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EventPolicewomen are enlisted as full members of South African Police Force for the first time.
… On 1 January 1972, for the first time in the history of the South African Police (SAP), policewomen … women began their basic training at the police College…
EventThe African National Congress is found guilty
… Commission under Advocate Louis Skweyiya, appointed in March 1992, found that there was abuse in some African National Congress (ANC) camps in exile…
EventMike Gatting’s rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… cricket tour by Mike Gatting's England team, culminated in Dr Ali Bacher's statement on February 13, 1990. In the statement Bacher acknowledged that it was…
EventSADF responds to allegations by FAPLA
… that his forces had killed over 230 South African troops in the course of the offensive and had destroyed large … African People's Organisation (SWAPO). It…
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… and withdraw its forces and elections were to be held in Angola. The treaty was signed on 22 December 1988. The battle of Cuito Cuanavale and the Cuban…
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… was released from Robben Island after twenty-three years in prison. His release followed a call for all political … district of Port Elizabeth until November…
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… to provide accurate time, especially for the ships in Table Bay. In 1865, a system was devised where an electrical signal would drop time balls at the…
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
… and poultry product was lifted. The disease was discovered in ostriches over a year earlier in July 2004 in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape. Thousands of…
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
… On 12 June 2005, Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI died in a hospital in Polokwane, Limpopo Province. Rain Queen Modjadji VI is a … of Monomotapa, which ruled…
EventBotha found Guilty
… of contempt for repeatedly ignoring subpoenas to testify in public before the country's Truth and Reconciliation … Council from 1978 to 1989. Botha had…
EventAWB leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, is convicted of attempted murder and assault
… on two counts, for attempted murder and assault in a Potchefstroom court and sentenced to six years in jail. This sentence was handed down for the brutal…
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… South Africa Company (BSAC). This was the final step in the process of the formation of Zambesia (as it was then … concession with C.D. Rudd, a partner of…
Event19 die at Shell House massacre
… the shooting by ANC guards was unjustified. Shell house in Jeppe Street, Johannesburg, was home to the ANC after the … rising tensions between the ANC and…
EventThe Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) is founded
… In an attempt to organise a broad-based and inter-racial … Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg. Ray Simons, who was the…
EventSoweto Town council asks SADF troops to stay
… In June 1986, there were many necklacing incidents in Soweto, Johannesburg with people being brutally killed. … the demands made by the SCA and asked the…
PlaceMaitland Road
… where used to measure distance, by the early settlers, in Cape Town. A Post Office known as Eleventh Mile Stone, … probably located at a local Inn, but this…
PlaceHawthornden-House, Herschell Walk, Wynberg
… as a double-storey home with French Victorian features, in 1881 by Captain John Spence. It was purchased by Sir JB Robinson in 1891 who, following his…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 7 Union Street, Gardens
… This House was probably erected in 1895 and has a number of prominent Architectural features … surmounting the front Verandah, and marble Fireplaces in its…
PlaceHouse of Parliament, Cape Town
… houses of South African Houses of Parliament are situated in Cape Town even though the seat of government is in Pretoria . This was part of a compromise…
PlaceCora Terrace Houses (1,3,5,7,9,11), Port Elizabeth
… This beautiful Georgian home was built in the 1850’s to house soldiers guarding the port of Port Elizabeth. Situated in picturesque surroundings, you can…
PlaceOld Municipal Offices, Berlandina Street, Roodepoort
… building was designed by Charles Hosking and was completed in 1906 as the first permanent offices for the new Roodepoort-Maraisburg municipality. It was…
EventTony Leon is born
… leader of the Democratic Alliance - Tony Leon was born in Durban. In 1994 he was elected Member of Parliament and leader of … the second South Africa…
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… Walter Sisulu, was served with two notifications in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act (Act 44 of 1950) . In terms of these notifications Sisulu was…
EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
… Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. Here South Africa played its first…
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
… elected to the executive committee of the union. He served in several influential positions in different trade unions. Passionate about sport, Erasmus … of…
EventAcademic and ANC politician Z.K. Matthews dies
… to the UN, Zachariah Keodirelang (ZK) Matthews , died in Washington, USA. He was buried in Gaborone, Botswana. "Bridging the gap between the old … militant…
EventDe Klerk and Mandela receive UNESCO peace prize
… Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. The award was given to them for their brave effort in ending apartheid, thus…
EventMandela threatens armed struggle
… fail to take effective steps to end the current violence in the country, the only defence of the people will be to … the government's inability of putting…
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… his colleagues and leads to an internal succession process in the party that culminates in the appointment of F. W. de Klerk . P.W. Botha presided ……
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA) in the border region, was found on a dirt road near King William's Town in the Eastern Cape, a day…