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EventMahamane Ousmane is overthrown
… Col Barre Mainassara Ibrahim issued a statement on the state-run radio station that Ousmane was under arrest, the … suspended, and that the temporary…
PlaceAmsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
… Town some 77 km East of Ermelo. It formed part of the Scottish Settlement established by Alexander … 5 July 1882 to Amsterdam, after the Dutch city where the…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… people in South Africa have always associated the history of the United States with the great name of Abraham Lincoln. … South Africa to the present day. The…
PlaceConradie Care Centre, Pinelands
… The place has been trashed by vagrants, even the flooring of some of the buildings has been stolen. Toilets have been smashed, … baths have been stolen, it…
EventPFP stays its ground concerning president Vorster
… refused to congratulate John Vorster on his appointment as State President on the grounds that not all the evidence of the Erasmus Commission had been made…
EventSierra Leone gains independence from Britain
… West African state Sierra Leone fronts onto the Atlantic Ocean, and is … by Liberia and Guinea. The very earliest inhabitants of Sierra Leone were possibly…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… forcibly moved 3.5 million Black South Africans in one of the largest mass removals of people in modern history. … amendments were to be made to clauses in…
EventSwazi King Sobhuza II dies
… In 1982, the small kingdom of Swaziland was shocked when His Majesty, King Sobhuza II, passed away at the age 83 at the Embo State House. The king died after…
EventNP wins by election
… Nasionale Party (HNP). The by-election was the result of Mulder's fall-out with his constituency after the Information Scandal of 1978, that brought his…
Twenty-four people are killed in Operation Beanbag in Maputo, Mozambique.
… South African army on the ANC and PAC in Matola, a suburb of Maputo, Mozambique. Portuguese engineer, Jose Ramos, is "mistakenly identified" as Joe Slovo,…
EventThe Bloemfontein Convention is signed
… The Republic of the Orange Free State was established by the signing of the Bloemfontein Convention (also called the Orange River … Potgieter, D.J. et al. …
VI - The Inquest
… The inquest was postponed until 14 November. At the end of October, two weeks before it was due to start, … is to establish the truth of how death came about…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
… them when he used the term Coloured person " or " person of colour " to understand that he meant everyone who was a … and J Gerrans In July 1842, Lord…
PlaceGazankulu
… Gazankulu was the homeland of the Shangaan and Tsonga people in South Africa. It was divided over two territories, west of the Kruger National Park, and its…
Say It out Loud - The 1919 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 22nd April, 1919
… 1919 1 We are meeting for the first time for a period of five years. Momentous events have happened meanwhile … we have of the justice of our claim to…
EventMelrose House opens as a Museum
… The first South African State President C.R. Swart opens Melrose House in Pretoria as … a Pretoria businessman. It was here that the Peace Treaty of…
Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
… single package. I hope you will not create the impression of being"ultra left" as a result. Perhaps you could make some … but very surely. He is already…
EventPotgieter barters land from Chief Makwana
… Commandant Andries Hendrik Potgieter, one of the leaders of the Voortrekkers, obtained the territory between the Vet … about the actual date of this event,…
EventCOSATU issued a statement on Marikana Massacre
… On 24 August 2012, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) issued a statement … loved ones in their grief and the country that was in a state of…
Presidential Address, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, 14 December 1941
… to urge you to assume, I advise you to pin on the walls of your hearts the wise words of our Prime Minister, the … and a heavy price must be paid to obtain…
Archive”Presidential Address” by Dr. A. B. Xuma
… to urge you to assume, I advise you to pin on the walls of your hearts the wise words of our Prime Minister, the … and a heavy price must be paid to obtain…
EventDjibouti and Cote d’ Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
… Following a visit to Nigeria by the state president, F.W. de Klerk, and his foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha a number of other African countries announced…
EventNoby Ngombane is murdered
… Noby Ngombane, 38, head of the Free State government's policy monitoring and … shot dead at his house in Bloemfontein. The murder trial of Ngombane's wife…
ArchiveMoral suasion
… Lecture series on january 18, 1978 at the University of Cape Town. The lecture comprises of some statistical information regarding South Africas' … involves…
ArchiveSouth African Church leaders confront the Sstate
… out on the short walk to Parliament to present a petition of protest. Within minutes the leading clergy were bundled … The petition was later delivered by…
Address to the National Health Summit, 19 November 2001
… Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang; MECs; Distinguished … important Health Summit. As I understand it, the purpose of this Summit is to review…
EventF.W. de Klerk marries Marike Willemse
… Former South African State President F.W. de Klerk married Marike Willemse on this date. The couple met at the University of Potchefstroom where they were…
EventJRR Tolkien born in Bloemfontein
… J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. His parents, Mabel and Arthur Tolkien, were British … (Hilary, born 1894) went back to England…
56. The Cape Town Agreement is welcomed
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … was prepared 'to meet this friendly and tolerant spirit' of the…
Desmond Tutu interviewed by John Carlin
… finding resolution, but there must be a new way of representing difference that does not entail the violence … consciousness indicated the commitment to…