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EventJoe Slovo is born
… Joe Slovo , the former South African Communist Party (SACP) and African … was born in Lithuania. From 1950s Slovo became a victim of the government…
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… on this date to elect segregated local authorities. For the first time elections for all areas, except homelands, were held on the same day. This meant that…
EventPolice detain Valli Moosa and Murphy Morobe in Port Elizabeth
… publicity secretary Murphy Morobe in a pre-dawn raid on the home of Judge Dayalin Chetty in Port Elizabeth. The two men had been on the run from the police…
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
… The eldest person in South Africa and allegedly eldest in the world, Granny Moloko Temo, of Mogodi Village between … her 130 th birthday with her community…
EventKenya is granted independence
… gained its independence from Britain with Jomo Kenyatta as the country’s first Prime Minister. The Union Jack was replaced by the black, red and green flag…
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… Freshford House Museum is one of the few houses of the upper middle class of the Edwardian Period that still exists in Bloemfontein. The …
PlaceMagnet Theatre, Cape Town
… “Cheap Flights”. Then in 1991, it re-emerged to produce “The Show’s Not Over ‘Til the Fat Lady Sings” which was performed in Cape Town , … as touring…
PlaceRiversdale, Western Cape
… In August 1838 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) at Swellendam established a new Parish on the Farm 'Doornkraal', on the banks of the Vet River, near the…
PlaceJutten Island, Saldanha Bay
… into Saldanha Bay to alleviate rampant scurvy on board the ship. On April 3, 1702, she hit reefs on the Southwest point of Jutten Island and within hours was…
EventSADF responds to allegations by FAPLA
… his forces had killed over 230 South African troops in the course of the offensive and had destroyed large numbers of vehicles, the South African Defence…
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
… in Albania and at a young age felt compelled to care for the sick and poor. When she was eighteen years old, she left home and joined the Loreto sisters, an…
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
… In a long-anticipated move the recently appointed Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel announced the government's macro-economic strategy, called Growth, ……
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… Nyanza Province in Kenya in 1912. Odinga was a member of the second largest ethnic group in Kenya, the Luo. He entered politics in 1947 and soon found…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… with their Commandos for damage done to their farms by the British troops. The proclamation was made during the second South African War (also known as Anglo…
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… civilian convoy was attacked by guerrillas from the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (RENAMO). The ambush happened on a Saturday on the main road, 32…
ArchiveAll That Glitters by Emilia Potenza
… The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 was a turning point in South … South Africa from an agricultural society to become the largest gold…
EventFrance supplies two new combat submarines to South Africa
… France confirmed the sale of two new combat submarines to South Africa to protect the oil route round the Cape in the face of escalating Soviet naval…
EventSA War Memorial is opened at Delville Wood
… The South African National War Memorial was opened outside the village of Longueval, France, next to the historic Delville Wood. The Memorial was unveiled by…
EventInternational Labour Organisation and UN meet over apartheid in SA
… Following the outbreak of pandemonium in South Africa and the use of violence by security forces in dealing with the issues in suppressing the aspirations of…
EventState of emergency is lifted in Natal
… De Klerk lifted a four year state of emergency in Natal. The state of emergency was as a result of the violence caused by a power struggle between the ANC…
ArchiveSeparate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951
… The Act was to make provision for the separate representation in Parliament and in the provincial council of the province of the Cape of Good …
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 25, December 1989
… Bulletin, No 25, December 1989, produced by the South African Communist Party. Issue covers an SACP delegation to the 14th Congress of the Romanian Communist…
EventSwazi King Sobhuza II dies
… In 1982, the small kingdom of Swaziland was shocked when His Majesty, King Sobhuza II, passed away at the age 83 at the Embo State House. The king died after…
PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
… of Koeberg began in 1976 and Unit 1 was synchronized to the grid on 4 April 1984, with Unit 2 following suit on 25 … It is situated at Duynefontein, 27km…
PlaceRichtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape
… The 1600 square kilometers in area is the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape. This is a dramatic Mountainous Desert in the Northern Cape of South…
PlaceGordonia Division
… Magisterial district and division in the North-West in the Cape Province. Named after Sir Gordon Sprigg, who was Prime Minister of the Cape Colony four times…
PlaceGanyesa
… The massive North West Province of South Africa is home to Ganyesa, which is formally part of the Kagisano / Molopo Municipality. This is a rural Village…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… The choice to join the Allied Forces in World War Two was a contentious one on behalf of the South African government. This is because within the ruling…
EventStart of blood classification controversy
… Poppie Bereng, who worked as a phlebotomist for the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) in … appointed permanently on this date, but refused to sign…
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… South Africa reacted with shock at the passing away of veteran political activist, artist and writer Hilda Bernstein. She passes away on the 9th September…