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EventSouth Africa observes Armistice Day
… Day is observed annually in South Africa to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I. The day is observed world-wide, though under…
EventLeague of Nations is formed
… The League of Nations was established after World War I, during the Treaty of Versailles. The intention of this organization was to reduce armament and …
EventBram Fischer born today
… 1908. This man, from staunch Afrikaans descent (he was the eldest son of Percy Ulrich Fischer, Judge President of the Orange Free State, and a grandson of…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
… north of Durban, where they declared they were opposed to the Tricameral Constitutional proposals which exclude blacks. In 1983, the National Party (NP)…
EventThirteen residents are gunned down in Mamelodi by South African police
… down in Mamelodi by South African police. This followed the declaration of a State of emergency on 25 July 1985 by … in 36 of South Africa’s 260 magisterial…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… During the Second Anglo-Boer War, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state artillery of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek … [Accessed on 19 April…
EventZambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon killing 18 national soccer team players
… Air Force De Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo carrying the Zambian national soccer team crashed in the Atlantic Ocean just 500 meters offshore from Libreville…
EventDr. Neville Alexander and four others are found guilty of sabotage
… of sabotage and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. The judge found that the accused participated in the activities of the National Liberation Front (NLF), …
EventEthiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is captured by EPRDF rebels
… People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) captured the capital of Ethiopia,Addis Ababa. The EPRDF was led by the Meles Zinawi, a popular rebel leader…
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… The so-called Tree of Conspiracy stands on the farm Onze Rust, and once belonged to Marthinus Steyn, the last President of the Free State, who bought the…
Death of ANC Education Secretary, Seretse Choabi, 29 August 1991
… The African National Congress regrets to announce the untimely and sudden death of Seretse Choabi in London on … in Alexandra, and completed his Junior High…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… The district of Graaff-Reinet was constituted on 26 August … boundaries were proclaimed on 17 July 1786. However, over the next century these underwent…
Inner-Party Bulletin
… Bulletin produced by the Central Committee of the SACP for internal distribution only. Issue covers … discipline and standards of conduct, report on a visit…
EventSchalk Burger wins two International Awards
… The twenty-one year old South African rugby flanker, Schalk Burger, picked up two major international awards, the International Rugby Players' Association …
Ernest Cole: Brave photographer who exposed horrors of apartheid from within by Teo Kermeliotis, (cnn.com), 5 January 2015
… up to his knees as he beats his sodden shirt against the ground to remove the dirt from it. Near him, a cluster of men cut desolate … of black life under…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Zoutpansberg
… The Nederduits Gereformeerde congregation of Zoutpansberg was … initiated plans for a new church and on 18 October 1872 the structure was consecrated and…
EventHumphrey Khoza, former chief executive officer of Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd and director of several other companies, is born in Germiston
… Humphrey Mbuyiseni Khoza is the former CEO of Uthingo Management, the first company awarded the bid to operate the South African National Lottery. Born …
EventGeneral Law Amendment Act No 37 is approved
… This Act was an amendment to Section 17, the ninety-day detention law. This meant that any … officer was empowered to detain, without warrant and for the…
EventDr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt
… who became a politician. In 1958, he became a member of the National Party (NP) and was the mayor of Randfontein. Ten years later he became the minister of…
EventAlan Paton is born
… On 11 January, 1903 Alan Steward Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal … Maritzburg College in 1918; he went further…
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… in astronomy from about 1816. Herschel's father was the famous astronomer Frederick William Herschel, the discoverer of the planet Uranus.From 1816 Herschel…
Inner-Party Bulletin
… Bulletin produced by the SACP Central Committee for internal distribution only. Issue covers the questions of the Party's re-emergence as a legal…
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… strength and longevity of life, both for your sake and for the sake of the successful prosecution of our struggle for freedom, I wish to say that we are…
PlaceHout Bay Museum
… The Hout Bay Museum is situated right next to the Hout Bay Tourist Office just off Main Road behind the Shell Garage. Just like the town, the cottage style …
PlaceGreenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… front. Greenmarket Square probably developed early on when the VoC brought vegetables from its adjoining garden to this … carts turning it into a picturesque…
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… Cato Manor, a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after Durban’s first mayor, George Christopher Cato. The area…
PlaceGreenhill Road 14, Emmarentia, Johannesburg
… When Lourens Geldenhuys was 14, his father moved them to the gold reef, where their farm began searching for gold, this became the Geldenhys Estate! Lourens…
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
… born in Witbank, South Africa. Masekela grew up playing the piano and at a young age was introduced to the trumpet by Father Trevor Huddleston. Masekela…
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… sufficient in terms of its arms manufacturing capability, the Apartheid regime relied heavily on imported components for its war effort. This came to light…
EventMarien Ngouabi, President of Congo dies
… On 18 March 1977, Marien Ngouabi, the military President of the Republic of the Congo was assassinated. Ngouabi, who started his career … Aglobalworld, '…