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EventTony Leon is born
… The national leader of the Democratic Alliance - Tony Leon was born in Durban. In 1994 he was elected Member of Parliament and leader of Democratic Party. He…
EventSA War Memorial is opened at Delville Wood
… National War Memorial was opened outside the village of Longueval, France, next to the historic Delville Wood. The Memorial was unveiled by mrs Annie Botha,…
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
… Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive president. This was a newly created … in…
EventANC mounts a sabotage attack on fuel depot in Ermelo
… The eighties in South Africa heralded a time of increased resistance against the Apartheid regime. The … regime increasingly became more brutal in its…
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
… While at the JMTS, he became involved with the affairs of the Johannesburg Municipal Transport Workers' Union and was elected to the executive committee of…
EventHomeland leader Qqozo stands trial
… Brigadier Joshua Oupa Qqozo, military leader of Ciskei homeland, went on trial in the Ciskei Supreme Court. He faced charges of murder or incitement to…
EventMandela threatens armed struggle
… end the current violence in the country, the only defence of the people will be to take up arms. Mandela was alluding … and the Rand, were due to the…
EventBotshabelo forced into Qwa Qwa
… the South African government proceeded with its plan of incorporation. The incorporation of Botshabelo doubled the population of Qwa Qwa and severely…
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… Following weeks of speculations on the fate of Winnie Mandela in the government, president Nelson Mandela eventually expelled her from the position of deputy…
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… After amalgamation of the weather services of the four provinces on 1 April 1912, the first weather forecast for the Union of South Africa as a whole was…
EventSA Journalist James Gray is born
… African journalist, newspaper proprietor and former editor of the Pretoria News, James Andrew Gray was born in Scotland. He served on the staff of the…
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… Adam Kok III, founder and chief of Griqualand East, was killed in an accident when he fell … unilaterally annexed Griqualand East in 1874 as result of…
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… Former Commander-General of the Boers in Natal and later Republican statesman, Andries … Voortrekker commando to defeat Zulu warriors in the battle of Blood…
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… Pan-Africanist and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, was a leader who strived for a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the Organisation…
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… crisis following MoÁ¯se-Kapenda Tshombé's declaration of independence for Katanga province on 11 July. The … African countries and the United Nations. The…
ArchiveChurches International Youth Year Festival 17 - 20 December
… Blue poster with black lettering. Yellow map of South Africa with artwork of people marching. Notice of Festival at Wits University from 17 to 20 December…
ArchivePeace in Namibia
… Black and white poster. Artwork of map of Namibia. Notice of a meeting at St. George's Cathedral on Sunday 20th May. …
PlaceSt. Francis Church, Simonstown
… In the Year 2014, St Francis of Assisi Parish Church Celebrated its Bicentenary. The History of the first Anglican Church in Southern Africa, is … in a book…
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
… the West by Namibia , is where you will find a small group of the Khomani San a people who, until recently, were thought … by fences and country borders, yet…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
… Representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain … a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs’ (CAD)
… Long before the inception of apartheid "Coloured" people in South Africa occupied this … position was intensified during apartheid by the creation of a…
EventWorld Health Day
… World Health Day. This date commemorates the formation of the WHO in 1945. The WHO's Constitution came into effect … celebrated as World Health Day ever…
EventAmy Biehl is murdered in Cape Town
… years old), was dragged from her car by a 100-strong mob of youths in Gugulethu, a township just outside Cape Town, … slogan "One settler, one bullet!" Amy…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… preparatory talks in Johannesburg, on a date for the start of negotiations on South Africa's future constitution. … by twelve delegates. A steering group,…
EventAlan Paton is born
… On 11 January, 1903 Alan Steward Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country was born in Pietermaritzburg, … in 1918; he went further to study at the…
EventKing George VI is born
… abdication on 12 December 1936. George who was the Duke of York and his wife Elizabeth the Duchess of York were crowned as King George VI. At the end of the…
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… the large surrounding farming district became the centre of attention during the Anglo Boer War. After it it fell … siege from October 1899 to March 1900…
ArchiveHealth professionals and human rights in South Africa
… Report on the impact of apartheid on health, health related problems of detentions, especially the detention of children, and the reaction of health…
ArchiveRepeat performance: peoples pageant
… White poster with black lettering. Coloured artwork of a communist soldier. Notice of a pageant at City Hall, (Grand Hall), in 1941, regarding the story of…