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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…
EventUS opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process
… committee, United States (US) Assistant Secretary of State, Herman Cohen, said that the US strongly opposed any … prisoners and unban all political parties…
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…
EventJoe Kachingwe is appointed Malawi’s first Ambassador to South Africa
… in Malawi. Following this visit by Vorster, the status of the diplomatic missions between Malawi and South Africa improved to that of embassies. In June, the…
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…
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…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… family until 1968, when it was bought by the city council of Pretoria (Tshwane) and turned into a museum. Melrose … strategised from 275 Jacob Mare Street…
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… produces 4 flashes every 40 seconds, with an intensity of 834 750 candelas, which can be seen at a distance of 25 nautical miles. The lighthouse initially…
EventMuhammad Ali defeats Charles Liston in the World heavyweight title fight
… to Ali being crowed the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. When Ali was 12 years old, he and a friend went … in free hot dogs and popcorn available…