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EventConstable Vlotman is given a R500 fine and a five year suspension sentence
… On 18 January 1987, Constable Vlotman a member of the South African Police Services (SAPS) who assaulted … for three years. Constable Vlotman had jumped out…
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… The Most Rev. Desmond Mpilo Tutu was elected Bishop of Cape Town, thereby becoming Archbishop of South Africa, heading the Anglican Church of South Africa…
EventDr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s advice is criticised
… a recipe for disaster. The African potato, with a mixture of garlic, onions and virgin olive oil, was advocated by the … alike. A new study published this…
EventMakgatho Mandela dies
… Mandela's only surviving son, Makgatho Mandela, died of HIV/AIDS in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. His … heaven". Makgatho's second wife, Zondi…
EventThe NNP joins the ANC
… (ANC). A NNP statement said that individual members of the NNP would be encouraged to join the ANC in their … The NNP would in future contest elections under…
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… her luxury beachfront apartment in Cape Town. The ex-wife of former South African president F.W. de Klerk was stabbed … Luyanda Mboniswa, a security guard at…
EventFrancois Botha wins International Boxing Federation (IBF) title
… Championship. Previous to the fight, the representatives of the two boxers, the president of IBF/USBA and the representative of the German Boxing Federation…
EventDinuzulu refuses British instructions to take up arms against Boers
… King Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo of the Zulu Kingdom in northern Natal, which is now part of the Kwazulu-Natal province, refused to follow British … her borders…
EventDaniel Francois Malherbe, SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born
… in South Africa. Malherbe published several volumes of poetry and drama, but he is best known for his novels. … describing the Great Trek. Malherbe was also…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… the gold fields in Hartley Hills in 1867 and the ruins of the ancient city of Zimbabwe. On his return to Potchefstroom, South African … legendary Ophir,…
EventA teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington
… in the Western Cape, South Africa. It was a settlement of the 1688 French Huguenot refugees and this region was … College and the Teachers Training College…
EventFeminist writer and activist, Diana E. H. Russell is born
… After completing her bachelors degree at the University of Cape Town, Russell left for Britain. In 1963, she moved to … at Harvard University, focusing on…
EventANC President, Oliver Tambo, denies that the ANC is in secret negotiations with the South African government
… government. His denial came two months after a Member of Parliament and leader of the Progressive Federal Party, Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert expressed his…
EventJoe Kachingwe is appointed Malawi’s first Ambassador to South Africa
… in Malawi. Following this visit by Vorster, the status of the diplomatic missions between Malawi and South Africa improved to that of embassies. In June, the…
EventHenry Olonga, Zimbabwean Cricketer is born
… Kenya, before settling in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He is one of five siblings; one of his brothers, Victor Olonga is a rugby player. Ologa made … 2003 after he…
EventSouth Africa and Lesotho establish a consultative committee to resolve border disputes
… to resolve misunderstandings arising from the movement of people across their common border. The relationship … friction. This was the case particularly…
EventWorld Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally
… seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. The date was … on the day include relay reading, the…
EventJomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted
… convicted and sentenced to seven years (through the use of false testimony) in Kenya. Kenyatta and five others were … 1953 where close to 100 people were…
EventA memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC
… A memorandum containing complete details of a proposed constitutional dispensation was delivered to … Persons' Representative Council (CPRC)by the Minister…
EventHestrie Cloete, world champion high jumper, is born
… Hestrie Cloete was born in Germiston, East of Johannesburg on 26 August 1978. She began participating in … long-time coach, Martin Marx, discovered her at…
EventThe Groote Kerk pulpit, sculpted by Anton Anreith, is inaugurated in Cape Town
… Cape Town . Its architecture boasts a peculiar combination of Greek and Gothic styles. The building was designed by … made the extraordinary pulpit, which…
EventThe Kenya-Uganda railway is completed
… ambitious infrastructure at its inception with the cost of the project causing most of the controversy. The railway was built by the British East … Company…
EventTryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo
… on 13 January 1910. She started writing books at the age of thirty and chose to write under the pseudonym, Tryna du … her writing career, she produced about…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… family until 1968, when it was bought by the city council of Pretoria (Tshwane) and turned into a museum. Melrose … strategised from 275 Jacob Mare Street…
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… produces 4 flashes every 40 seconds, with an intensity of 834 750 candelas, which can be seen at a distance of 25 nautical miles. The lighthouse initially…
EventMuhammad Ali defeats Charles Liston in the World heavyweight title fight
… to Ali being crowed the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. When Ali was 12 years old, he and a friend went … in free hot dogs and popcorn available…
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , wife of imprisoned ANC leader, Nelson Mandela, was banished to the dusty Afrikaner dominated town of Brandfort in the Free State…
ArchiveNUM, FEDTRAW, rural, parliament and miscellaneous
… Corporation yesterday appeal to the National Union of Mines workers to resume talks aimed at ending then … gold and coal miners strike, article regarding…
ArchiveThe rehabilitation scheme: a new fraud
… and therefore the African people should reduce the numbers of their cattle. The land position in South Africa is illustrated in detail and the real position…
EventAuthor and playwright Ronald Harwood is born in Cape Town
… In London, he received stage training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He changed his name to Harwood under the advice of an English master, who felt…