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PlaceTylden, Eastern Cape
… Cape is a town in South Africa. Serving as landing site and home of settlers in the 1820's . The Eastern Cape also … lush, humid land to the east--home to…
PlaceMiddle Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… The Upper, Middle and Lower Campuses together are often referred to as the … in the 1890’s. UCT was moved onto the Campus in 1928, and the Campus was…
EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
… a staunch opponent of 'separate development' (Apartheid) and leader of the opposition Progressive Federal Party (PFP), resigned as leader of the PFP and as a…
PlaceMandela House
… Mandela , the World's most famous political prisoner and South Africa's former president . Soweto was an important location of the struggle, against…
EventMpho Gift Leremi, Mamelodi Sundowns soccer player, dies
… caused his death. Leremi was discovered in 1999 and was signed by Orlando Pirates as a teenager. He played … was a talented player, who captained the Pirates…
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… for holding together the various anti-apartheid movements and was sent overseas to mobilise resistance against … African National Congress (ANC) officials;…
EventThe TEC decides on Bophuthatswana’s incorporation following major unrest
… independent homeland into the Republic of South Africa and clashed with the police. South African troops in armoured … the capital of Mmabatho after around…
EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
… Thant to help obtain the release of Nelson Mandela, leader and co-founder of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. … Howick, Natal, after being on the run…
EventSouth African poet Vincent Oliphant is born
… Oliphant, acclaimed South African poet, mathematician and educationist was born in 1954 in Alicedale, a small town … in stilte (Blood flows in silence), was…
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… Between 1976 and 1978 Desmond Tutu served as Bishop of the Anglican Church in Lesotho and as Secretary-General of the South African Council of … 1981, Tutu…
EventNic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement is assassinated.
… Cruse had worked for PC Plus, a small computer hardware and service company, for little over a month, and opened the package which he believed contained a…
EventDulcie September is assassinated in Paris
… Congress (ANC) representative in France, Luxembourg and Switzerland was asassinated in Paris. She was shot five … in the back by an assassin just after…
EventSebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute
… to reach a settlement of dispute between his government and that of the Transkei 'homeland', he intends placing the … 'homelands' for Xhosa-speaking people…
EventFamine anniversary in Ethiopia
… anniversary. The day was used to mark the end of famine and the successful international food aid. More than 50 000 people had a already left their relief…
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
… missionary of the London Missionary Society at Kuruman and father-in-law of Dr David Livingstone, was born in … to a working class family. He was trained as…
EventUS invades Afghanistan
… to close terrorist training camps in Afghanistan, and "hand over every terrorist and every person and their support structure to appropriate authorities";…
EventDeath of Harry Oppenheimer
… unit of the Johannesburg Hospital with abdominal pains and a severe headache. During his career he had been chairman of both the Anglo-American Corporation…
EventTobacco Products Control Ammendmant Bill passed
… Bill, which bans all forms of tobacco advertising and prohibits smoking in public places, including workplaces. … against the legislation. Critics …
EventMandela confirms Kerzner’s contribution to the ANC
… President Nelson Mandela confirmed that hotel magnate and socialite Sol Kerzner did indeed make a contribution to … demanded a public apology from the ANC,…
EventSouth African Aerial Transports services are inaugurated
… company, the South African Aerial Navigation Company and the SA-based South African Aerial Transports Ltd company, … company aimed to convince the public of…
EventGandhi leaves South Africa
… to India in January 1915. Deliberations between Gandhi and Gen J.C. Smuts led to the passing of the Indian Relief … on ex-indentured Indians was abolished,…
EventCullinan diamond is cut into two
… diamond was cut into two big stones, The Star of Africa and the Cullinan 2, as well as seven fairly big stones and ninety-six small stones. The cutting of…
EventThe western wing of Munitoria burns down
… in 1997. The fire spread though the building very quickly and was already out of control by the time fire fighters arrived. It took four days and 252 fire…
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… a BCom degree in sports management at the university and also began his tennis career. During the 14 years of his … career, Curren had won four Grand Slam…
EventWhite sympathisers join evicted Black squatters in a protest
… estimated 26,000 squatters from three camps. In the 1970s and 80s the Apartheid government embarked on a concerted … informal settlements where Black people…
EventNelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to serve his five-year sentence
… Robben Island as prisoner. On 5 August they were stopped and arrested just outside the Natal midlands town of Howick. … in Durban. Mandela was tried in…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His … he is acknowledged as having crafted a new…
EventEllen Johnson-Sirleaf, becomes the first woman to be Head of State in Africa
… culmination of decades of fighting for freedom, justice and equality in Liberia. In 2011 President Johnson-Sirleaf … Peace with two other women, fellow…
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
… were confirmed by the Swaziland Police Commissioner and a large cache of arms in the north of the country was … of events, including a shootout between…
EventMore than 2,250 people are arrested in the township of Sebokeng
… biggest raid against black people living in the townships and hostels. The arrest came at the height of unrest in the … Civic Association organised a stay…