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EventNational Party wins general election
… The National Party under Dr H.F. Verwoerd claimed majority of … before his assassination in office six months later. Of the 166 seats representing the White…
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… Nelson Mandela agreed to reschedule formal talks between the Government and the African National Congress (ANC). The purpose of these talks was to negotiate…
EventSA troops withdraw from Angola
… The South African government withdrew its military forces from Angola that have been fighting on the side of Jonas Savimbi led guerrilla forces UNITA. The…
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… A year after the Treaty of Vereeniging, which signalled the end of the Anglo-Boer War 2, the British High Commissioner to South …
PlaceAlbert Jackson School, Port Elizabeth
… 4 January 1963. Greenwood Primary School had its origin in the Albert Jackson Primary School which first opened its doors on 26 January 1942 on the corner of…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
… In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
… On 4 May 1978, the South African air force flew over Cassinga, allegedly a Namibian refugee camp in Southern Angola. It was the South African Defence Force’s…
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… blood and death of a 13 year old boy, Hector Peterson. The Soweto uprising began when more than 20 000 learners marched against the use of Afrikaans as a…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… The Wanderers Cricket Stadium was formerly known as Kent … Teams both use it as their Home Grounds. Fondly known as the 'Bullring' because of its…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Zimbabwe Television (ZTV), 05 August 1983, Harare
… like Zimbabwe into police stations guarding its borders, the President of the ANC, Comrade Oliver Tambo, has said. He said it was an … people from coming in…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 10: So
… Report of the Political Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society. Content include: The ethical framework; The basic ethical…
EventA Xhosa film wins Golden Bear award
… The South African Xhosa film uCarmen eKhayelitsha became the second South African movie to compete and first to win the Golden Bear award as the best film at…
EventPhakisa Freeway opens
… The Phakisa Freeway located in Welkom, Free State, opened on 10 October 1999.[i] The Phakisa Freeway was constructed by means of combining the traditional…
PlaceNiewoudtville
… (prior to 1910) The village of Nieuwoudtville was established in 1897 on the farm Groenrivier which, as the name implies, was sited on the banks of the Groen…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… following French colonization, Ivory Coast came under the leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Known as the father of independence, he had formed the first…
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… 1900 Lord Kitchener succeeded him as Commander-in-Chief of the British forces during the second Anglo Boer War (1989-1902). He received the local rank of…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… most remembered for his exploits as an explorer. In 1858 the British government appointed him British consul at … east and central Africa. He then led an…
PlaceAalwynkop Peak, Mpumalanga
… km West of Balfour and 20 km South-East of Heidelberg, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa . The name is of Afrikaans origin and means 'aloe hillock'…
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
… while 18 000 were retained for training purposes. 5 000 of the mines left were live mines and 13 000 were retained to be … to injure personnel or people…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… Both his parents were actors. He started his career at the age of eleven working on Fleet Street selling newspapers … at Ludgate Circus. In 1894 he enrolled…
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… for 'bay of tacks', this name was given in 1488 by the Portuguese mariner Bartholomeu Dias because contrary winds caused many tracks in the sand there! The…
Africa South
… M. Segal (1932-2008) was launched in Cape Town in 1956. The journal was published quarterly while funds were available. The last and final publication was…
PlacePump House, corner Prince and Sir George Grey Streets, Oranjezicht.
… From the 17th century onwards, water for Cape Town's domestic use was fetched by slaves from public fountains. The Pump House was named as such because it is…
PlaceLand Adjoining Earle’s Dyke, Camps Bay.
… in its natural state and extends from Lion's Head down to the sea, giving visitors a view of one of the most beautiful natural spots in the Cape peninsula…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… Situated on the Northern slope of Table Mountain is a must see Memorial too Cecil John Rhodes. Behind the Memorial lies a unique Restaurant and Tea Garden…
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… Africa’s first permanent modern observatory was erected at the Cape of Good Hope (now known as Cape Town) byFearon Fallows, a British astronomer. During the…
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
… Rain Queen Modjadji VI is a direct descendent of one of the royal houses of Monomotapa, which ruled over the Zimbabwean people in the 15th and 16th century…
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
… The rapid expansion of Johannesburg after the end of the Second Anglo Boer War increased to over twice it's the …
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… On this date the British Colonial Secretary addressed a dispatch that Queen Victoria has approved a Royal Charter creating the British South Africa Company …
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… British government policy in South Africa, and visited the country after founding the South African Women and Children Distress Fund to collect money for…