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Willem Frederick Gerard Nicolai (66), Dutch composer of the Free State anthem, dies in the Netherlands. He never visited So
… Willem Frederick Gerard Nicolai (66), Dutch composer of the Free State anthem, dies in the Netherlands. He never …
Heads of State or their senior representatives from 44 African countries gather in Abuja, Nigeria to deliberate on the problem
… Heads of State or their senior representatives from 44 African …
Heads of State or their senior representatives from 44 African countries gather in Abuja, Nigeria to deliberate on the problem
… Heads of State or their senior representatives from 44 African …
Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa’s United African National Council has won fifty-one of the seventy-two seats available to Black candida
… United African National Council has won fifty-one of the seventy-two seats available to Black candida …
The Natal Supreme Court declares the ban on campaigns for the release of detainees invalid. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria
… Court declares the ban on campaigns for the release of detainees invalid. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria …
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses amnesty to Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus, the assassins of SA Communist Pa
… to Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus, the assassins of SA Communist Pa …
Djibouti lifts all trade and travel restrictions on South Africa, whilst Cote d’Ivoire announces the establishment of full dipl
… Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for April, p. 38851. … Africa, whilst Cote d’Ivoire announces the establishment of full dipl …
Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), dies in Seshego, Pietersbur
… Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1 , Pretoria: HSRC, p. 241. … Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in…
Sir Bartle Frere meets the Transvaal Boers assembled in support of their claim to independence. He promises them complete freed
… Frere meets the Transvaal Boers assembled in support of their claim to independence. He promises them complete …
Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999), Zimbabwean vice-president whose son has recently died of HIV/AIDS, claims the disease is a "Whit
… Zimbabwean vice-president whose son has recently died of HIV/AIDS, claims the disease is a "Whit …
Mk hero Solomon Mahlangu, executed 6 April 1979 in Pretoria on two counts of murder and buried in Atteridgeville because police
… Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2 , Pretoria: Vista. … Mahlangu, executed 6 April 1979 in Pretoria on two counts of…
The Chairman of the opposition Democratic Party in the Transkei, K.M. Gunzana, is elected leader to succeed Paramount Chief Vic
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … The Chairman of the opposition Democratic Party in…
Anglo-Boer War 2: General Lord Methuen buries Combat-General De Villebois-Mareuil with full military honours. 1500 men of the L
… De Villebois-Mareuil with full military honours. 1500 men of the L …
President Nelson Mandela earns worldwide praise for his role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a
… role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a …
Ashby Peter Solomzi (A.P.) Mda, teacher, lawyer, co-founder of the African National Youth League and later the Pan Africanist C
… Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2 , Pretoria: Vista. … Ashby Peter Solomzi (A.P.) Mda, teacher, lawyer, co-founder of the…
Maxwell Mamase, MEC for Agriculture and Land Affairs of the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, is born in Peddie, Eastern Cape
… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball … Maxwell Mamase, MEC for Agriculture and Land Affairs of the Eastern…
The Rev. John Campbell (74), director of the London Mission Society and traveller in SA, dies in Kingsland, near London.
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 11. … The Rev. John Campbell (74), director of the…
Five members of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) are sentenced to twenty-six years imprisonment each for their part in a
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Five members of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement …
A court in England convicts two Algerian illegal immigrants of raising funds for the al-Qaida terror network, and sentences bot
… A court in England convicts two Algerian illegal immigrants of raising funds for the al-Qaida terror network, and …
The Minister for Safety and Security, Mr Steve Tshwete, in co-operation with the National Commissioner of the SAPS, launches a
… Tshwete, in co-operation with the National Commissioner of the SAPS, launches a …
Author, educationist and social worker and later ANC member of parliament, Ellen Kuzwayo, becomes the first Black woman to rece
… Author, educationist and social worker and later ANC member of parliament, Ellen Kuzwayo, becomes the first Black woman …
The battle of Gingindlovu during the Anglo-Zulu War takes place. The British defeat Cetshwayo and the kraal is destroyed.
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 5, p. 199 … The battle of Gingindlovu during the Anglo…
Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller, SA anthropologist and consul-general of the Orange Free State, is born in Rotterdam, the Nether
… Nicolaas Muller, SA anthropologist and consul-general of the Orange Free State, is born in Rotterdam, the Nether …
Fedics (Pty) Ltd, the largest Black-owned company in South Africa’s corporate catering market, takes over the bulk of Telkom’s
… Africa’s corporate catering market, takes over the bulk of Telkom’s …
Fedics (Pty) Ltd, the largest Black-owned company in South Africa’s corporate catering market, takes over the bulk of Telkom’s
… Africa’s corporate catering market, takes over the bulk of Telkom’s …
The Security Council, in its first action on South Africa, adopts resolution 134 (1960) deploring the policies and actions of t
… resolution 134 (1960) deploring the policies and actions of t …
The South African Naval Service is founded. With the ships the Protea, Sonneblom and Immortelle it formed the nucleus of a
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 8, p. 113. … the Protea, Sonneblom and Immortelle it…
Simon Mann, arrested in Zimbabwe, writes a letter pleading with associates, including Sir Mark Thatcher, to get him out of pris
… associates, including Sir Mark Thatcher, to get him out of pris …
Mthabatha Seema PAC member disappears, last seen first in the company of a policeman at the Seshego magistrate’s court and late
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, … PAC member disappears, last seen first in…
Petrus van den Burg, organist of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk in Pretoria and composer, is born in Amersfoort, the Netherlan
… Petrus van den Burg, organist of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk in Pretoria and composer, …