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EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
… of 'separate development' (Apartheid) and leader of the opposition Progressive Federal Party (PFP), resigned as leader of the PFP and as a MP. In his…
EventBishop Ambrose Reeves returns to South Africa
… cleric, Dr Richard Ambrose Reeves, Anglican (Church of the Province of South Africa) Bishop of Johannesburg, … leave spent in England. Reeves was not…
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
… Robert Moffat, missionary of the London Missionary Society at Kuruman and father-in-law of … as a gardener and worked at High Leah, near Liverpool. At the…
EventPharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit
… In 1998 the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and … pharmaceutical companies brought a lawsuit against the South African government for…
EventSeven impalas are trapped in a camp and viciously beaten to death at Skukuza, Kruger National Park
… for meat in Skukuza, Kruger National Park. Witnesses saw the four men lock the bucks in a camp before beating them to death with sticks and pipes after which…
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… denied South African support for RENAMO, claiming that the country is committed to the Nkomati Accord of 1984. The Nkomati Accord was signed by South Africa…
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… (now Grade 10), Kevin Curren accepted a scholarship from the University of Texas, United States of America. He obtained a BCom degree in sports management at…
EventStephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
… Appiah is a retired Ghanaian footballer who once captained the Ghanaian national team. Appiah was born in Achimota, … Accra on 24 December 1980. He began his…
EventThree South African provinces are renamed
… After the first South African democratic election, the country was demarcated into nine provinces. Some of these … like Northern Transvaal and Eastern…
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
… Zweledinga Pallo Jordan, who became the National Minister of Arts and Culture under President … born in B Location, Kroonstad, Orange Free State. He is the…
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
… The Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) was formed, with 9 affiliates. CUSA originated from the Urban Training Project and the Consultative Committee of…
EventChief Albert Luthuli is banned for a further five years
… Chief Albert Luthuli, President General of the African National Congress (ANC), led the Defiance Campaign in 1952, a non- violent protest against the pass…
EventNaguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate, is born
… age that he wanted to be a writer. He began writing at the age of eleven and at 17 he published his first article. … entitled Old Egypt. Mafhouz’s most…
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… rallying support amongst community members against the government's Bantu Urban Councils Act. The Bantu Urban Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961 created black ……
EventItalian Troops raid Addis Ababa
… with raids into Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. After the capture of Addis Ababa by the Italian troops, Benito Mussolini, the Fascist President of Italy…
EventWole Soyinka is born
… The Nigerian, novelist, playwright and poet, Wole Soyinka, … Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. Soyinka became the first African to receive the Nobel…
EventJustice Minister, Jimmy Kruger, announces mass arrest
… The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, made an announcement to the effect that 697 were being held for various security reasons. The breakdown of the total…
EventThird Pan African Parliament session begins in Midrand
… The third session of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) began at its temporary home … in Gallagher Estate in Midrand, north of Johannesburg. The session was…
EventRDP White Paper is tabled in Parliament
… The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) White Paper, which was put before the parliament, called for an expeditious programme to ensure that the…
EventAfrica Women’s Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
… The Africa Women's Peace Train was launched in Kampala, … and finally to South Africa - Johannesburg, in time for the World Summit on Sustainable Development…
EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
… shot dead when their car was ambushed at Piet Retief on the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga) border. They met Amos whom they believed was an ANC member at…
PlaceQueen’s Tavern, 16 Stamford Hill Road, Durban
… Durban’s few remaining links with its Colonial past. It is the oldest licenced premises in the City, its licence dates back to 1894. It is now a … Monument. …
9. In search of better employment
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … teacher and enquired in a letter dated 3 June 1891 whether the Protector knew of any vacancy…
PlacePhansi Museum
… The Museum houses some of the finest examples of African artefacts, such as: beadwork, … pots, ceremonial attire and medicinal items dating back to the mid…
ArchiveWiehahn Commission: precis of speech
… Precis of speech on the Wiehahn Commission of Inquiry into labour legislation, by Auret van Heerden, President of the National Union of South African…
ArchiveBesoek van Mnr Clark aan Suid-Afrika en Suidwes-Afrika: 10-13 Junie 1981
… by Minister R F Botha and written mostly in Afrikaans, of the visit of Mr W P Clark of the United States of America, to South Africa and South West Africa…
ArchiveD.I.V.I.D.E. And Rule; South Africas Bantust
… white; map showing Bantustans; text: Apartheid: 70% of the population are Africans. They are allocated 13% of the land -- the Bantustans. 17 % of the…
EventColoured Labour Party strengthened its stance against apartheid
… The Coloured Labour Party strengthened its position by forging an alliance with six members of the Coloured Persons Representative Council (CPRC). Unity ……
EventGamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt
… Under his leadership Egypt continued its participation in the Arab-Israeli conflicts. Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal and blocked British and French ships…
EventMoses Mabhida receives awards
… politician and Umkhonto we Sizwe commander, was awarded the Soviet Order of the People and the Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria First Class on …