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EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… proceeded to Otongwe near Cape Corrientes. During his stay of seven weeks in Cape Corrientes, he instructed and baptized the Makaranga chief, Gamba, and…
EventFrederick Lugard, British colonial administrator, occupies Kano, West Africa
… Frederick Lugard was the British colonial administrator of West Africa from 1895. He was one of the foremost practitioners of the colonial system of indirect…
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) transformed South African from an agrarian society at the edge of world trade into a globally integrated…
EventChina promises to increase imports from Africa
… Due to the rapid development of the Chinese economy in recent years, China has emerged as … the West with regard to being the premier trading partner of many…
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… in 1885, then at Windhuk in 1891. It covered the core of what is today Namibia. Over the next hundred years, … in Southwest Africa, inland from the arid…
EventFirst postage stamp in Africa is issued in the Cape Colony
… adhesive postage stamp in Africa was issued in the Cape of Good Hope, a British colony at the time. The triangular … by Charles Davidson Bell, who was the…
EventThe peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) are called off
… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were called off as a result of the ANC's ultimatum sent to State President F.W. de Kerk. … the United Democratic Front (UDF) and…
ArchiveZondeni Veronica Sobukwe interviewed by Ntsikelelo Sandi,King Williams Town,12 May 1997
… Ntsikelelo Sandi will lead you with questions on behalf of the Commission. ADV SANDI: Thank you Mr Chairman. Let me … today to tell us about Mr Sobukwe. We…
ArchiveImperialist conspiracy in Africa
… This book contains a collection of selected articles by I B Tabata, the president of the Unity Movement of South Africa. The articles range over a number of …
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… Passes and measures to control the mobility of the Black population particularly centring on White urban … demand answers from the Mayor, Ivan Haarburgen on…
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… in Kimberley, John Weston embarked on the construction of his own aeroplane in Brandfort, in the Orange Free State … in Kimberley creating a South African a…
EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… Members of the South African Industrial Federation (SAIF), a miners … mineworkers strike was the biggest strike in the history of the sector and resulted in…
EventSouth Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth
… On 5 October 1960 a referendum of White voters was held to decide whether South Africa … a republic. The result showed that 52% were in favour of a republic…
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
… (prison) sentence, and prohibited the offer or acceptance of financial or other assistance for any organized resistance against the laws of the Union. In…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… supporters in Natal, South Africa, following the release of Mandela on 11 February 1990. One of the reasons advanced for this violence is that pro…
EventThe Citizen reveals housing irregularities in Transkei
… The Citizen reported on details of Justice Tom van Reenen's report on alleged irregularities in the awarding of housing contracts in the Transkei. The report…
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… The seven-month trial of former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan ended on 11 October when he and other officials were cleared of all charges relating to the…
EventJameson Raid starts
… Leander Starr Jameson led a group of about six hundred men of the Mashonaland Mounted Police from Bechuanaland (now Botswana) over the border of the Zuid…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was … on the 27th April, 1994. This election changed…
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… in Africa when 24,000 Zulu soldiers overran a British camp of 1 800 near Isandlwana Mountain. Over 1 300 of the British force were killed with over 1 000…
EventAnna Tempo is born
… Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique. She was born in the late 1870s…
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… Ceres is the Administrative centre and largest Town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa . Ceres serves as a…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Pretoria
… where the first church was built would become the centre of the newly established town, Pretoria (1855). The … This church has played an enormous part in the…
Insurrections III: The Storming
… at District Six for two performances on the 25th and 26th of September. For those of you who managed to catch the Ensemble last year, the new … be titled,…
PlaceKommetjie, Cape Town
… Kommetjie was established in 1902 when a consortium of Cape Town businessmen purchased the farm Kommetjie from … J Albertyn, and developed it as a…
PlaceFort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria
… and Weiner, the fort cost £49 000 and had the same type of entrance as Fort Schanskop. Ramparts were built around the … , and alter the Corps Vesting…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… as a beer-drinking tourist party, "The Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers." Hoare's objective was to return to power … inspired by Hoare's adventures, and he is…
58. Congress has sold our rights
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … charged that the South African Indian Congress consisted of a…
Hlaudi manifesto gives Jimi Matthews and his SABC comrades no option but to vote #Hlexit by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail & Guardian), 27 June 2016
… The group’s acting CEO is gone and one of its most popular DJs has just said bye Felicia. But what … would be the SABC. The group’s acting CEO is gone, and…
PlaceSt. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
… Pinetown, on land owned by the Roman Catholic diocese of Mariannhill and individual African Plot Holders. The … Umhlatuzana River in the Pinetown area. With…