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PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… is a Hundred Years old (the Town celebrated its Centenary in September 2013). There is a larger than most Dutch … (seating as many as 1750 people at a time),…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
… fact that he had responsibilities and dependants. Nelson, in the loneliness of his cell, worried about the survival of … Mandela breaks her government bans…
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
… Timol on Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster Square police station. The … the 10th floor of the building. An…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
… the legacy of an outstanding South African leader. Writing in the foreword, President Thabo Mbeki recalls the day the … tells of the occasions that Chief…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
… "the scramble for Africa" by the major European powers in the late 19th century. Both Italy and Ethiopia were members of the League of Nations, founded in…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… 15 people protested on the steps of St George's Cathedral in Cape Town to demand medical treatment for people living … didn't realise that AIDS medications…
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… trading post was started by Jan van Riebeeck , who arrived in 1652. At first most of the Europeans worked for the DEIC, … Dutch, French and German people…
Killings at Ntshanga, 29 December 1996
… The ANC in KwaZulu Natal strongly condemns the killing of our people in an ANC stronghold at Tin Town, Ntshanga near Durban … 6. Bongani Hadebe The ANC calls…
PlaceGeorge Division
… were separated to form new divisions at Mossel Bay in 1848, Knysna in 1856, Oudtshoorn in 1858, and Uniondale in 1879. Originally the region had …
EventThe Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade the Republic of Biafra
… as one country. It served the British to have the country in turmoil because it would make it much easier for them to … 300 ethnic groups, with the more…
EventColoureds are removed from the voters roll
… was necessary to avoid the collapse of White civilisation in the whole of Africa, as this move would guarantee their … people, as they embark on their own…
EventWW2: British 8th army marches into Tripoli
… marched into Tripoli, later occupying the Libyan capital in this World War Two battle. This was part of a series of … thrust was eventually supported by the…
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The Act enforced segregation of all public facilities, including buildings, and…
EventThe Big Three are convicted of treason
… collectively known as the "Big Three", were arrested in April 1989 and charged with treason. At the time of their … School, rent and consumer boycotts, which…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… from three particular newspaper articles which appeared in the New York Times, New York Post and the Wall Street … of the pressure the apartheid government…
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… On 3 October 1685 the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam decided to send French Huguenot refugees to the … of the Calvinist Reformed Church that was…
EventHome Affairs Minister Mapisa
… racket after reports that people with al-Qaeda links were in possession of South African documents. Although she was … promised her British counterpart that…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
… The South African Reserve Bank was established in terms of the Currency and Banking Act, 1920 (Act No. 31 of 1920) in Parliament.This came into being after a…
EventThe Afrikaner Broederbond is formed
… On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). In 1919 the organisation…
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the hall was only opened in 1905. It was designed by architects Reid and Green from Johannesburg and was built in Italian…
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… confirmation that Britain sought to annex their territory. In response to public outcry, the British Colonial Office in South Africa appointed a Mr…
EventPresident Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square
… called Market Square, was home to the first church built in Pretoria, which burnt down in 1882. The square's current layout was designed by Vivian S. Rees…
EventSouth African Library Week is held from 22 - 27 March 2010 to make people aware of the value of libraries
… In 1997 the Library and Information Association of South … to promote libraries and to instil a culture of reading in South Africa. In 2001, LIASA initiated…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… annual congress of the Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee held in Johannesburg, it was decided to revive the old Transvaal … a national scale to participation by…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… Kingdom formally recognised the independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, which had … been known as the Orange River…
PlaceIndian Army Memorial
… was erected towards the end of 1902, on the highest point in Johannesburg ; Observatory Ridge. It honours Hindus , … members of the Indian Army that lost…
PlaceAustin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
… after ornithologist-mammalgist, J Austin Roberts, born in Pretoria in 1883, and largely self-taught. He was to produce a number … books on both birds and…
EventPius Langa is born
… of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in Bushbuck Ridge, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). In October 1994, Langa was appointed as Judge…
EventLouis Washkansky dies
… recipient of the first successful human heart transplant in the world, died in Cape Town, eighteen days after receiving the heart of Denise Darvall who had…
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
… F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto. Fighting in Soweto started when Zulu migrant workers…