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PlaceAha Hills, Northern Cape Border With Namibia and Botswana
… Basic supplies and drinkable bore water is available in the Villages of: Xai Xai and Qangwa. 50 km from the Aha …
PlaceBo-tuin, Hof Street, Gardens.
… originally part of the Leeuwenhof Estate and was developed in about 1820 by Johannes Zorn. It consisted of a gabled …
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
… This came a few months after the SACC was constituted in 1968. By then the National Party had been governing the …
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… when South Africa was banned from International Cricket. In 1990, when South Africa went through a transformation …
Archive of documents pertaining to Pixley ka Isaka Seme
… 1953 (PDF) "Native Union" Article by Pixley ka Isaka Seme, in Imvo Zabantsundu, October 24, 1911 Pixley ka Seme public …
EventThe United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed United Republic of Tanzania
… which was composed by South Africa’s Enoch Sontonga. In 1992, Tanzania (as it is currently known) adopted a …
EventRand Afrikaans University is established
… University (RAU), the second university with its seat in Johannesburg, was established by an act of parliament as …
EventNelson Mandela announces intentions on nationalisation policy
… alternative, which would redress the economic imbalances in the country. He further stated that nationalisation did …
EventBilateral talks to continue
… The concerns of the ANC included police brutality in dealing with unrest. The government sought a suspension of …
EventThe Battle of Blood River
… the Battle of Blood River took place near the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal. The Battle of Blood River was between the …
EventThe Santo Alberto is wrecked
… safely and established considerable contact with the Bantu in the area. Another party was not so fortunate - of a group …
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… Leon announced reception of 26 councillors. In Cape Town unicity the African National …
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… allowing it to set more realistic goals. After ten years in office, Annan will be succeeded by South Korea's Ban … BBC News," Annan chides US in final speech…
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… British authority. The events of the 13 December 1880 thus in effect started the war and ended passive resistance. The …
EventLesotho’s deputy Prime Minister shot
… Monyane Moleleki, Pakalitha Mosisili and Kelebone Maope in the mutiny over a planned government probe into the army. …
EventFNB cancels its R20 million anti-crime initiative designed to encourage President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his priority
… against Mbeki, the bank decided to cancel the campaign. In 2013, FNB created a deja vu moment when it launched the “U …
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… Albertina had been given instruction by Nelson Mandela in March 1968 to organize a protest when his name was due to …
EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
… possibility of granting self-government to the Transkei. In December 1962 this committee, under chairmanship of Chief … (Accessed: 25 April 2013)| Boddy…
EventThe prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed
… a Germen colony. It was called German South West Africa. In his book, “Troubled Waters” Joseph Diescho refers to …
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… was officially turned into a maximum security prison in 1961. It was used to incarcerate more than 3,000 …
20th Time of the Writer
… Africa and different parts of the world will feature in this year’s week-long edition. This year’s edition will …
Answers to questions by Drum: Albert Luthuli, 6 May 1961
… that white South Africa should not go on making changes in our lives without consulting us. …
Secret Ballot
… where we are introduced to Nkunzi Emnyama (The Commander In Chief), The IT Cadre and the EAT Comrade (The CIC’s right …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.1 Oct-Dec 1957
… “Last Barrier”, George Clay and Stanley Uys. Race Zoning in Cloud Cuckoo Land, Leo Kuper. The Ghetto Act, Yusuf …
EventFifth Constitution Amendment Bill is introduced
… economic and social development, was introduced in Parliament. The Bill was based closely on the majority of …
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… brain damage. Biko had sustained at least a dozen injuries in the period of eight days and up to twelve hours before his …
EventSouth Africa signs a multilateral treaty prohibiting the development of biological weapons
… and Toxic Weapons and their Destruction was signed in Moscow, London and Washington. South Africa formed part of …
EventVerwoerd’s grandson joins ANC
… In a historic move, Wilhelm Verwoerd, grandson of former …
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
… systems; for the regulation of norms and standards in residential environments; and for the establishment of a …
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
… General Motors (GM), the American owned automobile industry in South Africa, pulled out of the country amidst a series of …