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EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… led by the TASC. At the annual TASC conference on 23 January 1983, attended by various community-groups, it was …
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… South Africa entered WWII on the side of the Allies. On 23 November 1939 Malan and Hertzog met in Pretoria in an …
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… in which he claimed he was abducted from Mozambique on 23 August 1982 and was later brought to the SADF's Phalaborwa …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… should be given to Black people. Mothopeng died On 23 October 1990 aged 77. …
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… On 23 June 1835 Port Natal was renamed Durban in honour of Sir …
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
Thabo Mbeki was sworn in as South Africa's second democratically elected president in front of a vast crowd of dancing and cheering supporters. The…
EventDemonstrators close down businesses and government offices in Lesotho
… offices in Lesotho as protests against the outcome of the 23 May 1998 election results intensified. The protests were … Group, (1998) 'The Lesotho National…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights was born on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban . She went to the …
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983. …
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… of action being introduced the following year. In 1985 the Security Council called on members to introduce more … The transitional government came into power…
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver 'OR' Tambo, is born
… 1969 after the Morogoro Conference. In the early hours of 23 April 1993, Tambo suffered a massive and fatal stroke. He …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… Act to set aside separate areas for various racial groups. 23 May, S.M. Makgatho , president of the South African Native … to the executive committees of…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… being unemployed school leavers. By the end of 1985, both organizations each claimed signed up membership of …
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… became unsure of a good profit on their investments. In 1985, many foreign banks refused to roll over SA loans, and …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Mahomed Mahida 1804 Attainment of freedom of worship 23 By 1804, the number of the Vryezwarten or Free Blacks, … in the Colony after completing their…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… and he was instructed by the magistrates to spy on him. [23] Williams was said to have wielded significant influence … and Cape Town: Jonathan Ball…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… 1925 was designed to segregate white and Indian people. On 23 July 1925 the Areas Reservation and Immigration and … and liquor supply vehicles. The Bill…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… conducted on Mmabatho cemetery between the 20 and 23 June 2006, by the Missing Persons Task Team, the EAAF, and … Robben Island and Prisoner Resistance to…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… 2006: FNB Dance Umbrella 2006 ran from February 23 to March 18, 2006. This year can be recorded as one of the … Umbrella 2007 took place in Johannesburg…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… where there is still a belief in traditional healers. [23] Africa is home to an ever-expanding agricultural sector. … (8 May 2016). ↵ [23] Tolerance and…
Liberation
… only communal land tenure reform to date is in relation to 23 former 'Coloured' reserves, in the Western and Northern …
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… Ascension Day, as they had done in the past few years. 23 November,Final legal argument in the Boeremag treason … convicted of harbouring two of the Boeremag…
PlaceSwartberg Mountain Pass
… name on the well known sign. " The Pass is very long at 23,8 kilometres and it takes about an hour to drive , …
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs' (CAD)
… a separate Department of "Coloured" Affairs in 1958. On 23 October, this department was established with I.D. Du …
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa 1979 - 1996 - by Kumi Naidoo
… In Retreat: Cablism, The ANC Underground And Gandhi, 1985-1989 CHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In …
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. This former government building, an architectural …
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… community above the level of certain forms of labour . 23 March, The executives of the ANC, SAIC, SACTU , CPC and …
PlaceTimour Hall Primary School, Plumstead
… 1977. Mr Maggs retired at the end of 1996 after nearly 23 years of service to the school. He was succeeded by Mr B …
PlaceCape Floral Areas, Western Province
… crime in the Western Cape, revealing 12 new cases and 23 fines issued between April and June 2025 alone. Most fines … crime in the Western Cape, revealing 12…
EventSADF officers dismissed
… State President F.W. de Klerk announced that 23 members of the South African Defence Force (SADF), …