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The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… and Smuts formed an alliance that culminated in the merger of the National Party (NP) and the South African Party (SAP), … The coalition received strong…
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… South. Boesak rose to prominence when he became the head of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in 1982. He used this platform to speak out against the…
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… Addo Drift was the first convenient natural crossing of the Sunday's River to be encountered inland from the sea, … the Zondags River Inn, probably using the…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… his parents were actors. He started his career at the age of eleven working on Fleet Street selling newspapers at … a lot about spies that were operating…
PlacePampierstad
… Help/Assistance) was established in the former homeland of Bophuthatswana in the late 1960's. It was located 31 km North-West of Jan Kempdorp and 12 km West…
EventMacassar Gas Disaster (AECI stockpile catches fire)
… The Coloured residential area of Macassar, Western Cape, was swiftly evacuated after a … air. The South Eastern wind blew the gas in the direction of…
ArchiveBlack Sash / Sash
… originally published as Black Sash, is a detailed record of the activities of the Black Sash organisation: the petitions, protests, … and Conference papers…
EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… since its inception in 1974. This annual event is one of the most important events in the South African cultural … Monument was officially opened. With the…
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA’s richest gold deposit
… According to reports, no shares soared as rapidly as those of Free State Gold Areas, Ltd., the company which owned options on the 4,200-acre Erfdeel farm. A…
EventThe first mountain zebra foal is born in at the National Mountain Zebra Park
… no two individuals look alike. There are two subspecies of Mountain Zebra, namely, the Cape Mountain Zebra and … Zebra. These two subspecies used to be a…
EventWW2: A German bomb fired off Algeria’s coast sinks British transport ship (HMT Rohna) carrying US soldiers.
… by the Royal Navy and had already carried thousands allied of troops to various war-zone destinations during World War … on board, including 195 crewmembers…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… army, and slowly arrived in Xhosa territory over a period of time. By the 1830's, a centre of Mfengu settlement had been established around the … As a result…
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as ‘Long Cecil’ is test fired for the first time
… fired for the first time at Boer forces during the Siege of Kimberley. Rhodes, who had taken interest in the gun, was … along with eminent local figures and…
PlaceReitz
… province, Reitz is 51km from Bethlehem. At an altitude of 1622 metres, Reitz has an annual rainfall of about 686mm. In its earliest recorded history, the…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… The United Nations Organisation (UNO) succeeded The League of Nations which was founded just after the end of World War I. The League of Nations was put in…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument … Site at Kwaaihoek,…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… On 23 February 1962, a member of Progressive Party Helen Suzman condemned the Immorality … "peeping toms". Suzman made these statements in the House of…
EventMining Magnate Oppenheimer dies
… American Corporation, died in Johannesburg at the age of 77. Oppenheimer was credited with the creation of a cartel that eventually controlled the diamond…
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… The premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Mr L. Mtshali, welcomed guests at the opening of Ncome Museum, situated at the Ncome-Blood River Heritage … and Museum Complex…
EventDennis Brutus is born
… in Port Elizabeth. He studied law at both the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Fort Hare. Brutus, who is of African, Italian and French…
EventWinnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela is sentenced to six years
… On 14 May 1991, Winnie Nomzamo Mandela, the then-wife of Nelson Mandela was sentenced to six years in jail by a … Stegmann for her involvement in the…
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… joined the Labour Party Youth in 1969 at the encouragement of his father. In 1983, he became one of the founding members of the United Democratic Front (UDF)…
PlaceRhodes
… The village of Rhodes lies on the banks of the Bell River at the foot of the Witteberge. It was laid out on the farm Tintern, and …
ArchiveThe migrant labour system
… The notion of migrant labour is based from a legal framework system that did not recognize 'homelands' or 'reserves' as part of the Union of South Africa,…
Nqutu, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… The name being of Zulu origin derived from 'insquthu'- meaning a flat-topped vessel, descriptive of a nearby hill from which the village takes its name. It…
ArchiveTerrorist Weapons 2
… A2 Full colour litho, photos of weapons; Text: Terrorist Weapons 2; Public Awareness Chart … groups. Each group usually has one or a combination of the above…
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
… A United Nations (UN) committee consisting of eight, with instructions to investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa, was refused…
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… sought improvements in "influx control" or the freedom of movement of Black South Africans. These cases contributed to the gradual dismantling of apartheid…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
… makes the announcement during a special joint sitting of the two houses of parliament, almost two weeks after Zuma was implicated in corruption during the…
EventPioneer tomato farmer Bertie van Zyl is buried in Mooketsi
… Bertie van Zyl (72), founder and owner of ZZ2, the biggest tomato growing operation in the country and one of the biggest in the world, was buried in…