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EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… The South African government threatened to pull out of the United Nations (UN) peace plan for Namibia unless action was taken against the South West African…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… on 21 December 1870 in Fortrie, Banffshire, Scotland as the second son of a crofter. He received a Master of Arts in … 1981. After writing his law…
ArchiveBackground to the 20th anniversary of Republic Day, 31st May 1981
… Pamphlet issued by the Commission for Justice and Reconciliation about the background to the 20th anniversary of the Republic Day on 31st May 1981. ……
EventThe UN Security Council condemns all violations of its embargo against South Africa
… In 1963, the Security Council called upon states to stop the sale of arms to South Africa, and repeated the call in 1970 and again in 1972. It was however…
EventThe Groote Kerk pulpit, sculpted by Anton Anreith, is inaugurated in Cape Town
… The Groote Kerk is the oldest Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. It is … boasts a peculiar combination of Greek and Gothic styles. The building was…
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
… has released four studio albums, namely his debut album The Book of ProVerb in 2005; Manuscript in 2006; Write of … ProVerb was selected to represent South…
EventUDF members challenge the government to arrest them on charges of high treason
… and his colleagues were addressing a protest meeting on the night of 27 February 1985. The meeting was attended by more than 5000 people at the Durban campus…
EventOver a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
… South Africa's state of emergency that was declared by the South African government on 30 March 1960. The move by the government to declare the state of…
An African view of the present urban and industrial situation in South Africa
… The accelerated pace of industrialisation affected all population groups in South Africa, particularly the African population and it resulted in the movement…
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… On 27 January 1992, the European Community announced that it will lift economic … in September 1985. While some European countries and the US initially…
ArchiveA mapping of the KwaZulu Natal political conflict with reference to Inkatha (1990-1993)
… Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree magister philosophiae in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Port Elizabeth…
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… he registered for a Bachelor of Commerce Degree at the University of the North (now University of Limpopo). However, he went into … he could complete his…
Address by Nelson Mandela at the Funeral of Adelaide Tambo, 10 February 2007
… with our hearts heavy in mourning as we lay a wreath on the grave of one so special to that generation and to ourselves as Adelaide Tambo. We mourn the…
EventDr Ribeiro and his wife are gunned down
… The medical practitioner and political activist, Dr Fabian … after several attempts on their lives. It only emerged at the Truth and Reconciliation…
EventFlash floods kill at least 73 people in the Marrakesh region of Morocco
… Violent overnight storms triggered flash floods in the Marrakesh region of Morocco. The storms overflowed three rivers Gigaya, Ourika and Gamat. The floods…
EventThe United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed United Republic of Tanzania
… On 29 October 1964, the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanganyika became … its independence on 19…
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
… journalist Joseph Louw, 23, was sentenced to six months in the Johannesburg Regional Court for conspiring with Pamela Beira , a 19 year-old White woman to…
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
… The Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reported that almost half of the rapes in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township involved girls under fourteen,…
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… Mandela met with President P.W. Botha at Tuynhuis. At the time, Mandela was still imprisoned at Victor Verster … to Pollsmoor in 1982, then to Victor Verster…
EventSir Thomas Cullinan, digger and founder of the Premier diamond company, is born
… Sir Thomas Cullinan was born in the The Cape Colony in 1862. He settled in Barberton, before … a job he later left for prospecting. He discovered the Premier…
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… The Most Rev. Desmond Mpilo Tutu was elected Bishop of Cape … Town, thereby becoming Archbishop of South Africa, heading the Anglican Church of South Africa…
EventGerard Moerdijk, SA architect of several church buildings and the Voortrekker monument, dies
… Gerard Moerdijk, the architect whose most famous work is the Voortreker Monument in Pretoria, died on 29 March 1958, aged 68 years old. Moerdjk matriculated…
EventA list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette
… Under the provisions of the General Law Amendment Act of 1962 a list of 102 persons … prohibited from attending gatherings was published in the Government…
EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… School started boycotting classes in protest against the use of Afrikaans as medium of instruction in certain subjects in schools. The unrest spread to Belle…
ArchiveWomen without men: a study of 150 families in the Nqutu district of KwaZulu
… Results of research conducted into the income, expenditure and livestock ownership of the average family settled in Bantu Homelands. The research also looks…
ArchiveReligion and oppression: the misuse of religion for social, political, and economic subjugation
… This is the procedings for the Symposium for General Secretories of National Christian … took place in Edisesa, Harare, in 1-3 August 1989. The theme of the…
ArchiveAn African view of the present urban and industrial situation in South Africa
… The accelerated pace of industrialization has affected all population groups in South Africa.The African population was affected to the greatest extent…
EventDr. Chris Barnard, medical practitioner who performed the first heart transplant, is born
… Neethling Barnard, medical practioner who performed the first heart transplant, was born in Beaufort West, Western Cape. Dr. Barnard studied medicine at the…
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day, 16 December 1995
… a remarkable transition to reclaim their humanity. We, the people of South Africa, have made a decisive and irreversible break with the past. We have, in…
EventSipho Ngomane of South Africa wins the 80th Comrades Marathon in Durban.
… Sipho Ngomane of Nelspruit started running at the age of 16 after playing soccer initially. On 16 June 2005, Ngomane won the 80th Comrades Marathon race,…