bay is officially opened by Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (16), second son of Queen Victoria, after whom
… D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 1, p. 301 … opened by Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (16), second son…
Fana Nzimande, IFP supporting headman, his wife and four children between the ages of four to fifteen, are shot dead in their h
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, … headman, his wife and four children…
Anglo-Boer War 2: Despite the concessions made by the ZAR in its final proposal, Sir A. Milner urges the despatch of an expedit
… in its final proposal, Sir A. Milner urges the despatch of an expedit …