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EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… Queen Elizabeth Angela was the ninth child and daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, father and Cecilia … She was educated at home, and at the age of 10 she…
EventTanzania gains independence
… mid-eighteenth century due to the economic possibilities of the region, German missionaries from the German Church … had become known as German East Africa…
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
… Nyasaland, now Malawi . After being educated at the Church of Scotland mission station, he was trained as a teacher. In 1915, he went to South African in…
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… an American teen magazine called Datebook reprinted part of the quote on its front cover did controversy erupt. In the piously conservative southern and…
EventBantu Women’s League protests against pass laws
… resistance on 7 January 1919 against the application of pass laws to women. What precipitated the 1919 protest was … Bantu Women's League (BWL) was formed in…
PlaceFicksburg
… area, Ficksburg is especially notable for the production of grain, livestock, cherries and asparagus. Ficksburg has fine gardens, parks and magnificent views…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… as the Tweetoring Kerk , The Dutch Reformed congregation of Bloemfontein was established on 13 November 1848, and its … too small for Bloemfontein's needs…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
… The foundation stone of this church was laid way back in 1838. The first section of the building which comprised of the nave only was taken into use in 1840…
EventArmed Policemen appeared at Langa funeral service
… On 8 June 1986 chaos erupted during the funeral service of Mr Thamsanqa, an activist who died of natural causes inside the Methodist Church in Langa. The ……
ArchiveLocal economic rsponses to industrial migration in small towns.
… A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Doctoral Degree in the Faculty of Human Science, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal…
EventThe first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal
… sugar cane plantation in Port-Natal. The group was made up of 197 men, 89 women and 59 children. They were indentured … for them. Most Indian people returned…
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Pretoria
… Founded in 1946, this is the home of the South African National Botanical Institute. Thus it … a scientific research centre. Besides having 50 hectares of…
EventGovernor-General Sir Patrick Duncan dies
… Governor-general of the Union of South Africa, Sir Patrick Duncan, died in Pretoria at the age of 72. He came to South Africa as Sir Alfred Milner's private …
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
… secretary-general. In this capacity, Calata was signatory of the 1949 Programme of Action, though he found the proposal of the Youth League too extreme…
EventFather Smangaliso Mkhatshwa served with restriction order
… the 1976 Soweto Student Uprising, the former Secretary of the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) and … home in Barberton, Mkhatshwa was…
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
… outside Cape Town is burnt down. The broader context of this is that on 16 June 1976 school children in Soweto, … protest against the oppressive new Bantu…
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… The South African government ended eighty-four years of control over the Walvis Bay enclave by handing over the … to the Namibian government. This followed…
EventANC and government to surge ahead with reforms
… In spite of Inkatha's rejection of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), the … any forum that resembled CODESA. Realising that its powers of…
EventANC government tension continues
… the day that the first serious talks between the Minister of Constitutional Development, Roelf Meyer, and Cyril … to take strong measures against the…
EventAllan Boesak resigns from the church
… The Presbytery of South Africa announced that Dr Allan Boesak, reverend of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church) … anti apartheid orator…
EventDr Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa Chief Minister, dies
… and educational administrator. He served as the president of the Inspectors’ Association of Bantu Education in South Africa from 1947-1969. Lebowa was … and…
EventMandela reshuffles the cabinet
… Nelson Mandela announced changes to the government of national unity. Liebenberg's resignation took effect on April 4, the end of the 1995 - 1996 financial…
EventTrader and art collector Habib Rajab is born
… Rajab was born in Durban. He was a trader and collector of oriental art, remembered for his role in preventing the … also extended to the political and…
EventDurban mass meeting endorses Smuts and Gandhi agreement
… regarding voluntary registration, poll tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters. The preliminary … took place on 30 June 1914 through the…
EventSouth African cricketer, AB de Villiers is born
… Abraham Benjamin de Villiers is a South African cricketer of note. In 2011, he succeeded Graeme Smith and became captain of the South African One Day…
EventUnrests break out in the Coloured townships
… Unrests broke out in the Coloured townships south-west of Johannesburg. This was preceded in April by the Coloured schools' boycott which began as a result…
EventTalks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed
… 1990. These talks took place at the most delicate stage of negotiations. Violence in the townships was still … in South Africa. The conditions included the…
Ikwezi
… in Southern Africa, published in England by "a group of South African and Southern African revolutionaries with long histories of devotion to the struggle…
EventThe UDF launches the Million Signatures Campaign and by October collect just under 400 000 signatures.
… and its constitutional reforms, and as a show of support for the UDF. By the end of the campaign in October, it had only managed to collect … to 400 000…
PlaceBrandvlei, Karoo
… Abiekwakop is a Hillock 50 km North of Brandvlei, in the Kenhardt District. A Khoikhoi name … digging apparatus. Brandvlei is situated 170 km North of…