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EventMahamane Ousmane is overthrown
… suspended, and that the temporary national council of which he was the head of would be in charge of the government. …
PlaceCarlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape
… Carlisle Bridge is a District of Farmsteads and is known as Carlislebrug. It is located in … Fish River, but destroyed in 1874 by Floods! The engineer of the…
EventBaden Powell is born in London, England
… Lord Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement in 1908 and British hero at the siege of Mafeking, is born in Paddington, London…
EventBotswana gains independence from Britain
… from Britain on 30 September 1966 under the leadership of Seretse Khama. Khama was elected president by the National … terms, until he passed away in 1980…
PlaceAmsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
… Town some 77 km East of Ermelo. It formed part of the Scottish Settlement established by Alexander … where the State Secratary, Eduard Bok was born and out…
PlaceXanadu Nature Estate, Hartebeespoort
… security is paramount at Xanadu and this Estate was one of the first in South Africa to install thermal cameras on … and guard dogs it is hardly surprising…
ArchivePOTWA
… A2 black on yellow silkscreen; cartoons of workers and bosses; text: POTWA Post and Telecommunication … (Mr Privatisation speech): My machines can do the…
ArchiveInterview with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi
… who was a refugee in Kenya in the late 1970s. An adherent of the black consciousness movement, he became involved in efforts to create an external wing of…
EventTunisia gains independence from France
… gained its independence from France after two years of negotiations between the French and the Neo-Destour (“New … ocean became a constitutional monarchy…
EventMahatma Ghandi sends a telegram to Dr. Dadoo
… Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E.I. Asvat, a decision was taken to launch the Passive Resistance Campaign on 1 August. A Council of…
EventSwazi King Sobhuza II dies
… In 1982, the small kingdom of Swaziland was shocked when His Majesty, King Sobhuza II, … Embo State House. The king died after a successful reign of sixty…
EventRSA golf team is expelled from Greece
… The Greek Government expelled the two-man South Africa team of Dale Hayes and Hugh Baiocchi from the World Cup … Committee against Apartheid to condemn all…
EventNP wins by election
… Nasionale Party (HNP). The by-election was the result of Mulder's fall-out with his constituency after the Information Scandal of 1978, that brought his…
EventState Security Council Approves Cross
… Council (SSC) approves guidelines for the conducting of military operations against liberation movements in foreign countries. The Departments of Foreign…
EventP.W. Botha resigns from the National Party
… Former leader of the National Party (NP) and head of state, P.W. Botha, resigned from the party in protest … resigned as state president on 14 August 1989 in…
EventDutch East Indian Company expedition into the interior
… long journey, the expedition found on this date survivors of the French ship Le Necessaire at the Gourits River, which had been on a mission to explore…
EventZulu army returns to Nongoma
… Zulus were killed in confrontation and about 48 000 head of cattle looted from the Boers during the expedition. … had terminated the project because feeding…
EventEsther Franks, physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, is born in Zurich
… fight against blindness. In 1971 she was adjudged Woman of the Year by the readers of The Star for her outstanding work in restoring sight to thousands of…
EventTravelling in a cab no longer in fashion
… The Star reported that travelling in a cab was falling out of favour. This trend was attributed to the changing … conditions in Johannesburg and the…
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
… Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, told the House of Commons that every effort was made to improve conditions … camps in South Africa. The camps were set…
ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa by G. R. Bozzoli
… paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of segregating…
ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa
… paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of segregating…
EventNigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated
… President Musa Yar’Adua was inaugurated as President of Nigeria, after the April 2007 elections. President Thabo Mbeki visited Nigeria for the inauguration…
ArchiveNkosi Sikelele I-Afrika
… a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and the former anthem "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika/The Call of…
Twenty-four people are killed in Operation Beanbag in Maputo, Mozambique.
… South African army on the ANC and PAC in Matola, a suburb of Maputo, Mozambique. Portuguese engineer, Jose Ramos, is "mistakenly identified" as Joe Slovo,…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 4: Dont vote! its not a crime
… This pamphlet wishes to clear some fears and anxieties of those members with regards to the consequences of them not casting a vote or registration to vote…
ArchiveNational Indian Council another trap
… At the outset, APDUSA mentions how it warned its people of the dangers of accepting the formation of police reserves and that this warning was warmly…
ArchiveUrban Africans and the Bantustans
… in the Bantustans or homelands. He describes the feelings of those Black citizens who live in the Bantustans and raises the question of independence and…
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
… The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally emigrated to Johannesburg after the turn of the century from Poswohl, in…
PlaceThe Pines, Parktown, Johannesburg
… designed by JC Watson and completed in 1906 for the firm of Fraser & Chalmers as the home for its General Manager, WE Park. The Building is a good example of…