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EventA full scale police search, headed by a specially trained anti-terrorist unit is launched
… and suspected nationalist guerrillas some forty miles west of Louis Trichardt, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). The shoot-out happened at the height of the…
EventKamalesh Sharma delivers a speech at the 2010 Nelson Mandela Africa Lecture
… and Africa as a vital component, interlocking the goal of democracy and development. Moreover he highlighted that democracy and development are the main…
EventNew Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports
… April, maintained the existing commitment to the principle of separate residential areas, schools and amenities for … taken in an effort to ease restrictions…
EventPFP stays its ground concerning president Vorster
… State President on the grounds that not all the evidence of the Erasmus Commission had been made public. The party … also maintained that someone who had…
EventMaritime headquarters at Silvermine is opened
… the base, from where the operational command and control of maritime forces was exercised, was constructed by the South African Defence Force with the help…
EventSiamese twins are separated in Cape Town
… which was conducted by surgeon Syd Cywes, was the first of its kind in the medical history of South Africa. Since that first operation more Siamese …
EventJoaquim Chissano meets with RENAMO leader
… Joaquim Alberto Chissano met with Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the ResistÁƒÂƒÂªncia Nacional MoÁƒÂƒÂ§ambicana (RENAMO), … a joint declaration committing…
EventANC leader Nelson Mandela meets Boutros Boutros
… Dakar. The two leaders discussed the possible involvement of the international community in investigating violence in South Africa and, in particular, the…
EventMandela is moved to Victor Verster prison
… recovering from tuberculosis, to a house on the grounds of the Victor Verster Prison, near Paarl, east of Cape Town, where he was given a large warder's…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki congratulates his US counterpart
… W. Bush on his election for a second term as president of the United States, and called for greater world peace. "The government and people of South Africa,…
EventGeneral Louis Botha dies
… Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, died in Pretoria after a heart attack. The … Potgieter, D.J. et al. …
EventZimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.
… maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg . The ending of diplomatic relations between the two southern African … colony, renaming itself Zimbabwe. Robert…
Mupia-Mupia Exhibition by Maurice Mbikayi
… this term as a concept working through the metamorphosis of ages, shape, form, power style, human and racial … these computer parts into fashionable items…
PlaceAlice, a Town near East London
… East District, on the Tyume River, some 120 km North-West of East London. It was named in 1847, according to some … Peregrine Maitland, after Princess Alice,…
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
… Residential area for civil servants, members of parliament and railway officials, laid out on part of Wingfield, a former Naval Aerodome named Sassar from…
ArchiveStatement issued by The Black Peoples Convention 11th July 1973
… activist Professor Dennis Brutus as a "graduate of Robben Island". The article makes reference to Chief … as a person committed to working with the…
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… The President has been invited to the emergency summit of the East Africa Community as a special guest. His invitation was in recognition of the pivotal role…
ArchiveStanding For The Truth
… litho poster; text: Standing for the truth: The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has annointed me to preach … the poor; to proclaim freedom for the…
EventRetief Goosen is born.
… a professional golfer in 1990 and received a world ranking of 22 at that time. He was awarded the Honorary Life Member European Tour in Recognition of…
EventAzanian People’s Liberation Army kills three policemen in Katlehong violence
… by the Azanian People's Liberation Army, a military wing of the of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO). You can also … [Accessed: 22 January 2014]…
EventChris Hani is elected SACP Secretary
… commander, Chris Hani, was elected as secretary-general of the South African Communist Party (SACP) at its first … 1990. He took over from Joe Slovo, who…
EventANC members meet with Adriaan Vlok and Gen. Magnus Malan
… Walter Sisulu, met with two government officials, Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister Gen. … Malan in Cape Town, to explore the…
EventCOSATU withdraws from parliamentary session on budget
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) walked out of a parliamentary budget session on the grounds that its … Keesing's 's Record of World…
EventNatoo Babenia is born
… Road, Bellair, Durban. In South Africa he was a member of the African National Congress (ANC), South African … Island. Babenia passed away on 1 January 1999…
EventThe Anglo Boer War
… was largely because they underestimated the resilience of the Boers to defend their autonomy from being usurped by the British government. Instead of lasting…
PlaceCoerney, Port Elizabeth
… Coerney is a River and Railway station 64 km North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the … National! Recorded as early as 1752 in the…
EventIFP makes election threat
… Officials of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced that they would not present their list of election candidates to the Independent Electoral … Keesing's…
EventWorld Press Freedom Day
… Scientific and Cultural Organisation), the objective of World Press Freedom Day is “to evaluate press freedom … to journalists who have lost their lives in…
EventCharges against Cape Times editor, Mr Anthony Heard are dropped
… Mr Anthony who was convicted for publishing an interview of the African National Congress leader, Oliver Tambo were … justice, Mr Dave Dalling responded to…
Africa in Today’s World by Max Coleman - Book Launch
… Anti Apartheid activist Max Coleman is about the Cycle of Life: From birth, survival to development in Africa to-day against the backdrop of massive changes…