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EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
… Mother Teresa was born in Albania and at a young age felt compelled to care for the sick and poor. When she was eighteen years old, she left home and joined…
EventThe first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers, is published
… The Gramstown Journal, one of South Africa's important and influential early newspapers, ran from 1831- 1920. From … paper was also obliged to print…
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
… macro-economic strategy, called Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR), which committed the government to tighter fiscal policy and the steady…
PlaceEnon
… mentioned in John. It lies 13 kilometres East of Kirkwood and 60 kilometres North-East of Uitenhage,(formerly known as … Glen Cuyler, to serve as a buffer…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… River, which formed the border between the Cape Colony and the rest of South Africa. The Boers declared the area the … the independence of the territory…
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… in the Transvaal, he travelled all over South Africa and developed a special liking to the Cape; which became the … Wenning moved to the Cape, became a full…
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… the ANC’s first Headquarters after its Unbanning in 1990, and was the site of a 1994 Massacre that threatened to undo … of affordable accommodation options…
Democrats Film Screening
… film Democrats which focuses on politics in Zimbabwe, and are looking to invite members within your organization/ department to the screening on the 28th…
PlaceMacassar Beach Pavillion
… Water slides are cracked open and filled with sand, and the once-bright paint has faded into pastel hues against … acres. Signs in the reserve warn of “dunes…
ArchiveSome reflections of civilisation in Africa
… by Herbert Frankel in which he reflects on civilisation and society in Africa and his belief is that, one of the marks of civilisation, is … as a process of…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
… Breda. Its construction dates from the early 19th century, and it was extended and redesigned during the 1840s when a number of Victorian … March 1985.The…
EventTanganyika formally ends all trade ties with South Africa
… known as Tanzania) formally ended all direct and indirect trade relations with South Africa. Tanganyika … Africa. The majority of countries in the western…
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… on poor housing conditions in Pageview, Johannesburg, and the need for housing schemes for poorer Indians to the … known, was one of the oldest communities…
EventSir Thomas Cullinan (74), founder of the Premier Mine where the Cullinan diamond was discovered in 1907, dies.
… was knighted for his discovery of the Premier Mine and his service to industry. He was one of the co-founders and a chairperson of what became the Transvaal…
EventRuth First is assassinated in Mozambique
… Ruth First , journalist, academic, anti-apartheid activist and member of the South African Communist Party , was … Maputo was attended by presidents, members…
EventFirst sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town
… Susan Rosenkowitz and her husband Colin bore the first sextuplets known to … South Africa. The three boys (David Peter, Grant Vincent and Jason Solomon), and…
EventFive prominent anti-apartheid activists released
… five are Trevor Manuel, Ebrahim Rasool, Mountrain Qumbela and Hilda Ndude, all officials of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the Western Cape region, and…
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… claimed the lives of three policemen including Duvenhage and injured four others. Six bystanders were also injured. Two African National Congress (ANC)…
EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… Omar was born in Observatory, Cape Town on 26 May 1934 and grew up in District Six. After matriculation he enrolled … at the University of Cape Town for a BA…
EventLeague of Nations is formed
… The intention of this organization was to reduce armament and to maintain peace and stability between countries. Gen. Jan Smuts and Gen. Louis Botha were the…
EventHerero people defeat German Forces
… men in the Okaharui ambushed German forces killing 32 and wounding 17 German troops. Von Glasenapp's forces were … Herero resistance against expanding German…
EventGen. De la Rey captures Lord Methuen
… Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Jacobus "Koos" De la Rey defeated and captured Gen. Lord Methuen in the Battle of Tweebosch (or … important battle won by the Boer…
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… when an explosives train, carrying between 56 and 60 tons of dynamite, which had been standing for 3½ days … left a crater, sixty meters long, fifty meters…
EventThe Stellenbosch Gymnasium is founded
… This was achieved on initiative of Proff. John Murray and N.J. Hofmeyr, and the Rev. J.H. Neethling. The institution aimed to give … instruction in subjects…
EventDr Alexander Logie du Toit, South African geologist, is born in Cape Town
… South African geologist. His work raised him to prominence and he became South Africa’s most important geologist. Du Toit studied both mining engineering and…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… During the Second Anglo-Boer War, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state artillery of the … was widely used. The war lasted three years, …
EventKing Mswati III is born
… III) was born in Masundini Swaziland to King Sobhuza III and one of his younger wives Ntombi Tfwala. Mswati was … ridiculous policies for combating HIV…
EventMannetjies Coetzer is killed by a crocodile in the Kunene River
… Mannetjie Coetzer and his family had gone to the Kunene River in Namibia on a … The Kunene River is located on the border of Namibia and Angola and has a…
EventNegotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
… negotiators for the Afrikaner republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State travelled to Pretoria to present their … terms of surrender to British…
ArchiveFrank Talk
… wrote several articles, later published in the journal and hence the title of the journal. Volume 2, September 1987, … articles. The theory of Black…