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EventKenyan politician, businessman and mathematician, George Saitoti dies
… born in Maasailand where he grew up herding cattle. He is of Masai and Kikuyu descent which would prove to be a … Moi chose Mwai Kibaki as his successor…
EventNelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.
… Mandela announced his intention to separate from his wife of 34 years, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Mandela and … remarried, Mandela went on to marry the …
EventGert Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies.
… trekked (moved) into the interior by ox wagon, in search of land where they would be free and beyond British control. Gert Maritz, along with Piet Retief was…
EventMpho Gift Leremi, Mamelodi Sundowns soccer player, dies
… a car accident on 03 September 2007 after losing control of his car in Brackensdowns, next to Alberton. He was … win the 2002-2003season. He was described by…
EventANC activists bribe warder and escape from prison
… was later based in New Delhi as the Asian representative of the ANC. Sources: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. … Southern African Political History:…
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…
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…
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
… with Almond Nofomela and David Tshikakalanga guilty of murdering human rights lawyer and UDF activist Griffiths … Police 'hit squad' was investigated by a…
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…
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…
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…
PlacePollsmoor Prison
… only 3900 inmates but now has 8 900! Today the majority of inmates come from Mitchell's Plain, but the facility has … also served his prison term here after…
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…
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…
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…
EventCrime statistics released
… that 10 161 people were murdered in the first seven months of 1995, an average of one in every 29 minutes. This marks a 7% reduction, a big … Fraser, R. …
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 …