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EventSA signs Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA
… program had been terminated and dismantled.Click here to read the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear …
EventAllan Boesak resigns from the church
… Stoffel Botha. The resignation was a pre-emptive move to prevent the church from investigating his affair with …
EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… resolutions. It called on its members and supporters to join a campaign of sustained action against apartheid in …
EventAlan Paton, author of “Cry, the Beloved Country” and founder member of the Liberal Party, dies
… politics and efforts at social reform. In 1953, he went on to lead the party. Paton often felt divided in his calling, …
EventDr Ribeiro and his wife are gunned down
… their murder. The TRC Amnesty Committee granted amnesty to the perpetrators in 1999. Former Vlakplaas commander Jan …
EventCorner stone of Mission Church is laid in Graaff-Reinet
… prevented the breaking down of the church and restored it to its former glory. The building has since been converted …
EventDr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s advice is criticised
… by SA Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to fight HIV/AIDS, could be a recipe for disaster. The …
EventKing Mswati III buys another luxury car
… just a further act of extravagance of the King, not new to controversy, who 'runs a large family and a small …
EventThe NNP joins the ANC
… that individual members of the NNP would be encouraged to join the ANC in their respective localities. The NNP would … BBC, (2004).;'Key Dates', Focus on…
EventMining agreement on wages and working conditions is signed
… after the Chamber of Mines made concessions with regard to restructuring miners' provident funds and training. Under … p 41255|South African Press…
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… formed the National Party (NP) as an opposition to the ruling South African Party (SAP). …
EventDaniel Francois Malherbe, SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born
… Malherbe was a novelist, poet and dramatist who helped to establish Afrikaans as a cultural language in South …
EventMarks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto
… year three times. He played for Kaizer chiefs from 1981 to 1991 and also played for Orlando Pirates, Wits University …
EventDavid Frost wins the South African Open golf championship in Stellenbosch
… Germany’s Sven Struver and fellow South African, Ernie Els to win the grand prize. …
EventNigerian Political Scientist Professor Claude Ake is born
… affairs in Nigeria; including his staunch opposition to exploitation by oil companies, corruption and …
EventSouth African cricketer, AB de Villiers is born
… ODI rankings, making him only the ninth batsman in history to do so …
EventANC President, Oliver Tambo, denies that the ANC is in secret negotiations with the South African government
… opposition by the apartheid government. In an effort to reduce state interference, the non-ANC participants stated …
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… state president seven months after a minor stroke that led to his admission in hospital, and amid rising political …
EventDr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins
… Report of 1978. The government is also reported to have seized secret funds deposited in private accounts …
EventA UN report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000
… This suggested that HIV/AIDS might have been introduced to humans in the 1940s or early 1950s. Today Africa has …
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… 21 March. The Security Council called upon the government to abandon its policies of apartheid and racial … P., (1981), ' Declared the Year of the Youth to…
EventWorld Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally
… celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of …
EventThe University of South Africa is officially opened, replacing the University of the Cape of Good Hope.
… multiracial throughout the apartheid years, largely due to it being a distance education institution. …
EventSA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia
… of gold mining. In the sport, participants are required to search for tiny pieces of gold from man-made pools using …
EventTalks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed
… the Groote Schuur Minute the parties agreed on conditions to be met for ending political conflict in South Africa. The … a chronology of key political events…
EventThe Groote Kerk pulpit, sculpted by Anton Anreith, is inaugurated in Cape Town
… pulpit, which rests on a pedestal of lions and adds to the great architectural features of the building. The …
EventTryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo
… She started writing books at the age of thirty and chose to write under the pseudonym, Tryna du Toit. Throughout her …
PlaceAiab, Stream in Namibia
… therefore been loosely classified as Khoisan. It belongs to the Khoi language family and is spoken in Namibia, …
EventDarrell Roodt was born on this day
… of Apartheid South Africa, he always used the art of film to condemn the racially oppressive regime. His film Place of …
Arise! Vukani!
… Eritrea, Palestine and Namibia. Support was also given to Third World countries in which ruling parties were engaged …