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EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… after it had been decided to establish a Dutch newspaper, the name of the newspaper, De Burger ("The Citizen"), was decided on. With considerable financial ……
EventExplorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India
… Vasco Da Gama was of noble birth and was the son of an explorer, however little else is known about … his early life. Da Gama was said to have been educated…
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
… The regular cross border raids by South African troops, that violated the sovereignty of its neighbouring countries in order to prop up the Apartheid system,…
EventThe first Boer Trek to Angola that started in 1874 reaches Lake Ngami (Thirstland Trek) in 1875
… The Thirstland Trek is the name given to the exodus of Boer/Afrikaans families, most of them from the districts of Pretoria and Rustenburg, through Northern …
ArchiveAddress at Commemoration of the lives of Yusuf Cachalia and Bram Fischer, by Nelson Mandela, 5 June 2005,
… asked to come out of retirement just one more time. And so the life of a retired old man trickles on and on. This is one … to proceed without me being…
EventGen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
… Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born near Greytown, Natal (now … Natal). A Boer general and statesman,…
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape’s water supply problem
… Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem During his opening of the Cape Show on 4 March 1970, Minister…
ArchiveFirst Mafika Gwala Lecture: The Arts of Resistance - Mafika Gwala and South African Poetry by Ari Sitas
… which attempted to situate Mafika Pascal Gwala’s work in the late 1980s would be appropriate in marking his legacy. The more I re-read what I had said then…
EventUS opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process
… In his address to the senate foreign relations committee, United States (US) Assistant Secretary of State, Herman Cohen, said that the US strongly opposed…
EventGerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys a section of land, which is later declared part of the Witwatersrand gold reef
… 1874, Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen bought a section of the farm Langlaagte for £100. This farm would later be declared a part of the Witwatersrand gold reef…
Document 112 - Note from Claremont branch of the National Liberation League of South Africa, 26 March 1938
… - 1950, by Allison Drew National Liberation League of S.A. The Stables", Belvedere Road Claremont. 26/3/38 Claremont. That this meeting of the Executive of…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 2 September 1982, Volume 3
… Tutu and Joseph Wing (honorary life Vice-President of the SA Council of Churches), of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches …
EventDundee and Glencoe are retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops during the South African War II
… were retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops as the South African War II 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War II 1899-1902) intensified. The area west of Glencoe…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… Britain. Prior to his visit to Britain, he was exiled to the Cape after losing the crucial Battle of Ulundi, during the Anglo Zulu War against Sir Frere and…
EventBritish racing driver Tom Pryce dies in a freak accident during the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami
… Welsh racing driver Tom Pryce died on the tracks during the South African Grand Prix in Kyalami on 5 March 1977. The horrific accident left two people dead;…
EventConscientious objector Ivan Toms is sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for refusing to serve in the SADF
… Dr Ivan Toms was a physician who worked in the informal settlement of Crossroads in Cape Town. In 1983, he witnessed the South African Defence Force (SADF)…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 24 March 1983
… of evidence from Reverend Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoda, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the…
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… Africa to assist Indians in opposing a bill to deny them the right to vote. He became the political leader and pioneer of the Passive Resistance movement …
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… he was struck by a train on a railway bridge close to the home that he had been confined to by the Apartheid regime in Groutville, (then) Stanger, … KwaZulu…
ANC President Jacob Zuma to speak at the Imvuselelo one Million Membership Countdown Launch, 16 July 2011
… As part of the African National Congress (ANC) drive towards the one million membership, ANC President Jacob Zuma, … and Campaigns Chairperson Fikile Mbalula…
To All Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the Republic of South Africa. Flyer in English and Sesotho by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council, 15 October 1976
… Friends and Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the Republic of South Africa." Flyer in English and Sesotho by the Soweto Students' Representative…
ArchiveMeeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Dr C Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: Santa Maria, Sal Island, 1 November 1984
… delegation and a United States delegation to discuss the situation in Mozambique and Angola … Meeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister…
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… Herman Charles Bosman, who wrote under the pseudonym Herman Malan, was a South African author and journalist. He was educated at Jeppe High School and the…
EventSouth Africa is banned from competing in the Davis Cup, because of its Apartheid policy in sport.
… bodies. On 23 March, 1970, South Africa was banned from the Davis Cup - the largest international tennis event. In 1973 South Africa was briefly reinstated…
EventSusanna Kok, SA medical missionary whose work led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, dies
… Susanna Helena Kok was born in 1911 in the Free State. She studied medicine at the Universities of Cape Town and the Witwatersrand and became a missionary…
ArchiveSummary of activities taken against the Christian Institute and Spro-Cas between August 1973 and January 1974
… Chronology of the Commission of Enquiry into Certain Organizations, which … became a parliamentary Commission of Enquiry known as the Schlebusch Commission…
”Bridging the Gap Between White and Black in South Africa”. Address by Dr. A. B. Xuma at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extracts]
… ”Bridging the Gap Between White and Black in South Africa”. Address by Dr. A. B. Xuma at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student …
EventThe Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils
… The Roman Catholic Church decided in principle to open its … questions relating to this were going to be discussed with the government. Three months later,…
ArchiveSASO Executive and Staff: Minutes of the meeting held in Durban at Head Office, 23 March 1974
… The meeting discussed the business affairs of the branches of the South African Students Organisation … SASO Executive and Staff: Minutes of the meeting held…
Twelve people are killed in Mamelodi, Pretoria, when the police open fire on a crowd gathered in protest.
… Twelve people are killed in Mamelodi, Pretoria, when the police open fire on a crowd gathered to protest the army's presence in the township, high rents and…