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Barclays Bank (SA) announces its new name First National Bank.
… Barclays Bank (SA) announces its new name First National Bank. …
Barclays Bank (SA) announces its new name First National Bank.
… Barclays Bank (SA) announces its new name First National Bank. …
SA signs treaty with Romania establishing consular and trade relations.
… SA signs treaty with Romania establishing consular and trade …
Corrie Sanders, SA heavyweight, wins the World Boxing Union title.
… Corrie Sanders, SA heavyweight, wins the World Boxing Union title. …
SA signs co-operation agreement with Ciskei regarding structural adjustment.
… SA signs co-operation agreement with Ciskei regarding …
Clive Eksteen, SA slow left-armer cricketer (1993), is born.
… Clive Eksteen, SA slow left-armer cricketer (1993), is born. …
The rugby team of England beats SA 11-3 at Twickenham.
… The rugby team of England beats SA 11-3 at Twickenham. …
SA signs treaty on extradition (Northern Rhodesia) with Great Britain.
… SA signs treaty on extradition (Northern Rhodesia) with Great …
World War 2: The 2nd SA Division moves into Tobruk.
… World War 2: The 2nd SA Division moves into Tobruk. …
Pieter Rossouw, SA rugby wing, marries Elzé Reyneke at Rawsonville.
… Pieter Rossouw, SA rugby wing, marries Elzé Reyneke at Rawsonville. …
SA signs air service agreement with the Republic of Malaysia.
… SA signs air service agreement with the Republic of Malaysia. …
Mathilda Hanekom, SA actress and wife of Hendrik Hanekom, dies.
… Mathilda Hanekom, SA actress and wife of Hendrik Hanekom, dies. …
Azis G.H. Pahad, SA Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs, is born.
… Azis G.H. Pahad, SA Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs, is born. …
EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
… Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala was born on 8 January 1962 in Soweto, Johannesburg. He began his professional boxing career in 1980. Matlala’s first crack at a…
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… Zolla Budd was born to an Afrikaans family on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein. She was one of five children. Budd was … her older sister Jenny and they would…
EventSA signs Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
… Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR, pronounced 'kammelar'), in Canberra, Australia. CCAMLR entered into force in 1982 in order to regulate exploitation of…
EventAlbert Nzula dies in Moscow
… Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), died of pneumonia in Moscow, USSR. He left SA in 1931 to study in Moscow. The date of his death varies in … to…
SA's Zuma 'showered to avoid HIV' (BBC News), 05 April 2006
… to marry his accuser. Remarks about HIV made by Mr Zuma in court earlier this week have angered Aids educators. More than 5m South Africans have HIV - the…
BiographyPaul Alberts
… leading social documentary photographers, was born in 1946 in Pretoria . He spent his youth in Botswana and the Limpopo … of his work has been presented at,…
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… though much of his early writings and early education were in English. He matriculated at the age of sixteen and went on … return to South Africa, he studied…
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
… Benjamin (Ben) Ulenga was born in Owamboland. His father was a labourer, who from age 16 or … His father provided a political education and instilled in him…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… growing across the country as trade unions were formed in different sectors of the economy. Trade unions formed earlier particularly in the Cape struggled to…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria , South Africa constitutes an especially noteworthy moment in women’s history. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South ……
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… The Middle Ages in Europe, a feudal society Glossary Feudal Society : The … (the aristocracy) demanded recompense from a peasantry in exchange for military…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… of nationalism and the waging of independence campaigns in various colonies as well as the new domestic priorities in the post-war period for colonial rulers…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… region until the Late Iron Age. Then, beginning in the 15th century, BaFokeng dominated the landscape. A few … Sotho-Tswana people, most notably BaKwena,…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… by the National Party (NP) government and was introduced in South Africa in 1948. Apartheid called for the separate development of the different racial…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… 1968. Account of the Tribal Life and Customs of the Xhosa in 1807. Translated by Dr William Fehr. Cape Town: AA … Historical Sketch of the Missions of the…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… One of the first examples of a messenger service occurred in Ancient Egypt where pharaohs used couriers to deliver … and carts pulled by oxen. Postal System…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… On 13 January 1949 an Indian store-keeper in central Durban assaulted an African youth. This incident resulted in a wave of violence, starting at the Indian…