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EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. Here South Africa played its first…
EventSA War Memorial is opened at Delville Wood
The South African National War Memorial was opened outside the village of Longueval, France, next to the historic Delville Wood. The Memorial was unveiled by…
EventTwo limpet mines explode in Hillbrow
Two limpet mines explode at the South African Defence Force (SADF) Transvaal Medical Command, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. The limpet mines were seen by a member of…
EventUniversity of Stellenbosch in a historic move
The University of Stellenbosch announced that it was to open its doors to Black, Coloured and Asian students for all post-graduate degrees and would also…
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
Barend Erasmus, a noted trade unionist, worked for the Johannesburg Municipal Transport Service (JMTS). While at the JMTS, he became involved with the affairs…
EventBeyers Naude refuses to testify before the Schlebusch Commission
Dr. Beyers Naude, former Director of the Christian Institute, defied an order to appear before the parliamentary Schlebusch Commission. The reason for his…
EventMalawian President Hastings Banda visits SA
Following a visit by South Africa's Prime Minister B.J. Vorster to Malawi in May 1970, President Hastings Banda of Malawi became the first head of an…
EventKimberley swimmer Karen Muir (12) sets new world record
Karen Muir became the youngest official world record-holder in swimming history when she recorded 1min 8.7sec for the 110 yards backstroke at the Derby Baths,…
EventMandela addresses ANC rally in Durban
In an effort to promote peace in Natal, the African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela made a trip to Durban to speak to ANC supporters. In a peace…
EventDutch Reformed Church in Africa talks with the ANC
A delegation of four members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa, led by Dr Nico Smith, talked with the African National Congress (ANC) in Lusaka, Zambia. …
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
The body of Eric Mntonga, co-director of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA) in the border region, was found on a dirt road…
EventMoses Mabhida dies in Maputo
Moses Mbeki Mncane (Baba) Mabhida, trade unionist, politician, Umkhonto weSizwe commander and Secretary-General of the SA Communist Party, died of a heart…
EventAmina Lawal is freed
The Nigerian Islamic Appeals Court freed Amina Lawal, a young woman sentenced to death by stoning by the Bakori Sharia court in the Katsina Islamic state of…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated at Union Buildings
After the African National Congress (ANC) registered a landslide victory in the 1999 general elections, Thabo Mbeki, who had replaced Nelson Mandela as the…
EventPresident Yasser Arafat arrives in SA
Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Palestinian National Authority president, Yasser Arafat, arrived in Cape Town on his first state visit to South…
EventMgqwetho,the first poem of Nontisi is published
Mgqwetho, the first poem of Nontisi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) was published in Umteteli under her clan name, Cizama. She is the sole significant…
EventLeprosy expert Dr Kok is born
Susanna Helena Kok, medical missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy, was born in Brandfort, Orange Free State (now Free State). She…
EventAfrikaans author, Lulu Latsky is born
Louise (Lulu) Latsky, favourite author of Afrikaans books, mostly for children, was born in Carnarvon, in the Karoo region of South Africa. Latsky was known…
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
Adam Kok III, founder and chief of Griqualand East, was killed in an accident when he fell from his buggy. The Cape Colonial government unilaterally annexed…
EventThe first Boer Trek to Angola that started in 1874 reaches Lake Ngami (Thirstland Trek) in 1875
The Thirstland Trek is the name given to the exodus of Boer/Afrikaans families, most of them from the districts of Pretoria and Rustenburg, through Northern…
EventGovernment withdraws ten police officers from service
Following an interim report of the Goldstone Commission, which probed allegations of a Third Force in political violence, President F.W. De Klerk announced…
EventPaul Kibii Tergat Kenyan professional long distance runner is born
Paul Kibii Tergat was born in the Rif valley Province in Kenya. Unlike many athletes, Tergat only began running after he completed high school. Early in his…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
KaNgwane is among the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its Black citizens; this was carried out in terms of the Bantustan policy. The…
EventFrance’s war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
In August 1844 French forces under General Thomas Bugeaud defeated the Moroccan army in the battle of Isly. The battle was a result of the French government’s…
ArchiveEllen Kuzwayo
Dear Mr Mandela I acknowledge receipt of your memorandum dated 26 June 1992. However, an exchange of memoranda is no substitute for face-to-face talks. I was…
EventManne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape, is born in Kimberley
Emsley Manne Dipico, activist, politician and former Premier of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, is born in Kimberley. Emsley Manne Dipico was the…
EventThe South African War field doctor, Arthur Conan Doyle is born
The author of Sherlock Holmes and field doctor in the South African War of 1899-1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, was born at Picardy Place, Edinburgh in 1859. The son…
EventDie Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger
Huisgenoot is a weekly Afrikaans-language general interest magazine. The name Huisgenoot is Afrikaans for House Companion. The magazine was founded in 1916 as…
EventSouth African President Charles Roberts Swart opens the first session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly
In his speech during the opening of the first Legislative session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly, President Charles Robberts Swart said that the Transkei…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn page 3 Article: Response to a Crisis
RESPONSE TO A CRISIS JAMES MAKHAYA, A combatant of MK, discuss the November white referendum The history of the Nationalist Party is pock-marked with the…