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EventScientists find the virus that may cause Aids.
… million of people worldwide had died from AIDS More than 20 years since HIV& Aids was first recognized there is still …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… with 62.65 % of the vote. The National Party (NP) received 20.39 %, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 10.54 %, Freedom Front … formed the Government of National…
EventMolly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident
… the Pregressive Federal Party(PFP) and became the party’s provincial councilor0f Walmer, Port Elizabeth. Blackburn … Oudtshoorn to Port Elizabeth with Di…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… winning novelist and playwright and has written more than 20 plays and over 30 revues in the 40 years that he has been …
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… Related events: 17 January 1879 - Battle of Isandlwana 20 January 1879 - British troops establish their camp at … - The British successfully thwart the Zulu…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… Violating these norms would nullify an individual's invincibility. Strict observation of them also acquired … no taxes as part of their deal to relocate to…
PlaceIziko South African Maritime Centre
… John H. Marsh Maritime Research Centre which hosts about 20 000 photographs with 9 200 of them displaying ships from …
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… 1904 The ‘Coolie Location’ is struck by bubonic plague. 20 March, The mixed population is evacuated and the area … form. All ‘non-whites' living south of…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
Founding member and president of the Pan Africanist Congress, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for incitement of Blacks to…
PlacePorterville
… , that falls under the Ring of Piketberg . Porterville's neighbouring town, and Synod of the Western Cape . …
ArticleKKNK – Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
… Dread. Arts Festival or Boerfest? in Mail & Guardian, 20 April 2001. ↵ …
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… Congress ( ANC ) National Conference took place from 16 – 20 December 2007 at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane. … huge influence over the next…
First Matabele War
… History Society of Zimbabwe'. In 1888 Rhodes sent Rev. J.S. Moffat to Matabeleland to negotiate a treaty with … under Lobengula and annex Matabeleland to the…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… Regular elections have been a feature of South Africa’s political landscape since the establishment of Union of … Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman , leader of the …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… of Black student life in the country. The association’s membership was open to both secondary and higher education … Secretary. Like the Rand Youth Club, ASA…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… Prior to Biko's inquest, magistrates had declined to examine the … suicides or prison accidents. At the inquest into Biko’s death, no government official was…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… 17 January- China reports its second death in Wuhan. 20 January- A WHO report confirms Covid-19 cases in South … breach the rules of the quarantine imposed…
ArticleCOVID-19: The Whens and Whats of the Deadly Virus
… that the genomic (the complete set of an organism’s DNA and genes) structure of the virus is more likely to … deaths in the world (as recorded on 1 April…
Address by Nelson Mandela on behalf of the ANC delegation to the Conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa Addis Ababa, January 1962
… and kidnapped Anderson Ganyile, one of the country's rising freedom stars, who led the Pondo people's memorable … the country. Armed guards were posted to…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… Task Force (ATF) preceded the formation of party’s military wing Poqo in February 1960. After its formation in … Again in October 4 men left Cape Town for…
PlaceLovedale Missionary School
… Missionary Society (GMS). It was named after the society’s secretary at the time, Dr John Love. It first provided … Chamler presented Tiyo Soga, who would…
A Dialogue in Partnership with Kaya FM - MyConstitution Exhibition
… South Africa’s Constitution - admired and respected around the world for … to constantly remind leaders and citizens of the country’s constitutional…
ANC welcomes Cde Mac Maharaj appointment as President Zuma`s spokesperson, 7 July 2011
… and stalwart of our movement, as President Jacob Zumas spokesperson. As a seasoned leader, negotiator and former … the negotiation processes which led…
EventOne of the most infamous murders in South Africa takes place
… Court in 1975, with their sentences later being reduced to 20 and 15 years respectively. Lehnberg received parole in …
PlaceBellville, a Suburb of Cape Town
… and was known as; Twelfth Mile Stone. Since it is situated 20 km from the city of Cape Town, Bellville was originally …
PlaceSt Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Boksburg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 20 September 1974. This delightful Sir Herbert Baker church …
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… and the recruitment of military trainees. He was sentenced 20 years in jail in 1964 and served his time on Robben … , [online], Available at: www.sadet.co.za…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods is banned
… Dispatch had a two-word headline on the following day (20 October): “Editor banned”. “And there was no need to say …
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… on June 25, 1975. Machel became independent Mozambique's first President until his death on 20 October 1986. In 1981, 13 exiled members of the African …
EventJoost Van Der Westhuizen, Springbok rugby scrum-half and captain, is born
… Former rugby player Joost van Der Westhuizen was born 20 February 1971. Van Der Westhuizen was at the height of his career during the mid 1990’s and early…