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Phakamani
… meaning "stand up", reflecting the call to stand up and join the democratic forces inside South Africa and abroad to oppose the legality of the South African…
EventNelson Mandela says “thank you” to the world
… comes a few months after Mandela's release from prison and is attended by over 72 000 people and watched on TV by many millions globally. The concert's line…
EventDepartment of Transport launches Be Legal campaign
… Jack Mincer Taxi Rank in Johannesburg, aiming to improve and legalise the taxi industry. The Be Legal campaign was a … all three levels of government:…
EventPastor Sekano Ntoane is born
… Church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), … served on what was then the Education Advice Council and on the Council of the…
EventFirst aeroplane flight takes place
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered … control of the pilot. The brothers took turns piloting…
EventThe Star is published in Johannesburg
… in Grahamstown under that title on January 6, 1871, and was moved to the Witwatersrand sixteen years later by its owners, brothers Thomas and George…
Letter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… of "instruments of violence" to the Nationalist Government and various developments regarding the National Union of … South African Students (NUSAS). These…
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot in the head by a gunman.
… independence in 1962. He became prime minister of Uganda and later president. In 1969, an attempt on his life was made … at while attending a UPC conference…
PlaceWagon Museum
… the same premises as the First 'Raadsaal' in Bloemfontein and houses a collection of historic wagons and carriages such as the spring wagon, the Voortrekker …
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… violently suppressed, with 176 striking students killed and more than 1,000 injured. Reforms followed, but riots flared up again in 1985 and continued until…
The Choice of Termination Act is Enacted by the Parliament of South Africa
… with the access available under the Apartheid-era Abortion and Sterilisation Act of 1975 under which abortion access was limited to certain circumstances and…
PlaceAlgiers, Capital of Algeria
… Africa. It is located 70 kilometres North-West of Vryburg and about 170 kilometres South-West of the provincial … Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality, a…
PlaceMadikwa Game Reserve, North West
… day had mostly been shot out by the late 20th Century and it was nigh impossible to imagine a leopard joining your … the slopes of Abjaterskop Mountain. But…
PlaceLutheran Church, New Germany
… is characterized by transformation in membership and leadership structure whilst attempting to develop greater … was laid. At that time, the membership stood…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… This area began to be settled by free burghers in 1657, and for more than a century most of them travelled into Cape … of Wynberg. Consent was obtained from…
PlaceOld Lutheran Church, Kroondal
… founded by a group of German speaking farmers, artisans and entrepreneurs living in and around the village of Kroondal, on 2 August 1896. By that time a…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
… committee, chaired by Commandant General Piet Joubert, and included two bastions joined by earthworks up to a height … the housing of about 100 men, together…
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… arrival at Misty Hills Country Hotel, Muldersdrift and handing in of all written portfolios and research papers by learners and educators. Provincial…
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… elected Pieter Willem Botha, the Minister of Defence and leader of the National Party in the Cape Province as new Prime Minister and Party leader. His…
EventAbram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates
… defended people such as Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and eighteen others after they were arrested for … he was granted bail to enable him to leave the…
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… to set up a Zulu state covering the KwaZulu homeland and Natal province as an act of insubordination against the government and African National Congress …
EventAs part of a defiance campaign against the apartheid Government, SA is hit by a nationwide wave of protests
… over 3 years; which prohibited freedom of speech, assembly and association and under which arbitrary detention without trial awaited … beginning of August…
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
… drawn from academic, professional, cultural, religious and business fields. Amongst the delegates from South Africa … Matthews, Hennie Serfontein, Alistair…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… Moseveni from the UPM refused to recognise his government and with Yusuf Lule, the former President of the Ugandan … the Ugandan population regarding…
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… in 1836, he joined the trek party of Hendrik Potgieter, and later settled on a farm at the foot of the Magaliesberg in 1841. After the death of his first…
EventWinston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War
… Winston Churchill joined the British army in 1893 and developed a keen interest in war correspondence. Some of … on an armored train. The train was ambushed…
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… Men who died in the Great War (World War I) between 1914 and 1918. Designed by the local Architect and Artist William Timlin, it was unveiled by four Mothers…
EventThree MK soldiers found guilty
… we Sizwe (MK) cadres: Stephen Mafoko, Humphrey Makhubo, and Wilfred Madela, were en route to sabotage petrol depots … Bank branch in Silverton, on the…
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
… lead to fragmentation of policy on economy, labour market and other key strategic areas like education, health, … not lead to the reintroduction of the…
EventThe Comoros declared an Independent State
… Although Portuguese explorer and cartographer Diego Ribero first claimed to have … Mayotte Island. In 1886, the French expanded their reach and colonized…