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PlaceKoedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
… to aviation. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 29 August 1980. …
PlaceAustin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
… of Pretoria. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 11 April 1980. The reserve was …
PlaceBritish Fort, Marabastad, Polokwane
… It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 January 1938. This English …
PlaceNorth Lodge, Parktown, Johannesburg
… in the suburb. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 December 1982. The house is …
EventAfrikaans Writer Breytenbach is sentenced
… and sentenced to nine years imprisonment for high treason under the Terrorism Act by the Pretoria Supreme Court. He had …
EventMother of an ANC Youth League official, is killed by a hand grenade
… official. According to sources, the hand grenade was under the pillow on which Mrs Smith was sleeping. Mrs Smith …
EventScottish missionary, Robert Moffat arrives in Northern Cape
… assist with missionary work, which the LMS started in 1816 under the Bechuana society of Chief Mothibi. Moffat was …
EventOlivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda
… Angola for seven months and spent another fifteen months under ANC guard in Luanda. Sources: South African Institute …
EventPretoria Boys High School opens
… Alfred Milner and opened as the Pretoria Boys High School under the headmaster Charles Hope. The enrolment of …
EventThe British attack in the battle of Colenso
… During Anglo-Boer War 2, the British troops under General Redvers Buller launched a frontal attack in the …
EventBritish Kaffraria becomes a province with its own administration
… but in 1860 the area was declared a Crown Colony under administration of Lieutenant-Colonel John MacLean. Read …
EventGhana is declared a republic
… Commonwealth of Nations. A year later South Africa, under the leadership of H. F. Verwoerd, opted to become a …
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… sport means in effect that no 'mixed' sport is permitted under the aegis of the official organisations which are … to visit South Africa and participate in…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… community began a passive resistance campaign on 13 June under the leadership of Dr. Y.M. Dadoo and Dr. G.M. Naicker. … should be in conformity with the…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.3 1986
… Pillay; Coffee for the Road by Alex La Guma; Hide Them Under the Bed by K.M. Phiri; Pula! by Jean Gray. Poems: …
ArchiveA Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1973
… of media and communication; Justice; Detention and trials under security laws; Guerrillas and movements-in-exile; …
PlaceDe Beers Building, 88 St Georges Street, Simonstown
… exclusive restaurant. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 October 1983. …
PlaceRuimzicht House, 10 Milner Road, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
… on the façade. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. THE RUIMZICHT …
PlaceInn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
… a hotel from 1979. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 1981. …
PlaceCity Hall, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… and political nature. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on12 October 1979. …
EventVerwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.
… people. In 1964 it was granted its City Council status under the name of Lyttelton by combining the areas of …
EventLucas Seage is born
… he also attended Mofolo Arts Centre in Soweto and studied under the veteran artist Sydney Kumalo. He was one of the …
EventBar argues against the Suppression of Communism Bill
… Africa (CPSA) would be outlawed should the Bill be passed. Under this Bill, not only was the CPSA to be outlawed, but it …
EventCelebrated South African photographer, David Goldblatt, receives Hasselblad honours
… an important piece of missing information regarding life under Apartheid in South Africa". …
EventErnie Els wins the Nedbank Golf Tournament
… finished the tournament with a remarkable record win of 25-under-par 263, after rounds of 67, 66, 64 and 66. He was …
EventBafana Bafana lose to Egypt in the African Cup of Nations final
… The South African national football team Bafana Bafana, under tutelage of the hastily appointed caretaker coach Jomo …
EventLegal action against election results
… during the second election of a democratic South Africa under ANC government. However, President Nelson Mandela said …
EventSeretse Khama is born
… became the first president of the Republic of Botswana . Under his leadership Botswana developed from an impoverished …
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
… (A.P.) Solomzi Mda, was born in Herschel, Eastern Cape. Under Mda's leadership the Youth League presented the …
EventLabram, manufacturer of ‘Long Cecil’ is killed by shell from ‘Long Tom’
… lines. Labram was one of the defendants when Kimberley was under siege by the Boers during Anglo-Boer War 2. He died …