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EventSAFCA distances itself from boycott of South African goods
… goods. The Vice-President of SAFCA, Mrs. Susan Bold said in Pretoria that the consumers' association condemned the … four years ago and we are today one of…
Event2000 Students march through Cape Town
… of all political detainees. Police teargassed the students in an attempt to break up the march. The students at the Cape … Click here for a chronology of the…
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… offshore islands to the Namibian government. This followed in the wake of bilateral discussions lasting three years … of a transitional Joint Administrative…
EventAmerican Troops pull out of Somalia
… to provide security to humanitarian organisation operating in Somalia. The American military intervention was unusual … a year earlier and the dire…
EventTrade Unionists convicted of kidnapping and assault
… after the holding of security policeman Monge Maleka in the Congress of South African and Trade Unions (COSATU) … hours on 28 August 1990. A fine of R2 000…
EventAllan Boesak resigns from the church
… of his duties as Reverend of the Bellville congregation. In a statement read by Reverend A J Van Wyk, the church said … with Elena Botha. Allan Boesak later…
EventP. W. Botha grants reprieve to the “Sharpeville Six”
… Kuzwayo Jacob Dlamini the deputy Mayor of Sharpeville in September 1984. Botha's reprieve came after his initial decline in 1986,citing that he would be…
EventConstable Vlotman is given a R500 fine and a five year suspension sentence
… Police Services (SAPS) who assaulted three journalists in Athlone, Cape Town, in September 1985, was given a R500 fine and suspended for … ' Chronology Of…
EventMakgatho Mandela dies
… only surviving son, Makgatho Mandela, died of HIV/AIDS in the Linksfield hospital in Johannesburg. His father put up a brave face and announced …
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… was found murdered at her luxury beachfront apartment in Cape Town. The ex-wife of former South African president … levelled against him. Though Mboniswa…
EventBritish Airways prohibits smoking on all flights
… had begun to impose the first restrictions on smoking in public in the 1970s, but legislation was only applied to airlines …
EventFormer member of the Mandela United Football Club, Katiza Cebekhulu appears before the TRC
… Cebekhulu, who disappeared on the eve of the 1991 trial in which he was expected to testify, appeared before the … Commission (TRC). Cebekhulu repeated the…
Roelf Meyer and Bantu Holomisa confer
… and later deputy minister of environment and tourism in the Government of National Unity, to discuss the formation … the United Democratic Movement (UDM) on…
EventLabour pioneer Samuel Long is arrested
… On 17 November 1922, he was hanged at the Central Prison in Pretoria, together with Herbert Hull and David Lewis, both … the official anthem of early…
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
… early South African naturalist, Mary Elizabeth Barber died in Malvern, Natal Province (now known as Kwazulu Natal). … Hungarian. As a natural historian,…
EventSouth Africa and Lesotho establish a consultative committee to resolve border disputes
… common border. The relationship between the two countries in 1970s and early 1980s was fraught with friction. This was … Chief Leabua Jonathan who came to…
EventAn inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale finds no-one criminally liable for his death
… An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale, who had died in custody at the Johannesburg Security Police headquarters, … being detained. Dipale was the forty…
EventWorld No Tobacco Day is observed
… Tobacco day was declared by the World Health Organization in 1987. The day is observed by abstaining from tobacco for a … introduction of plain packaging of…
EventWorld Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally
… Book and Copyright Day is a UNESCO initiative first held in 1995.By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO … The South African theme for 2013…
EventJomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted
… to seven years (through the use of false testimony) in Kenya. Kenyatta and five others were detained at Lodwar, a … killed and scores of others injured. This…
EventSeveral leading members of trade unions affiliated to the UDF are arrested
… In an attempt to prevent further unrest, the apartheid … By the end of the year almost 150 people had been killed in political violence. This number…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 1 and 2 Article: Editorial comment - Victory is Calling
… Pietermaritzburg to Durban, has sown panic unprecedented in the ranks of the enemy. The cracks in the white laager are widening with every passing day. …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education
… it is equally important to highlight the various ways in which Africans shaped colonialism. This is not to deny the … Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of…
EventThe UDF launches the Million Signatures Campaign and by October collect just under 400 000 signatures.
… a show of support for the UDF. By the end of the campaign in October, it had only managed to collect close to 400 000 … conflict, inexperience of its…
EventKwame Nkrumah, the first President of independent Ghana escapes 5th assassination attempt
… with the amendments and other changes that he introduced. In August 1962, Nkrumah narrowly escaped death when he was bombed in Khungulu village. Following…
PlaceGardens, Cape Town
… much sought after. The Company Gardens , the oldest garden in South Africa! Initially the vegetable garden was to … today one of the most botanically…
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day, 16 December 1995
… a decisive and irreversible break with the past. We have, in real life, declared our shared allegiance to justice, … the quantity of blood that swelled the…
Letter on plans for June 26, from the Rev. J. J. Skomolo to Professor Z. K. Matthews, June 16, 1950
… on June the 26th. My chief, let us not carry our brains in our feet. We must study the conditions and internal … Remember, the strike hits friend and foe,…
Statement congratulating Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira on winning the Hopman Cup, 8 January 2000
… determination and commitment to South African tennis in particular and sport in general. They also continue to serve as role models for …
EventDarrell Roodt was born on this day
… On this day, Darrell Roodt was born in Johannesburg. Growing up during the height of Apartheid … his most memorable films is Sarafina, which was included in…