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EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… The Southern African Development Community (SADC) was originally known as the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference … (SADCC). It was formed…
EventAmina Lawal’s sentence upheld
… On 19 August 2002, an Islamic high court in the Katsina state of Nigeria, upheld a sentence of death by stoning for Amina Lawal. The 31 year old woman had…
PlacePolokwane
… Is a City of 1 30,000 people counted in the census of 2011 . It now has a Population of about about … TshiVenda ; IsiNdebele and English and Afrikaans . It…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thenjiwe Mswane
… Dear Students Movements of 1976, Imagine if the 16th of June 2016, looked like this. Like this cold winters morning in Johannesburg, except across the…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.1 Oct-Dec 1959
… Contents: Revolution is Now. Cartoon, David Marais. On the Boycott, Julius Nyerere. Durban Explodes, Myrna Blumberg. The African in Industry, Brian Bunting…
EventSA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster reveals that SA scientists have succeeded in developing a new process for uranium enrichment
… The Prime Minister, Balthazar Johannes Vorster announced in the House of Assembly in Cape Town that South African … a pilot plant for this process was under…
EventMembers of Mau Mau uprising in Kenya to receive death penalty for resisting colonial rule
… During the height of the Mau Mau Uprising , Sir Evelyn Baring, colonial governor of Kenya , introduced the death penalty for anyone who organised the taking…
EventFifth Constitution Amendment Bill is introduced
… The Republic of South Africa Constitution Fifth Amendment … Bill, establishing a framework for deliberations on the country's future constitutional, economic…
EventConnie Mulder resigns as a result of his involvement in plot to sell apartheid propaganda
… On 24 January 1979, the Minister of Information, Connie Mulder , resigns his seat in Parliament at the insistence of the Prime Minister P. W. Botha as a…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… The African National Congress (ANC) Consultative Conference, which was held in Johannesburg following the Organisation's unbanning, came to conclusion. It…
EventNigerian terrorist, Henry Okah is found guilty of masterminding two car bombs in Abuja by a South African Judge.
… Henry Okah was the leader of a terrorist group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). …
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… The Abyssinian fortress of Dessie, located between Addis … divisions. This event happened in 1941 two years after the outbreak of the World War II . The War…
EventTinashe Washington Nengomasha, Zimbabwean international football player is born in Harare, Zimbabwe
… Although Tinashe Nengomasha had been in the Zimbabwean under 20 National team, he was basically … Kaizer Chiefs as a midfielder, a position that earned him…
PlaceGreen Point Common
… In the 18th century, this area was known by the Dutch as 'De Waterplaats' (The foreshore). The Green Point Common was vested land, which …
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… The president of Cuba Fidel Castro decides to send Cuban … troops to Angola in response to South Africa's invasion of the country. After attaining its…
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
… mainly Afrikaans-speaking intellectuals, to meet with the then-banned African National Congress (ANC) in Dakar, … cultural, religious and business fields…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… The former Prime Minister of Transkei Chief George Mzivubu … George Matanzima was born on 26 December 1918 in Qamata in the Transkei. Together with his…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… The SS Waratah was a luxury steamer, en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve as a ……
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… On the 31 August 1997 Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Spencer, the former wife of Prince Charles, was killed with her … in Paris. Her funeral was broadcast in…
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… Britain had fought the Boer settlers in South Africa in the Anglo-Boer wars (1880-1, 1899-1902), so in 1914 many … not fully suppressed until early 1915 and…
EventEarly jewellery, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old, is discovered in South Africa
… beads estimated to be 75 000 years old was discovered in the Blombos cave, overlooking the Indian Ocean, near Stilbaai. The discovery is believed to be the…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… 1913 in Botshabelo, a mission station established by the German missionaries amongst the Pedi community in the Middelburg district of the Transvaal (now…
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
… 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928 THE COMMUNIST PARTY. … I have received three letters from you recently. I haven't the dates handy,…
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… that supported Nelson Mandela's release form prison. In the same year, he resigned from the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) as he was opposed to their compliance…
An open letter from Desmond Tutu to Aung San Su Kyi, 7 September 2017
… silent on public affairs out of profound sadness about the plight of the Muslim minority in your country, the Rohingya. In my heart you are a dearly beloved…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
… The foundation stone of this church was laid way back in 1838. The first section of the building which comprised of the nave only was taken into …
ArchiveMarxism and history: twenty years of South African Marxist studies
… Thesis submitted in partal fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts in the department of history, at the University of Natal, …
EventGambia gains independence
… On this day in history Gambia became the 36th African nation to gain independence. The Gambia (officially the Republic of The Gambia) commonly known as…
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… The oldest of the independent homelands, Transkei, gained complete independence as an autonomous republic under the policy of separate development. At its…
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… The South African government ended eighty-four years of control over the Walvis Bay enclave by handing over the port and twelve offshore islands to the…