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The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, to which SA is a party, is signed in Madrid.
… The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, to which SA is a party, is signed in Madrid. …
Egypt’s cabinet unanimously approves President Anwar Sadat’s Camp David agreement to sign a peace treaty with Israel within thr
… Anwar Sadat’s Camp David agreement to sign a peace treaty with Israel within thr …
The Orange Free State signs a peace treaty with Moshesh at Wittebergen, near Winburg, after the first Basuto war.
… The Orange Free State signs a peace treaty with Moshesh at Wittebergen, near Winburg, after the …
SA signs Protocol IV to the treaty on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project including supplementary arrangements regarding Phase
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … SA signs Protocol IV to the treaty on the Lesotho…
Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat asks Parliament to cancel treaty with Soviet Union, charging that Moscow failed to provide arms t
… Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat asks Parliament to cancel treaty with Soviet Union, charging that Moscow failed to …
Turkey formally recovers Egypt by treaty with France, Napoleon’s army having been expelled by a joint Turkish and English force
… Turkey formally recovers Egypt by treaty with France, Napoleon’s army having been expelled by a …
The Soviet Union and Germany sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, a 10-year nonaggression treaty, with a secret addendum, to parti
… sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, a 10-year nonaggression treaty, with a secret addendum, to parti …
Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jordan’s King Hussein sign a mutual defence treaty, prompting Israel to strike pre-emp
… Nasser and Jordan’s King Hussein sign a mutual defence treaty, prompting Israel to strike pre-emp …
Cape Governor Lord Charles Somerset concludes a treaty with the Xhosa chief, Gaika. Gaika thus received British help when his u
… Cape Governor Lord Charles Somerset concludes a treaty with the Xhosa chief, Gaika. Gaika thus received …
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… Pretoria’s founder – a man by the name of Marthinus Wessels Pretorius - arrived in Pretoria in 1848 … for almost another two years. On 31 May 1902, the final…
EventThe battle of Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) marks the continuation of the South African War
… War. The battle came after General Lord Roberts, Commander of the British forces met with no resistance when they … Lindley. The war continued for another…
The Potchefstroom treaty between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, binding each state to assist the other w
… The Potchefstroom treaty between the South African Republic and the Orange Free …
Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha, in Vienna to discuss signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, says South Africa has th
… in Vienna to discuss signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, says South Africa has th …
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… He was a Portuguese navigator whose discovery in 1488 of the Cape of Good Hope showed Europeans there was a … of Columbus's first voyage, Pope Alexander VI…
Delegates from some 100 nations agree at the United Nations on a global treaty to prevent over-fishing on the high seas.
… some 100 nations agree at the United Nations on a global treaty to prevent over-fishing on the high seas. …
Camp David peace treaty is signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White Hous
… Camp David peace treaty is signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and …
A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in
… blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed …
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… Africa itself. The Constitution was not a product solely of negotiation in the Constitutional Assembly. Experiences in … gave birth to new constitutional…
BiographyWalter Ernest Stanford
… born on 2 August 1850 in Alice. His grandparents were part of the 1820 settlers. His father, William Stanford was born in 1820 shortly after the arrival of…
The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, to which SA is a party, is signed i
… The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in …
Zulu king Dingane signs the treaty drafted by Retief on February 4 in which he declares his approval to grant an extensive area
… Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 162 | … Zulu king Dingane signs the treaty…
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
… Jacobus Hercules de la Rey was the sixth child of Adrianus Johannes and Adriana (van Rooyen). He was born near Winburg on 22 October 1847. After the Battle…
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… Read more on Slavery at the Cape After the establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck was to ensure a constant supply of fresh…
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… Nelspruit lies in the Lowveld, in the valley of the Crocodile River just below the great eastern escarpment of the Transvaal. Long before it acquired a…
EventNegotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
… At the end of the South African War (also known as the Anglo-Boer War) … The War ended on 31 May 1902 with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging. The…
BiographyAbdul Samad Minty
… in 1963 was instrumental in securing the suspension of the South African Olympic Committee from the Olympic … London and he published his study on the…
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… The Great Trek and the advent of the Mfecane The origins of the battle are a matter of considerable debate. The … he wrote that: It is no wonder that after…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The first phase of the war was one of the set-piece battles, but from July … the meeting of 30 representatives from…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose socio-political and economic impact … was launched by African people in response to their loss of…
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… Francois Pienaar was born on 1st January 1969 in Vereeniging into a working class Afrikaner family. Although … to Rand Afrikaner University (RAU), now the…