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EventBartolomeu Dias enters Luderitz Bay
… coast of south west Africa. On the same day exactly 10 years later, on 25 December 1497, Dias's compatriot Vasco … South Africa ; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria:…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Gabon at Odi Stadium
… of the Decade,' Kick Off 1994-2004, Special Edition, p. 10). http://www.dispatch.co.za/1999/02/23/sport/AAMOLOTO.HTM …
EventNew SA Constitution takes effect
… by President Nelson Mandela in Sharpeville, Gauteng on 10 December 1996. Among the laws contained by the …
EventThe first radio licence in SA is issued to Dr J. van Rensburg of Carnarvon
… The Durban organization began broadcasting on December 10, 1924. Financial support came from listener's licenses …
EventDundee and Glencoe are retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops during the South African War II
Dundee and Glencoe were retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops as the South African War II 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War II 1899-1902) intensified. The area…
EventEmmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer, is born
… Emmanuel Frimpong was born on 10 January 1992 in Kumasi, Ghana. He moved to England at a … Available at: https://www.arsenal.com [Accessed on 10 December…
EventThe Proteas become the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia
… be a successful one for the Proteas, being undefeated in 10 Test matches. …
PlacePort Alfred
… flying school . The Sarel Hayward Dam was constructed in 1986 to alleviate the fresh water problems, but as the Town …
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… in Politics (1981 and 1997); Decolonising the Mind (1986); Moving the Center (1994); and Penpoints Gunpoints and …
PlaceCrossroads Township
… left 60,000 people homeless between the 25 May and 12 June 1986. In 1987, Old Crossroads officially acquired the status …
PlaceLibya
… was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986 and has been a crossroads for major cultures of Africa …
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… and the hotel turret was then used as a lookout post. Some 10 000 troops were camped around the village during this … died in 1920 and is buried in a little…
PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… and by 1852 Captain Jeffrey bought erf numbers 1,2,9 and 10 for a total of 79 British pounds. History aside, … do activity is a horse beach ride at…
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
… On 10 December 2013, South Africans and more than 90 world … News24, Thousands unite to say farewell to Madiba , 10 December 2013,Url number … 28 November…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 9, 10, 11 and 16 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the …
PlaceCora Terrace Houses (1,3,5,7,9,11), Port Elizabeth
… distance to St. George’s cricket stadium, and about a 10 minute drive to the new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. It was …
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… van Schalkwyk leader of the New National Party was born on 10 November 1959. He replaced FW de Klerk as leader of the …
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
… official when Kaizer Daliwonga Matanzima announced on 10 April 1978 that Transkei would break all diplomatic ties. …
Commemorative Walk
… 30 November. Leaving Durban at 1.45 a.m. and returning at 10 p.m. will then do a short walk between Charlestown and …
EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
… assault and other “unnatural acts” and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with 9 years suspended. Eventually he …
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… KaNgwane is among the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its …
EventFrance’s war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… France in any way. A peace treaty was signed in Tangier on 10 September 1844 and came to be known as the Treaty of …
PlaceJohn Vorster Square Police Station or Johannesburg Central Police Station
… prime minister of the Republic of South Africa. It was a 10 storey, blue coloured cement building. Floors 9 and 10 were occupied by the Security Branch while…
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two at 8 and 10 Whitlock Street. Donkin Street in its entirety was …
ArchiveA Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman
… 1991 9. Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992 10. Last kicks of a dying horse July 1992 - June 1993 11. …
EventC.J. Langenhoven dies in Oudtshoorn
… iAfrika was also recognised as the national anthem. Since 10 October 1997, a shortened, combined version of Nkosi …
EventJohannesburg municipal workers strike
… city in South Africa. The strike involved over 10,000 African municipal workers. Apart from a wage crisis, …
EventJacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation world champion title
On 15 May 1993, Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, won the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) world champion title. Matlala had been introduced to boxing at a young age…
EventThe Great Comet of 1901
… Innes was the first person to observe the comet using a 10-inch guiding telescope. Two other people, namely Mr. Lunt …
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… lovingly called, became involved in politics at the age of 10 after her grandfather was beaten by police. By 18, she was …