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EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… of Asiatics. The Registrar would take their fingerprints and issue them with a registration certificate, which they … Indians who could not produce a…
EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
… 1901, British military law had been imposed on the region and the Zulu people were armed by the British. There is … that a Zulu force of 6,000 men was…
EventBoers occupying Magagabe Hill shell Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop
… Metsimasauna River to pay much attention to the patrol, and the Rhodesians escaped unscathed. The Rhodesian response … which led to the Boers withdrawing to…
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… harm to the relationship between the Boer Republics and the British Empire, as they viewed it as confirmation … to investigate the circumstances surrounding…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… German author, political theorist and philosopher, Friedrich Engels died in London on 05 August … 1844, he met Karl Marx in Paris. They formed a friendship…
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… ultimately resulted in the Malaboch war, with the chief and his subjects defending their territory. As it became … Commandant-General Piet Joubert, they…
EventPresident Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square
… Rees-Poole in 1912, to imitate London's Trafalgar Square and Paris' Place de la Concorde. Church Square marks what used to be the centre of Pretoria, and…
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… is known as the 'father of South African geneaology' and began writing his significant three volume genealogical … Families) in 1882. De Villiers died on 4…
EventThe introduction of new South African flag 1994
… colours: chilli red, white, spectrum green, blue, black and yellow represent a symbol of the unity of the different … Republic of South Africa. Initially,…
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… in Table Bay, the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) at a meeting … of Communism Act, Group Areas Act, Bantu…
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
… the third President of Egypt, joined Gamal Abdel Nasser and later served as Vice President to Nasser. Following the … he reversed many of his predecessor’s…
Mupia-Mupia Exhibition by Maurice Mbikayi
… Mupia-Mupia is a Luba term that translates to "new and shiny". Maurice Mbikayi draws on this term as a concept … the metamorphosis of ages, shape, form,…
PlaceAddington, Township of Durban
… Township in Durban, North of the Point and West of the Beachfront. It was laid out by the Natal Government and gives its name to the renowned, Addington…
ArchiveBesoek van Mnr Clark aan Suid-Afrika en Suidwes-Afrika: 10-13 Junie 1981
… Report, signed by Minister R F Botha and written mostly in Afrikaans, of the visit of Mr W P Clark of the United States of America, to South Africa and South…
ArchiveReport on Black Workers Project
… Students Council. The purpose of the project was to serve and protect the rights of Black workers. The report includes … proposed establishment of the Black…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 1: Dont vote!
… for their new candidates in the House of Representatives and in the House of Delegates. It goes further to describe and outline the various consequences of…
PlaceWestoe, Westoe Road, Mowbray
… originally granted to Francois Pieter de Necker in 1785 and formed part of the Farm Coornhoop. The House, Built in a Cape Dutch style and known as Westoe,…
EventThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is founded.
… end of World War II. European countries needed insurance and security against The Soviet Union. Another reason was to encourage European political…
EventAbram Fischer fails to arrive in court
… Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and disappears. He went underground and only recaptured in November to stand trial for conspiring…
EventConstruction on the Aswan Dam starts in Egypt
… The Dam is 11, 811 feet long, 3215 feet thick at the base and and 364 feet tall. Today it provides irrigation and power supply for the whole of Egypt. …
EventMohammed Valli Moosa is born in Johannesburg
… Johannesburg on 9 February 1957, was a political activist and served as Minister of Environmental and Tourism Affairs in South Africa. He became actively ……
EventGamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt
… Arab-Israeli conflicts. Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal and blocked British and French ships from using the canal. This caused the Suez Crisis in which…
EventA Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
… was widely observed. Indian businesses were closed at 1pm, and many Indians took a resistance pledge. Messages such as "After all civil resistance had its…
EventSculptor Lucas Sithole is born in KwaThema
… Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to a Zulu father and a Swazi mother. He created more than 800 sculptures in wood, stone liquid steel and bronze. Sithole…
EventMalan introduces Asiatic Bill
… announced the introduction of the Areas Reservation and Immigration and Registration Bill also known as the Asiatic Bill. The Bill defined Indian people as…
EventCedric Mayson is charged with treason
… Methodist Minister who was banned for five years in 1977 and detained on 27 November 1981, appeared before the Pretoria Supreme Court on charges including…
EventVorster appoints a Commission of Inquiry
… Court to investigate South Africa's security network, and to hear objections to its security legislation. Terms of … threats of conventional war, guerrilla…
EventAzanian People’s Liberation Army kills three policemen in Katlehong violence
… Three South African Police members are killed and three wounded when their vehicle is attacked using AK-47 rifles and 9 mm pistols. These are actions taken…
EventOscar Nominations are announced
… was announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president, Frank Pierson, and Oscar-winning actor and Academy member, Adrien Brody, in Los…
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
… made the party's second major submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The ANC came under fire … violence, necklace murders, executions…