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EventSA Policeman Wins 90km Comrades Marathon
… A member of the South African Police Services (SAPS) from Mafikeng in … his win to his late baby daughter who died at the age of eighteen months in February…
EventBafana Bafana wins against Algeria
… The SA soccer team, Bafana Bafana, won their Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinal match against Algeria 2 - 1 at the … John "Shoes" Moshoue scored Bafana…
EventViolence escalates in German South West Africa during Herero Revolt
… Herero Revolt . Violence also erupted at Omarasa, north of the Waterberg. The Ovaherero conquered the Waterberg military station. All soldiers under the…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… Anglo-Boer War II, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state Artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic, … into British…
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. … to the Cape Colony in 1834. They settled in the…
ArticleHow to undertake research?
… to undertaking research, especially within the field of history, designed for a wide range of users from primary learners to university students and…
PlaceBoulders Beach, Simons Town
… Just around the corner from the seaside Village of: ' Simons Town ', turn left off main road to Boulders Visitor Centre to visit the famous colony of African…
PlaceAbiquasput, Northern Cape
… 26 km North of Noenieput. The name in Afrikaans meaning, water-well. … the name could have arisen from the usage, by the locals of the species of plants,…
PlaceGroote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
… Groote Schuur is one of Cape Town's premier tertiary Academic Hospitals and was … internationally renowned as the training ground for some of South Africa's…
PlaceHluleka Nature Reserve, Mthatha
… lies along the ancient Wild Coast within the district of Ngqeleni. Comprising magnificent coastal forest reserves … Strachan Grant Farm, Hluleka Nature…
PlaceKeur River Bridge
… place at the Keur River bridge in the pass. The honour of naming the pass fell to Mrs Geesje Bergh, wife of the former Civil Commissioner of George. The pass…
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
… earthquake devastated the Northern African country of Algeria on 29 October 1990. It claimed the lives of 30 people. This was a rather mild earthquake…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah
… An attempt on the life of President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana fails. Nkrumah escaped an assassination attempt when … Detention Act, which he had used to…
EventThe Population Registration Bill is read for the first time
… the first time in Parliament. The Bill was a cornerstone of the Apartheid policy as it recognised three race … until a fourth racial group was added later…
EventOscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
… Umbumbulu, Natal. Dhlomo served in the homeland government of Kwa-Zulu under the leadership of Mangosuthu Buthelezi as Minister of Education and Culture. He…
EventJames Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, dies in Tsolo, Transkei
… Born in Transkei, Jolobe was best known for his collection of poems, Umyezo (1936). He also played a major role in the compilation and translation of the…
EventBritish labour conditions in South Africa condemned
… Report on Black Labour Conditions indicated that 63 of the 141 British companies investigated have been paying … were: the British government should initiate…
EventChoirmaster and composer Kumalo dies
… and composer who was a founder member and first secretary of the Bantu Social Centre in Beatrice Street, Durban (YMCA), … age and his first attempt at…
EventFirst aeroplane flight takes place
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in … in a heavier-than-air machine under complete control of the pilot. The brothers…
Event33 American airmen arrive in Durban on a mission to launch a long-range missile
… 24 crew members and nine technicians under the leadership of Lt-Col. Spencer Morgan were based in Durban. America hoped … Florida into the Indian Ocean,…
EventA Zairian aircraft crashes in Angola, killing 141 people.
… Electra plane owned by Zaire’s (now Democratic Republic of Congo) Trans Service Airlift Company, crashed shortly … after takeoff from Jamba Airport in Angola…
PlaceHouses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein
… These three buildings form the historical core of Grey College, the oldest school in the Free State. Brill … officially opened on 19 December 1907 by the…
PlaceIndian Army Memorial
… This memorial was erected towards the end of 1902, on the highest point in Johannesburg ; Observatory … , Sikhs , Christians , Muslims and Zoroastrians…
EventSoldiers die from gas leak at Naval base in Durban
… at the Salisbury Island Naval base in Durban. Three of the six people involved were South African National … Force (SANDF) soldiers, while the other three…
ArchiveCultural considerations for a democratic South African Constitution
… Paper produced by the ANC Department of Arts and Culture from an in-house seminar on … Africa, held in Lusaka, Zambia. Argues that the formation of…
PlaceDe Goede Verwachting, 17 Cavalcade Road, Green Point
… The land, which included the whole of Green Point, was granted in 1814 to David Kuuhle. Construction of the house probably began almost immediately and for…
EventSA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.
… The Secretary-General of the Supreme African Sports Council, Jean-Claude Ganga, … rugby team was touring the banned South Africa. On the eve of the opening…
EventSouth African Press Association is established
… South Africa's major newspapers to facilitate the sharing of news, both national and international. It is a primary institution of breaking news in South…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
… (NP) to power, albeit with a reduced majority in the House of Assembly compared to previous elections . The opposition … election since South Africa since…
EventLouis Washkansky dies
… Fifty four year old dentist Louis Washkansky, recipient of the first successful human heart transplant in the world, … died in Cape Town, eighteen days after…