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EventClarence Makwetu announces the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle
… The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) president Clarence Makwetu announced the PAC's suspension of its armed struggle, thus opening the way for election…
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… Formerly known as the Belgian Congo, the Republic of Congo was established in 1960. The fight for independence was initially led by Patrice … [Accessed: 20…
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
… The Rand Daily Mail newspaper was closed in April 1985. The South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN) made the announcement on 15 March 1985. SAAN, the…
EventThe Second Basotho War, known as Siqiti war, breaks out
… and 1868 no less than three battles were fought between the Basotho and the Boers. All three wars were the result of conflict between the Basotho in what is…
Address To The Nation On National Women’s Day, 9 August 1999
… Day. On this day, as a nation, we re-commit ourselves to the advancement of women at all levels of our society. In doing this, we are alive to the harsh…
Address at the Mercosur Summit, Florianopolis, Brazil, 15 December 2000
… Guests Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to thank the honourable Heads of Government who constitute the membership of Mercosur, for this chance to address…
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… The Black People's Convention (BPC) held its first National … 200 African, Indian, and Coloured delegates and observers. The Congress followed the…
EventParliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki
… Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki resigned as president of the Republic South Africa on Sunday 21 September 2008. … on Monday 22 September and accepted his resignation…
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
… On 27 March 1914, Belgian doctor Albert Hustin conducted the first non-direct transfusion, using sodium citrate as an … blood transfusions needed to be made…
EventPatrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo Republic, is assassinated
… The first and only elected Prime Minister of the Congo Republic , Patrice Lumumba , was assassinated a few … after Congo gained formal independence from…
65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Indian political leadership in 1945. A deputation led by the president of the Natal Indian…
30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The agitation by anti-Asiatic vigilante groups…
EventParliament opens with the debate of no confidence on Government
… South African Parliament opened with the debate of 'no confidence' in government, which was introduced by the Leader of the political opposition, the United…
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… The first 2 'refugee' camps were established in Pretoria and … African War (Second Anglo-Boer War) by a military notice. The initial aim of the…
EventThe First Gay Pride March is Held in South Africa
… and Gay Pride march was held in Johannesburg . It was the first Pride March on the African continent and acted as both a gay pride event and an anti…
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… The Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, Act No 49 of 1953, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The Act enforced…
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… In May 1970, the British government requested that the English Cricket Council reverse its decision to invite the South African cricket team on tour. This…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… The destruction of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896 In the 1870s … captured in the Ngome forest in August and exiled to the Cape. The Zulu were then instructed to…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… 1920 February, The Asiatic Inquiry Commission, headed by Sir Johannes Lange, … Conference of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in Cape Town rejects…
EventFlorence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born
… a group of nurses working at a military hospital during the Crimean War at Scutari, Turkey. She was appalled by the conditions in the hospital and began…
EventThe Government Gazette publishes a Proclamation that dissolved KaNgwane Legislative Assembly
… The Government Gazette published a Proclamation by which the forty-two member KaNgwane Legislative Assembly was dissolved. Together with the Ingwavuma…
EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
… The 21.19 carat diamond that would come to be known as the Eureka Diamond was discovered by a young boy and his … little sister as they played in their…
EventThe first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place
… The first hijacking of a South African Airways (SAA) plane … with gelignite sticks hijacked a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet, the Letaba, en route from Durban to…
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… in 1966, John Vorster met with Hendrik van den Bergh, the head of the South African Police Security Branch. At this meeting, Van den Bergh convinced Vorster…
EventPolitical activists seek refuge in the British Consulate in Durban
… Six political refugees, Archie Gumede, the president of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Mewa Ramgobin, George … M.J. Naidoo, Billy Nair and Paul David…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
… Early in 1962, Nelson Mandela was smuggled across the borders of South Africa. He was granted an Ethiopian … by Haile Selassie , and classified as a…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… At the annual congress of the Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee held in Johannesburg, it was decided to revive the old Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and to…
EventWorld Teachers Day - “Build the future: invest in teachers now!”
… The UNESCO World Teachers' Day 2009 was inaugurated by UNESCO and Education International at the International Conference on Education in Geneva in 1994,…
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
… As the so-called 'Pegging Act' was due to expire in March, 1946, … that something would have to be done to replace it. The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian…
EventArmistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War
… Paving the way for the end of Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence … armistice was agreed upon by General Evelyn Wood of the British forces and…