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EventA Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain
… One of SAA’s early aircrafts, a Dakota, crashed into the Ingeli …
EventPhyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho
… for children who had left South Africa, assisting members of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and ANC to escape …
EventFinal Commission report on University Christian Movement
… The final report of the Le Grange Commission, dealing with the University …
EventANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off
… convinced the ANC national executive that in view of hostility between the two rival parties, which had claimed …
EventChris Ntuli is stabbed to death
… (1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, …
EventTshwane Metro’s 5th anniversary celebrations held at Church Square
… On 21 January 2006, approximately ten thousand residents of Pretoria attended Tshwane Metro's 5th anniversary …
EventDumisani Makhaye passes away
… Government, Housing and Traditional Affairs and member of the African National Congress (ANC), Dumisani Makhaye, …
EventThe 4 x 100m men’s relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
… The South African squad of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk …
EventDevastating storm hits Mount Ayliff, Eastern Cape
… severe storm hit Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The then Provincial Affairs and … Severe convective storm risk in the Eastern…
EventBotha pleads not guilty to contempt charges
… in court in George, Western Cape, to face contempt of the court charges. Botha had incurred the charges after he … Keesing's Record of World Events, News…
EventThe Rand Revolt Ends
… thousand were injured. The strike also put thousands out of work and caused a devastating loss in coal and gold …
Event30 000 Blacks fight for Britain in Anglo-Boer War
… David Lloyd George stated in the British House of Commons that as many as 30 000 armed Blacks were at that …
EventInternational Candlelight Memorial Day
… people living with HIV and Aids to break down the barriers of stigma and discrimination. The community mobilisation … Ministry of Health, N. Madlala…
PlaceGrey College Complex, Bloemfontein
… legislation on 26 October 1979. The School campus consists of many other old Buildings, which make the School unique! …
ArchiveBolt Number 9 August 1973
… Christopher Hope; Batouala, Mike Kirkwood; New Poetry of Mexico, John Torres. Typesetting by Joy McDonald, Durban. …
Place'Boekenhout' Farm in Rustenberg
Click on image to enlarge South African Republic president Paul Kruger's farm was declared a National Monument by the Monument's Commission. The complex…
EventIOC extends South Africa’s ban from Olympic games
… heavily in the international sports arena as result of its apartheid policy. Prior to the Tokyo Olympic games in …
EventInhabitants flee UNITA occupation
… The National Union for the Independence of Angola (UNITA), formed in 1966 by Jonas Savimbi to contest …
EventThe first experimental radio broadcast in South Africa takes place
… South Africa took place in Johannesburg. The Broadcast was of a music concert and was made by the Western Electric …
EventNatal Indian Congress is formed
… organisation to strive to maintain and protect the rights of Indians in South Africa. The NIC, Transvaal Indian …
EventPercy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police
… The editor of The World and Weekend World, Percy Qoboza and his deputy, … O’Malley, P. ‘1977’ , from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at…
EventMalawi switches over to a new decimal currency, the Kwacha
… and Tambala means “rooster”. Since its introduction, notes of higher denominations including the 50, 100, 200, 500 and … www.oanda.com [Accessed on 17 August…
EventZimbabwe and England draw in a Bulawayo Test Cricket match with England needing one run to win
… run to win. They finished on 204 for 5, just one run short of the 205 that they needed. … on 19 November 2012]| ESPN Cricinfo," England tour of Zimbabwe,…
EventHenry Morton Stanley’s expedition reaches Fort Bodo, Congo
… was commissioned by The New York Herald with the task of finding explorer David Livingstone. No one had heard from …
Document 6 - Africans’ claims in South Africa
… Day we occupied the prison's surgery” During the time of the UDF (United Democratic Front) I was assisting the …
Desmond Tutu: External Video and Audio Archive
… Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate Message of Support for July 25 Rally (video) Bono on Desmond Tutu, …
PlaceErica Girl’s School Building, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth
… 1903 by Dr Thomas Muir, then Superintendent-General of Education. It was declared a National Monument under old …
EventAfrican-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe. is denied a visa by the South African Government
… man to win the US championship in 1968. He died on the 6th of February 1993 from an AIDS- related illness. …
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
… Former South African president and leader of National Party (NP) F.W. De Klerk promulgated the date for … Keesing's Record of World Events , New Digest for…
EventAgreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached
… to implement the agreement took place when the ministries of economic affairs, finance and justice, and, agriculture, … Keesing's Record of World Events, New…