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EventPresident F.W. de Klerk promises repeal of apartheid laws
… unban political organizations. The announcement was made in Parliament on 1 February 1991 by de Klerk that he intended … of de Klerk's actions and thus kept…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… Congress (ANC) Consultative Conference, which was held in Johannesburg following the Organisation's unbanning, came … It was the first party conference held…
EventANC claim responsibility for a land mine explosion which kills six
… three and nine, were killed and three seriously injured in a landmine explosion on the fenced-in Chatsworth game farm 25 kilometres to the west of Messina ……
EventPresident George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan
… Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in twelve African and two Caribbean countries during his State of the Union address at a congress…
EventThe Opening Ceremony of 2000 Olympic Games takes place
… Games, hosted by Australia, were officially opened in the capital Sydney. Australia won the right to host the games in 1993 when it was selected over Beijing…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… Tutu, the first Black archbishop of Cape Town rose to fame in the 1980’s. After the1976 Soweto Uprising, Tutu supported … Africa on a path of reconciliation…
EventIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union is founded under Clements Kadalie
… used English to spread the message of worker unity. Formed in the stormy years after World War I with a membership of … a national uprising and caused them…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… Kingdom. However, on his return, a Civil War had erupted in the Zulu Kingdom and he was forced to flee to Eshowe, where he died in 1884. Read more about the…
EventThe Battle of Gingindlovu
… and his military kraal destroyed by British troops. In this battle British troops were supported by 2800 Zulu … and guarantee victory against the Zulu…
EventMakapane’s Cave is under siege
… hunting expedition under Hermanus Potgieter at Moorddrift in northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). The punitive burger … Pretorius. The body of Piet Potgieter,…
EventThe second Matabele war breaks out
… the second Chimurenga broke out on 20 March 1896 in Matabeleland Zimbabwe. The war broke out when a spiritual … easily persuaded the warriors to lay down…
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
… Northern Free State. At this point he was the commando-in-chief of the greater part of the Free State commandos. A … then ordered his commandos to fire at…
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… In May 1900, at the height of the South African War … troops would surrender. So, he proceeded to Pretoria in a bid to force the Transvaal government to…
EventThe death of Andries Tatane
… by police after a service delivery protest turned ugly in Ficksburg, Free State. Following his death, eight Free … police and residents during service…
EventUgandan President Idi Amin releases political prisoners
… enemy on 25 January 1971, while attending a conference in Singapore. Initially Ugandans accepted Amin who would … who were seen as a threat to his…
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
… 28 February 1900 and was banished to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Africa. The … the numerous British camps situated…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the struggle continues and grows more intense, 23 August 1984
… of a total rejection of the so-called new constitution in a total boycott of the election by our Indian compatriots. … neo-Nazis of Africa as May 8, 1945,…
South Sudanese Independence Granted
… Sudan semi-autonomous status after successive civil unrest in the region made it impossible for peaceful governance of … supporting the executive branch and…
PlaceClocktower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… Harbour. It was the original Port Captain's Office built in 1882. The pointed Gothic windows surrounds the structure … feature. The red walls are the same…
EventPoqo members arrested
… to their homes with the police, after taking cover in the hills for fear of being attacked by Poqo members, a … ensued. Tshweni's men charged at the police,…
EventSASO leader, Abram Tiro is assassinated
… and his family and returned to Dinokana for reburial in 1998. The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) failed to conduct an in-depth…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs second heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital
… Blaiberg, whose dauntless spirit made him a national hero in his own right. Blaiberg lived for twenty months. Surgeons … Forty-year-old Mrs Dorothy Fisher…
EventThe participants at the multi-party forum negotiations agreed on both new structures of the police and defence force
… Congress (PAC) and Azanian People Organisation (AZAPO). In recent years, police have come under huge criticism … recent police brutality has claimed the…
EventSAA Helderberg 747 crashes
… systems as well as the fire fighting facilities were in poor working condition. The fact that a ZUR tape recording … carried dangerous cargo, led to wide…
EventDick King returns home after securing help for Port Natal
… traversing dangerous terrain at the utmost speed, was in aid of Captain T.C. Smith whose garrison was besieged by … completed the journey, normally lasting…
EventThe NPA does not pursue charges against Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the SADF
… the ruling. Basson had been prosecuted and acquitted in the Pretoria High Court on several charges, including … movements, misappropriation of State funds…
EventMbeki unveils Women’s Monument at Union Buildings
… Mbeki unveiled the Women's Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The aim of the monument was to commemorate the role of women in the struggle and…
EventHamilton Naki, a laboratory assistant to cardiac surgeon Christian Barnard, dies
… first worked for Robert Goetz, who asked him to assist him in the laboratory instead of gardening. Having started with … the doctor who would perform the…
EventKing Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with the British East Africa Company
… of Bungada after the death of his father, Muteesa I in 1884. Upon ascending to the throne, mwanga expelled all … with the British to back him against his…
Event5,580 Egyptian prisoners of war are exchanged for four Israelis held by Egyptian troops
… (Tripartite Invasion) was one of the most important events in the history of African independence. The fallout from this … an influence over the Suez Canal…