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EventThe Riotous Assemblies Act Commences
… information" that would cause hostility between Black and White people, but also punished actions that could bring … It was a clear case of suppressing…
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
… people. The ceremony took place after his 21st birthday and marriage to his first wife. The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. de Wet Nel…
EventNuclear Reactor At Pelindaba Goes Critical
… Safari, located in Pelindaba, near Pretoria, went critical and South Africa entered the nuclear age. The US firm Allis … South Africa with the 20MW Safari-1…
EventSouth Africa is invited to rejoin Commonwealth of Nations
… between the government, African National Congress(ANC) and other key liberation movements. South Africa withdrew its … members. The invitation came at a time…
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… of the increasing calls for the end of the Ciskei homeland and its integration into the rest of South Africa. The decree … for indefinite detention without…
EventSADF’s 31 Battallion is disbanded
… battalion who had been deployed in South African townships and who fought in the war in Namibia. President F. W. de … were to be transferred to other units…
EventEleven people are killed in eSikhawini township
… Police behaviour. The killers, dressed in similar clothing and wearing balaclavas, carried out raids in different parts of the section. The victims included…
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… by two matches in which the South African team won 1 and lost 1. Bafana Bafana goals were scored by Philemon and Bennet Masinga. The South African team was…
EventMandela suspends talks in the wake of Boipatong Massacre
… F.W. de Klerk for not doing enough to stop the violence and decided to withdraw from the Convention for a Democratic … That plan included mobilisation of the…
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… an end. 69% of White voters voted in favor of his reforms and showed support for multiparty negotiations. Pie chart … References: Gunnar Theissen…
EventUnited Front launch in jeopardy
… of AZAPO caused the withdrawal of the Democratic Party and angered other organisations. On 20 October the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan…
EventThe first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State is founded
… in Europe had entrenched the idea of predestination, and the Synod of Dort in the Netherlands had proclaimed this … church gained recognition as the state…
EventMandela persuades Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103
… in 1988, killing altogether 270 people, crew, passengers and residents of the town. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has agreed … Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, his co…
EventNotorious ‘SOWETO’ policeman dies
… at protesting school children in 16 June 1976. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 1998 described him as … what was happening. I used…
EventTony Johnstone wins Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament.
… the tournament entered its fifth day as a result of rain and poor light. Johnstone's victory was overshadowed by the … of the USA, to discuss the President's…
EventPaul Adams becomes SA’s youngest Test Cricket player
… he featured in his first test debut at the age of 18 years and 340 days. Adams represented South Africa in One Day … Africa. In later matches he suffered for…
EventThe BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo
… concession had been obtained from Chief Lobengula in 1888 and the BSAC, under Cecil John Rhodes, succeeded in founding and colonising Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)…
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
… Four years after the unbanning of the liberation movements and release of political prisoners, SA held its first … the ANC (who won the election), the…
EventNatal becomes part of the Union of South Africa
… government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to form … the north-eastern boundaries being…
EventStephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
… of Oak. Initially a striker, he later changed to midfield and was described as an all round box to box midfielder, able … for international teams like…
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… playing for a few local teams, he moved to South Africa and joined Jomo Cosmos Football Club in 2004. In 2007 he … several clubs, including the German club…
EventThe Federal Congress of the National Party supports a set of constitutional reforms
… ‘reforms’ outlined by Prime Minister P.W. Botha, and explained to the Congress by the Minister of … of the Tri-cameral parliament which catering Coloured and…
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… 1959 when the country's first large-scale nuclear research and development project was initiated under the auspices of … African President, F. W. de Klerk…
EventThe Chernobyl computer virus damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world
… meltdown. It would infect the BIOS chip in a computer and render the whole device completely useless. The virus was … it can only affect older operating…
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… 1986. The country was at the height of political conflict and violence that made it hard for most foreign companies to … that they could contribute in the…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery.
… there were certain rules that applied only to Christians and others that only applied to Muslims. Emperor Haile … practice in 1923. He quickly strived to…
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… Sir Abe Bailey. After WWII the properties were joined and the houses were fitted out as a hotel. At the time it was … on 10 February 1989. Cottam Grove is…
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EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… Congo. Lumuba became involved in politics as a young man and in 1958 he founded the Mouvement National Congolais … that Lumumba’s death had been orchestrated…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… under house arrest, a month later he escaped to Kasai and was captured. On 1 December he was imprisoned at … on 13 February 1961 it was announced that he was…