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EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… 1961, Tanganyika became a member of the United Nations(UN) and two years later, in 1963 it merged with the island of … historical merger between the two…
EventOAU Council of Ministers decide to reject dialogue with South Africa
… of South Africa was attempting to "divide African states" and "confuse world public opinion". South Africa had been … international community because of its…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… of South Africa (CPSA). He was later released on bail and in January 1965 and went into hiding. He remained underground until was … Congress (ANC) Umkonto we…
EventChief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo is shot dead
… of the traditional leaders organisation CONTRALESA and African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, Chief … murder had been planned by the Pietermaritzburg…
EventMarais Steyn dies
… Former senior opposition and government politician Marais Steyn, died of heart failure … Vorster appointed him as minister of community development and…
EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… Two British peace negotiators, Lord Alfred Milner and Lord Horatio Kitchner, presented the British final peace … South African War. Milner announced the…
EventRhodes asks Charter for British South Africa Company
… in October 1889, with the responsibility of developing and colonising the territory north of the Limpopo, which today extends over Zambia and Zimbabwe. The…
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… (Jannie), Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and member of the State Security Council, was born in … Free State. Geldenhuys earned acclaim for…
EventStanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal
… with Peter Hayden. Nkosi moved to Johannesburg in 1962 and studied privately with Cecil Skotnes and became a decorator of lamp bases at the Artlite factory. …
PlaceUniversity of the Free State, Main building, Bloemfontein
… was laid on 19 December 1907 by Sir Hamilton Gould-Adams, and was officially opened on 16 October 1909. The North and South wings date from 1915 and 1929…
ArchiveGovernment Commissions of Enquiry
… Press Digest. Compilation of press comments and editorials on 1) the van Wyk de Vries Commission of Enquiry into Universities and student affairs and 2) The…
EventGraça Machel is born
… Graça Machel, political activist and champion of children's rights, widow of Samora Machel and wife of former President Nelson Mandela, was born in Gaza,…
EventANC attack on Booysens Police Station
… Congress (ANC) insurgents launched a rifle, rocket and grenade attack on Booysens Police Station Johannesburg. … Robben Island. In 2000, the Amnesty…
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… had been recruited from the impoverished south of India and saw no opportunity of re-establishing themselves there. Yet again others were forced into second…
EventJohn “Shoes” Moshoeu was born on this day
… On this day the South African and International soccer player was born in Diepkloof, … the most successful players to have ever played the game and his…
PlaceAchab se Berg, Northern Cape
… Hill 23 km East of Aggeneys and 34 km from Pofadder, in the Northern Cape of South … to service a nearby Mine. This range of Hills,Mountains and Inselbergs…
PlaceWoolsack House, Rondebosch
… Woolsack Drive is next to Rosebank and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South … This Residence, with its interesting mixture of Cape Dutch and…
ArchiveNUSAS talks to the ANC
… between the National Union of South African Students and the African National Congress held from Sunday, 31 March … on topics discussed, which included the…
The African Element in Gandhi by Anil Nauriya
… twenty-one years in South Africa, the birth of Satyagraha and the transformation of Gandhi from a lawyer-servant of the … book on the interaction of Gandhi…
EventDr Ernst Gideon Malherbe, SA educationist, is born in Luckhoff, OFS.
… at Luckhoff. He studied at the Stellenbosch University and the University of Columbia and was a founding member of the National Commission of Education and…
EventRuben Xulu is born
… carving with Bernard Gcwensa at Hlabisa mission station and embarked on a life-long career of producing religious sculptures in both stone and wood. He…
EventGeneral Laws Amendment Bill is passed
… parliament despite rejection from the opposition parties and severe criticism by the Bar and a number of judges. The Bill contained far-reaching provisions…
EventFlash floods kill at least 73 people in the Marrakesh region of Morocco
… Morocco. The storms overflowed three rivers Gigaya, Ourika and Gamat. The floods also resulted in mudslides cutting out roads linking Marrakesh and other…
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
… "amandla ase masebene" (power is with the branches) and "sivulen` indlela siyo vota" (open the way for us to go and vote) today (Friday) echoed through…
PlaceAlgoa Bay, East Coast of Cape of Good Hope
… of Good Hope. It is bounded in the west by Cape Recife and in the east by Cape Padrone. The bay is up to 436 m deep and the Harbour City, of Port Elizabeth…
PlaceFirst & Second River Temple's
… be rebuilt further away from the banks of the river, and the current location in Bellair Road was decided upon in … are known as), from the 1st River Temple…
PlaceDe Waal Park, Camp Street, Oranjezicht
… originally part of the van 'Breda Estate'' in Oranjezicht, and was purchased by the Town Council of Cape Town in 1877 … Street. The land below the reservoir…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… adults a fascinating look at all forms of war vehicles and weapons. And it will captivate children with the visual spectacle of … from planes to trains…
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… between two factions FRELIMO, backed by the Soviet Union and RENAMO, supported by United States and apartheid South Africa. At this time, the African ……
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… (NIO) was founded on May 4 1947 by A. I. Kajee and others who had left the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). The … in its attitude to apartheid after the Second…