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EventDe Klerk and Mandela receive UNESCO peace prize
… Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. The award was given to them for their brave effort in ending apartheid, thus…
EventMandela threatens armed struggle
… fail to take effective steps to end the current violence in the country, the only defence of the people will be to … the government's inability of putting…
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… his colleagues and leads to an internal succession process in the party that culminates in the appointment of F. W. de Klerk . P.W. Botha presided ……
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA) in the border region, was found on a dirt road near King William's Town in the Eastern Cape, a day…
EventN.P. van Wyk Louw is born
… Wyk Louw, Afrikaans poet, dramatist and essayist, was born in Sutherland, Karoo. He was second in line of four brothers, the youngest of which was the poet …
EventRabbi Israel Abrahams is born
… of Cape Town and Hebrew scholar Israel Abrahams was born in Vilna, Lithuania. He came to South Africa in 1937 and held the position of chief rabbi for more…
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the ‘72-hour curfew’
… that the '72-hour curfew' will be lifted on a trial basis in Pretoria and Bloemfontein, as part of a plan to remove all … regulations that restricted black…
EventKenyan Politician, Tom Mboya dies
… the Nairobi People’s Congress Party (NCPC) and key figure in the formation of Kenya African National Union (KANU), … was born on 15 August 1930. After Kenya…
ArchiveThe background of segregation: address delivered to the National Anti-C.A.D. Conference
… illustrates at the outset various forms of segregation in the world. The fact that the basic principle upon which … of "divide and rule" and plainly named as…
ArchiveSeparate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951
… Act was to make provision for the separate representation in Parliament and in the provincial council of the province of the Cape of Good Hope of Europeans…
ANC statement on The Farming Sector Initiative, 1 November 2014
… Engagement initiative by the national government today in Paarl, Western Cape. This initiate seeks to address … Masutha, Deputy Minister Kota and MEC for…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… June against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of education in Black schools. The students decided to establish the … led the peaceful protest of…
“India’s Step Most Timely”: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948
… the Government of India as being most opportune and timely in view of the present political situation in South Africa . South Africa can ill afford to incur…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
… led a peaceful Black march to Orlando police station in Soweto on 21 March 1960, the same day a similar protest took place in Sharpeville, to hand over their…
EventThe PAC is formed
… nearly as powerful as the ANC within a year, especially in the southern Vaal townships (Soweto and Sharpeville, near Vereeniging) and in the Western Cape…
Event’Viva Frelimo’ rallies, organised by the BPC and SASO, take place even though they were banned by Government
… The achievement of independence in Mozambique inspired the South African Black Consciousness … rally. If Portuguese colonialism could be defeated in…
EventPolicewomen are enlisted as full members of South African Police Force for the first time.
… On 1 January 1972, for the first time in the history of the South African Police (SAP), policewomen … women began their basic training at the police College…
EventThe African National Congress is found guilty
… Commission under Advocate Louis Skweyiya, appointed in March 1992, found that there was abuse in some African National Congress (ANC) camps in exile…
EventMike Gatting’s rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… cricket tour by Mike Gatting's England team, culminated in Dr Ali Bacher's statement on February 13, 1990. In the statement Bacher acknowledged that it was…
EventSADF responds to allegations by FAPLA
… that his forces had killed over 230 South African troops in the course of the offensive and had destroyed large … African People's Organisation (SWAPO). It…
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… and withdraw its forces and elections were to be held in Angola. The treaty was signed on 22 December 1988. The battle of Cuito Cuanavale and the Cuban…
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… was released from Robben Island after twenty-three years in prison. His release followed a call for all political … district of Port Elizabeth until November…
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… to provide accurate time, especially for the ships in Table Bay. In 1865, a system was devised where an electrical signal would drop time balls at the…
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
… and poultry product was lifted. The disease was discovered in ostriches over a year earlier in July 2004 in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape. Thousands of…
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
… On 12 June 2005, Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI died in a hospital in Polokwane, Limpopo Province. Rain Queen Modjadji VI is a … of Monomotapa, which ruled…
EventBotha found Guilty
… of contempt for repeatedly ignoring subpoenas to testify in public before the country's Truth and Reconciliation … Council from 1978 to 1989. Botha had…
EventAWB leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, is convicted of attempted murder and assault
… on two counts, for attempted murder and assault in a Potchefstroom court and sentenced to six years in jail. This sentence was handed down for the brutal…
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… South Africa Company (BSAC). This was the final step in the process of the formation of Zambesia (as it was then … concession with C.D. Rudd, a partner of…
Event19 die at Shell House massacre
… the shooting by ANC guards was unjustified. Shell house in Jeppe Street, Johannesburg, was home to the ANC after the … rising tensions between the ANC and…
EventThe Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) is founded
… In an attempt to organise a broad-based and inter-racial … Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg. Ray Simons, who was the…