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EventWinnie Mandela speaks out against Terrorism Act
… under solitary confinement in the Pretoria Central Prison and allowed only one visitor at time. The only thing that kept her going was the Mandela name and…
EventSA trade unionist Raymond Budd dies
… The South African government often used his expertise and talents in various commissions of inquiries relating to … in 1974 that he fell ill in France,…
EventChief Buthelezi considers registering the IFP for April 1994 election
… African National Congress (ANC) president Nelson Mandela and IFP leader Buthelezi in Durban the day before. Both the IFP and the ANC were also going to…
EventPresident FW de Klerk tells Parliament that South Africa had constructed six nuclear fission devices
… weapons, the Apartheid regime then completely dissolved and disassembled the entire programme in the twilight of the negotiations between the Apartheid…
EventANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands
… levelled at his party by the South African parliament and press that the ANC was responsible for the unrest that … who were in favour of the relocation of…
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby’s return to international games
… Rugby Board's president Danie Craven, ANC representatives and members of the SA Rugby Union was held in Zimbabwe. Seven years later, in 1995, South Africa…
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
… against Barclays Bank's involvement in South Africa and its apartheid government, Barclays Bank (SA) announced … of Southern Africa (FNB) - a wholly South…
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… position until 1996, when he retired to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Related Links: … Tutu' for information on his life, his Curriculum…
EventGert Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies.
… by ox wagon, in search of land where they would be free and beyond British control. Gert Maritz, along with Piet … in 1835 when separate parties crossed the…
EventFirst formal school opens at the Cape
… their presence, they each daily received a glass of brandy and two inches of tobacco. The aim of the school was to … second school, attended by 12 White…
EventFrancois Botha wins International Boxing Federation (IBF) title
… of the two boxers, the president of IBF/USBA and the representative of the German Boxing Federation, had … where it tested positive for anabolic steroids…
EventRebel commando leader Fourie is executed
… Josef Johannes (Jopie) Fourie, farmer, soldier and rebel commando leader during the 1914 Rebellion, was … death). His death caused an outrage in Afrikaner…
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… criticised Botha's policy, which he considered pro-British and had announced that in the event of a conflict of interests between Britain and South Africa,…
EventAnnexation of the Orange Free State is announced
… an attack on the Orange Free State. President M T Steyn and General C R de Wet of the Orange Free State (Boer … delayed for six weeks to enable Roberts to…
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… by police. By 18, she was a branch chairman of the ANC and spent her life participating in the party's resistance to … by thousands of mourners, including…
EventBoers defeat British in the battle of Ingogo (Anglo-Boer War 1)
… of darkness. The battle claimed the lives of 8 Boers and nearly 100 British soldiers. *Note: This battle is either … to as the Battle of Ingogo or the Battle…
EventThe force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa.
… battalions that were made up of German officers and African soldiers. The German forces were under the … Prime Minister Botha of South Africa raised a larger…
EventSA cricketer, Herschelle Gibbs is born
… Point, Cape Town, Western Cape. In school he played soccer and rugby, but chose cricket as his sport of choice. He is a … caught smoking marijuana with team…
EventVigilante mob beats man to death in Diepsloot
… who was travelling with his brother, produced a gun and fired two warning shots into the air. Unfortunately the … bystanders. The angry crowd turned on…
EventA UN report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000
… came five years after the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) reported that 5 gay men in California … in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1959…
EventWorld No Tobacco Day is observed
… No Tobacco Day 2013 is: ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. Statistics show that a third of South … Laws discouraging smoking were introduced…
EventJan Carel Juta (52), father of the publishing industry in SA, dies in Chiswick, London
… still a leader in the publication of education materials and textbooks to this day. Juta died on 7 (some sources claim … He was married to philosopher, Karl…
EventTryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo
… 1910. She started writing books at the age of thirty and chose to write under the pseudonym, Tryna du Toit. … College. She obtained her teaching diploma in…
EventKwame Nkrumah, the first President of independent Ghana escapes 5th assassination attempt
… any judge. Ghanaians were not happy with the amendments and other changes that he introduced. In August 1962, Nkrumah … Minister Ako Adjei, Information…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… atrocities being committed in the name of South Africa and the law enforcement agencies to act decisively against … voices of African compatriots against…
Comrade Keith Khoza`s father being buried on Saturday, 3 February 2011
… its condolences to its communications manager Keith Khoza and his family for the loss of his father – Mr Wakheni Wilson … on Saturday, 29 January 2011, is…
ArchiveWe Call For An End To Conscription
… brother; we live in an unequal sodciety where the land and wealth are owned by the minority; Young men are … conscripted to maintain the illegal occupation…
EventJosiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the LWF
… Julius Nyerere hosted a banquet at the State House and invited the new LWF president and many international guests. Kibira died on 18 July, 1988 …
EventDr D.F. Malan unveils the statue of Paul Kruger on Church Square, Pretoria
… after it had been previously installed at Prince’s Park and later moved to the Pretoria Station. It was unveiled by … 1954. The square was initially used as…
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… on the ballot paper in both official languages (English and Afrikaans). The Bill consisted of a series of amendments … available for a referendum. For that…