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EventCosatu celebrates its 18 th anniversary
… Forever was made during Cosatu's 8th national congress and features both the musicians and delegates. Cosatu was formed in 1985 after unity talks to create a…
EventDevastating storm hits Mount Ayliff, Eastern Cape
… On this day in history, at least 22 people were killed and 4000 left homeless, when a severe storm hit Mount Ayliff … Cape Province of South Africa. The then…
EventFormer SADF Chief Tienie Groenewald is acquitted
… KwaMakutha attack, in which thirteen people, mostly women and children, were killed and several injured, was launched on the house of United … was acquitted…
EventGen. Magnus Malan appears in court
… The trial of Gen. Magnus Malan former defence minister, and nineteen co-accused started in the Durban Supreme Court. … They pleaded not guilty to thirteen…
EventMauritius gains independence
… nationalities - descendents of Chinese, Indian, African and European immigrants and slaves all make up its diverse population. The struggle for independence…
President Kaunda of Zambia meets the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha on the Botswana border to discuss the political situation.
… border to discuss the political situation in Namibia and South Africa. This is the first meeting between any leader of a Front Line State and a South African…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke
… Philip - “Defendre of the Hottentots” Chapter IV - Divide and Rule Chapter V - Political role of the mission Chapter VI … - “The Missionary Charter” Chapter…
PlaceAbangani Art Centre, Durban
… In the 1980's Joseph Bheki Ndlovu , an artist and illustrator, joined the Abangani Open School in Durban as a youth organiser and an arts and craft teacher…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… of recrimination. Ferus was detained for a year in 1962, and in 1964 he was charged with sabotage. He was later jailed on Robben Island for three years and…
Zola Skweyiya, former Social Development Minister, to work at ANC Headquarters, 7 May 2009
… he will be operating from. The comrade has immense skill and expertise, both as a senior cadre in the ANC and also as a seasoned Minister, which would be…
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
… students is gaining traction. Faculty from nine colleges and universities across the United States have saved their … of the summit is to introduce the world…
PlaceTable Bay
… inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, overlooked by Cape Town and the famous Natural Table Mountain . Bartolomeu Dias was … moved around between the Areas of Table…
The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy
… active participant in the events that shaped the darkest and the most exciting years of this country's recent history, … of individual experience with South…
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… 1856 a Mr Archibald was commissioned to prepare plans and specifications for the building, and by the end of 1858 the school was ready for occupation. ……
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
… well-known groups are the Khoikhoi, who had been herders and the San, who had been hunters. The arrival of the settlers meant that both the Khoikhoi and the…
EventWestern countries, including South Africa, implement an airlift to supply provisions to the inhabitants of the eastern section of Berlin
… had cut off all land access to the British, American and French zones of Berlin, a city which was located deep … was the competition for power between…
EventHiroshima is targeted by a WWII atomic bomb
… On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, were totally destroyed by the first … the Allied Powers, ending World War II. The end…
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… led by Sam Nujoma, started military attacks on the SAP and SADF in 1966, hardly a month after the verdict of the … a reconstituted World Court reversed its…
EventLuthuli Combat Detachment crosses the Zambezi
… made up of units of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives, and the Zimbabwean African People’s Union (ZAPU) guerrillas, … (now known as Zimbabwe) at the start of…
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… This transformation was the focus of the Groote Schuur and Pretoria talks, which discussed the removal of repressive apartheid measures, and the creation of…
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… is a water-born disease that affects the nervous system and causes paralysis, deformation and sometimes death. This disease often affects young … is…
EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
… 60 persons on board in addition to himself, the co-pilot, and navigator. While in Zimbabwe, Mann intended to procure … Guinea. Moto, based in Spain,…
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… between South Africa's two biggest teams, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. 250 were injured as people poured into a … over capacity. Twenty-nine people…
EventNiger President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara is assassinated
… after the incident, communication lines, radio stations and borders were closed down. The troops, well positioned … his death in a funeral attended by only…
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… financial support from local philanthropists Jannie and Christiaan Marais, the newspaper was first published soon … was elected to be first the editor of…
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
… by four British colonies, namely, Transvaal, Orange, Natal and Cape, the draft South Africa Act was signed in … a federation. The Convention, on which the…
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… opposed to closer co-operation with the Transvaal Republic and favoured closer links with the Cape Colony and Britain, while Steyn supported the proposition…
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… rifles, 100 000 rounds of ammunition, £1200 annually and a steamboat with guns, Lobengula had given Rhodes and his partners a monopoly of all the metals and…
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… Vice-President Paul Kruger, Commander-General Piet Joubert and W.M. Pretorius, Paul Kruger was elected president of the … 171. Kruger was sworn in on 9 May…
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… humanitarian crisis with more than 300 000 people killed and 1.5 million people displaced. This civil war directly … food aid sent to Somalia was hijacked by…