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EventSibusiso Ndebele, The premier of Kwa-Zulu Natal province and a National Executive Committee member of the ANC, is born
… National Congress (ANC), Sibusiso Joel Ndebele, was born in Shiyana at Rorkes' Drift, near Dundee, Natal (now kwaZulu … wrested power away from the Inkatha…
EventDefence minister Mosioua Lekota born
… minister of defence, Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick Lekota is born in Kroonstad, Free State (the former Orange Free State). … the soccer field. Lekota joined anti…
EventWole Soyinka is born
… and poet, Wole Soyinka, was born at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. Soyinka became the first African to … Nobel Prize for Literature from the Nobel…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed first Black Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg
… head of the Anglican Church with a 1.6 million membership in South Africa. He used this position to intensify his opposition to the Apartheid system in the…
EventNew Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports
… its provisions. It is assumed that this step was taken in an effort to ease restrictions on participation of South African sportsmen in international games. …
EventPFP stays its ground concerning president Vorster
… Progressive Federal Party (PFP), official opposition in parliament, refused to congratulate John Vorster on his … should not have been elevated to the…
EventBram Fischer dies
… died of cancer at his brother Dr Paul Fischer's house in Bloemfontein. After news of his illness became known, … result he was put under house arrest at his…
EventJoseph Lekganyane of the ZCC (Dove) dies
… Dove) with support spanning rural and urban areas, died in Warmberg, Pietersburg district. Upon the death of Engenas, … Edward and Joseph for church…
EventMandela is moved to Victor Verster prison
… Nelson Mandela from the Constantiaberg private clinic in Cape Town, where he had been recovering from tuberculosis, … Town, where he was given a large warder…
EventDon Mattera withdraws from public performances
… from public performances. Mattera is now deeply involved in improving the community of Eldorado Park, in which he lives. Source: This Day, August 2, 2004, p…
PlaceRiebeek Kasteel
… The village of Riebeek Kasteel was established in about 1861, and was located at the foot of the Mountain of the same name. The Area was first visited in…
ArchiveNUSAS and the future - critical appraisal of structure and direction
… the situation of the National Union on university campuses in South Africa and problems with lack of funds and the … of disaffiliation. It questions the role…
PlaceOnverwacht
… Onverwacht (a Dutch word for “unexpected”) originated in the granting of Bophuthatswana independence in December 1977. … [Accessed: 14 February 2013]| Forced…
Place'Angra das Vaccas', Mossel Bay
… Mossel Bay. Old name for Vleesbaai. It was given its name in Dutch form, 'Vleeschbaai', by Paulus van Caerden. … cows the Portuguese Mariners saw grazing…
PlaceSun Valley Estates, Ladysmith
… formed part of the Berlin Mission’s land holdings. In 1924 this fragment of land was sold. The people, who … arrived here during November 1985 and the rest…
ArchiveWiehahn Commission: precis of speech
… not serve to give black workers effective participation in an industrial relations system in South Africa. …
PlaceUWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
… resources mostly based at the Mayibuye Archive, situated in the Main Library at the University of the Western Cape … of the largest archives of liberation…
EventGamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt
… Under his leadership Egypt continued its participation in the Arab-Israeli conflicts. Nasser nationalised the Suez … ships from using the canal. This caused…
EventA Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
… Messages such as "After all civil resistance had its birth in Asia" and "Jesus was an Asiatic; if he was reborn and went to South Africa today, he would have…
EventMoses Mabhida receives awards
… extensively and was highly respected around the globe, in particular by trade unionists and socialists. Mabhida, a generally self-educated man, was steeped…
EventCedric Mayson is charged with treason
… former Methodist Minister who was banned for five years in 1977 and detained on 27 November 1981, appeared before the … He was released on bail, fled the…
EventJustice Coetzee refuses to lift banishment on four Black newspapers
… In the Rand Supreme Court, Justice Coetzee, refused to lift … Transvaal, Saturday Post, Sunday Post and the Sowetan. In additon, the security police served…
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
… At the end of a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court in Pretoria, four Indian leaders are convicted of conspiracy …
EventNelson Mandela continues his international tour
… countries such as Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania. In Sweden Mandela had an opportunity to reunite for the first … time after 28 years with his…
EventSASOL plant explodes again
… The SASOL petrol plant in Secunda, Mpumalanga Province, went up in flames after a giant gas explosion, this time not as … Sasol, Explosion at Sasol Polymers'…
EventMobutu Sese Seko dies
… former president of Zaire, died from prostate cancer while in Rabat, Morocco, three months after the end of his nearly … Click here to read an article about…
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… Republic (Transvaal), representing the Vryheid district in 1897 and also Boer general during Anglo-Boer War 2 , Louis … Herbert Gladstone to constitute a…
PlaceCyphergat Station
… that De Beers issued compound tokens to to natives working in the coal mine as payment and that they were used in a similar way to De Beers tokens elsewhere…
EventFirst Black-owned newspaper is published
… (Opinion of the People), was published by Thanda Press in King William's Town as an independent political newspaper … War) from August 1901 until 1902. Imvo…
ArchiveFinal Schlebusch report on NUSAS
… responses to some of the points likely to be raised in the report. Because of the possibility of overseas funds … is a suggestion to pre-empt this by…