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EventBusiness leader Matome Maponya is born
… Matome Maponya, chair/owner of several food companies in his name and deputy chair of the Agricultural and Rural Development Corporation Ltd (ARDC), was born…
EventNIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act
… Natal Indian Congress (NIC) led by Dr. G. M. Naicker, met in an emergency session in Durban and decided on a hartal on 13 June, which was … to read E.S…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
… the funeral. He was the husband of Victoria Mxenge who, in December 1985, while preparing to defend the United Democratic Front and the Natal Indian Congress…
EventFinal Commission report on University Christian Movement
… was that the UCM, as a multi-racial body, had engaged in dangerous activities aimed at propagating violent … South African Students Organisation (SASO),…
EventANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off
… with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) scheduled for 2 April in KwaZulu-Natal. The local ANC executive organiser convinced the ANC national executive that in view…
EventChris Hani succeeds Joe Slovo as Chief of MK
… and at the time Deputy Commander of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in Zambia, was appointed as new chief-of-staff of MK to … Africa during the 1980s, a period during…
EventTshwane Metro’s 5th anniversary celebrations held at Church Square
… Tshwane Metro's 5th anniversary celebrations. Held in Church Square in Pretoria's city centre, the celebrations began with … Afro music groups and performers…
EventDumisani Makhaye passes away
… admitted for medical observation. He was the first MEC in the country to pass away in office. A committee was set up by the ANC and his family … to make…
EventCosatu celebrates its 18 th anniversary
… its 18th anniversary by becoming the first trade union in the world to sponsor a CD. The recording of Solidarity … both the musicians and delegates. Cosatu…
EventDevastating storm hits Mount Ayliff, Eastern Cape
… On this day in history, at least 22 people were killed and 4000 left homeless, when a severe storm hit Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape Province of South…
EventSheila Cussons is born
… poet Sheila Cussons was born at Moravia, near Piketberg in the Cape Province. She studied fine arts at the University … Cussons moved to Israel but continued…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog founds the Free State National Party
… officially established the Free State National Party in Smithfield, Orange Free State. As the National Party was … federal basis, separate branches of the…
EventErmelo is founded
… industrial and commercial centre of a 7,750m² district in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa was founded by the … Dutch Reformed Church, who was converted…
ANC statement on the Heritage Day, 24 September 2014
… appreciation of the world community. We need to take pride in our ability to appreciate the positive step that has rebuilt in us a new sense of belonging and…
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
… The African National Congress in the Frances Baard Region will be launching the Luthuli … Jim Summers Hall at 14h00. All volunteers will be engaged in a…
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
… present Venterstad district, Eastern Cape. It was laid out in 1875 and attained Municipal status in 1895. Named after the owner of the land on which it was ……
PlaceKookfontein
… of our wine. Climate is considered the principal factor in the potential style and quality of wine that a region can … climates have consistently produced…
PlacePump House, corner Prince and Sir George Grey Streets, Oranjezicht.
… it is used to pump water from the Robinson Dry Dock in the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. It is also the building … introduced whereby water from the mountain…
PlaceTable Bay
… Dias was the first European to explore the region in 1486. The region of the Western Cape which includes the … shores of Table Bay they came into contact…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… were modelled on those at the base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square. Cecil John Rhodes was Prime Minister of … 1890 until 1896. He is among the most…
PlaceRiversdale, Western Cape
… In August 1838 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) at Swellendam … the Doornkraal 'Steyns' featured prominently. This time in the governance of the Town when…
PlaceJutten Island, Saldanha Bay
… oyster catchers were counted on Jutten Island March 2000. In 1702 the treasure ship; 'Merenstein ' wrecked on the … Merestein were several chests of silver…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… Church members which took place towards the end of 1986 in Pretoria, where a resolution to appoint a committee to … founding a new church was taken. That…
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… at the Labour Party's annual conference which was held in East London in January of the same year. As war agitation mounted, the … grew speedily…
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… claims that South Africa was completely self sufficient in terms of its arms manufacturing capability, the Apartheid … modern radar systems, while the gas…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… state of emergency after the banning of the organization in 1960. He soon became a leading figure within the … was responsible for the establishment of new…
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… At least forty-three people were killed in a stampede at Ellis Park stadium, Johannesburg , at a … the ground. A police spokesman put the figure at 120,000…
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
… Commissioner (1990-1995), admitted that he gave the order in 1988 for the SAP to blow up Khotso House on 31 August … conveyed this order directly from…
EventOrigin of Johannesburg’s name is explained
… In reaction to an inquiry, officials in Pretoria replied that Johannesburg was named after Johann … the name Johann(es) occupied positions of authority in…
Event200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… 200-year-celebration of the abolishment of the slave trade in the British Empire. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act … British slave trade as was envisaged…