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EventANC stage marches in major cities
… Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. The government, though under enormous pressure from the ANC to release the political …
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
… should be trained to handle fire-arms. The company, under Sergeant Steven Jansz Botma and Corporals Herman …
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… must not be prevented that recognises marriages concluded under any tradition, or system of religious, personal or …
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… Act, No 34 of 1995, investigated what happened under apartheid between 1960 and 1994. The conflict during …
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… in London from 1926-32. Until 1938 she studied in Paris under Naum Aronson, George DevalliÁƒÂƒÂ¨res, Maurice Denis …
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… a trader. He was asked to plan Durban while it was still under the Natalia Republic Government and when Durban …
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… prior to this date, the British had annexed the Transvaal under Shepstone. Following this was a period of passive …
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… her fame mainly rests. The first edition was published under the pseudonym Ralph Iron. A Track to the Water's Edge. …
EventBattle of Viervoet (Basotho-British war)
… territory between British territory and the Basotho under Moshoeshoe, and stretched from Cornetspruit and the …
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… in East London, Eastern Cape. In 1946 he studied drawing under Henrich Steiner in Florence, Italy. He also attended …
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… As part of her banning orders, she was also placed under house arrest. …
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… (SWAPO) fighting near the northern border. In 1988, under a UN brokered peace initiative, the South African …
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
… of the book Born Freeand naturalist, Joy Adamson died under mysterious circumstances in a Kenyan bush. Initially it …
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… the entire Transvaal south of Delagoa Bay railway was under British control. …
EventBritain and Egypt agree on independence for Sudan.
… campaigns between 1896 and 1898, an Anglo-Egyptian force under Herbert Kitchener destroyed the power of the Mahdists. …
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… by Pretoria. At the time of the coup Transkei was under the leadership of Stella Sigcau who would also be a …
EventThe League of Nations grant Belgium the right to govern Rwanda
… to 1925 brought the small independent kingdoms to the west under the power of the central Rwandan court. The Belgian …
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… meeting the ANC and other liberation movements were banned under the Unlawful Organisations Act. All “illegal …
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… international developments the South African government, under the leadership of General Louis Botha , put an offer to …
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… a large Township situated to the North of Kempton Park , under the Ekurhuleni Municipality . It was established in …
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… wing Umkhonto we Sizwe’s (MK) Luthuli detachment of MK, under the code name ‘James Stuart’. [ii] 1964 - 1973 …
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… magistrate of the time: "Those who used to live contently under chiefs, peacefully supporting themselves by breeding …
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… law was introduced in Natal and the militia was mobilised under Colonel Duncan Mackenzie to restore order. Troops were …
ArticleThe missionaries
… subdivided into smaller sections, which were no longer under the management of the dominant Pondo Chiefs, but were …
ArticleThe Information Scandal
… Committee on Public Accounts, the Erasmus commission under Judge R P Botha Erasmus was given a broad mandate but a …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… to the Hindenberg line. By September, the Allied forces under General Haig succeeded in breaking through the …
ArticleTransport on water
… used on dams, rivers and even the sea. Submarines travel under the sea and are used by armies all over the world. …
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… to help Americans during times of economic hardship. Under President Roosevelt the federal government took on many …
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… were many revolts by peasants against the harsh conditions under which they lived and worked, but these revolts were …
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… by establishing the British Defence and Aid Fund, under the umbrella of Christian Action. When new Prime … the South African chapter of Defence and Aid was…