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EventGandhi leads a march from Newcastle into the Transvaal to defy the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913
… Christopher. This marked one of the greatest episodes in South African history. He was arrested the following day … the Satyagraha Campaign (Passive…
EventDundee and Glencoe are retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops during the South African War II
… and are still separated from each other by less than 10km in KwaZulu Natal. The war ended on 31 May, 1902 following the … Peace Treaty of Vereeniging by all…
EventThe Transkei Constitution Act is enacted
… Transkei within the Republic of South Africa. This was in accordance with the Transkei Self-Government Bill. This was endorsed by the Transkei Territorial…
PlaceVictorian Manor-house, 59 Musgrave Road, Durban
… who was responsible for many notable Buildings in Natal. The House was completed in 1897 and latter passed into the Ownership of the Brown …
PlaceLittle Chelsea, 18 Windermere Road, Durban
… cast-iron verandah was designed by architects Reid & Hurst in 1897 and was built for L Evans, for use as a shop, dining … last remaining double storey cast…
PlaceRailway Station, Sannaspos, Bloemfontein
… Building, situate on a protion of the Farm Klipkraal 117 in the District of Bloemfontein. Situated on the Druenberg – … Barkly East branch. There is a large…
PlaceFalse Bay
… described the False Bay as " Gulf between the Mountains ", in 1488. False Bay owes its name to the erroneous beliefs of … that are just an hour away. From…
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… by South African archaeologists, C. Auret and .T.Maggs in 1982, the final resting place of the Sao Bento is located … concerned as the Sao Bento, as well as…
EventMahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913
… resistance and non-violent campaigns left the Tolstoy Farm in Transvaal (now known as the Gauteng Province). After being … funds, and whether the thousands…
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
… of America 84 East 10th Street New York Dear Comrade:- In our last meeling held on the 22 of April, 1932 at 9 Fuller … our notice is Volume V, whole No.97…
EventUnited Democratic Front member dies after asthma attack
… high profile member of the United Democratic Front,died in police custody. He was awaiting trial on subversion charges at Fort Glarmorgan Prison in East…
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
… of Nelson Mandela, which was held at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. Thousands of people sang and danced in celebration of the life of Nelson Mandela…
PlaceAmathola/Amatole District Municipality
… Museum' is a Natural and Cultural History Museum located in King William's Town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa … of South African Names by…
PlaceChurch Square,Spin Street- Cape Town
… developed and its boundaries probably began to be defined in 1679 when the first public building, a slave lodge, today …
EventMandela pays his first state visit to Mozambique
… counterpart Joaquim Chissano. The meeting resulted in the two countries entering into the RSA/Mozambique Joint … an enabling mechanism to sign more than…
PlaceMakhonjwa Mountains, Barbeton
… Situated in North-Eastern South Africa, the site comprises 40% of the … South African World Heritage Sites! This Mountain is found in the Somgimvelo Game…
EventThe QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status
… Qwaqwa was one of the ten homelands in South Africa introduced by the apartheid government. It … the San language meaning ‘whiter than white’ which was in…
EventFrance supplies two new combat submarines to South Africa
… to South Africa to protect the oil route round the Cape in the face of escalating Soviet naval activity in the Indian Ocean. At the time, the Soviet Union…
EventJohn Harris and the Johannesburg station bomb
… A time bomb placed in the Johannesburg railway station exploded during the evening rush hours. The explosion resulted in the death of one person and severe…
EventMandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace
… Houari Souyah, President of the Algerian Peace Committee in Algiers, to Dr Yussuf Dadoo, a former President of the … (SAIC) and the leader of the anti…
EventRivonia trial sentence is delivered
… eight of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Pretoria Supreme Court. The eight were Nelson Mandela , the central figure in the trial,…
EventRobert McBride is born
… chief of Ekurhuleni Metro Police, Robert McBride, was born in Addington Hospital, Durban. McBride led the ANC's armed … we Sizwe cell, which planted a bomb…
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… He replaced FW de Klerk as leader of the National Party in 1997 and later changed the name of the party to New … general elections announced that his party…
EventSeparate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed
… Following years of struggle in courts and abortive parliamentary attempts to pass the … It removed Coloured voters from the common voters roll in the Cape…
EventControl of communication bureau is placed under Foreign Affairs
… 1 September 1978. Vorster and Mulder were later implicated in the 'information scandal' about attempts of the Department … Defence budget to buy…
EventBeyers Naude refuses to testify before the Schlebusch Commission
… Students (NUSAS) and the Institute of Race Relations. In October 1975 he was convicted by the Pretoria Regional … Court for his defiance and was fined R50,…
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… elected President of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the early 1960's and the world conference on 'Church and … the outspoken cleric Bishop Desmond…
EventHomeland leader Qqozo stands trial
… Qqozo, military leader of Ciskei homeland, went on trial in the Ciskei Supreme Court. He faced charges of murder or … killing of Lieutenant Charles Sebe…
EventTranskei Defense Force topples Transkei Bantustan leader George Matanzima, but denies coup
… Major-General Bantu Holomisa. The army denied taking part in any coup and announced that ministers who resigned were … did not run away from Transkei but was…
EventAmina Lawal is freed
… sentenced to death by stoning by the Bakori Sharia court in the Katsina Islamic state of Nigeria. Lawal was accused of … an international case that…