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EventCapital City of Zimbabwe is renamed
… Immediately after obtaining independence from Britain in 1980, Zimbabwe embarked on the process of renaming its …
EventMaluzi Gigaba is born
… home affairs, Malusi Knowledge Nkanyedzi Gigaba, was born in Eshowe, Natal. Gigaba was appointed deputy minister by …
EventThousands protest the killing of Chris Hani
… called for country-wide armed uprisings, but leaders in South Africa urged them to remain calm. Hani was killed a …
EventInternational Day of Peace Vigil is observed
… campaigns. It also called for cooperation with the UN in establishing global ceasefire. …
EventSouth Africa mourns the passing of Beyers Naudé, apartheid struggle stalwart and Afrikaner cleric
… on Tuesday morning 7 September 2004 at a retirement home in Johannesburg . He was 89 years old and his wife, Ilse, who … South Africa: Catholics Mourn Anti…
EventMinister of Constitutional Development Roelf Meyer set to resign
… the National Party (NP) launched a 'core values' document in Pretoria , aimed at taking the party forward, it was also …
EventRuth First is born
… African Communist Party (SACP) leader Joe Slovo was born in Johannesburg , South Africa. Her political involvement …
EventMalawi switches over to a new decimal currency, the Kwacha
… divided into hundred Tambala. The word kwacha means “dawn” in the Nyanja and Bemba languages and Tambala means …
ArchiveCircular from Oliver Schreiner, Deputy Vice-President, NUSAS, to University Principals and others
… the position of the Students Representative Councils in respect to the National Union's policy and policy making, …
ArchivePromotion of Bantu Self-governing Act, Act No 46 of 1959
… the Government of the Union and the said national units in regard to matters affecting the interests of such national …
”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something
… the night before. The manager, John Howard, hides him in the underground stables of the mine, and slips him into a …
PlaceNarainsamy Temple, Newlands, Durban
… The temple was founded in 1896, and is controlled by the Narainsamy Family Trust. …
4. Complaint of ill-treatment on an estate
… lodged complaints with the Protector of Indian Immigrants in February 1884. The testimony of one of their number, … hands together with a strap and hung him…
Briefing on Lekgotla outcomes, 27 January 2015
… NEC Lekgotla being held at the St. George`s Hotel, Irene in Tshwane. The briefing will be held as follows: Date: …
EventUnited Democratic Front call to Police
… with the UDF executive after the incident, which resulted in a coffin being dropped. The police denied that they were …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 23 May 1983, Volume 77 and Volume 78
… the SACC, including its management and functions, the ways in whih finance is obtained, for what purpose the money or …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 20 May 1983, Volume 76
… the SACC, including its management and functions, the ways in whih finance is obtained, for what purpose the money or …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 19 May 1983, Volume 74 and Volume 75
… the SACC, including its management and functions, the ways in whih finance is obtained, for what purpose the money or …
ArchiveOrganisational Report of the National Executive Committee
… Nzo to the First Legal National Conference of the ANC in Durban, 2-6 July 1991. Covers landmarks of the last three …
ArchiveThe birth of the African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… called on the leadership of the Movement to a conference in which the national situation was discussed, and how it had …
ArchiveThe preliminary nature of the Constitutional document
… that will encourage the achievement of the principles in the Constitution, establishing forms of regional and local …
EventThe Population Registration Bill is read for the first time
… Population Registration Bill was read for the first time in Parliament. The Bill was a cornerstone of the Apartheid …
EventOscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
… was born at Putellos, Umbumbulu, Natal. Dhlomo served in the homeland government of Kwa-Zulu under the leadership …
EventPupils refuse to return to school before Soweto Uprisings
… but failed to resolve the issue, by holding a conference in Roodepoort to discuss the campaign against the use of … Ndlovu, S., M., ‘ The Soweto Uprising ’,…
EventThe Conservative Party decides on talks with National Party and expel a member
… Van der Merwe advocated immediate participation in the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), and … Seattle Times, World -- News In Brief , from…
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
… referendum on South African reform process, which was set in motion by him back on 2 February 1990. The referendum date … p. 38750|Wren, C.S., (1992), De…
EventMswati III becomes King of Swaziland
… his late father King Sobhuza II, who had died of pneumonia in 1982. Two relatives, Queen Dzeliwe Shongwe and Queen …
EventThe Supreme Court of Zambia ruled that former Zambian president, Frederick Chiluba should stand trial for corruption
… An overwhelming majority of Parliamentarians voted in favour of this motion and Chiluba was subsequently charged …
EventThe first Chadian oil pipeline opens
… concern by some international observers who feared that, in the absence of reform and of transparent governance, …
EventSouth Africa win the most medals at the 7th All African Games
… 6000 athletes from around the African continent gathered in Johannesburg for the 7th All Africa Games, which opened on …