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EventChief Kaiser Matanzima is elected Chief Minister
… made paramount chief of the emigrant Thembu clan. He was a strong proponent of the Apartheid regime’s Bantu … his support of the Apartheid government,…
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… that the party has disbanded. The announcement was made a few days before the Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of … the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventThe SABS is established
… 29 of 1993. In terms of the Act, the SABS is controlled by a Council appointed by the Minister of Trade and Industry and … Africa's interests are advanced…
EventThe 4th Pan-African Congress is held in New York City, USA
… and representatives of Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Following a lively debate, delegates took some resolutions and made … ancestry, the congress reiterated the…
EventSipho Malaza allegedly dies in detention
… A Black high school student, Sipho Malaza, presumably died on … not be ascertained. Sources: Coleman, M. (ed) (1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the…
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… that set the Bechuanaland Protectorate on its road to independence as a Republic of Botswana. Source: Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New …
EventAt least 150 people die in clashes between the ANC and IFP
… Between 1985 and 1990, political violence was a common occurrence in South Africa, with Black townships … in the death of at least 150 people on 15 August…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… members of the South African security establishment wished to destabilise and totally disrupt the negotiations between … and other political formations and…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… monitored system of sanctions against South Africa. A call for enforcement of bans on petroleum sales and direct … involving South Africa was also made…
EventBomb in Benoni Wimpy kills Mary
… Mary-Anne D'Oliveira Netto Serrano (21) was killed in a bomb explosion in the Wimpy Bar at the Benoni Plaza, Benoni … declared themselves as ANC members,…
EventThe first hearing looking into the mysterious death of Samora Machel begins
… Margo Commission, set up by the South African government to probe the mysterious death of Mozambican president Samora … Africa meet. The Mozambican president…
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… Lebombo Mountains, South Africa, after allegedly following a false beacon. Machel was a prominent leader of the Front for the Liberation of … others…
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… conceived by British philanthropists and abolitionists as a home for African slaves freed in England. A Temne king sold a strip of land on the north shore of…
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
… time. The League was an international body founded as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles after … its Secretariat in the Palais Wilson, the…
EventSA author Hymne Weiss is born
… district, Orange Free State (now Free State). She was a daughter of Jozua Francois Naude and Johanna Zondagh Van … and Graaff-Reinet from 1916 until 1928,…
EventHendrik Witbooi, Chief of the Nama, dies
… Hendrik Witbooi was born into a prominent Nama family in 1830. He was educated at a Lutheran Mission and was fluent in a number of European … with the Herero…
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
… Africa. He demanded the termination of the war and refused to budget for its continuation. Bebel called the resistance of the Ovaherero a "justified…
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… his BSc degree in Agriculture. KÁƒÂƒÂ¼hn taught for a while at Kuilsrivier and Ritchie. From 1930 to 1931 he wrote poems for the magazine Huisgenoot and ……
PlaceFort Beaufort
… fell under the district of Albany, and was proclaimed a separate division on 8 March 1848. At that stage its area … primarily upon sheep-farming although,…
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… King of the Bapedi, successfully resisted the Boers during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land ownership dispute. On 16 May … and his followers. A Boer commando…
EventScientists find the virus that may cause Aids.
… On 23 April 1984 the discovery of a virus that may cause Acquired Immune deficiency Syndrome … that destroys blood cells, leaving its victims open series to…
EventConservative Party leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht, dies in Cape Town.
… thesis at the University of Cape Town. He was married to Engela Dreyer, they had four daughters. On 22 April 1993 Treurnicht passed away in a Cape Town…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education
… interior and the British in their coastal colonies laid a foundation of both co-operation and conflict. The extension … power in the Cape, Eastern Cape and…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took part in a small political demonstration on the campus of the … facts of what happened. The final paragraph…
ANC welcomes Cde Mac Maharaj appointment as President Zuma`s spokesperson, 7 July 2011
… Congress welcomes the appointment of Cde Mac Maharaj, a veteran and stalwart of our movement, as President Jacob Zumas spokesperson. As a seasoned leader,…
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… The Hillbrow Tower (JG Strijdom tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in … after JG Strijdom, South African Prime Minister from 1954 to…
EventSouth African historian Charles van Onselen is born.
… published, both nationally and internationally. He chose to centre his already well documented research on the social, … 2011.↵ [iii] van Onselen, C.: The…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.1 Oct-Dec 1958
… Pattern of Betrayal. Cartoon, David Marias. An Open Letter to the United Nations, Paramount Chief of the Hereros. South West Africa and the United Nations,…
PlaceFort Wynyard
… On June 11, 1795, a squadron of British warships anchored in False Bay. In reaction the commander of the Cape forces ordered that a new battery, Kijk-in-de…
EventFormer SA Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, dies
… Captain, Hansie Cronje, died along with two pilots in a Hawker Siddeley 748 - 372 aircraft which crashed into the … his cricket career was under spotlight as…