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EventMusic teacher Dorothy Boxall dies
… Dorothy Ruth Boxall, music teacher and lecturer, writer and organiser of orchestral activities for the youth, died in … Festival Society, the Transvaal…
EventSandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa
… alongside her boyfriend Yassiem Harris for the robbery and murder of Jermaine Abrahams. The two broke into Abrahams’ … was wealthy. Abrahams surprised the…
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
… (1797-1864) pioneer geologist, explorer, hunter, writer and road-builder, who constructed: the Ouberg Pass; the Van … the Michell's Pass; the Gydo Pass; the…
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… is World renowned for: its scuba diving; big game fishing and Giant Loggerhead and Leatherback Turtles, which emerge from the sea in December and January to…
PlaceLions Bridge, Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria
… the guidance of Sytze Wierda. It was built by JJ Kirkness and was officially opened by President Kruger on 11 June … It is the oldest existing bridge over…
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
… was renamed the Sudanese Republic, gaining full autonomy and joining the French community in 1958. In 1960, it emerged … under Modibo Keita. He withdrew from…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
… Schuur Hospital. After a decade of heart surgery, Barnard and his gifted cardiothoracic team of thirty (which included … a young woman who was run over by a…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… Units (ISU) from the East Rand townships of Kathlehong and Thokoza. They were replaced by the South African Defence Force (SADF). ISU was the most unpopular…
EventNelson Mandela condemns the Lockerbie bombing, the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists
… issued a statement condemning the Lockerbie bombing and loss of life that occurred as a result. The bombing killed all 243 passengers, 16 crew and 11 people…
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… economic situation of South Africa, due to sanctions and lack of foreign investment, as well as the growing … internally meant that apartheid was no longer…
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… It began in 1990 with the unbanning of political parties and the release of political prisoners. The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) I and…
EventSANNC (ANC) meeting is attended by a large number of people
… (ANC), is attended by a large number of people, men and women, from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland. The meeting was convened to discuss the…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… On 15 September 1910, General Louis Botha and Hertzog's South African Party (SAP) won the majority … minority over Native (African), Asiatic (mostly Indian)…
EventBambatha Rebellion
… introduced a new £1 poll tax on top of existing hut and dog taxes. After the Second Anglo-Boer War and before the unification of South Africa mining…
EventThe British successfully thwart the Zulu attack at Rorke’s Drift
… Drift, near Isandlwana hill, to serve as a hospital and supple base. At 15:15 on the afternoon of 22 January the … of 110 men under command of Lieutenants…
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… Xhosa war hero and regent of the AmaNgqika (Gaika) Xhosa clan during the … man who then ordered the killing of all AmaNgqika cattle and issued an instruction…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… in 1813, Livingston was a renowned explorer, doctor and missionary. Of course, he is most remembered for his … him British consul at Quelimane (now in…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… were being tested by a mixture of missionary teachings and European technology and their cattle herds were devastated by lung sickness. In … their ancestors…
PlaceMaphikela House
… In 1912, prominent black leaders gathered here and forged the foundations of what would eventually become … ruling party of the country. The house was…
Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
… era in Africa. He was Malawi’s first President and ruled the country for 30 years until he was voted out of … many conflicting reports of Hastings Banda’s…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Zimbabwe Television (ZTV), 05 August 1983, Harare
… required to do? To stop these people from coming in and out of South Africa? Is this the business of Zimbabwe?" … Beitbridge to Cape Town, but if they were…
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… it is important to note that the millions of Africans and other non-white people of that country did not have a say … their campaign directed at making…
PlaceEgypt
… year old Monuments here: Including: the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx; the Karnak temple, with its infamous hieroglyphics and the Valley of the…
Establishment of the Food Committee
… undergoing a downturn in economic fortunes. Unemployment and food shortages were rife, exacerbating this economic depression for the working and lower…
Establishment of Food Committee
… War , the South African economy was very weak.Unemployment and food shortages were rife, exacerbating this economic depression for the working and lower…
Establishment of the Food Committee
… undergoing a downturn in economic fortunes. Unemployment and food shortages were rife, exacerbating this economic depression for the working and lower…
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… Paul Mosaka, R. H. Godlo, R. G. Baloyi, R. T. Bokwe, and L.K. Ntlabati. They were protesting against apartheid and its dangers to African education, freedom…
EventThe Prince Imperial of France dies in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
… who studied in England at the Royal Military Academy and joined the British forces, was killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a British reconnaissance…
EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
… Three people died and sixty-nine are injured in a bomb explosion in Magoo's Bar … at that time by MK members to attack police stations and places frequented…
EventNelson Mandela delivers a speech marking his first 100 days in office
… days in office. Mandela announced that the Reconstruction and Development Programme was going to be at the centre of … initiatives to alleviate, poverty,…