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EventUN Secretary General is killed in a plane crash
… was on his way to meet with President Moise Tshombe of Katanga Province in Congo in an attempt to end the … a United Nations security guard, said that a…
EventSouth African poet Vincent Oliphant is born
… near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. His first book of poems, Bloed vloei in stilte (Blood flows in silence), was … International Festival in Rotterdam…
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… President Nelson Mandela rewarded Meyer with the Ministry of Constitutional Development, a post he previous held under … where he served as Deputy President…
EventSADF’s 31 Battallion is disbanded
… the Cape Province. This Battalion was composed primarily of the San (Bushmen) battalion who had been deployed in South … W. de Klerk announced that it would…
EventThe SA Cricket team is re-admitted to international cricket
… Pollock, Barry Richards and Mike Procter were not part of that decision. Following the re-admittance by the ICC, the Proteas have gone on to establish…
EventZola Budd breaks a world record
… the 5 000 metres world record set by Ingrid Kristiansens of Norway by more than ten seconds. Budd also stunned the … Olympic Games. Sources: Books:Mercer, D…
EventTeboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games
… to his knees in elation after equalling his own record of 13.07sec that he had set in his heat on the previous … on 26 September, another Paralympic record…
EventMandela confirms Kerzner’s contribution to the ANC
… vindicated Holomisa who was branded a liar by most of the senior officials within the ANC. Holomisa demanded a … in Parliament on 1 October 1996 after…
EventLocal elections receive go
… by the Constitutional Court, necessitating the holding of elections before December, 1995. The Election Task Group, … to be held on 27 March, 1996. Source:…
EventGen. De la Rey captures Lord Methuen
… Rey defeated and captured Gen. Lord Methuen in the Battle of Tweebosch (or De Klipdrift) in Western Transvaal in the … wounded. Eleven armed Blacks, fighting…
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… prime minister in the Cape Colony at the start of Anglo-Boer War 2 (South African War), summarised the … Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… that the country is committed to the Nkomati Accord of 1984. The Nkomati Accord was signed by South Africa and … President, P.W. Botha and Samora Machel,…
EventStephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
… He began his soccer career with the local club Hearts of Oak. Initially a striker, he later changed to midfield and … Ghana in the 2006 World Cup. He was…
EventMannetjies Coetzer is killed by a crocodile in the Kunene River
… for three years. The Kunene River is located on the border of Namibia and Angola and has a large population of Nile crocodiles. Mannetjie and his brother…
EventThe World Health Organisation (WHO) declares Aids a worldwide epidemic
… disease a worldwide epidemic. Africa has the highest rate of infection than any continent, with South Africa having the highest of any country. According to…
EventNaguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate, is born
… that he wanted to be a writer. He began writing at the age of eleven and at 17 he published his first article. At 21 he … plays throughout his career. He…
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… Councils Act. The Bantu Urban Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961 created black councils in urban areas that were … was conducted at a very difficult time in the…
PlaceBo-tuin, Hof Street, Gardens.
… The property was originally part of the Leeuwenhof Estate and was developed in about 1820 by Johannes Zorn. It consisted of a gabled House which, together…
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… Regulation Act, which limited the free movement of Asians, and restricted their entry into the country, was … in South Africa. The Act was prejudiced on the…
EventControversial ‘Black Jesus’ painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… apartheid mastermind Hendrick Verwoed and former Minister of Justice John Vorster, who are depicted as Roman Soldiers. … Kingdom and was only returned in…
EventAlbert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
… under the apartheid government for his role as president of the ANC, which had been banned after the Sharpeville massacre of 1960. However, in order to…
EventHezekiel Sepeng is born
… Express’, as he was known, was scouted in one of J.P. van der Merwe’s coaching clinics in a township … Atlanta, USA. There he set the new South African…
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
… At its Special Congress in May, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) called for three days of national protest against the Labour Relations…
EventNelson Mandela marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday
… release from prison, Mandela met Graça Machel, the widow of former Mozambican president, Samora Machel. Apart from her … and headed the first United Nations…
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… East to an English Methodist family in 1906. He became one of South Africa's first and most important abstract painters. … his Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts…
EventFirst Nobel prizes are awarded
… Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite, Alfred B. Nobel, established the Nobel Prizes in … F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela had been recipients of these…
EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… in Port Elizabeth in 1862, then known as The Standard Bank of British South Africa. It started doing business in a tent … Pretoria to Johannesburg and in…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… Professor Roland Levinsky, of the University of Plymouth, was born in South Africa to a British mother and …
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
… attended Bellville High School, and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Stellenbosch University.[ii] Kriel earned … held in Atlanta, Georgia.[iv] She was…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.3 Jul-Aug 1979
… Seth 'n Sam by Peter Wilhelm, Three Days in the Land of a Dying Illusion by Mtutuzeli Matshoba. The Road is Much … reviews The Hajji, Ashok P. Josshi reviews…