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EventRiots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape
… the first volunteers including Nelson Mandela, Yusuf Dadoo and Walter Sisulu defied Apartheid laws in Johannesburg and other major city centres. The period…
EventThe New English Bible is published.
… In 1935, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press who were the copyright holders of … Bible felt that a modern version of the bible was needed…
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
… South African photographer, trade unionist and political activist, Omar Badsha, was born in Durban on 27 … of all the major anti-apartheid campaigns in Natal…
EventEnd of the road for the Union Jack in Africa
… ex-British colony of Rhodesia was declared independent and renamed Zimbabwe. The lowering of the Union Jack and the raising of the new Zimbabwean flag was a…
EventEuropean Community lifts sanctions against SA
… the institution of the Transitional Executive Council and Nelson Mandela's call to the UN General Assembly to lift all sanctions with the exception of oil…
EventThe seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
… Africa caused the death of 200 residents of Vulindlela and Edendale in March 1990. Three thousand homes were looted and burnt and some 30 000 people forced…
EventCelebrated South African photographer, David Goldblatt, receives Hasselblad honours
… David Goldblatt was honoured for his portrayal of social and political life in the country of his birth. David … in photography. He received his prize, a…
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
… Former State President and National Party leader Frederik Willem de Klerk delivers … says it is time for South Africans to end sterile debates and divisive…
EventLegal action against election results
… Court to have voting in four rural areas declared null and void and for polling to be repeated in those areas. This followed … Congress (ANC) complaints…
EventArchbishop William Barnett issues a statement condemning Apartheid
… Church joined the growing confrontation between church and state, when the Archbishop of Cape Town, Rev. William … He expressed particular concern over…
EventTwenty Black students are admitted to the Pretoria University
… University College. The branch was established in 1908 and has since developed into a fully functional world class … University. The medium of communication…
EventSupreme Court declares Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta winner of the Kenyan presidential election
… presidential election Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is the fourth and current president of Kenya. Kenyatta defeated Raila Odinga in the hotly contested 2013 Kenyan…
EventSADF commandos bombs the ANC office in Maputo
… National Congress (ANC) office in Maputo, Mozambique and injured 5 people. Captain Wynand Petrus du Toit was caught later and admitted his role in the raid…
EventNigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road
… acclaim after the publishing of his first novel Flowers and Shadows. His novels are usually fantastic stories with a … realism, magical realism, visionary…
EventPope John Paul II begins his tour of Africa.
… in 2005 toured Africa in 1980. The pope spent eleven days and toured five countries, including The DRC, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Ghana and Ivory Coast John Paul…
EventLife magazine is banned in Egypt after publishing an unflattering article about King Farouk
… Life Magazine was founded in in 1883 and was published for 53 years as a general interest light … The magazine featured illustrations, social commentary and…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… members. Presently the membership exceeds 2 million and is still growing. This year COSATU celebrates 26 years as a trade union and 21 years in the…
EventVuminkosi Zulu, S.A. sculptor is born in Mapumulo, Natal
… November 1948.He studied art at Rocke’s drift art school and completed his course in 1972. He decided to stay on as a … artist until 1974. Zulu is famous for…
EventThe Choice of Termination Act is enacted by the Parliament of South Africa
… the access available under the Apartheid -era Abortion and Sterilisation Act of 1975 under which abortion access was extremely limited to certain…
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… NMC legislation on 26 May 1978. National Cultural History and Open Air Museum, Pretoria. Pretoria Boys High School, … 18 Rhodes scholars, several government…
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… on 12 June 1948. After 1954 the group expanded worldwide and obtained interests in 27 countries. According to his … in his garage, which he eventually built…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… of service for all white males between the ages of 17 and 65 years old. Conscripts became members of the South … against liberation movements, anti-apartheid…
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… the greed of Portuguese traders. Unlike the English, Dutch and French designed ocean going vessels, who held manoeuvrability and sturdiness as their foremost…
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… of midwifery, he was fascinated by the origin of mammals and used his medical profession to support his travels around … From 1903 to 1910, he worked as a…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… the period following 2010, around 1000 people were killed and an estimated 500,000 were internally and externally displaced in the four month civil war due…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the capital city, Pretoria, now known as Tshwane. It was designed by Sir Herbert…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the capital city, Pretoria, now known as Tshwane. It was designed by Sir Herbert…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… African Muslim guerrilla movement. Other than the PAC and Qibla, other anti-Apartheid organizations that received … Libyan support were the Black People's…
ArchiveZuma's rape accuser questioned (BBC News), 07 March 2006
… supporters have gathered outside the court tearing up and burning pictures of the woman. This follows Monday's … High Court, the 31-year-old woman described…
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… then leader of the BCP, was based in Diepkloof, Soweto and was believed to have been directing LLA operatives from … In order to understand why this…