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EventVaal Triangle erupts in violence
… Six" , were tried, convicted and sentenced to hang for the killings. Click here to read an historical account of township violence during …
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
… Cradock, Eastern Cape. He joined the ANC in 1930 and rose to become its secretary-general. In this capacity, Calata was … from attending gatherings but was…
EventPaul Biya becomes president of Cameroon
… Biya, the current Prime Minister. Ahidjo handpicked Biya to replace him after he had handed his resignation letter to the cabinet. However, when Biya became…
EventProgressive Federal Party is formed
… Basson dissident group of United Party (UP) members merged to form the Progressive Federal Party (PFP) with Colin Eglin … small White reformist party, the…
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… independence as invalid, and called upon all governments to deny any form of recognition to Transkei and other Bantustans. …
EventJacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation world champion title
… (WBO) world champion title. Matlala had been introduced to boxing at a young age by his father, and turned … Plaatjie in Port Elizabeth in 1980. Matlala then…
EventGoldstone report on police shootings in Sebokeng is released
… force, which was "quite immoderate and disproportionate to any lawful object sought to be attained". …
EventConstable Vlotman is given a R500 fine and a five year suspension sentence
… verdict against Constable Vlotman may have been intended to create the impression that the Apartheid government was concerned about threats to media freedom…
EventA Xhosa film wins Golden Bear award
… uCarmen eKhayelitsha became the second South African movie to compete and first to win the Golden Bear award as the best film at the 55th …
EventSix SA Tsunami survivors arrive at Lanseria
… and Foreign Affairs consular officers had been sent to Thailand to evacuate the trapped South Africans. …
EventPatricia de Lille testifies at Schabir Shaik’s trial
… de Lille, finally took the stand at the Durban High Court to testify in the fraud and corruption charges against Durban … rand arms acquisition process. Her…
EventFormer member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC
… on the eve of the 1991 trial in which he was expected to testify, appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation … assaulted by Madikizela-Mandela. Cebekhulu…
EventThe ANC leader in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, Sifiso Nkabinde, is expelled from the ANC
… Democratic Movement (UDM). Nkabinde had previously refused to heed calls by the ANC to disband self-defence units. He was also accused of … a chronology of…
EventSouth African Police announce arrest of serial killer
… was kept in hospital under police guard. His crimes came to light after the discovery of the remains of fifteen women … in June 1994. Sithole was…
EventTrader and art collector Habib Rajab is born
… preventing the Grey Street complex from being handed over to White traders. Rajab's interest also extended to the political and educational development of…
EventReport released on the Waratah steamship's disappearance
… disappearance on her return maiden voyage from Australia to England in 1909, without any trace of wreckage or … a search by three naval vessels shortly after…
EventMoses Josiah Madiba is born
… the British Council Visitor's Grant which enabled him to study primary and secondary teacher training in Britain as well as the teaching of English to…
EventThe mayor of Cape Town, Hyman Lieberman, opens the Great Synagogue in the Gardens, Cape Town
… By 1863, the Jewish congregation in Cape Town had grown to such an extent that a new building was needed. The … Museum complex. In 1905, the congregation had…
EventThe Great Comet of 1901
… as 'The Great Comet of 1901' or 'Viscara' was visible to the naked eye over most of South Africa. The comet was … of Good Hope, and a certain Mr. Innes was…
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
… his work On the Origin of Species (1859). She was elected to the Hungarian ornithological society and several of her … many of her family members and friends…
EventTraditional Bushman artist Vetkat Regopstaan Kruiper, aged 38, dies suddenly from natural causes
… #Khomani Bushmen who live in the Southern Kalahari, close to the National Park. Vetkat's father was a well-respected … animals. Despite having no formal…
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… and spent her life participating in the party's resistance to apartheid. Her funeral service at Wattville stadium on 2 … as well as several cabinet ministers…
EventBoers defeat British in the battle of Ingogo (Anglo-Boer War 1)
… British soldiers. *Note: This battle is either referred to as the Battle of Ingogo or the Battle of Schuinshoogte and the army numbers differ from source to…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… explorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch, allegedly the first person to discover gold in South Africa, died in poverty in … the ruins of the ancient city of Zimbabwe. On…
EventPieter Jacobs Marais reports discovery of gold
… Though Marais thought that he was the first person to discover gold in this area, Johannesburg history proved … by the two brothers H.W. and F.P.T. Struben…
EventMalawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election
… since independence from Britain in 1964 concedes defeat to Bakili Muluzi in the country's first multi-party election. … president wholeheartedly and hoping…
EventSixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho
… Congress (ANC) refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho to counter South Africa's threat of a blockade against that … country. A year before they were deported,…
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… specialising in intelligence. In 1990 she returned to South Africa just after the unbanning of the ANC and became a personal assistant to President Jacob…
EventThe force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa.
… Botha of South Africa raised a larger army and managed to defeat the German forces throughout the colony now known as Namibia. This lead to the area being…
EventSA actress, Ashley Callie dies
… suffered head injuries and underwent surgery the next day to relieve pressure on her brain. Though she was reported to be in a stable condition after the…