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EventSouth African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title
… two boxers to world titles, namely Namibian Harry Simon and South African Cassius Baloyi. …
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
… an ankle injury. The first of two Tests between Sri Lanka and South Africa were to start on July 27, while India would …
EventUN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV
… $200bn is needed to save sixteen million people from death and forty-three million people from becoming infected. … he people History," UN 2005 United…
EventSouth Africa wins the 2010 bid to host the Soccer World Cup
… represented by a delegation that included Nelson Mandela and Head of the Local Organizing Committee, Danny Jordan. …
EventBulelani Vukwani on a shooting spree
… Vukwani shot dead eleven people, including his girlfriend, and wounded five at Mdantsane Suburb in East London. This sad …
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… to Parliament, Clinton said: "America has a profound and pragmatic stake in your success." The Clintons were …
EventSA Rugby team loses to New Zealand
… Andre Markgraaff accused him of having faked an injury and subsequently dropped him from the team. …
EventSir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape
… the Transvaal Republic than that suggested by Chamberlain and Salisbury. He continued to emphasise the grievances of …
EventLesotho celebrates independence from Britain
… 1966. The day has become known as Lesotho’s National Day and is celebrated yearly. Lesotho is the only country in the … on 13 September 2013]| Africa Lesotho…
EventGhana is declared a republic
… was met with a great deal of concern by the black majority and political organisations. Ghana’s transition to republic …
EventSouth African tenor opera singer, Siphiwo Ntshebe dies
… he died of meningitis on 25 May 2010. Ntshebe was only 35 and was only days away from what would have been one of the …
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
… F.W. de Klerk, then Minister of Minerals and Energy Affairs, was unanimously elected the new leader of …
EventCiskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted independence
… The National Assembly, consisting of both elected members and thirty-seven hereditary chiefs, elects Chief Sebe as …
ArchiveThe Basotho Origin of Mathematics - A Public Lecture By Zulumathabo Zulu
… in order to count, estimate, measure, philosophize, solve and model, among others. In this public lecture we show an …
EventRiaan Cruywagen was born on this day
… South Africa. He was educated at Stellenbosch University and where he obtained a BA degree. He began his career as a …
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… televised, as members of the family, including his brother and wife Amore Vittone addressed mourners. The funeral of the …
EventKaren Muir
… At the young age of 12 years, 10 months and 25 days, Karen Muir from Kimberley became the youngest …
EventKing Williams Town schools are closed in commemoration of Victoria Mxenge
… classes near King Williams Town. The students of Clermont and Chesterville flouted school rules by leaving school …
EventJailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela sends message to Mangosuthu Buthelezi
… believed that the best time for them to meet was after he and his colleagues had been released from Jail. He also sent …
ArchiveBolt Number 10 May 1974
… EDITORS Mike Kirkwood and Tony Morphet, Contents: Poetry, Imprisoned by the …
PlaceDe Beers Building, 88 St Georges Street, Simonstown
… of South Africa. They established a branch in the building and used it as such until 1974 when it was converted into an …
EventSouth African Springbok rugby tour in UK is disrupted by anti-apartheid demonstration.
… Great Britain competes with many other oppressive nations and no protests ensue. …
EventThe Excelsior, biggest diamond till then, is found in the Jagersfontein mine, OFS
… which is described beingas being shaped like half a loaf and white in colour with a tint of blue was the biggest …
EventDjibouti, France’s last colony, gains independence
… changed its name to Djibouti, after its biggest city, and it became known as the Republic of Djibouti. Hassan …
EventThe U.S. vetoes Angola’s application for membership of the United Nations Security
… Italy, Tanzania, Japan, Panama, the Soviet Union, Romania and Guyana. …
EventKenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa
… free to invite South African athletes to compete in Kenya and to send Kenyan athletes to sports events in South Africa. …
Event12 people are killed after Kenyan jets bombed Somali town
… it blamed for a series of kidnappings on Kenyan soil and frequent assaults on its security forces in the border …
EventElectric lights are installed in Adderley Street, Cape Town.
… Museum, Groote Kerk (the oldest church in South Africa) and the Company Gardens. During Christmas, the street comes …
EventThe first regular jet flight leaves London for Johannesburg
… (BOAC) was the British state airline from 1939 until 1946, and the long-haul British state airline from 1946 (later …
EventMethane gas explosion kills 68 mine workers
… The mine owners were fined R400 for contravening the Mines and Works Act. Despite this explosion, the authorities …