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EventMandela discharged from Pretoria hospital
… to Mediclinic heart hospital in Pretoria on the 8th of June 2013 for a recurring lung infection. His condition … unstable. Mandela received medical support…
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… party following independence in 1990. SWAPO, led by one of its co-founders Sam Nujoma, began attacking the South … by the United Nations as the legitimate…
EventSA Prime Minister speaks before the British Parliament
… in enforcing world peace. He also called for the increase of the membership of the British Commonwealth and more effective organisation of the British Empire…
EventNovelist and poet Kgadime Matsepe is born
… (At the king's court) in 1964 and Meyokgo ya bjoko (Tears of the brain) in 1973. His father was a senior police sergeant and his grandfather was the chief…
EventSA artist Mizream Maseko is born
… John Mohl, who taught him basic principles and techniques of painting. A book by Groenewald interested him in leather painting techniques. A selection of his…
EventJohannesburg municipal workers strike
… under apartheid. In addition to restricting the freedom of mobility of the migrant worker and his family, it further created additional difficulties within…
EventProgressive Federal Party is formed
… The Progressive Reform Party of South Africa and the 'Japie' Basson dissident group of United Party (UP) members merged to form the Progressive … rights for…
EventThe Chinese Community in South Africa is granted ‘White’ status
… only for sport and leisure. In 2008 years after the fall of the Apartheid Regime the Chinese have been classed 'Black' … subject to discrimination under…
EventMulti-party delegates endorses the Interim constitution
… Constitution according to which SA would have a Government of National Unity (GNU) for 5 years after its first … on 27 April 1994. This document was the…
EventRamaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested
… First general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Cyril Ramaphosa, and its president, … out to be the longest and costliest strike in the…
EventConstable Vlotman is given a R500 fine and a five year suspension sentence
… On 18 January 1987, Constable Vlotman a member of the South African Police Services (SAPS) who assaulted … for three years. Constable Vlotman had jumped out…
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… The Most Rev. Desmond Mpilo Tutu was elected Bishop of Cape Town, thereby becoming Archbishop of South Africa, heading the Anglican Church of South Africa…
EventDr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s advice is criticised
… a recipe for disaster. The African potato, with a mixture of garlic, onions and virgin olive oil, was advocated by the … alike. A new study published this…
EventMakgatho Mandela dies
… Mandela's only surviving son, Makgatho Mandela, died of HIV/AIDS in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. His … heaven". Makgatho's second wife, Zondi…
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… her luxury beachfront apartment in Cape Town. The ex-wife of former South African president F.W. de Klerk was stabbed … Luyanda Mboniswa, a security guard at…
EventFrancois Botha wins International Boxing Federation (IBF) title
… Championship. Previous to the fight, the representatives of the two boxers, the president of IBF/USBA and the representative of the German Boxing Federation…
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 province, refused to follow British … her borders…
EventDaniel Francois Malherbe, SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born
… in South Africa. Malherbe published several volumes of poetry and drama, but he is best known for his novels. … describing the Great Trek. Malherbe was also…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… the gold fields in Hartley Hills in 1867 and the ruins of the ancient city of Zimbabwe. On his return to Potchefstroom, South African … legendary Ophir,…
EventA teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington
… in the Western Cape, South Africa. It was a settlement of the 1688 French Huguenot refugees and this region was … College and the Teachers Training College…
EventFeminist writer and activist, Diana E. H. Russell is born
… After completing her bachelors degree at the University of Cape Town, Russell left for Britain. In 1963, she moved to … at Harvard University, focusing on…
EventHenry Olonga, Zimbabwean Cricketer is born
… Kenya, before settling in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He is one of five siblings; one of his brothers, Victor Olonga is a rugby player. Ologa made … 2003 after he…
EventSouth Africa and Lesotho establish a consultative committee to resolve border disputes
… to resolve misunderstandings arising from the movement of people across their common border. The relationship … friction. This was the case particularly…
EventWorld Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally
… seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. The date was … on the day include relay reading, the…
EventJomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted
… convicted and sentenced to seven years (through the use of false testimony) in Kenya. Kenyatta and five others were … 1953 where close to 100 people were…
EventA memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC
… A memorandum containing complete details of a proposed constitutional dispensation was delivered to … Persons' Representative Council (CPRC)by the Minister…
EventHestrie Cloete, world champion high jumper, is born
… Hestrie Cloete was born in Germiston, East of Johannesburg on 26 August 1978. She began participating in … long-time coach, Martin Marx, discovered her at…
EventThe Groote Kerk pulpit, sculpted by Anton Anreith, is inaugurated in Cape Town
… Cape Town . Its architecture boasts a peculiar combination of Greek and Gothic styles. The building was designed by … made the extraordinary pulpit, which…
EventThe Kenya-Uganda railway is completed
… ambitious infrastructure at its inception with the cost of the project causing most of the controversy. The railway was built by the British East … Company…
EventTryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo
… on 13 January 1910. She started writing books at the age of thirty and chose to write under the pseudonym, Tryna du … her writing career, she produced about…