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EventThe Ciskei homeland is established
… policies of the South African government. The Ciskei and the Transkei were two designated "states" for the Xhosa … Sebe. In March 1990, Sebe was toppled by…
EventThe NCCR is dissolved
… of South African Exiles (NCCR) was dissolved due to fraud and corruption amounting to substantial amounts of money. … in South Africa. He added that a…
EventUN Special Envoy visits SA
… with a broad array of political, religious, business and labour leaders in an effort to bring an end to political violence and also to create an environment…
EventMthunzi Njakazi, ANC member, is killed in shooting after returning from exile
… National Congress (ANC) member was shot in the legs and chest at Warwick Junction taxi rank near the Berea police … allegedly delayed the victim getting to…
EventBritain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory
… forces under Governor Sir George Napier took over Natal and proclaimed it a British Colony. A year later the colony … under the command of chief Ntshingwayo…
EventBavumile Vilakazi dies
… National Congress (ANC) Gauteng provincial secretary and South African high commissioner to Uganda, Bavumile … included former Premier of North West Province…
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… discuss whether 'A World Without Leprosy' is a realistic and achievable goal. One of the congress attendants, … that people know about the treatment options…
EventPres Mandela’s testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
… he refused to answer certain questions, answered back and used the court for political rhetoric. The President's … investigation into allegations of racism,…
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
… testimony implicated leading National Party (NP) figures and senior officers in the security forces. He insisted that … campaign, which encompassed the…
EventParties start submission to the TRC
… political parties began their submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In a forty-three-page … Constand Viljoen, emphasised the need for…
EventIFP commemorates Shell House shootings.
… to enforce the ban, raised fears of clashes between police and demonstrators. In the face of the huge crowds the police relented and allowed demonstrators to…
EventThe first radio licence in SA is issued to Dr J. van Rensburg of Carnarvon
… in Johannesburg on December 29, 1923. The Scientific and Technical Club in Johannesburg took over on July 1, 1924. The Cape and Peninsula Broadcasting…
EventXhosa poet Nontsizi Mgqwetho mourns the death of her mother
… people). Her passionate poetry articulated the political and social frustrations of Blacks during the 1920s. Though … came from the rural area of Peddie in…
EventEllen Khuzwayo is born
… Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo, ANC member of parliament and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985, translated into six European languages)…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan is born
… The Xhosa writer and linguist, Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, was born at … Tsolo district, Transkei. After several years as teacher and having obtained…
EventWorld’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa
… province. The diamond weighed a massive 3.106 carats and was found alongside two other diamonds, each greater than … found. The diamond was given as a gift…
EventDr. Jan Bouws, Dutch composer, is born
… He trained in Musicology at the University of Amsterdam and on completion of his studies became a lecturer at the … for the piano, The second piano book, The…
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… Malebogo for refusing to allow his people to pay hut taxes and waging war against the Transvaal Boers in defence of his … never sentenced, he was kept in…
EventThe Rosebud, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Diaz Beach, Mossel Bay
… 341 tons. It was built in 1876 by Carnegie Peterhead, and was commanded by Captain J. Collie. On 30 August 1888, … was en route from Calcutta to London with…
EventANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections
… volatile situation, which could render elections not free and fair in Empangeni. Minister of Constitutional Development and Communications Roelf Meyer…
EventThe Minister of the Interior warns that re-registration of the Post newspapers would be banned
… The Minister of Interior informed the Argus Printing and Publishing Company that if it applied for re-registration … resigned as editor of the Post papers on…
EventAlgerian terrorist, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid dies
… AQIM took control of Timbuktu, established sharia law and destroyed the Sufi shrines. He was killed on 25 February 2013 in Northern Mali by French and…
EventHundreds die in a train fire in Egypt
… twice its capacity of passengers. 373 passengers died and 60 were severely injured. Charred bodies were found under seats and others along the sides of the…
EventAhmed Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after 11 days of hunger strike
… Algeria. Bella became Algeria’s Prime Minister in 1962 and was elected President in 1963. In March 1962, African … 19, 1965, after less than three years as…
EventGandhi leads a march from Newcastle into the Transvaal to defy the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913
… Hundreds of men, women and children led by Mahatma Gandhi marched from Newcastle, … Gandhi was followed by two parties led by Thambi Naidoo and Albert…
EventSouth African model, Candice Swanepoel is born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal
… KwaZulu-Natal on 20 October 1988 She grew up on a farm and had aspirations of becoming a ballerina. Swanepoel did … think of herself as beautiful, even…
EventGeneral De la Rey releases General Lord Methuen after his wounds are treated
… the burghers of his Commando. General Methuen was defeated and captured by General De La Rey on 7 March 1902 in the … the last important battle won by the…
EventThe Proteas become the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia
… one of the most successful national teams in the country and the world. Their record in test cricket is quite … are currently ranked number one in the world…
EventFour black newspapers are banned by the SA government
… newspapers, Post Transvaal, Saturday Post, Sunday Post and the Sowetan, were banned, technically on the same day … addition to that, the security police…
EventPresident Modibo Keita of Mali is deposed by the army
… However, Mali was overwhelmed by growing financial and economic problems, made worse by an especially poor … another coup when a group of mutinous soldiers…