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EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… The then African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, Walter Sisulu, was served with two notifications in …
EventSA War Memorial is opened at Delville Wood
… The Memorial was unveiled by mrs Annie Botha, the widow of General Louis Botha, after an address by the then Prime …
EventTranskei Defense Force topples Transkei Bantustan leader George Matanzima, but denies coup
… after a bloodless coup led by Defence Force Chief Major-General Bantu Holomisa. The army denied taking part in any …
EventMoses Mabhida dies in Maputo
… politician, Umkhonto weSizwe commander and Secretary-General of the SA Communist Party, died of a heart attack in …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated at Union Buildings
… Congress (ANC) registered a landslide victory in the 1999 general elections, Thabo Mbeki, who had replaced Nelson …
EventF. W. de Klerk is implicated
… Ex-Police Commissioner General Johan van der Merwe and ex-Law and Order Minister …
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… Former Commander-General of the Boers in Natal and later Republican statesman, …
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt and his wife are sentenced to life imprisonment
… prior to the change of government following the 1994 general election. …
EventThe last conventional battle of the South African War ends
… (ZAR) or the Transvaal Republic, faced a full attack by General Sir Redvers Buller's Natal Field Army (also known as …
EventFrance’s war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… In August 1844 French forces under General Thomas Bugeaud defeated the Moroccan army in the …
EventEritrea becomes a member of the United Nations.
… determination. Ethiopia wrote a letter to the UN Secretary General. The UN approved an Observer Mission (UNOVER) to …
EventDie Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger
… Huisgenoot is a weekly Afrikaans-language general interest magazine. The name Huisgenoot is Afrikaans …
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… established in terms of the South Africa Act of 1909. General Louis Botha , the first Prime Minister of the Union, … the formation of the Afrikaner…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… failure at the conference, Baleka Kgotsisile, secretary general of the league at the time, showed that they would not … playing a greater role in the civil…
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The Durban strikes of 1973, and the subsequent struggles waged by…
PlaceEmbassy of Azerbaijan, Pretoria
… citizens through its consular services, if they: 1) Need general or specific info regarding Azerbaijani economy, …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 9
… in South Africa, Kajee had several talks with him on the general question of Indian unity and on the more particular … of course, was Kajee's answer,…
Visit of Graca Machel, 9 October 1991
… of approximately 45 people will include Deputy Secretary General Jacob Zuma, Joe Modise, Chris Hani, Eastern Transvaal …
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
… interview with Duma Nokwe (1927-1978) who was Secretary-General of the ANC from 1958 to 1969. Born to working class …
EventSouth Africa is said to resume its membership of the Commonwealth
… On 31 May 1994, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaouku …
PlaceLanherne Building, Humewood Road, Port Elizabeth
… in 1894 for RH Hammersley-Heenen, resident engineer and general manager of the South African Railways. During WWII it …
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
… South Africa. Proclaiming the Day in 1966, the General Assembly called on the international community to …
EventInternational Labour Organisation (ILO) suspends South Africa
… suspending South Africa from participation in its Annual General Conferences in Geneva. The resolution was passed by …
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
… He joined the ANC in 1930 and rose to become its secretary-general. In this capacity, Calata was signatory of the 1949 …
EventSA cross-border raid in Maputo kills several
… Section A of the security police, headed by Colonel (later General) Jac Buchner and assisted by Major (later Brigadier) …
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… was not recognised beyond South African borders. The General Assembly of the United Nations rejected the …
EventThe Herstigte Nasionale Party is established
… led by Albert Hertzog, son of former SA prime minister, General J.B.M. Hertzog, as reaction to a perceived easing of …
EventThe South African Military History Society is established
… (SAMHS) was formed following an appeal by Commandant-General H.B. Klopper to all South Africans to take an …
EventAmerican Troops pull out of Somalia
… series of gun battles Somali militias under the Command of General Mohammed Farrah Aidid. American troops were sent to …
EventCelebration of Nigeria’s Day of Independence cancelled due to air disaster
… celebration was called off at the last minute by General Ibrahim Babangida's military government as result of …