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EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… Bulelani Ngcuka, born in Middledrift, Eastern Cape on 2 May 1954, is a former … African National Congress political activist and a lawyer. In 1998 he became…
EventTerre’Blanche and his associates to face terrorism charges
… emanated from the uncovering of illegal arms caches in different parts of the country, which the authorities established belonged to the AWB, and in…
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
… of the Soweto Uprising the previous day, Parliament met in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of … J.T. Kruger, assigned a one-man…
EventPres. Nelson Mandela accompanies Queen Elizabeth II on a coach drive through the streets of London.
… II on a coach drive through the streets of London. In a BBC documentary, Mandela repeatedly referred to Queen Elizabeth II as "my friend, Elizabeth". In 2008…
EventWynand Malan leads the newly formed National Democratic Movement
… which was to develop contacts with Black politicians. In 1988 a meeting was held between the African National … and religion and the protection of individual…
EventPresident Hosni Mubarak collapses
… Mr Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president, collapsed in parliament while delivering a speech broadcasted live on television in Cairo. After forty-five minutes of…
EventMcBride is conditionally released from prison
… Ministry official, Robert McBride, who had been held in Mozambique for six months on charges of gun-running and espionage, was conditionally released from…
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… After losing the Wakkerstroom and Oudtshoorn by-elections in April, prime minister and leader of the South African … (SAP), J.C. Smuts, decided to hold a…
EventMgqwetho,the first poem of Nontisi is published
… of Nontisi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) was published in Umteteli under her clan name, Cizama. She is the sole … Her poetry also recognised the role of…
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… Howard of the Union Weather Service from the branch office in Cape Town a few days later. The forecasting service was moved to Pretoria in 1926 and housed on…
EventLeprosy expert Dr Kok is born
… Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy, was born in Brandfort, Orange Free State (now Free State). She who worked mainly in Nigeria. While in charge…
EventMonty Naicker dies
… Naicker, medical doctor and prominent politician, was born in Durban. Naicker played a crucial role in the history of South Africa and his name is well ……
EventProfessor Lydia van Niekerk is born
… studied at the universities of Leyden and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. On her return to South Africa after … degree, she lectured at the Huguenot University…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… Later the Minister of Police confirmed Lengene’s presence in South Africa. He was kidnapped on 6 February and driven in the boot of a car to South Africa…
EventOubangi-Shari achieves independence as the Central African Republic
… of the former Prime Minister, Barthélémy Boganda (who died in mysterious circumstances during the presidential election … as president. On 31 December 1965…
EventBernert Willemsz Wijlant, the first White baby, is born at the Cape
… Jan Van Riebeek and the Dutch East India Company arrived in the Cape, the first white baby was born. The baby was … he would be the first of many European…
EventCanadians, Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod discover insulin, saving the lives of many diabetics
… first discovered by Frederick Banting and J.J.R Macleod in 1922. The discovery meant that Diabetes sufferers could … Banting was working with J.J.R. Macleod…
EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
… Robert Mugabe pushed through constitutional changes in 1987 that created an executive presidency. In 1998, after a highly publicized and controversial trial,…
EventA proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act is made
… was to be issued to all races. This Act was first passed in 1950. It defined racial groups relatively loosely. The … Act determined people’s race…
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… two years after Transkei became an independent homeland. In 1960, before Sigcau became the President of Transkei, … erupted where eleven people were killed,…
EventThe MK and ZIPRA formally announce that they had formed a military alliance
… guerrillas clashed with Rhodesian and South African forces in Wankie and Sipolilo Campaign in Rhodesia. Their fighting ability amazed their enemies as … be a…
EventSouth African Airways is given permission to fly over the bulge of Africa as negotiations to end apartheid gain momentum
… prisoners like Nelson Mandela and the end of apartheid in South Africa also signaled the end of sanctions and … community. Since the establishment of…
EventWalter Sisulu evades security police and goes underground
… a 6 year sentence. On the following day it was published in the Rand Daily Mail (a newspaper banned in March 1985) that he fled to Bechuanaland (now known 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 … to assist the Transkei and would train its successors in office. His speech came a year after…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education
… "The Turning Points in History project has invited four leading academics to … from the 1970s through to the beginning of negotiations in 1990..." Contents…
Introduction
… Pachai The new and competitive presence of Indians in the country created panic among white South Africans. … the civil liberties of the Indians. The…
Matthews being used to turn SABC into a laughing stock: ANC (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… negatively on my moral judgment and has made me complicit in many decisions which I am not proud of”. Kodwa told the … of the SABC‚ given the challenges that…
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… concentration of early 20th century Edwardian beach houses in South Africa, and face onto the old False Bay coastal … by many as one of the most beautiful…
PlaceEastern Fort/Battery and Blockhouse, Chapman’s Peak, overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town
… after 1775, when both France and the Netherlands came out in support of the newly independent American colonies and … cannon " was established on the Western…
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
… The area in the Southern Kalahari , bordered in the East by Botswana and the West by Namibia , is where … descend directly from an ancient population, that…