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EventTanganyika formally ends all trade ties with South Africa
… South Africa. Tanganyika became one of the first countries in Africa to impose sanctions on South Africa. The majority of countries in the western bloc and…
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… On 11 March 1960, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the Republican Referendum … to vote either "Yes" or "No" to the question; "Are you in…
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… 1978 Desmond Tutu served as Bishop of the Anglican Church in Lesotho and as Secretary-General of the South African … the Nobel Peace Prize award for his…
EventEx Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase
… The denial of South Africa's involvement in arms dealing with the former Rwandan Army came seven years … Africa by the United Nations. South Africa's…
EventNuclear Reactor At Pelindaba Goes Critical
… On this date the nuclear reactor Safari, located in Pelindaba, near Pretoria, went critical and South Africa … after World War II when uranium deposits were…
EventWinnie Mandela is elected ANCWL president
… Born Nomzamo Winfreda Zanyiwe Madikizela in the Eastern Cape, President Mandela’s former wife and … her post as Member of Parliament. She was re-elected in…
EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
… Three people died and sixty-nine are injured in a bomb explosion in Magoo's Bar on the Durban beach. An ANC's arm wing, … we Sizwe (MK) cell, led by Robert…
EventDeath of Harry Oppenheimer
… business enterprises, Oppenheimer played a crucial role in politics and openly opposed apartheid. In 1998, commenting on apartheid he said: "Disagreeable ……
EventWinnie Mandela sued by the government
… Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology in 1995. Former President Nelson Mandela dismissed her … of financial mismanagement and her improper…
EventMandela confirms Kerzner’s contribution to the ANC
… by Bantu Holomisa, but stated that he has told no-one else in the African National Congress (ANC) about the donation. … ANC's Disciplinary Committee ousted…
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… William Philip Screhreiner, prime minister in the Cape Colony at the start of Anglo-Boer War 2 (South … Republiek (ZAR) or South African Republic (Transvaal)…
EventBram Fischer born today
… Fischer, lawyer and champion against apartheid, was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 23 April 1908. This … Party of South African (CPSA), openly…
EventKabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC
… was the country's first democratically elected president in over forty years. President Thabo Mbeki, who played a major role in the peaceful solution of the…
EventThe Republic of Goshen is founded
… The Republic of Goshen with its capital in Lichtenburg is founded by a group of Afrikaner farmers on … of the Barolong boo Ratlou, as reward for the Boer…
EventZambian journalist, Fred M’membe is born
… newspaper, Zambia Post. As the only independent newspaper in Zambia, Zambia Post constantly clashed with the … Media Institute of Southern Africa's Press…
EventAlan Charles Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian is born
… and editor of The Guardian newspaper. He was born in Northern Rodesia (Now Zambia) to English parents. The … was five years old. He later studied literature…
EventNelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to serve his five-year sentence
… of Mandela’s movements by an American CIA agent based in Durban. Mandela was tried in Pretoria's Old Synagogue and in November 1962 sentenced to five years'…
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
… under President Thabo Mbeki’s administration, was born in B Location, Kroonstad, Orange Free State. He is the son to … researcher and lecturer. He became…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… seeing that challenged the established apartheid tropes. In the words of Professor Ari Sitas, “Badsha could do in one picture what a dozen history workshop…
Clarion Call
… negotiated future for South Africa". The youth of KwaZulu, in particular, were called upon to resist violence as a means of protest. Participation in…
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… In the second worst bus accident in South African history, a double decker school bus with … children. The bus driver survived and was exonerated in the…
EventNaguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate, is born
… Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo, Egypt. He knew from a very young age that he wanted … on his life. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988…
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… the last President of the Free State, who bought the land in 1897, and settled here in 1905, after his return from Europe. The tree is reputed to … whose…
EventMorocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain
… of the local population forced Spain to abandon the region in 1524. In 1860 Spain reclaimed the region following a treaty with Morocco, but the effective…
EventCharles Barends, the renowned South African jockey is born
… Charles “Charlie” Barends was born in Johannesburg on 24 September 1919. [i]Charlie was a jockey … winners [ii] Charlie only rode one July Handicap winner in…
The attack of Syria by Israel, 7 May 2013
… this as provocation that can only escalate hostilities in the middle East which in our view complicates and undermine the need for peaceful … sovereignty of…
ArchiveWhere do we stand?: APDUSA and a nation free of race hatred and oppression
… APDUSA shows concern in how the Herrenvolk and the Broederbond, and particularly in the Western province, attempts to split-up the Non-Whites … The…
PlaceGoedverwact
… Moravian Church on the Western slopes of the Piketberg, in the magisterial district of Piketberg. The farm was … by H. S. Burger. On the death of the last of…
EventInternational Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting
… In a two-day meeting to discuss emergency measures against … should be excluded from ILO meeting. The meeting was held in Geneva from 28- 30 June 1963. The…
EventNUSAS disbands
… Students (NUSAS) elected to disband on this day. Founded in 1924, the aim of the organisation was to represent and … of the organisation was that the members…