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At least thirty-two people die and 100 are injured when a train between Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya derails.
At least six people die and more than 100 are injured in a giant gas explosion at Sasol in Secunda.
Armed men raid an Algerian village, shooting or stabbing to death at least 200 people and wounding 100 others.
Teboho Mokgalagadi, with his hair dyed golden, wins a Paralympic world record gold medal 100m sprints in his first internationa
Police have arrested a 39 year old Pretoria priest for conducting at least 600 fake marriages between foreigners and unsuspecti
An underground gas explosion kills fifty-three miners in the Middelbult coal mine at Secunda, 100 km from Johannesburg.
United States President Bill Clinton announces the doubling of $600 million United States assistance to South Africa over the n
A devastating storm hits Pretoria – five inches of rain falls within four hours and the Apies River flows 100m wide.
Riots between ethnic Hausa and Yoruba rocks Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, killing 100 people and forcing thousands
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
Mangaung 8 January 2012 Your Excellencies Heads of States and Government, Former Presidents of the ANC, Isithwalandwe Nelson Mandela at home and Comrade…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Durban
Programme Director, Your Excellency, the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, And esteemed members of the Indian delegation, Ministers and Deputy…
BiographyAndries (General China) Chamile
Born in 1900, Johannesburg Chamile worked as a labourer. He was a member of the Newclare branch of African National Congress which he joined during the…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 7 February 1977, Volume 100
Excerpts from the transcript of continuing evidence from Dr Aaron Matlhare, a medical practitioner in Soweto and evidence from Aubrey Mokoena, to the…
Over 600 people killed in Liberia in an unsuccessful military coup against President Samuel Doe, led by former Brigadier-Genera
Fourteen people die when a group of over 100 armed men, allegedly IFP members, attack residents, vehicles and houses in Gcilima
Some 2 000 men storm King Hassan’s birthday party in Morocco, killing 100 people in an attempted coup; the king survives.
In elections to the 100-member Lebowa National Assembly, Dr. Phatudi’s ruling Lebowa People’s Party wins more than three-quarte
Former president Nelson Mandela is declared the ‘Greatest South African’ in a TV show that had the country nominate their 100 f
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says conditions are appalling for the estimated 100 000 Rwandan refugees that are being denied
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says conditions are appalling for the estimated 100 000 Rwandan refugees that are being denied
Up to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland. The Swaziland Police Commissioner confirms the arrests a
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
… events and systems in European Societies during the 1600’s Robb Schultz, “Europe leading into the 17th century (1600’s)” Image Source The Rise of Feudal…
PlacePosthuys
… along the False Bay Coastline and was built in the late 1600's as a lookout post for enemy ships entering False Bay. …
PlaceJutten Island, Saldanha Bay
This Dutch East 'Indiaman', was outbound when she tried to put; 'Merenstein' into Saldanha Bay to alleviate rampant scurvy on board the ship. On April 3, 1702…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… Cape Town, where the Khoena serviced over 1071 ships from 1600 to 1652 led by their London-trained and Jakarta-trained …
BiographyChief Malebogo
Malebogo (Kgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch) was chief of the Bahananwa chiefdom, a group of the Tswana peoples. Lebogo led the Bahananwa to the…
BiographyPenny Heyns
Penny Heyns was born on 8 November 1974 to a deeply religious family in Springs, Gauteng Province. She attended the local primary school and later Amanzimtoti…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
Jan van Riebeeck was sent to the Cape to establish a station at which ships of the United Dutch Chartered East Indian Company could obtain fresh vegetables and…
Grade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… European Renaissance During the 15th and 16th centuries (1600-1700) The European Renaissance was at a turning point …
EventThe 4 x 100m men's relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
The South African squad of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling clocked 3 minutes and 13.17 seconds to triumph over the Netherlands…