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EventSouth African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa’s first elected woman president in post-war elections
… football legend George Weah who secured only 40,6% of the votes. Though international observers declared the … were reported. Sirleaf is faced with the…
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… Hundreds of representatives from leprosy non-governmental … Without Leprosy' is a realistic and achievable goal. One of the congress attendants, Executive…
EventControversial Catholic Archbishop Milingo agrees to renounce marriage
… Roman Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo of Zambia married Maria Sung on 27 May in a ceremony … archbishop asked the church to release him from his vow of…
EventErnie Els wins the Nedbank Golf Tournament
… Els finished the tournament with a remarkable record win of 25-under-par 263, after rounds of 67, 66, 64 and 66. He was ranked in the top five of the…
EventLegal action against election results
… The Minister of Local Government in Kwazulu-Natal applied to the Supreme … chaos and intimidation during the second election of a democratic South Africa…
EventPolitical parties call for Constitutional changes
… The New National Party (NNP) strove for the insertion of a lockout right as a counter measure to labour's right to … for single-language education…
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
… Political activist, teacher and lawyer, co-founder of the African National Youth League (ANCYL) and its … Mda's leadership the Youth League presented the…
EventDr. Jan Bouws, Dutch composer, is born
… Holland. He trained in Musicology at the University of Amsterdam and on completion of his studies became a lecturer at the Watergraafsmeerse Schoolvereniging…
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… A council of war, tried Chief Malebogo for refusing to allow his people … and waging war against the Transvaal Boers in defence of his autonomy. Although he…
EventANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections
… Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress (ANC), dismissed proposals … render elections not free and fair in Empangeni. Minister of…
EventTwenty Black students are admitted to the Pretoria University
… Pretoria University developed from the Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College. The branch was … into a fully functional world class University…
EventGeneral De la Rey releases General Lord Methuen after his wounds are treated
… Towards the end of the Second South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General … had been forced to reverse his decision by the burghers of his Commando…
EventThe Transkei Constitution Act is enacted
… The enactment of the Transkei Constitution Act (No 48 of 1963), which came into effect on 30 May 1963, gave partial … self-government to the Transkei within…
EventLife magazine is banned in Egypt after publishing an unflattering article about King Farouk
… social commentary and jokes produced by some of the best writers and cartoonists in the world. In the April 10 1950 issue of the magazine, it featured an…
EventWorld TB Day, observed to create public awareness that tuberculosis remains a global epidemic
… the world by announcing that he had discovered the cause of Tuberculosis. Around the world on 24 March each year, … “how Europe and the African, Caribbean…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), a federation of various labour unions, was established on 2 December 1985 … remains strong despite…
PlaceVictorian Manor-house, 59 Musgrave Road, Durban
… was completed in 1897 and latter passed into the Ownership of the Brown family and became known as the "Brown House" … acquired by Stauch Vorster. A…
PlaceDurban Main Post Office
… by Phillip Dudgeon in 1882. It was the first meeting place of the South African National Convention, which took place in a hall to the left of the building…
EventUnited Democratic Front member dies after asthma attack
… a Queenstown community leader and high profile member of the United Democratic Front,died in police custody. He was … Prison in East London According to…
Condolence book for Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, 28 March 2017
… The African National Congress mourns the passing of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe, Comrade Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada … on earlier today, 28 March 2017. Members and…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 7 Union Street, Gardens
… This House was probably erected in 1895 and has a number of prominent Architectural features including an unusual … predominantly Georgian idiom, was…
PlaceChurch Square,Spin Street- Cape Town
… Church Square is one of the three early areas of land about which the early town developed and its … spinning factory. Originally the square served as the…
EventThe 25th Summer Olympics opens in Barcelona, Spain
… opened in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona was chosen ahead of Amsterdam, Brisbane, Birmingham, Belgrade and Paris who … host the games. The games were also the…
EventTutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa
… fight against the apartheid system, including the freeing of Nelson Mandela and other imprisoned activists. Tutu became the chairman of the Truth and…
EventJohn Harris and the Johannesburg station bomb
… evening rush hours. The explosion resulted in the death of one person and severe injuries to more than twenty others, … emerged that Frederick John Harris, a…
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… Marthinus van Schalkwyk leader of the New National Party was born on 10 November 1959. He replaced FW de Klerk as leader of the National Party in 1997 and…
EventXhosa author Samuel Mqhayi dies
… near King William's Town, Transkei. His first collection of poems, Imihobe nemiBongo (1927) included 'Nkosi sikelel' iAfrica'. The words of the first stanza…
EventBeyers Naude refuses to testify before the Schlebusch Commission
… Dr. Beyers Naude, former Director of the Christian Institute, defied an order to appear before … University Christian Movement (UCM), the National Union of…
EventKimberley swimmer Karen Muir (12) sets new world record
… at the Derby Baths, Blackpool, England. At the age of twelve, she became not only the youngest world … records and was voted into the International Swimming…
EventLocal elections in Townships
… Following government's introduction of Black Township Councils in the late 1980s, which attempted … measures by detaining those who called a boycott of the…