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EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… Minister, was briefly imprisoned following two nights of unrest on charges of inciting riots in Stanleyville. He was then set free in … which it gained from…
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… (WHO). The events promote awareness on the dangers of the diseases and the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. South Africa is one of the countries that…
EventDorothy Fischer becomes the first South African woman to undergo a heart transplant
… with his team operated on her, conceded that she had died of "chronic rejection" of her transplanted heart. Only in the middle 1980s did … anti-rejection…
EventCoup attempt on S Doe’s government in Liberia
… headed by Brigadier-General Thomas Quiwonkpa, a faction of the Liberian military failed to take power from Samuel … by force and restore democratic rule…
EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
… Both Freykenius and Nederburgh were Commissioner-Generals of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and were sent to … burghers, or farmers who had been given…
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
… Mosimane appeared before the committee on two charges, one of bringing the PSL into disrepute and another of interrupting the normal flow of play during the…
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
… by issues ranging from disarmament and militarisation of outer space to the environment, poverty and globalisation. … Nations Web site, which also made…
EventCharles Taylor wins presidential election
… Cote d'Ivoire in 1989. He secured more than 70% of votes. In addition, his National Patriotic Party (NPP) won an overwhelming majority in both houses of the…
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… African National Assembly passes the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act. The law allows women to terminate … pregnancies on request within the…
EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… eighteen months. It was agreed that the first tranche of shares - at least 20% of Johnnic's 30,4 million shares - would be sold at R50, a 7% … Johnnic's…
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… University in 1925, and studied at the Westminster School of Art in London from 1926-32. Until 1938 she studied in … She returned to South Africa shortly…
EventLesotho’s deputy Prime Minister shot
… his request is turned down. Despite South Africa's refusal of military assistance, South African Defence Force (SADF) is … to urge them to keep the situation…
EventTwenty die in an armed assault in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan
… Al-mohammediyya Mosque . Police arrested 65 members of the sect after the massacre. The tension between the two sects was caused by differences of opinion…
EventFNB cancels its R20 million anti-crime initiative designed to encourage President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his priority
… The bank had launched the campaign with the intention of encouraging then President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his … which had complained that the campaign…
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Burger is considered to be one of the most hardworking players in South Africa. In 2004 Burger won two awards; the IRB…
Democracy in Action
… for South Africa (IDASA), outlines the extensive efforts of the Institute to create a climate of open communication and understanding between diverse and ……
EventMiss Namibia, Michelle Mclean, model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand
… Miss Namibia pageant as well as making it to the top 5 of Miss World in the same year. After winning the Miss … South African pay television channel Mnet as…
EventAfrica Malaria Day
… World Malaria Day was first held in 2008 in recognition of the existence of malaria in countries worldwide. The annual observance held on 25 April is…
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… It is believed that thousands of years ago, people lived on Robben Island. After the Dutch … believed it was safer to keep them separated from the rest of…
EventAlexis Preller, SA visual artist, dies
… in 1934 where he studied art at the Westminster School of Art. He returned to South Africa in 1935 before leaving … Gogh and later by Piero della Francesca…
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… until early 1915 and only then could the invasion of South West Africa be fully launched. On 5 March 1916 South … More than 146 000 Whites, 83 000 Blacks and…
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… Lensfield Road Cambridge England Dear Comrade Your letter of the 5th January has been received last night … didn’t, still we are pleased to see that you…
13. Wife lays bigamy charge
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Correspondence 102, 1895, Natal Archives. I am the wife of…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.1 Oct-Dec 1957
… Tony O’Dowd. A Day to Remember, Christopher Gell. Portrait of a Suburb: Hillbrow, Arnold Benjamin. South West Africa by Jariretunda Kozonguizi. The…
EventANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban
… revolutionary propaganda leaflets was found by a member of the public. At the Grand Parade, Cape Town, an explosion sent hundreds of ANC pamphlets into the…
EventThe UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces to enter Congo
… affairs. The move by Hammarskjöld followed the adoption of Resolution 143 by the UN Security Council, which demanded the withdrawal of Belgian troops and…
EventLiberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe publically offers to resign
… on video. Charles Taylor, who would later face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC), became head of the Provisional…
EventMogadishu seaport is handed over to the combined task force by UN
… United Nations Organisation (UNO) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) task force and closed to commercial … out in 1991. The civil war erupted after…
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
… was told by the magistrate that the case was not a matter of sudden temptation, but rather the development of a close relationship. Pamela Beira failed to…
EventSA artist Anthony Nkotsi is born
… Anthony Molebatsi Nkotsi, South African artist and the head of the Printmaking Department in 1988 at the Johannesburg Art … by Dumile Feni. His involvement…