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EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… World War broke out with the German invasion of Poland in 1939. By 1941, the Japanese had launched a military strike on the United States by attacking their…
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… a rally with Steve Biko. Shortly after her release in 1976, Fatima survived an assassination attempt, when her … of the initiators of the Free Mandela…
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… to the dusty Afrikaner dominated town of Brandfort in the Free State where she was unceremoniously dumped at … Winnie took a provocative stance and would…
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief, was found dead in his car parked near the Botanical Gardens in Pretoria, with a bullet wound to the head. Mdluli is…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
… African Infantry Brigade was recruited at Potchefstroom in August and September 1915 for service overseas. It was … there was successful and they were sent…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House Assembly forming the first government of the Union of South Africa. The Union was…
EventC James reports that South Africa is a poor market for produce
… In 1900, C James, an official of the British colonial … he needed to establish if he could sell any produce in East London, Natal and the Cape areas. The…
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… Mbulelo Goniwe had been active in the liberation struggle and with the inception of new … the post of African National Congress (ANC) chief whip. In 2006, it…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… reign over Lesotho as he was twice dethroned, first in the 1970s when he was exiled from Lesotho and in 1990 when he was stripped of constitutional powers…
EventMass funeral for those killed at Sharpeville commemoration
… Eighty thousand Blacks attended a mass funeral in KwaNobuhle township for the twenty-eight people killed by police during a demonstration in Langa on 21…
ANC pays tribute to the late Arthur Goldreich, 26 May 2011
… Arthur Goldreich will go down in history as one of the rare breeds of revolutionaries that … he took what was his and declared it a collective asset in…
PlaceDurban Natural Science Museum
… 23rd 1887, the Museum celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2007/08 and these celebrations culminated in the sealing of two time capsules on the 23 September…
PlaceAllanridge, Free State Province
… Allanridge is a Gold Mining Town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province in South Africa, 34 km North of Welkom. It was…
ArchiveSouth African political prison-literature between 1948 and 1990: the prisoner as writer and political commentator
… Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject English at the University of South…
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… Second Creek, East London, West of Buffalo Harbour. Named in honour of Balthazar John Vorster, 1915-1983. Former Prime … formerly known as the John Vorster…
EventProfessor John Fleming “Jack” Brok dies
… Brock died – he was a scientist, physician and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town. Fleming was born on 27 March 1905 in…
EventSoweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged with negligent and drunken driving
… driving and one of drunken driving after being involved in two car accidents in Boskruin, on the West Rand.Maphanga was involved in a collision with another…
PlacePublic Library, Port Elizabeth
… was officially opened on 29 July 1902. It was built in the late Victorian style incorporating a mixture of … which is CLOSED for the forseeable future, is…
EventItalo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 is signed
… of friendship with Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia). In the treaty, which was called the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of … to upholding lasting friendly relations…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… African nuclear programme was to produce nuclear arms in order to prevent a Soviet invasion of South Africa. This … at Velindaba and Pelinda was eventually…
EventFreedom of press is established at the Cape
… The freedom of the press was established in the Cape Colony through the efforts of journalist John … to what became known as the "Magna Carta" of press…
EventNatal Law society apologises to Gandhi
… a racist decision barred the young lawyer from practising. In 1894 Gandhi became the first non-White lawyer to apply to practise in the then British colony…
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… a Polish immigrant, on 10 April 1993 shot and killed Hani in the driveway of his home in Dawn Park, Boksburg. He used a gun supplied by … failed to make a…
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
… the Satyagraha Campaign (Passive Resistance Campaign). In this public meeting, Naidoo represented the Satyagraha … was hailed by Gandhi as one of the most…
EventHendrik Witbooi, Chief of the Nama, dies
… Hendrik Witbooi was born into a prominent Nama family in 1830. He was educated at a Lutheran Mission and was fluent in a number of European languages, as…
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… (Mikro), Afrikaans author, was born at Van Reenensplaas in Williston district, Cape Colony. KÁƒÂƒÂ¼hn attended school … University of Stellenbosch and…
EventThe Birkenhead runs aground with 638 passengers
… the southern point of Walker Bay, at present day Gans Bay in the Western Cape . The ship was carrying reinforcements … into the only two life-boats available…
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
… of Angola (UNITA) of Jonas Savimbi, signed a peace deal in Lusaka, Zambia. The peace deal, called Lusaka Protocol, which ended the long and ravaging civil…
EventAthlete Mathews Motshwareteu enters the annals of the country’s athletics history after only five weeks of track athletics
… Mathews Motshwareteu was born on 2 November 1958 in Soweto, Johannesburg. His talent for athletics became apparent in his primary school years, which he…
Document 26 - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956
… - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956 In the train Patrick Duncan 3 October 1956 Dear Sir, I very … not quite accept your paragraphs 2…