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ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… sums remitted was left to the latter's discretion. January 20, Natal Legislative Assembly passed Indian Immigration … banquet in Masonic Hall in honour of…
EventMuhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain his world heavyweight title
The historic boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) took place on 30 October 1974. Ali won…
EventKenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa
… On 20 June 1991 the Kenya National Sports Council sent a letter …
EventRhodesia withdraws from Summer Olympic Games
… [online], Available at history1900s.about.com [Accessed: 20 August 2013]|Olympics Website, Munich 1972: 26 August- 11 … [online], Available at www.olympic…
EventStudent Wages Commission meet
The first meeting of the Student Wages Commission was held at the Bolton Hall, Durban. Beforehand, thousands of pamphlets announcing the meeting and explaining…
EventPresident P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.
… was scheduled to meet with Namibian political leaders on 20 January 1989, but could not attend the meeting due to his …
EventSouth African model, Candice Swanepoel is born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal
… Candice Swanepoel was born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal on 20 October 1988 She grew up on a farm and had aspirations of …
EventEgyptian and US Archaeologists discover a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile
… On 20 December 1991 (21 December according to other sources) …
EventA Pretoria biker is caught doing 284km/h on his Suzuki motorcycle on the R59
… On 20 November 2005 at 6:42, a Pretoria biker made news when he … News 24 'Late' biker snapped at 284km/h (20 November 2005) [online] Available at: www…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… rounds the Cape again on his way to the East. 1602 20 March, The Vereenigde Landsche Ge-Oktroyeerde … 54 000 sheep in 1700, by 1710 this number had increased…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… Jurgen Schadeberg , visits South Africa after nearly 20 years abroad. Gille de Vlieg joins the Black Sash and in … amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… Nation-wide strikes in response to banning of the ANC. 20 March, Rioting and arson in Pondoland. 21 March, At … The General Assembly decides - by 67 votes to…
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
… provide shade for about 1000 people, or 22 ox wagons with 20 oxens in front of each. The tree has subsequently been … infestation which recently had the…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… acted according to the will of God. However, due to the 1990 moratorium on capital punishment, Strydom escaped the …
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… 1970, 1986 and 1995; the SAUK Prize for African TV dramas 1990; the Stals Prize for Cultural History 1997; and the … ', [online], Available at www.goodreads…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… government from 1988 - 89, but restrictions were lifted in 1990 as part of the move towards multi-racial government. …
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
… was withdrawn and she was not allowed travel to until 1990. In 1988 she was charged and convicted for obstructing a …
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… When the African National Congress (ANC) was unbanned in 1990, she was unanimously elected as the treasurer for the …
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
Born in 1945 in the North West Cape, Boesak developed deep interests in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 he became a sexton Dutch…
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… A number of provisional governments followed, but by 1990, a new constitution had been adopted and the charismatic …
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… the Australian Human Rights Award. After his release in 1990, Mandela received the Nobel Peace Prize, and was elected …
EventNamibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies
… humour. He did not live to see Namibian independence in 1990. The John Muafangejo Art Centre was established in …
PlaceMaitland Road
… known as Eleventh Mile Stone, Maitland Road, was opened on 20 December 1853, and one of these Mile Stones's was probably …
EventMalawian President Hastings Banda visits SA
… independent Black African state to visit South Africa (16-20 August). During his visit Banda met with the State …
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… the crimes they were charged with. Ebrahim received a 20-year sentence, while Maseko and Dladla were sentenced to …
PlaceClumber, Eastern Cape
The Village of Clumber was established on land allocated in 1820 to Dr Thomas Carlton, leader of a party of settlers from Nottinghamshire. In October 1893 its…
EventParliament passes legislation separating the people of South Africa into four distinct races
… 41 of 1950. Both these Acts commenced on 7 July, 1950. On 20 February, 1950 the Population Registration Act was read …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… These children are known today as the Stolen Generation. [20] Reparations? The practice of removing Aboriginal children … and places of worship were targeted…
EventSouth West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… the country's leading party following independence in 1990. SWAPO, led by one of its co-founders Sam Nujoma, began …
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
At the start of the 20th century South Africa faced a poor white epidemic. The state justified Apartheid as an "anti-poverty program for whites".[1] This poor…