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PlaceCypress Tea Gardens, Hermanus
… surround the original building. In those days it consisted of two stone and clay fisherman's cottages built in 1875 in … became known as Swede Wessels when…
PlaceRoyal baFokeng Stadium
… in Rustenburg, which is a charming Town at the foot of the Magaliesberg Mountain Range in the North West … Cup, hosted by South Africa. This stadium hosts a…
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… global empire in 1941 becoming named on the Forbes list of 500 wealthiest families worldwide. At the time of his death his assets were estimated at $1.7…
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… Sekoto (80) died in Paris. Often cited as the pioneer of urban black art and social realism, Sekoto studied to be a … him with his subject matter, and he…
EventANC rejects National Party proposal for a new constitution
… demonstrated the party's opposition to any domination of any kind. However the ANC rejected the proposal on the … because it gave the three biggest parties…
ANC hard at work despite power failure and strike threat, 27 July 2009
… failure which today (27 July 2009) plunged most floors of Chief Albert Luthuli House - African National Congress headquarters – into darkness, and a threat…
PlaceOrkney, North West Province
… for, its gold mining opportunities, and lies on the banks of the Vaal River . Although a relatively quiet Town … just about 180 kilometres from the bustling…
EventThe United Arab Republic is proclaimed by Egypt, Iraq, and Syria
… 1958. The agreement was signed by presidents Quwwatli of Syria and Nasser of Egypt, after a public referendum in both countries. These two countries adopted…
EventViolence erupts in Paarl
… Mbekweni, Paarl, met and resolved to attack the White town of Paarl. Over 200 men armed with axes, pangas, sticks, … police patrol vans. Three were shot dead…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… In terms of the notorious Group Areas Act (1950), the following … Africans would be shifted. Indians will lose 2,891 acres of land and 2,444 dwellings valued…
EventThe Korean War ends
… The undeclared Korean War ended after three years of fighting between North Korean and Chinese Communists … Korean and American). The war started when armed…
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… campaigns in Burma, Kenya, and Somalia. He was also one of two 'Black' Ugandan soldiers to be promoted to the rank of officer in 1961 just before Uganda…
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… In 1950, the two major pieces of legislation designed to create the new 'apartheid (apart) … Act . The first provided for the compulsory classification of…
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… At the instigation of a letter titled the Question of South Africa from the Charge D'affaires of the permanent mission of Madagascar to the United Nations …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… Apartheid government attempted to negotiate the release of Mandela before, but always with conditions. As de Klerk's … banned in 1960. ″It was only then,…
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Pam Hearne, the owner of the house on which the leg fell, said she heard something hitting the top of the garage roof…
EventApartheid policemen apply for amnesty at TRC
… to bomb ANC offices in London in 1982 with the knowledge of Minister of Law and Order, Louis le Grange. This was in retaliation for the 1981 bombing of the…
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
… soccer player who later became a coach. He spent most of his soccer career playing midfield for Cosmos, though he … teams like FC Zurich and FC Baden. He was…
PlaceBill Ainslie Studios, Johannesburg
… known as the Johannesburg Art Foundation. The core idea of a school was of a network of people, artists, writers and benefactors coming together …
PlaceAliwal Shoal, a Rocky Reef Off; Kwa-Zulu Natal Coast Coast
… The Aliwal Shoal is a rocky Reef which is the remains of an ancient sand dune, approximately 5 kilometres off the Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The…
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
… used as a cover up for a political meeting at the house of Lillian Ngoyi. They were charged with contravening section 9(1) of Act 44 of 1950. The case was…
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
… The history of Sasol began in 1927 when a White Paper was tabled in Parliament to investigate the establishment of a South African oil-from-coal industry. It…
EventPrime Minister opens SA’s first atomic reactor
… Reactor Installation-1) at Pelindaba, about thirty km West of Pretoria. The installation was not intended for the production of nuclear energy on a…
EventNegotiations between SA, Cuba and Angola start in London
… Representatives of South Africa, the United States (US), Angola and Cuba met in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan war and independence…
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in … to Tanzania. He returned with the Tanzanian-aided…
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the Cape, Jan van … the city by Cecil John Rhodes, a politician and financier of the late 19th…
EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal (now Ilanga), dies in … D.Phil. from a South African…
EventThe first SARS case is suspected in South Africa
… man arrived in South Africa from Hong Kong with no signs of being ill but after seven days he started to show flu-like … results came back negative, although…
”A House in Harrington Street”, photographic exhibition by Nicholas Eppel
… exhibition reflects three years in the life and household of long-time Harrington Street resident, Elizabeth Barrett, … to community living against the rapid…
EventLady Diana Spencer is killed in a car accident in Paris
… as Princess Diana was born in 1961. She married the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne of England, Charles, and became the royal Princess of Wales. Their…