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PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 its name was changed to Elliot, after Sir Henry … Magistrate of Transkie , which is…
EventPoqo members kill a White family
… In an attempt to destabilise the country and cause an … Congress of Azania's military wing kill a White family in their caravan while they camp on the Bashee…
EventMugabe announces the merging of ZANU and ZAPU
… command after the political affiliation of the two groups in the Patriotic Front. The merged Patriotic Front helped Mugabe defeat the colonial government of…
EventProgressive Reform Party is formed
… The Progressive Reform Party (PRP) was formed in the wake of the merger between the Progressive Party and … to merge was made at simultaneously held…
EventMahamane Ousmane is overthrown
… elected president, Mahamane Ousmane, was toppled in a military coup d'etat and put under arrest in the presidential palace. Coup leader Col Barre Mainassara …
EventNatoo Babenia is born
… Natoo Babenia, a political activist first in India, resisting British rule and later in South Africa against the Apartheid government, was born at Coedmore…
EventPrime Minister of Transkei George Matanzima is born
… of Kaiser Matanzima and prime minister of the Transkei in 1979 and 1987, was born in Qamata, Transkei. The government of the Transkei homeland … Bantu…
PlaceCoerney, Port Elizabeth
… North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the Sundays River Valley in Sarah Bartman District Municipality and is nearby the Addo Elephant…
EventIEC extends election dates
… about poor arrangements at some polling stations in South Africa's first democratic election, President F.W. … Electoral Commission (IEC) to extend polling…
EventBotswana gains independence from Britain
… Khama was elected president by the National Assembly in 1966 and then reelected for two additional terms, until he passed away in 1980. Botswana is rich of…
ArchiveCrisis News
… Town, "attempts to tell the truth of what is happening in our country", particularly in the Western Cape and from a theological point of … viewpoints about…
EventRiky Rick, one of the most esteemed South African hip hop artists is born
… Rikhado Makhado, stage name Riky Rick, was born in the KwaMashu township of northern Durban, KwaZulu Natal on … throughout South Africa. He released another…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… of the Transvaal Republic after it was occupied by Britain in 1877. This link between the land-locked Transvaal Republic … Kruger as it would give the…
PlaceLoftus Versveld Stadium, Hatfield
… Loftus Versfeld received a welcomed revamp and renovation in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, hosted by South … the audio-visual equipment and the…
EventPatrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo Republic, is assassinated
… under the command of Katangan authorities. He was put in a line up and shot. The execution is thought to have taken … up and dismembering the corpses, then…
EventThe Flag of the Union of South Africa is hoisted on Prince Edward Island
… as they realised that Islands could also become engulfed in a war of a global scale and play a strategic role. The … commissioned an inquiry about the…
EventThe first family at the Cape moves into the fort
… ashore on 7 April, barely one day after dropping anchor in Table Bay, to select the best site. 100 men were occupied … rampart, Reijger, was completed and…
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… which centred on the brutal killing of Stompie Seipei in 1988. The TRC heard from a series of witnesses who … four youths and dismissed the claim that she…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Former South African Defence Force … and 19 other former senior military officers were charged in the…
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
… UN Force Commander Lieutenant General Dallaire argued that in terms of the Arusha Accords, the Prime Minister should … Ultimately, it was the rebel advances…
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
… Published and launched in January 2009 in partnership with Vivalia Press. Editors : Cornelius … readiness on the part of the Pretoria regime to engage in…
’Asinamali’
… Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1957 a message came through from SACTU that we must … to write something about this pound a day…
PlaceAchab se Berg, Northern Cape
… Hill 23 km East of Aggeneys and 34 km from Pofadder, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. The name is taken from … nearby Mine. This range of Hills…
ArchiveThe failure of the Coloured Persons Represen
… Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of … latter's gradual adaptation and development, culminating in the inauguration…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 5: Education beyond apartheid
… Education Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society examining the education system in South Africa under apartheid rule. Content…
Speak - the voice of the community
… newspaper reported on the communities' sustained efforts in creating residents' associations, including women's … action against the Government elections…
PlaceMartello Tower, Simonstown
… The circular tower was erected in 1796 on the orders of James Craig to improve the defence … that this is the oldest British structure of its kind in the…
EventA Cape Passive Resistance Council is formed
… Passive Resistance Council was formed at a mass meeting in Cape Town, attended by 1 500 people. Among the first … of the Resisters to join the passive…
EventRSA golf team is expelled from Greece
… Cup international men's team golf championship starting in Athens on 8 November. The action by the Greek Foreign … Apartheid to condemn all practices of…
EventThe People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
… Congress (ANC) member Rocky Malebane-Metsing, was banned in Bophuthatswana by President Lucas Mangope. He announced … aborted coup attempt by the PPP…