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PlaceBaavianskloof Pass
This spectacular Kloof (which is part of the R332 route) links the Western section of the Baavianskloof with the higher Karoo hinterland, and more specifically…
PlaceWonderboom National Airport, Tshwane
… north of Pretoria, South Africa. The airport handles general aviation flights and passenger services. The … north of Pretoria, South Africa. The airport…
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
… this visit in 1977, material conditions were considered in general to be satisfactory, but the lack of contact with the …
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
… of justice. After his prison term had expired, the new General Law Amendment Act (no. 37 of 1963) was passed to …
PlacePorterville
… in 1863 and named after William Porter , Attorney General of the Cape Colony from 1839 to 1866. According to … in 1863 and named after William Porter,…
PlaceNigeria
… to civilian rule and becoming corrupt and ineffective. General Muhammed replaced thousands of civil servants and … 1979. Olusegun Obasanjo, became head of…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… in 1910, my father had to go into the family business, a general dealer's store called Brown & Goldblatt, which he … from the head offices... 'The bathroom…
Killings at Ntshanga, 29 December 1996
… upon the ANC structures in the area and the people in general to exercise self-restraint and refuse to be provoked …
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… the country's largest telecommunications company. As the general height of buildings rose in the central business …
PlaceBellville, a Suburb of Cape Town
… strand. Bellville was rename in 1861 after the surveyor general Charles Bell. Ideally situated close to the Cape …
PlaceFort Wynyard
… battery was improved in 1862 and renamed after Lieutenant-General Robert Henry Wynyard. It remained operational until …
EventThe Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill
… Assembly, Prime Minister Robinson, and Attorney-General Escombe. In his telegrams Ghandi requested the …
Demonstrations against Proclamation of Republic: Answers to Questions by May 1961
… and the white people see the way we feel would be a general strike. Question: What should be the aim of the …
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… Special Committee against Apartheid was established by the General Assembly - under resolution 1761 (XVII) of November …
EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
… to vote, eliminating discriminatory laws and agreeing to a general election whereby the government would reflect the …
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
… this visit in 1977, material conditions were considered in general to be satisfactory, but the lack of contact with the …
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… prison. At the end of his sentence, Parliament enacted a General Law Amendment Act, which empowered the Minister of …
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… and escalating pressure from the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the journey to independence was underway. …
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… Bophuthatswana as well as not wanting to take part in the general election that was to be held during that year. In …
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… Violence flared once more after the announcement of the General Election of 1994, because of attempts of both the ANC …
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… proposals promised job security, pension packages and a general amnesty based on disclosure. President F.W. de Klerk …
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… the entire system of petty apartheid by the time of 1994 general election that brought the ANC to power. … 08 October 2013] | South African History Online…
EventIFP proposes truce with ANC
… clashes between members of the two parties. The Secretary General of the IFP, Oscar Dhlomo , communicated the peace …
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… were losing the war against the soldiers of Commandant-General Piet Joubert, they began surrendering, and …
PlaceFort Cunynghame
… purposes generally." The Cape's Controller and Auditor General, Mr C Abercrombie Smith, reported on 5 February 1880 …
EventThe official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media tables its report
… tabled its report. The Commission recommended that a general council of journalists should be established by law …
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing an eleven …
EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
… of important positions in the new South Africa, including general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade …
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… 1840s and was built by Henry Green, Assistant Commissioner-General of the Orange River Sovereignty. Its subsequent …
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… backing expelled metalworkers union Numsa and the ousted general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi believed that, had they … Cosatu.” Dlamini also cautioned…