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EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… segregation of all public facilities, including buildings, and transport, in order to limit contact between the … most notably the Immorality Act, Mixed…
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… Germany, England, America, the Netherlands, Poland and South Africa, where they could enjoy religious freedom. … they shared the same religious beliefs …
EventHome Affairs Minister Mapisa
… which people fraudulently acquired South African passports and identity documents. She hinted that there was a need for … nabbed in the normal course of…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo Dies
… grew older, he began to undermine his father’s authority and assumed control of the kingdom. By the time Mpande died, … an ultimatum; Cetshwayo should…
PlaceCradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg
… This site currently occupies 47,000 hectares (180 sq mi) and it contains a complex of limestone Caves. The … (nicknamed “ Mrs. Ples ”), found in 1947 by…
PlaceMvezo, Eastern Cape
… 2017 Children from Mvezo village braved the cold weather and came in their numbers to receive gifts from their Chief … Jul 2017 Nelson Mandela: The President…
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
… be Comrade John Block, ANC chairperson in Northern Cape and Comrade Zweli Mkhize, ANC Treasurer General and Kwazulu- Natal Premier. This Launch will be…
Pietie Norval was born on this day
… [i] He began playing tennis at the age of 7 years old, and turned professional at 18. [ii] Norval is a right-handed … Australian Carl Limberger in Round 1. …
EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
… Weir on a technical decision in five rounds. He defended and retained the title against Weir in Liverpool the … Mickey Cantwell, where former President…
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… premier General Jan Smuts had prepared. Governments and a number of non-government organisations, including the … the Republic of China, France, USSR, United…
EventMarien Ngouabi, President of Congo dies
… greater control over the oil rich Cabinda region of Angola and who urged Ngouabi to annex the region. However, after … assassinate him. This act was…
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape’s water supply problem
… water projects such as the Voelvlei Dam were undertaken and new schemes like Riversonderend-Berg River Project were … of this century in order to store the…
EventThe African National Congress is found guilty
… second commission of inquiry, chaired by S.M. Motsuenyane and made up of independent members not connected to the ANC. … their own members as long as the…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… ever made to extradite Acheson to Namibia to stand trial and in 1991 Acheson was deported to Ireland as an undesirable … dropped out of the public eye after…
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… had been informed of the CCB only in January of that year, and that he would not protect any minister found guilty of … Following this, the minister of…
EventAdvocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated
… Captain Wouter Basson (aka Christo Britz), Ferdi Barnard and Charles Wildschudt (formerly Neelse). Judge Levy's report was corroborated by a Truth and…
EventSADF responds to allegations by FAPLA
… 230 South African troops in the course of the offensive and had destroyed large numbers of vehicles, the South … SADF vehemently denied Dos Santos's version…
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… accurate measurement of Moon's distance from the Earth and the first observations from which the distance of a star … would drop time balls at the…
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium hands over the administration of the Congo to the Belgian parliament
… of the Congo is reputed to have been ruthless and brutal. The decision to transfer the Congo to the Belgian … by colonial officials on their subjects in…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… the Cape. This was followed by the arrival of free Muslims and political exiles from Sumatra. By the mid 18th century, … By 1804, Muslims had been granted…
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… that the time had come for him to take up his weapon and join the army. In 1965 Mbeki returned to Sussex … the tense negotiations that took place in the…
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… On 28 November 1987 more than 60 people were killed, and scores were left wounded when an army-escorted civilian … killed during the exchange of gun fire…
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… Independence of Angola (Unita) in the civil war in Angola and defied the security personnel of the ANC. The combatants … that, only Tambo, Joe Slovo the…
ANC-KZN flabbergasted by DA’s denigration of Oliver Tambo, 11 July 2006
… oppressed masses of this country. The outstanding and sterling role played by OR Tambo in the founding of the … in a media statement like this one. It is…
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… Congress (SAIC), the African People Organisation (APO) and the Franchise Action Committee were invited to chart a … Campaign was in fact launched on 26 June…
EventWW2: A German bomb fired off Algeria’s coast sinks British transport ship (HMT Rohna) carrying US soldiers.
… into service as a troop transport by the Royal Navy and had already carried thousands allied of troops to various … received an outpouring of grateful…
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… On 8 July 1946 hundreds of resisters were arrested and appeared before court - some on as many as five different … Act' was invoked against the leaders of…
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… was an incident during December 1934, between Italian and Abyssinian troops at the Wal-Wal Oasis on the border … as an opportunity to provide land for…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… Riviera resort Juan les Pins by the French authorities and was held in custody for 88 days pending extradition to … money. He was convicted of five charges…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… under pressure from years of isolation due to economic and cultural sanctions. The decision to release Mandela and later other political activists, paved the…