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EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… Shanty town women stripped to the waist and confronted bulldozers sent by authorities to demolish … Dobsonville in Soweto. The women's protests were ignored…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
… Mokoena, Moses Diniso, Theresa Ramashamole, Duma Khumalo and Francis Mokhesi were convicted for the 1984 mob murder of … There was a general outcry, because…
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… to articulate the interests of Traditional Leaders and act as an extra-parliamentary opposition movement. … movement aligned itself with the African National…
Simon van der Stel is succeeded by his eldest son
… Stel , who became commander of the Cape on 12 October 1679 and was promoted to governor in 1691, was succeeded by his … at the Cape. He settled on his estate…
EventBartolomeu Dias reaches present Mossel Bay
… him so far south of Cape Point that he did not see it and had to sail northwards to reach the coast. His first … Bras), now Mossel Bay. Here he took in fresh…
EventNational Housing Department introduces new plan
… to the media. The plan had been endorsed by the cabinet and entailed the government's intention to eliminate informal … by a full subsidy of R25, 800 to the…
EventSuspect in US embassies bomb blasts denies charges
… two United States of American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1998, pleaded not guilty to … South Africa, by the Federal Bureau…
EventWinnie Mandela sued by the government
… dismissed as Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology in 1995. Former President Nelson Mandela … after the allegations of financial…
EventSouth Africa observes Armistice Day
… in South Africa to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I. The day is observed world-wide, … In Malta it is also called Poppy Day…
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… (Transvaal) in an article in the South African News, and stressed, "We are at liberty to say that the Government … these (Kruger's) proposals as adequate,…
EventSA artist Helen Martins is born
… of extraordinary eccentric creatures of wire, cement, and cut glass. It included owls, camels, wise men, women, and children walking on the road to Mecca…
EventBram Fischer born today
… Abraham (Bram) Fischer, lawyer and champion against apartheid, was born in Bloemfontein, … Ulrich Fischer, Judge President of the Orange Free State, and a…
EventThe Republic of Goshen is founded
… to them by Chief Matlaba, of the Barolong boo Rapulana and Chief Moshete of the Barolong boo Ratlou, as reward for … between these chiefs was caused by the…
EventIdi Amin Dada releases the Americans held hostage in Uganda
… the Americans held hostage in Uganda since 25 February and suggests they leave the country. Almost three months … attempt. In 1972, two American journalists…
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… of 1984. The Nkomati Accord was signed by South Africa and Mozambique on 16 March 1984. The move followed talks between South African President, P.W. Botha…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
… The House of Representatives (Coloured representatives) and The House of Delegates (Indian representatives). The … 1983. The elections for the Houses of…
EventThirteen residents are gunned down in Mamelodi by South African police
… provisions of the Emergency, organisations could be banned and meetings prohibited; the Commissioner of Police could … impose restrictions on media coverage…
EventThe Security Council begins deliberations on the situation in South Africa
… arising out of the large-scale killings of unarmed and peaceful demonstrators against racial discrimination and segregation in the Union of South Africa"…
EventSol Kerzner admits to the Harms Commission, that he has paid R2m for the personal benefit of Chief George Matanzima
… of being connected to both the apartheid government and the ANC government. He has since resigned as chairman of Sun International and is now CEO and…
EventWiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police
… later, the security police arrested 28 black journalists and 1 white photographer during demonstrations in protest … arrested included; Mike Ndlazi of the…
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
… CUSA originated from the Urban Training Project and the Consultative Committee of Black Trade Unions. … (NUM), a union which is still in operation. On 8 and…
EventEthiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is captured by EPRDF rebels
… EPRDF was led by the Meles Zinawi, a popular rebel leader and probably the only candidate capable of unseating Mengistu … a successful rebel war against the…
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… Rhodesia (now Zambia). Kaunda was a qualified teacher and taught in a number of schools for years. In 1951, he left … Northern Province. In 1959, Kaunda…
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… so-called Tree of Conspiracy stands on the farm Onze Rust, and once belonged to Marthinus Steyn, the last President of the Free State, who bought the land in…
EventMorocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain
… to return Sidi Ifni to Morocco was signed between Spain and Morocco. One of the terms of the agreement was the … established the area as a Spanish fishing,…
EventLéopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.
… Léopold Sédar Senghor was a poet and writer who later became president of Senegal. He was … Aimé Césaire. After his studies, Senghor remained in Paris and…
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
… in this country, the African National Congress and all three hours African Convention, meeting here in joint … to meet jointly to work out the details of…
The attack of Syria by Israel, 7 May 2013
… in the middle East which in our view complicates and undermine the need for peaceful resolution of the Syrian … is a precondition for the evasive attempt to…
PlaceZonderwater
… outside Cullinan near Pretoria. The Zonderwater museum and the Italian Military Cemetery are alongside one another! … Italian soldiers who were captured on…
PlaceIbeka, Simonstown
… The meaning of the name has to do with your your ambition and and being best by having a strong self -confidence. (This … In 1868 it was sold to the British…