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EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… April 1914 C.J. Langenhoven, member of the Cape Provincial Council proposed that Afrikaans should replace Dutch as the …
EventPeter van der Merwe, South African cricketer, dies
… Board (EPCB). He also served as an International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee for eight years. He died in Port …
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… Bill which proposed an advisory and consultative council, designed to give blacks a voice in government. This …
PlaceOude Molen, Alexandra Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Maitland
… diameter. Its history goes back to 1779 when the Burgher Council which owned the land decided to erect the mill since … De Nieuwe Windmolen since there was…
PlaceKamieskroon
… expand in the narrow kloof, the Town occupied.) The Church Council decided, in 1924, to rebuild it at Kamieskroon. …
EventPAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam
… that Leballo had resigned and that the President's council, which was led by Sibeko, was in control. This …
ArchiveRudd Concession by King Lobengula of Matabeleland (1888)
… powers, and in the presence and with the consent of my council of indunas , do hereby grant and assign unto the … and explained by me to the Chief Lobengula…
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… through a deputation sent by the S.A. Trades and Labour Council, but with no success. The bosses declared themselves … against this, I have appealed to the S…
EventSASO founder and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko dies in detention
… laws. Two years later a South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) disciplinary committee found there was no … and intense pressure before the South…
Appeal To Students by Nelson Mandela
… on the instructions of the All-in African National Action Council which was established in terms of a resolution passed … N R MANDELA, Secretary, All-in…
EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… and the establishment of the Transitional Executive Council and its sub-structures. The ANC's NEC also calls for …
EventViolence erupts in Bophuthatswana Townships and Kathlehong
… the same day 75 000 people marched to the Katlehong Town Council offices, East Rand (now Ekurhuleni), protesting …
EventRiots erupt in Soweto
… On 27 August 1986 a crowd of more than 500 marched to council offices in Soweto, demonstrating against evictions …
EventSA sugar magnate Sir Hulett is born
… in Natal. He represented Victoria in the Natal legislative council for twenty-two years. In 1921, Hulett founded … African Biography , Cape Town : Human…
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
… re-appointment of disgraced three Members of the Executive Council (MEC) of Mpumalanga, Jacques Modipane, Steve Mabona …
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… in Richmond - a hotbed of violence. The Local Transitional Council was to lead the proceedings. Anger arose over the …
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… the respect of the elders in the Amazondi traditional council. Related: References: Hadebe, M.M. (2003). A …
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… in Grahamstown. Woods was also co-founder of the National Council for the blind in 1929, which today is also affiliated …
EventThe United Nations (UN) imposes sanctions on Libya
… the outbreak of the revolution in Libya, the UN Security Council imposed travel and asset sanctions on Muammar Gaddafi …
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
… an urgent session of the United Nations’ Security Council, where it accused Rhodesia and South Africa of …
EventThe TEC decides on Bophuthatswana's incorporation following major unrest
… On 14 March, 1994, the Transitional Executive Council (TEC) management committee decided on a new …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… its treatment of its Indian minority before the Security Council. Further, this meeting instructs the Committee of the … to proceed with the appointment of…
PlaceNamaqua National Park
Cultural HistoryThe cultural history of Namaqualand stretches back hundreds of thousands of years. Hand axes, presumably made by humans Homo erectus, have been…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
… other hand they merely result from Kadalie or Ballinger negotiating with the employers, without any real organisation …
EventOupa Gqozo, military leader of the Ciskei, quells a second coup attempt
… Colonel Onward Guzana, a former member of the Military Council, and Major-General Charles Sebe were killed after …
EventCleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
… 1986, former Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond …
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
… of Malamulele and Bolubedu. The Member of Executive Council, (MEC) for Health and Welfare, Seaparo Sekwati, led …
EventSA author Hymne Weiss is born
… 1928, and was awarded a grant by the Graaff-Reinet City Council for attaining the highest marks in her standard 8 …
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 2, p. 647. Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). …
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… of state to become the third chair of Liberia's ruling council. Perry, victorious over two male contestants, became …