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PlaceHouse Preller, Hartebeesport
… Government Notice, three stone rondavels built by Preller in Pelindaba in 1920, and initially used by the family as a weekend …
PlacePolokwane Bird and Reptile Park
… and Reptile Park. It is still however, a great attraction in the City is the now known as:' Polokwane Bird and Reptile Park.' It is one of the largest…
EventMandela discharged from Pretoria hospital
… Mandela was admitted to Mediclinic heart hospital in Pretoria on the 8th of June 2013 for a recurring lung … the Pretoria hospital. He was moved to his…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… defeated at Bothaville, South Africa by British forces. In 1899-1902, the South African War became one of the most important events in the history of South…
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
… named Favio struck the central province of Inhambane in Mozambique. Although the cyclone was concentrated in Inhambane, the winds and rains were felt as far…
EventSAFCA distances itself from boycott of South African goods
… goods. The Vice-President of SAFCA, Mrs. Susan Bold said in Pretoria that the consumers' association condemned the … four years ago and we are today one of…
Event2000 Students march through Cape Town
… of all political detainees. Police teargassed the students in an attempt to break up the march. The students at the Cape … Click here for a chronology of the…
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… offshore islands to the Namibian government. This followed in the wake of bilateral discussions lasting three years … of a transitional Joint Administrative…
EventAmerican Troops pull out of Somalia
… to provide security to humanitarian organisation operating in Somalia. The American military intervention was unusual … a year earlier and the dire…
EventTrade Unionists convicted of kidnapping and assault
… after the holding of security policeman Monge Maleka in the Congress of South African and Trade Unions (COSATU) … hours on 28 August 1990. A fine of R2 000…
EventAllan Boesak resigns from the church
… of his duties as Reverend of the Bellville congregation. In a statement read by Reverend A J Van Wyk, the church said … with Elena Botha. Allan Boesak later…
EventP. W. Botha grants reprieve to the “Sharpeville Six”
… Kuzwayo Jacob Dlamini the deputy Mayor of Sharpeville in September 1984. Botha's reprieve came after his initial decline in 1986,citing that he would be…
EventConstable Vlotman is given a R500 fine and a five year suspension sentence
… Police Services (SAPS) who assaulted three journalists in Athlone, Cape Town, in September 1985, was given a R500 fine and suspended for … ' Chronology Of…
EventMakgatho Mandela dies
… only surviving son, Makgatho Mandela, died of HIV/AIDS in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. His father put up a brave face and announced …
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… was found murdered at her luxury beachfront apartment in Cape Town. The ex-wife of former South African president … levelled against him. Though Mboniswa…
EventBritish Airways prohibits smoking on all flights
… had begun to impose the first restrictions on smoking in public in the 1970s, but legislation was only applied to airlines …
EventFormer member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC
… Cebekhulu, who disappeared on the eve of the 1991 trial in which he was expected to testify, appeared before the … Commission (TRC). Cebekhulu repeated the…
Roelf Meyer and Bantu Holomisa confer
… and later deputy minister of environment and tourism in the Government of National Unity, to discuss the formation … the United Democratic Movement (UDM) on…
EventLabour pioneer Samuel Long is arrested
… On 17 November 1922, he was hanged at the Central Prison in Pretoria, together with Herbert Hull and David Lewis, both … the official anthem of early…
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
… early South African naturalist, Mary Elizabeth Barber died in Malvern, Natal Province (now known as Kwazulu Natal). … Hungarian. As a natural historian,…
EventDrum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners
… a few weeks before his death on 8 May 1975. Founded in 1951, Drum Magazine was instrumental in the struggle against apartheid. It often exposed ills …
EventSouth Africa and Lesotho establish a consultative committee to resolve border disputes
… common border. The relationship between the two countries in 1970s and early 1980s was fraught with friction. This was … Chief Leabua Jonathan who came to…
EventAn inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale finds no-one criminally liable for his death
… An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale, who had died in custody at the Johannesburg Security Police headquarters, … being detained. Dipale was the forty…
EventWorld No Tobacco Day is observed
… Tobacco day was declared by the World Health Organization in 1987. The day is observed by abstaining from tobacco for a … introduction of plain packaging of…
EventWorld Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally
… Book and Copyright Day is a UNESCO initiative first held in 1995.By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO … The South African theme for 2013…
EventJomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted
… to seven years (through the use of false testimony) in Kenya. Kenyatta and five others were detained at Lodwar, a … killed and scores of others injured. This…
EventSeveral leading members of trade unions affiliated to the UDF are arrested
… In an attempt to prevent further unrest, the apartheid … By the end of the year almost 150 people had been killed in political violence. This number…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 1 and 2 Article: Editorial comment - Victory is Calling
… Pietermaritzburg to Durban, has sown panic unprecedented in the ranks of the enemy. The cracks in the white laager are widening with every passing day. …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education
… it is equally important to highlight the various ways in which Africans shaped colonialism. This is not to deny the … Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of…
EventThe UDF launches the Million Signatures Campaign and by October collect just under 400 000 signatures.
… a show of support for the UDF. By the end of the campaign in October, it had only managed to collect close to 400 000 … conflict, inexperience of its…