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EventShaun Thomson*, world surfing title winner, is born in Durban
… serving 18 months in the army, Thomson began studying for a business degree in Durban. During this time he won six … 500 titles (now known as the Mr. Price…
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… Jacob (Job) Masego, World War 2 (WW2) veteran, who sunk a German supply boat, died in Springs, Transvaal (now in … Masego was one of 10 722 South Africans…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… David Maphgumzana Sibeko began his political career as a journalist for the South African magazine Drum. Sibeko … the banning of the organization in 1960. He…
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… African People's Organisation (SWAPO) guerrillas staged a fierce attack on the South African contingent at the … military attacks on the SAP and SADF in 1966…
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… At least forty-three people were killed in a stampede at Ellis Park stadium, Johannesburg , at a football match between South Africa's two biggest teams, ……
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… place in the 17th century, when Malay slaves were brought to the Cape. This was followed by the arrival of free Muslims … religious freedom and in 1805, they…
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… time. He won the election against Joubert with 3 471 votes to 1 171. Kruger was sworn in on 9 May 1883 as state president and announced a policy based on…
EventDemonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg
… in central Johannesburg against the detention of a fellow clergyman who had supported the school boycotts by … being charged under the Riotous Assemblies Act…
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… his own initiative and introducing the African poll tax as a means of conscripting the native population into a system of wage labour and pacifying rebellion…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… Africa. The Boers declared the area the Orange Free State, a Boer republic in 1853. The Orange Free State was recognised … also known as the Transvaal…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… Deputy President of the ANC and in 2014 he was appointed to the position of Deputy President of South Africa by Jacob … Planning Commission. On the 22nd May…
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
… little Village on the left bank of the Kowie River has had a turbulent History. It was established on the Kaffraria … for the Colonies, Lord Henry Bathurst …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… Basil. African Civilization Revisited. From Antiquity to Modern Times . Trenton, NJ, African World Press, 1991. … Association of South Africa, 1989…
PlaceAasvoelberg known as The Eye Of Zastron
… This spectacular sandstone Mountain is a backdrop for the town of Zastron , in the South-Eastern … Free State. The Aasvoelberg is famous for its 'Eye', a…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.1 1990
… Contents and Contributors Comment: A.W. Oliphant, STORIES: From the Roof, the Sky, Peter … The Coon, M. Cassiem D'Arcy; He Needs Milk, Karren Visser; A…
PlaceMauritania
… on the Atlantic coast of Africa. Culturally it forms a transitional zone between the Arab-Amazigh (Berber) … of North Africa and the African peoples in the…
PlaceOrkney, North West Province
… Orkney is a small Town in the North West Province just outside … and lies on the banks of the Vaal River . Although a relatively quiet Town (although growing…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… September 1974 he was arrested following student rallies to mark the victory of FRELIMO in Mozambique. He was charged under the Terrorism Act and became a…
EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… in the South African cultural calendar, as it dates back to 1974 when the 1820 Settlers National Monument was … year, running for 10 days in June and July…
EventInaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue
… at the event. The primary objective of the meeting was to discuss the issues and challenges that faced women in the … others. It was highlighted that…
EventHerman Charles Bosman guilty of murder
… district of North-Western Transvaal, became involved in a quarrel with his stepbrother and on impulse fired a hunting rifle at his stepbrother and killed him…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… African Government was hot on their heels for organising a boycott of elections in August 1984 of the new Indian and Coloured chambers of Parliament and a 90…
EventThe last passenger boat of the Union Castle line, the Windsor Castle, leaves Table Bay
… Once part of a vital communications link between Europe and Southern … Castle Line's, "Cape Mail Express." Every Thursday at 4pm a Union-Castle Royal Mail…
EventA car bomb explodes at Ellis Park Rugby Stadium
… of an Umkhonto we Sizwe special operations unit, detonated a car bomb by remote control outside Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. The detonation occurred…
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… took place in the Eastern and Western Cape. According to the evidence of APLA victims before the Truth and … Killings and attacks on White farmers were…
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (TUC), … situated in Johannesburg, started its classes in Kya Rosa, a house in…
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… for Africa," when the European colonial powers raced to divide the remainder of Africa for themselves. By the end … 1903, and 13,000 by 1910. In 1903, the…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… end of World War I. The League of Nations was put in place to ensure that war is avoided at all costs globally. The … or at the concurrence of the majority…
EventRenowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, is born in Ogidi, Nigeria
… Chinua Achebe (1930-) is a prominent Igbo (Ibo) writer, famous for his novels … Chinua Achebe was born in Ogidi, Nigeria, the son of a teacher in a…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
… 1986. Callinicos, Luli. We are not Alone: The Making of a Mass Movement, 1950-1960. Staffrider , Volume 8 Numbers 3 and 4, 1989, p 91. Davenport, T.R.H…