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EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… formed, with Sir John Robinson as Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Colonial Secretary. Robinson, who is … leader, and was joint founder and the…
PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
… Gariep Dam is located in South Africa, near the Town of Norvalspont, bordering the Free State and Eastern Cape … Bethulie Bridge, was established on the Cape…
PlaceFort Cunynghame
… telegraph office which, together with Komgha and a number of other establishments in the Transkeian Territories, was … as soon as Offices at Fort Cunynghame…
EventBritain and the Zulu Nation sign a peace treaty
… Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand with three columns of British troops, starting the war that ended Zulu independence. After the initial crushing defeat of…
EventLucas Ntuba Radebe, SA soccer hero, is born in Diepkloof, Soweto
… soccer legend was born in Diepkloof, Soweto. At the age of 15 his parents sent him to live in Bophuthatswana so could be safe from the political violence of…
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… family on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein. She was one of five children. Budd was especially close to her older … and they would often run together. In 1984,at…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… woman to receive an honorary degree from the University of the Witwatersrand on 2 April 1987. Kuzwayo was born into a … to force the Apartheid government…
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… , where Nelson Mandela planned the Democratic takeover of the South African Government, has been sold to Union … Headquarters after its Unbanning in 1990,…
EventNo time to wash at The VOC Slave Lodge
… private secretary to the Governor, wrote a letter to Cape of Good Hope, about the conditions of enslaved people at the VOC Company Slave Lodge in Cape … to …
PlacePrince Edward Islands
… The sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island Group consists of; Marion Island (19km long 12 km wide) and Prince Edward … wide). These islands are approximately…
PlaceCottages 60 and 62 Simonstown Road, Fish Hoek
… Both 60 and 62 originally formed part of the farm owned by K.S. de Villiers, known as the land baron of the area. He died in 1916 and the property was soon ……
PlaceKoedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
… This site is now part of the experimental farm of the University of Pretoria. On 17 March 1920 it was the first landing place …
PlaceAustin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
… This unique sanctuary is the residence of more than 170 different species and provides a protective … roosting place and breeding ground for thousands of…
PlaceFeathermarket Hall, Port Elizabeth
… Elizabeth's Feather Market Centre is located on the corner of Baakens Street and Military Road, Central and, as its name implies, was an extension of the…
PlaceBritish Fort, Marabastad, Polokwane
… This English fort or earthworks is situated just east of the national road at Marabastad, a few kilometres south of Polokwane, on the farm Sand River. The…
EventKenyan political activist Jomo Kenyatta released from jail
… Kenyan political activist and President of Kenya Afican National Union, Jomo Kenyatta was released … was this rebellion that paved the way for the…
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… bodies such as the United Nations, Organisation of African Unity (now AU), Non-Align Movement, and … Court commuted James Mange's death sentence on a charge…
Educationist Martha Helena Cillié dies
… greatest achievement was her contribution to the education of girls and to teacher training over a period of more than thirty years, died in Somerset West…
EventJapan lifts economic sanctions against SA
… lifts economic sanctions, including bans on the import of gold coins and steel, as well as direct investment loans. Japan's stated position is that it has…
EventScottish missionary, Robert Moffat arrives in Northern Cape
… Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary of the London Missionary Society (LMS), arrived at Maruping, … which the LMS started in 1816 under the Bechuana society of…
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… , trade unionist, treason trialist and acting leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was born in Middledrift in the Transkei . He was the eldest child in a family…
EventLesotho celebrates independence from Britain
… Lesotho is one of the smallest countries in the world, with just over 30 000 km2 of land. It has a population of approximately two million. The country…
EventGhana is declared a republic
… it was declared a republic, the country remained part of the British Commonwealth of Nations. A year later South Africa, under the leadership of H. F…
EventSouth African tenor opera singer, Siphiwo Ntshebe dies
… opera singer, whose career ended abruptly when he died of meningitis on 25 May 2010. Ntshebe was only 35 and was only days away from what would have been one…
EventThe third democratic elections in SA are held
… its third democratic elections on 14 April 2004. A total of 20.6 million People were registered to vote, making it 2 million more than the 1999 elections…
EventCiskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted independence
… be granted independence. The National Assembly, consisting of both elected members and thirty-seven hereditary chiefs, … elects Chief Sebe as president the…
EventPresent UN headquarters is opened
… the United Nations (UN), which had replaced the League of Nations in 1945, opened its headquaters two years after … The building was designed by an…
PlaceSada
… word meaning “at last”), a Township about 30km North of Seymour and 3km South of Whittlesea, was first established in 1964 as a “dumping … from Shiloh, an…
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… On 7 March 1964, the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, Dr Albert Hertzog, confirmed that … before the service went nationwide at the beginning of 1976. "The…
PlaceFrankfort
… Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1869 on the…