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EventThe NCCR is dissolved
… Refugees (UNHCR) will take over the reception of exiles in South Africa. He added that a criminal investigation and a …
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… The rally, which was held at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, was attended by thousands of South Africans. …
EventFirst World Haemophilia Day
… World Haemophilia Day was first celebrated in 1989 to increase awareness of haemophilia and to bring the …
EventPresident P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.
… Acting president, Christiaan Heunis, attended the meeting in his place. Some sources say that the stroke left him …
EventBartolomeu Dias enters Luderitz Bay
… around the Cape of Good Hope, see our This Week in History entry for 4 November 1497. …
EventBrett Kebble is shot dead
… African National Congress member Brett Kebble was ambushed in Melrose, Johannesburg, at around 21:00 on his way to a …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
… of parliament, almost two weeks after Zuma was implicated in corruption during the Durban High Court trial of his …
EventControversial Catholic Archbishop Milingo agrees to renounce marriage
… Emmanuel Milingo of Zambia married Maria Sung on 27 May in a ceremony performed by the Unification Church Revered Sun … mumbailaity, ' 27 May in a ceremony…
EventUN approves embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea
… against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in their two-year border war. The embargo could be …
EventEgyptian women files divorce under new law
… husband. Gabr, from the northern area of Tanta, testified in her petition to the family court that she had no …
EventUDF distances itself from Madikizela
… The UDF was summoned by the TRC, as it was the leader in protest against apartheid at the time when these crimes …
EventParties start submission to the TRC
… to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In a forty-three-page document the Freedom Front (FF) leader, …
EventIFP commemorates Shell House shootings.
… raised fears of clashes between police and demonstrators. In the face of the huge crowds the police relented and …
EventThe Rosebud, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Diaz Beach, Mossel Bay
… wooden schooner, weighing 341 tons. It was built in 1876 by Carnegie Peterhead, and was commanded by Captain …
EventSupreme Court declares Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta winner of the Kenyan presidential election
… current president of Kenya. Kenyatta defeated Raila Odinga in the hotly contested 2013 Kenyan elections and was …
EventGeneral Lord Roberts marches on Pretoria
… In the middle of the South African War II (Anglo-Boer War … Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African History: 3 May’ , from About African History, …
EventGeneral De la Rey releases General Lord Methuen after his wounds are treated
… defeated and captured by General De La Rey on 7 March 1902 in the Battle of Tweebosch (or De Klipdrift), Western … War 2: Gen. De la Rey defeats and captures…
EventEgyptian and US Archaeologists discover a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile
… discovered a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile in Abydos. The boats were believed to be the first royal … Ancient Fleet: Lost for Thousands of…
ArchiveThe National situation, an address delivered at the Edendale Conference of the All African Convention
… began on 5 December 1956 where 156 people were arrested in a Union-wide police swoop. The second, was the arrest of …
EventThe ANC unveils its proposed constitutional principles
… (ANC) made public its proposed constitutional principles in a discussion document, which to some extent had the effect …
Emissaries from Russia
… Committee of the ANC adopted on the 23rd June, 1992. 2. In my Memorandum and the statement of the ANC we pointed out …
Condolence book for Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, 28 March 2017
… Africans at large, are invited to sign a condolence book in honor of Comrade Kathy which will be placed at the ANC's …
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… House. The date of the 12th April 2012 was suggested in a letter dated 30 March 2012 from the legal …
PlaceAluimkloof, Calitzdorp- Western Cape
… aluminum sulfate dodecahydrate. It is commonly used in water purification,leather tanning, dyeing, fireproof …
EventThe Association of Chambers of Commerce issued a “no work, no pay, no penalty” statement
… to issue a call for a one day work stay-away on June 16, in commemoration of the Soweto riots. Assocom and the … clippings collection, Assocom advises ‘no…
Liberal Opinion/Reality
… by the Liberal Party of South Africa which was established in 1953 by Alan Paton, after the National Government had won …
PlaceMarconi Beam, Montague Gardens
… Marconi Beam is next to Montague Gardens and is located in City of Cape Town. Montague Gardens and Marconi Beam are …
Commemorating fifty years since District Six was declared for whites only
… Start time: Thursday, February 11 at 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM in UTC+02 50 years ago, it was decreed that District Six …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.2 Jan-Mar 1961
… Rhodesia’s Time for Change, Mainza Chona. The Asian in Kenya, Sarjit S. Heyer. Algeria and the Future of France, …
PlaceWelcome Cottage, Glencairn- Simonstown
… part of a loan farm granted to Johannes Henricus Brand in 1911 and, over the years, has been closely associated with …