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EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… The Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement was founded … in Northern KwaZulu. Inkatha emerged, along with the Black Consciousness Movement, to fill…
Event5,580 Egyptian prisoners of war are exchanged for four Israelis held by Egyptian troops
… for four Israelis held by Egyptian troops following the Tripartite Invasion (Israel, Britain and France). The invasion of Egypt by the three aforementioned…
PlaceAlbertskroon, Suburb of Johannesburg
… Greymont and Montgomery Park. Established about 1896 on the Farm Waterval, it was named after the Alberts family, who owned it. The Afrikaans term 'kroon',…
Interview with Dr Vanitha Chetty by Ms Rajes Pillay,University of Durban Westville,13 June 2002
… welcome. VC: Thank you. RP: She is the daughter of the late Dr K Goonam, who is a well-known activist in Durban. She was also one the…
PlaceSahlumbe
… Sahlumbe, a Settlement along the Tugela River, about 23km from Weenen and on the edge of Msinga which was a District, established in the former Homeland of;…
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
… of Admiral Antonio da Saldanha who was wounded there by the Khoikhoi , whilst taking water. In 1601 the name was applied to the present Saldanha Bay by the…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… H. Snyman submitted to parliament a final report on the 1962 Paarl Riots. The report analysed the main causes of the riots, and included information on ……
EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… Treurnicht of Conservative Party and Andries Beyers of the Afrikaner Volksunie. The key issue under discussion was the way they were being treated at the…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… after preparatory talks in Johannesburg, on a date for the start of negotiations on South Africa's future constitution. Delegates agreed that the proposed…
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
… Timothy Bevan, chairman of Barclays, admitted that while the decision to pull out of the South African market was a commercial one, the pressure exerted…
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… Troops of the South African Defence Force (SADF) carry out raids on … and Zimbabwe. Several people are left dead or injured. The targets include the ANC's…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… The Nobel Peace Prize is considered by many to be a symbol of international recognition over the prize winners struggle to create a more peaceful world…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) expressed concern about stability in Manzimhlope, the KwaZulu-Natal lower south coast region, following the murder of IFP…
Banishment
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … I would be less trouble in a place which I don't know and the people don't know me. So they…
ArchivePenal reform and race relations
… This address delivered by Winifred Hoernle is the fourth in the series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures. This is the first public …
EventCullinan diamond is cut into two
… The Cullinan diamond was cut into two big stones, The Star of Africa and the Cullinan 2, as well as seven fairly big stones and …
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
… Four years after the unbanning of the liberation movements and release of political prisoners, SA held its first multi-racial elections. The elections…
EventMorocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain
… to Morocco was signed between Spain and Morocco. One of the terms of the agreement was the awarding of fishing rights to Spain, off Morocco's …
Zweli Mkhize denies Redi Tlhabi’s book allegations, says he hasn’t read it, 18 - September - 2017
… The presidential contender says he saw Jacob Zuma as an older … in which he denied any involvement in trying to make the woman who had accused Jacob Zuma of…
EventAmerican President Ronald Reagan reverses his earlier stance on South Africa and agrees to limited sanctions
… During the late 1970 and early 1980s the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations had tried to … "constructive engagement." In so doing it was hoped that the…
EventTutu is outraged by De Klerk’s denial of responsibility for apartheid’s atrocities
… Party (NP) leader F W de Klerk's failure to accept that the former NP government's policies had given security forces … Thursday after being asked by a…
ArchiveBlack consciousness and white liberals in South Africa: paradoxical anti-apartheid politics
… Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject of History at the University of…
PlaceKwaMhlanga
… KwaMhlanga is a town in Mpumalanga near Pretoria and is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled here in the early 18th century. This town…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… When the government announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high inflation of the South African economy, the news fell on an…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… When the government announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high inflation of the South African economy, the news fell on an…
EventSpringboks beat New Zealand in Rugby Wold Cup final match
… was made at Ellis Park Stadium on 24 June 1995, where the South African Rugby team (famously known as the Springboks) beat New Zealand in a mouth watering…
EventSouth African man walks from England to France through Channel Tunnel
… French police on 09 October 2005 after he walked through the Channel Tunnel between Folkenstone in England and Calaise … flops. Trains travelling at speed of…
EventJoost Van Der Westhuizen, Springbok rugby scrum-half and captain, is born
… was born 20 February 1971. Van Der Westhuizen was at the height of his career during the mid 1990’s and early 2000’s. He played in the 1995, 1999 and 2003…
EventA South African Defence Force Capt. Wynand du Toit is captured in Angola
… During the raid on the Cabinda oil refinery, Angola, on the 21 May 1985, Capt. Wynand du Toit was taken captive, and … Rhodesia The Battle of Quito Cuanavale…
EventStudents at Durban
… During ongoing unrest at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) owing to political activism and a continuing struggle between the Azanian Students'…