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PlaceHoly Cross Mission & Hospital, Eastern Cape
… Holy Cross Hospital is a 224 bed Public Hospital situated in Taweni, Eastern Cape. The Hospital provides services to …
PlaceBotanical Gardens, Pretoria
… Founded in 1946, this is the home of the South African National …
EventANC members, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe go overseas under false names
… under false names and without passports. The two arrived in London, England and from there they went to Bucharest, …
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… a year after the Congress of People met at Kliptown in 1955 to endorse the Freedom Charter and was an attack on …
EventPaul Biya becomes president of Cameroon
… forceful ruling tactics. Biya won another seven-year term in the presidential election of 11 October 2004, officially …
EventProgressive Federal Party is formed
… English speaking Whites, were attracted as followers. In 1989 the PFP and New Democratic Movement (NDM) merged with …
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… into its constitution, but became a multiracial state in which all citizens had the franchise. The Republic of … Highlights in history on this date.[online],…
EventWinnie Mandela speaks out against Terrorism Act
… She was repeatedly placed under solitary confinement in the Pretoria Central Prison and allowed only one visitor …
EventThe South African Military History Society is established
… H.B. Klopper to all South Africans to take an interest in South Africa's military history. The object of the society …
EventPresident FW de Klerk tells Parliament that South Africa had constructed six nuclear fission devices
… dissolved and disassembled the entire programme in the twilight of the negotiations between the Apartheid …
EventANC government tension continues
… With reference to the suspension of the armed struggle in August of that year, he said that this was done to further …
EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… to join a campaign of sustained action against apartheid in the week before the country's general elections on 6 …
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… He was installed at St Georges Cathedral, Cape Town in September 1986. This charismatic but humble spiritual … Gastrow, S. (1990). Who's Who in South African…
EventKing Mswati III buys another luxury car
… 'runs a large family and a small kingdom'. On his birthday in April, he bought ten BMW seven series vehicles for himself …
EventMining agreement on wages and working conditions is signed
… conditions, averting the likelihood of damaging strikes in the coal and gold mining industries. The agreement … Association (2013), ' Miners to hand memo to…
EventFrancois Botha wins International Boxing Federation (IBF) title
… Botha, nickamed the "White Buffalo," secured a victory in a split decision against Germany's Axel Schulz to win the …
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… which he considered pro-British and had announced that in the event of a conflict of interests between Britain and …
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 … Evans, A.B., This Day in African History: 31 May ,…
EventThe force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa.
… the outbreak of World War I, there was immediate fighting in different parts of the world. On 11 May 1915, South … & Minorities The Recruitment of Colonial…
EventGovernment declares that five ‘non-White’ South African University Colleges will be entities separate from the University of South Africa
… All the five university colleges played a tremendous role in shaping the history of South Africa during the liberation …
ANC caucus statement on death of Adelaide Tambo, 01 February 2007
… veterans, Adelaide Tambo. A moment of silence was held in tribute to Adelaide Tambo`s unflagging dedication to the …
ArchiveNUM, FEDTRAW, rural, parliament and miscellaneous
… also encourage women to unite and play a more active role in the struggle, article regarding rural report which says …
WhatsYourHeritage
… be inspired by leading experts from a variety of sectors. In commemoration of Heritage Day, we are celebrating South …
ArchiveBoycott the Can
… of Metal Box are calling upon fellow working people in townships and rural areas to boycott all products of Metal …
EventThe Riotous Assemblies Act Commences
… system being enforced by the government. It was repealed in part by Internal Security Act No 74 of 1982 Click here for …
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
… supported the traditional system of Chieftainship in his speech. The speech was however resented by the Chief …
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… These powers were very similar to those contained in the South African Internal Security Act, which was used to …
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… brought apartheid to an end. 69% of White voters voted in favor of his reforms and showed support for multiparty …
EventANC’s economic plans
… an alternative which would redress the economic imbalances in the country. He further stated that nationalisation did …
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 1998 for the attack. The Commission received submissions …