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EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… attempts to gradually replace Dutch with Afrikaans. On 23 April 1914 C.J. Langenhoven, member of the Cape Provincial …
EventPeter van der Merwe, South African cricketer, dies
… referee for eight years. He died in Port Elizabeth on 23 January 2013. He was 75 years old and had been in poor …
EventSA jazz singer, Letta Mbulu is born in Soweto
… Letta Mbulu was born in Soweto on 23 August 1942. As a teenager she joined the cast of the play …
EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
… Boer War, which was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881. As a member of the SAR Volksraad he was …
EventDr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in Pretoria
… Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, was born on 23 November 1887 in Pretoria. Van der Bijl was born into a …
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… [xv] Chieftaincy under Apartheid William Beinhart (1985) asserts that modern chieftaincy has been viewed as a … ↵ [xi] Ibid. ↵ [xi][xi] Ibid. ↵ [xi]…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… carved out by the 1913 Land Act. Between 1960 and 1985, approximately 3.5 million Africans were forcibly … budgets and provided military assistance. Between…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
… O.R. TAMBO President African National Congress June 23, 1984 The "Boycott South Africa" Movement was founded in … in 1960. This message was sent by Mr…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Statistical analysis of Resisters
… - Riverside Puntans Hill 281 19 - - 16 42 - 17 10 23 71 11 23 - - £ 900 £ 700 £ 589 £ 550 £ 500 £ 362 £ 319 £ 200 £ 157 …
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… in the history of colonial administration. He died on 23 June 1893. …
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… administration. He died full of years and honours on 23 June 1893. …
PlaceValkenburg Hospital, Observatory
… and Cemetery, were transferred to the State in 1985 and were then restored. It was declared a National …
EventThe Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences
… outside of the country. It was eventually repealed in 1985 by the Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages …
EventMaria Mary Burton, former national president of the Black Sash, is born
… as Maria Burton, who acted as its national president from 1985 - 1990. The Black Sash is still in existence and still …
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… were released before and after 1989 were, Dennis Goldberg (1985), Govan Mbeki (5 November 1987) and Nelson Mandela (11 …
EventPolice detain Valli Moosa and Murphy Morobe in Port Elizabeth
… and the harshness of the state of emergency in force since 1985. Apartheid spy Vanessa Brereton in 2003 alleged that she …
EventDeath sentence for Rapists
… for the rape of a Black woman, Ginny Gotsoine in February 1985. Two other White men in the same case were found guilty …
EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
… On the night of 15 August 1985, South Africa's President P. W. Botha delivered the … London: Chronicle Communications, p. 144.| exmedia,(1985), 'pw botha…
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… Constand Viljoen, who was chief of the army from 1977 to 1985, reacted to the finding by saying that it was impossible …
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… in Johannesburg.Mohl died in Soweto, Johannesburg in 1985. … Artists of South Africa: John Koenakeefe Mogl (1903-1985)’ from Vgallery [online] Available at…
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… South Africa, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Pretorius, F. (1985). The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, Cape Town: Don Nelson. …
EventJohnny Clegg, South African musician is born
… music and mixed race public performances. Juluka split in 1985 and Clegg formed another band, Savuka, which disbanded …
PlaceConcordia
… 961. The railway line from Brakpits reached Concordia on 23 April1889. On 4 April 1902 a Boer force of about 25 men …
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… On 23 February 1962, a member of Progressive Party Helen Suzman … law is Causing Misery - Mrs. Suzman' form The Star, 23 February (Available at National…
EventSA rugby team plays and wins the first test match against Ireland
… game. South Africa, or the Springboks, won this test match 23-15. This historical match is relevant considering the …
EventPrime Minister Vorster holds talks with Dr. Kissinger
… United States Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, on 23 and 24 June in West Germany to discuss the Rhodesian … [online] Available at: www.nobelprize.org…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… was re-captured in Johannesburg on 11 November 1965. On 23 March 1966 his trial began in Pretoria. Fischer was …
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… in Equatorial Guinea. 20 South Africans, 18 Namibians, 23 Angolans, 2 Congolese and 1 Zimbabwean carrying a South …
PlaceRhodes
… joined by a second group under General J H Olivier. On 23 June 1901 Boer forces under Commandant Fouche returned to …
ArchiveJonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture by Gwen Ansell
… 19 October 1937 in Orlando East, Johannesburg, and died on 23 January 2021 in Johannesburg aged 83. Through 65 years on … put the Gwangwa family home on the…