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PlaceOld Municipal Offices, Berlandina Street, Roodepoort
… municipality. It was extended in 1918 after a design by the firm of Baker & Fleming, and continued to fulfil its original function until 1936. It was…
EventA painting by SA painter Irma Stern is auctioned for the record price of R1.1 million in Johannesburg
… in 1966 and her home in Cape Town has been converted into a museum dedicated to her. In 1999 a painting by Stern was auctioned for a record breaking R1.1 ……
EventSouth Sudan is declared an independent state
… independence on 9 July 2011 with the town of Juba as a capital. The declaration of independence marked “the end” … “We were bombed, maimed, enslaved, treated…
EventThe Queen Mother of Lesotho, Mamohato Bereng Seeiso dies.
… child of Chief Lerotholi Mojela. The princess was sent to study at Bath Training College of Home Economics in the … 2013]| Staff Reporter. Last Lesotho Queen…
EventAt least twenty people are injured in a collision between the Blue Train and the Trans Karoo at Deelfontein, near De Aar
… at about 11.30pm, the Trans Karoo Express collided with a stationary Blue Train in Deelfontein, near De Aar. The Blue … and whiling time when the Karoo Train…
EventANC leader, Walter Sisulu is arrested for not being in possession of a reference book.
… Congress (ANC) leader, Walter Sisulu was arrested on a charge that he did not own a reference book. Subsequently Sisuslu was confined to his house for 5…
EventThe Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is passed
… Bill is passed, whereby every African is issued with a certificate of citizenship of his respective 'homeland'. … Swazi Homeland and Venda. In 1974 the…
EventAndrew Charles Hudson, South African cricketer is born
… Eshowe, Natal (KwaZulu Natal). He distinguished himself as a cricketer by playing in 35 tests and 89 One Day … cricket matches for South Africa in the 1990s…
EventThe University of Port Elizabeth is founded
… the Port Elizabeth campus of Vista University (Vista PE) to form the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU). … this union of three unique institutions…
EventTony Leon is born
… Tony Leon was elected the leader of the newly formed D A. The merger occurred immediately after the second South … democratic elections in 1999. These…
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… . In terms of these notifications Sisulu was directed to resign as member, official or office-bearer from certain … Union of South Africa or the area South…
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… relationship with the IFP when he resigned from the party to join its rival, the African National Congress (ANC). … Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en…
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
… Barend Erasmus , a noted trade unionist, worked for the Johannesburg Municipal … Municipal Transport Workers' Union and was elected to the executive…
EventState of emergency is lifted in Natal
… President F.W. De Klerk lifted a four year state of emergency in Natal. … of emergency gave police and the army free reign which led to the arrest of many…
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… The body of Eric Mntonga, co-director of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA) in the border region, was found on a dirt road…
EventDisaster strikes as Portuguese ship São João sinks
… people on board. The ship was returning from her voyage to India when she was stranded. She had left Cochin, India, … P. (undated). South African…
EventBBC reports demonstrations at a game ranch in SA
… reported that hundreds of demonstrators have protested at a game ranch in South Africa over the ill-treatment of … baby elephants from Botswana being trained…
EventN.P. van Wyk Louw is born
… His best-known work is his epic poem Raka, recounting a black hero's desperate struggle against a nightmarish beast to save his people's heritage of language…
EventRabbi Israel Abrahams is born
… Israel Abrahams was born in Vilna, Lithuania. He came to South Africa in 1937 and held the position of chief rabbi for more than thirty years. A year after…
EventArmistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War
… 1 (Transvaal War of Independence or First Transvaal War), a provisional armistice was agreed upon by General Evelyn … forces and Republican General J.P…
EventGriqua leader Andries le Fleur is born
… unfairly. In April 1898 Andries le Fleur was sentenced to fourteen years' hard labour for sedition, but was released … Le Fleur is also known as 'die…
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… his farm in the Magaliesberg area. In 1838, Pretorius led a Voortrekker commando to defeat Zulu warriors in the battle of Blood River. Apart …
EventOfficial inauguration of the Constitutional Court
… Omar. The next day the eleven judges took their seats to hear the first case, concerning the question of the … Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
EventGovernment withdraws ten police officers from service
… of the Goldstone Commission, which probed allegations of a Third Force in political violence, President F.W. De Klerk announced that a further ten unnamed…
EventFierce fighting erupts between pro-Patrice Lumumba troops and UN forces
… United Nations (UN) forces in Congo. The fight came almost a year after parliamentary elections in May 1960, where the … by Col. Mobutu Seseseko's soldiers…
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 actor in South Africa. Gampu was the first South African actor to act in…
Event18,000 people have been detained since the declaration of the State of Emergency in March
… Act. These organisations were left with no choice, but to operate underground. …
EventCanadians, Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod discover insulin, saving the lives of many diabetics
… Insulin is a peptide hormone used to treat diabetes for patients that would otherwise die. Before its discovery, people with diabetes had had a very short…
EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
… 1987 that created an executive presidency. In 1998, after a highly publicized and controversial trial, Banana was … assault and other “unnatural acts” and…
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, died of a heart attack. Prime Minister K.D. Matanzima announced his … seen as supporting the apartheid…