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PlaceDe Beers Building, 88 St Georges Street, Simonstown
… Baker for De Beer Cold Storage Syndicate, a meat outlet in Simonstown owned by Cecil Rhodes. From 1903 to 1921 it was … Standard Bank of South Africa. They…
PlaceInn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
… place of Caledonians and distant travellers centuries ago. In 1834, this square was the site where the Declaration of … back to the late 18th century. The…
PlaceCity Hall, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… This ponderous pile was designed in a grandiose Edwardian style heralding the subsequent pomp … as their Market Square, and the residual space in front of…
EventDjibouti, France’s last colony, gains independence
… of less than a million, one of the least populous in Africa. France, which had colonized the country, had named … France. At the time, it was the last of…
EventThe U.S. vetoes Angola’s application for membership of the United Nations Security
… concern over the “continuing presence of Cuban forces” in the country. The US was the only member that opposed … accusing the Soviet Union of continued…
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… The visit was part of a six week tour of 14 nations in Africa, Europe and North America that began on the 6 June … he was greeted by Canadian Prime Minister…
EventUN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.
… station, where they demanded to be arrested. This was in defiance of the pass laws. Unfortunately, theb situation … 69 people, leaving scores injured and…
EventThe first regular jet flight leaves London for Johannesburg
… European Airways Corporation to form British Airways). In 1952, BOAC became the first airline to introduce a … Comet, left London with 36 passengers on board…
EventThe League of Nations officially dissolves
… Powers at the end of World War I was officially dissolved in Geneva, Switzerland. From its inception, the League, … by the new international body, the United…
EventMethane gas explosion kills 68 mine workers
… gas explosion at the Hlobane coal mine near Vryheid in Kwazulu-Natal . The gas explosion was caused by poor … A week before the explosion a miner who also…
EventBomb explodes at Johannesburg synagogue
… mine exploded outside the Temple of Israel synagogue in central Johannesburg, the mother 'shul' of the … and Viljoen attended the celebration. It later…
Violence erupts on the eve of Soweto uprising anniversary
… of the Soweto Uprising, Soweto, 15 June 1976 By this day in 1976, the plan was already set. Days earlier, students had … on 16 June. They were protesting an…
EventMandela and de Klerk agree to restart talks
… talks after accusing the government of complicity in the violence sweeping the country. This had been soon … Congress decided to suspend his party's…
EventSanctions are applied on Libya over Lockerbie bombing
… sanctions against Libya because of its alleged involvement in the destruction of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie on 21 … December 1988 and the bombing of a…
EventThe ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute
… of political prisoners, return of exiles, obstacles in the Internal Security Act and suspension of violence by … considered the possibility of continuing…
EventSouth Africa sends troops to Ciskei
… of the South African Defence Force (SADF), leads a coup in the homeland of Ciskei. His aim was to overthrow the rule … society based on democratic principles…
EventNelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison
… who was working at the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College in Tanzania in March 1990, made the photograph on the left of Mr …
EventBritain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory
… that the power of the volksraad finally came to an end. In the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 the British defeated the Zulus … kaNdlela Ntuli. The Zululand was…
EventBavumile Vilakazi dies
… to Uganda, Bavumile Vilakazi, died of a heart attack in Kampala. He was on his way back from the airport to fetch … the East Rand before he was posted to…
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
… of the Gift Of The Givers Foundation, announced in Johannesburg that the foundation would fly forty tons of … a go-ahead from the United Nations to aid…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Gabon at Odi Stadium
… Following a win over Botswana national team in a Cosafa Castle Cup earlier, Bafana Bafana coach Trott … Most of the foreign-based players who were missing in…
EventFerdi Barnard is found guilty of killing Webster
… activist, David Webster. Bernard shot Webster in 1989, in front his home. Bernard was also found guilty of the …
EventPolitical parties call for Constitutional changes
… Political parties in parliament tabled more than 300 amendments to the … call. They were both (ANC and NNP) accused of negotiating in private. …
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… ordered to meet with Generals Jan C Smuts and Louis Botha in Pretoria. The trio was going to discuss about a planned … which was formed after the defeat of…
EventBoer statesman, soldier and first president of the South African (Transvaal) Republic, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius dies
… Republic, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, died at his home in Potchefstroom at the age of eighty-one. He was elected as president by the Volksraad in 1857 and…
EventLabram, manufacturer of ‘Long Cecil’ is killed by shell from ‘Long Tom’
… manufacturer of a cannon popularly known as 'Long Cecil' in the De Beers' workshop in Kimberley, was killed by a shell from a Boer 'Long Tom' … 6, p. 513…
EventDe Klerk calls for stringent safety measures
… and other serious crimes and would permit a free vote in parliament on the issue. These measures were aimed at … an ambush on a motorist at Eikenhof, near…
EventArchbishop William Barnett issues a statement condemning Apartheid
… indefensible. He expressed particular concern over deaths in detention and the imprisonment and interrogation of people … under Apartheid's detention laws…
EventLansana Conte’ leads a coup that deposes Guinea’s interim government
… President Ahmed Sékou Touré, Conte’ who was a Lieutenant in the army at the time, toppled the government just hours … Guinea. Conte’ was president of Guinea…
EventFilm producer, Jamie Uys passes away
… Foreign Press Association award for best documentary in 1974 for 'Beautiful People'. 'The Gods Must be Crazy' enjoyed three years of uninterrupted screening…