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EventDe Klerk calls for stringent safety measures
… that he personally supported the reinstatement of the death penalty for murder and other serious crimes and would …
EventAlgerian terrorist, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid dies
… 2013 in Northern Mali by French and Chadian troops. His death was officially confirmed by AQIM in June 2013. … Nouakchott (16 June 2013), " Al Qaeda group…
EventGuinea-Bissau is granted independence
… The country became independent eight months after the death of the leader of, Portuguese for African Party for the …
EventPope John Paul II begins his tour of Africa.
… John Paul II who was pope of from 1978 until his death in 2005 toured Africa in 1980. The pope spent eleven …
Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… me to write this to you now, with the hour of your death still a fresh wound in our peoples’ hearts. We called … 1955. It is for these qualities that, in…
EventTreasures are discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun
… less successful in this regard. The cause of Tutankhamun's death at the age of 19, is still unknown and there has been … no evidence has been found that…
PlaceKoopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town
… emigrated to South Africa after the Crimean War. After the death of Koopmans in 1880, the two sisters continued to live … , Brand, Reitz and Steyn amongst…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… serve as a judge under it. Now, my body weakened, I faced death from AIDS. But there was help in store. My doctor … For, after a grim fifteen-year period…
PlaceHawthornden-House, Herschell Walk, Wynberg
… from the Witwatersrand gold mines, lived there until his death in 1927. In 1978 Count Natale Labia, grandson of JB …
EventRobert McBride is born
… Magoo Bar incident, but was eventually reprieved from the death row and granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation …
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
… Club. He died in Johannesburg in 1973. The cause of his death was not disclosed. …
EventJan de la Fontaine becomes Governor at the Cape
… Pieter Gijsbert Noodt succeeded him as governor until his death on 23 April 1729. Following this, De la Fontaine was …
EventProfessor Lydia van Niekerk is born
… the University of Stellenbosch, where she worked until her death on 2 November 1929. Van Niekerk was an important …
EventPrince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War
… his fleeing horse tripped and fell and was speared to death. A memorial, now a historical monument, was erected to …
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… There is some controversy about the exact date of his death, as another source gives the date as 31 December 1875. …
EventOfficial inauguration of the Constitutional Court
… concerning the question of the constitutionality of the death penalty. The court spent its first few years in rented …
EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
… At the time of his death at the age of 74, Ken Gampu was a well known veteran …
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… by a number of violent incidents that resulted in the death of several white people were carried by APLA operatives … on her head with a brick. She was…
EventPAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam
… in the PAC in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. At the time of his death, Sibeko was based New York. The death of Sibeko came as result of increasing hostility …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… of the year, attacks on the police increased rapidly. The death toll among policemen increased to 46 in the first three … the present electorate by means of…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
… Wellington church where he continued his work until his death in 1917. He was buried in the church gardens. …
PlaceRuth Prowse School of Art
… With the death of Ruth Prowse in 1967, her Mansion Property “the …
EventTunisia: The self-emulation of Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi sparks the Jasmin Revolution
… presidency, died in Ben Arous 14 days later. Bouazizi’s death, however, acted as a trigger for sparks the Jasmin …
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
… leadership positions in the exiled ANC until his early death in 1978 …
PlaceHouse Preller, Hartebeesport
… language. He occupied this house from 1935 until his death, and many of his later historical works were completed …
EventMarie Vogts, botanist and pioneer of the Protea industry, dies in Stellenbosch
… Protea growing in the province. After her husband’s death, Vogts and her son moved to Betty’s Bay where she …
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
… structures both nationally and provincially until his death. …
EventP. W. Botha grants reprieve to the “Sharpeville Six”
… Duma Khumalo and Francis Mokhesi), who were condemned to death for allegedly being part of a crowd that killed Kuzwayo …
EventBus drivers strike because of lack of protection
… were allegedly attacked by Inkatha supporters, causing the death of four drivers. Arranged police and South African …
EventDr Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa Chief Minister, dies
… the Lebowa Homeland, a position he held from 1973 till his death in 1987. Phatudi suffered from diabetes and developed …