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EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… Vaal region, where weeping mourners paid final respects to their comrade and community leader, Chris Nangalembe who …
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… deputy co-ordinator in the Western Cape and later went on to become head of Economic Planning. In 1996, Manuel was …
PlaceRhodes
… 23 June 1901 Boer forces under Commandant Fouche returned to Rhodes and remained in occupation for two days before …
PlaceAdelaide, Eastern Cape
… soon immigrated here too. The Scottish were the first to erect a Church in the Area. Adelaide gradually attained …
PlaceAddo Heights, Uitenhage
… it, you will wonder which cartographer had the courage to name this Road a Pass as there is very little that …
EventSouth African GMO Act implemented
… a forum for cultivators, farmers and the general public to better understand the complexities that should be taken …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.1 Apr-May 1981
… the Music Is by Hugh Masekela; Writers News, Some Points to Ponder by Mtutuzeli Matshoba; Gallery and Profile, …
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… beating the opposition with the score of 8-5. According to Mark Alexander, President of the South African Rugby …
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… most vital aspects of the bridge is its close proximity to Fort Glamorgan Prison. Known as kwa Nongqongqo in Xhosa, …
EventBafana Bafana legend Philimon Raul Masinga dies
… Xasa acknowledged Masinga as one among the first players to play in a major league. He was also labeled as the …
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… struggle and the Second World War, the PCA remained close to the French Communist Party. But as the national liberation …
PlaceValkenburg Hospital, Observatory
… House, Outbuildings and Cemetery, were transferred to the State in 1985 and were then restored. It was declared …
PlaceSt Saviours Church Anglican Church and Cemetery, Bowwood Road, Claremont
… NMC legislation on 31 December 1981. The Cemetery is next to and controlled by the St Saviours Anglican Church, which …
EventSoweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged with negligent and drunken driving
… Swart drives. Allegedly, he drove away from the scene only to drive straight into a wall in Kowie Street. The Gauteng …
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
… It consists of five dwellings in Donkin Street, facing on to the Donkin Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two …
PlaceCity Hall, Port Elizabeth
… of the Diaz Cross, donated by the Portuguese Government to commemorate the arrival of Bartholomew Diaz in Algoa Bay …
EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… Johannesburg,by four armed White men who wore balaclavas to conceal their identities. It later emerged that Sisulu had …
EventChief Kaiser Matanzima is elected Chief Minister
… He later appointed his cabinet. In 1986, he was forced to retire by the South African government. He died in 2003. …
EventDisbanding of Communist Party is announced
… 369. Karis, T. & Carter, G.M. (eds.)(1973). From Protest to Challenge: a documentary history of African politics in …
EventThe SABS is established
… Africa's interests are advanced and protected. In addition to its role as a standardiser, the SABS runs a product …
EventThe 4th Pan-African Congress is held in New York City, USA
… ancestry, the congress reiterated the rights of Africans to land, suffrage, and education, and also put forward a new …
EventSipho Malaza allegedly dies in detention
… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. …
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… that set the Bechuanaland Protectorate on its road to independence as a Republic of Botswana. Source: Verwey, …
EventAt least 150 people die in clashes between the ANC and IFP
… had taken place in 1994, relative calm had been restored to areas of conflict. …
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… members of the South African security establishment wished to destabilise and totally disrupt the negotiations between …
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… involving South Africa was also made. Click here to read a chronology on the UN and Apartheid Source: …
EventBomb in Benoni Wimpy kills Mary
… declared themselves as ANC members, applied for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for the …
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 … a chronology of key political events…
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… others believing that the South African authorities were to blame. A day before Machel’s death, Carlos Cardosa, … 2011]|South African History Online (2011). …
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… of land on the north shore of the Sierra Leone Peninsula to the Sierra Leone Company for the "free community of …