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EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
… On 30 May 1963 the Transkei Constitution Act No 48 commenced. The history of this Act could be traced back to April 1961 when the … O’Malley, P. ‘1963’ ,…
PlaceAlphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
… The Alphen Estate was granted to Theunis van Schalkwyk in … well designed front door, whose construction dates back to the mid-18th Century, although the…
EventPrime Minister opens SA's first atomic reactor
… The former Prime Minister of South Africa and apartheid mastermind, Dr H.F. Verwoerd … Installation-1) at Pelindaba, about thirty kilometres West of Pretoria…
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
… Bishop Desmond Tutu received the Martin Luther King Jr Award for Non-Violence for his commitment and role during the struggle against apartheid in 1986…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
… Founding member and president of the Pan Africanist Congress , Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe , … three years' imprisonment for incitement of Blacks to urge the…
EventAlan Paton is born
… On 11 January, 1903 Alan Steward Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country was born in Pietermaritzburg, … Maritzburg College in 1918; he went further to…
PlaceLittle Lions Head, Mt. Above Llandudno
… Sandy Bay and Hout Bay and is basically a smaller version of Lions Head as they look almost identical. " We went for our third hike to the top on Sunday and…
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… The minister of (Black) education and training, Dr Ferdinand Hartzenberg, … beginning near Pretoria. Implementation would start at the beginning of 1981 for…
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… by a train. Masego had been employed as a delivery man at the explosives factory at Modderfontein, Springs, before he volunteered for service with the Native…
EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
… Mageta Island, Lake Victoria in a canoe. This was after the prisoners hacked to death a fisherman, Onimbo Haulu who refused them use of his canoe for escape…
June 12 Movement
… June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the …
June 12 Movement
… June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the …
ArchiveJune 12 Movement
… June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the …
PlaceKwaDukuza
… In July 1825, King Shaka , son of Senzangakhona and Nandi, who was the king of the Zulus from 1816, established a royal settlement as a … King Shaka and the…
PlaceFrankfort
… Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. …
PlaceOnderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute
… The building was designed by the Department of Public Works and was completed in 1908 as … on the farm site, at 'De Onderstepoort', 11km North of Church…
EventSomerset concludes a treaty with Ngqika (aka Gaika)
… Governor Lord Charles Somerset concluded a treaty with the Xhosa chief, Ngqika (who was also known as Gaika). The treaty was concluded after Somerset visited…
EventNegotiations between SA, Cuba and Angola start in London
… Representatives of South Africa, the United States (US), Angola and Cuba met in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan war and independence…
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… The killing of eleven people at Donnybrook, Kwazulu-Natal on the 21 March 1996 can be considered as part of the ongoing rivalry between supporters of the…
EventMac Maharaj is born
… (Mac) Maharaj, political activist and first SA Minister of Transport in the democratically elected government in 1994, was born in … As minister he…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… Rationed away to French colonialists at the 1885 Berlin Conference, the French West African colony was controlled strictly as an … grant independence to the…
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… A Town 573 km from Cape Town , established in 1818 on the Farm: ''Hooyvlakte'' . It is currently the name of one of the Suburbs in which a section of…
EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
… to Equatorial Guinea. Upon landing it was claimed that the pilot failed to declare that there were 60 persons on board in addition to himself, the co-pilot,…
PlaceOriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
… to home-ware to spices, plus food stalls. Established in the Johannesburg suburb of Fordsburg in the mid-1970s, when Indian traders from the vibrant 14th …
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… Jacobus "Kobie" Coetsee, former minister of justice in the government of F.W De Klerk, was born in … Orange Free State. Both his parents were members of the…
EventFirst air flight from London to South Africa
… By the 1920s, the development of heavier than air flight had progressed considerably, partly due to the outbreak of World War One. Britain, having emerged…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… South African singer Miriam Makeba dies at the age of 76 after a 30 minute performance for Roberto Saviano in the Italian town of Caserta. Nicknamed 'Mama…
EventRashaad Staggie shot dead
… A march organised by the Cape Town-based Muslim organisation, People against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), resulted in the killing of a highly suspected…
PlaceMaclear/Nqanqarhu
… The Sivewright Bridge, in Station Street. Is a National … Bridge With Arches. This place was first known by the by the San People as; ' Nqarhu '. When…
PlaceSt Saviours Church Anglican Church and Cemetery, Bowwood Road, Claremont
… St. Saviours Church is at the Corner of Bowwood and Main Roads in Claremont, Cape Town, South … present Site since 1854 and has immense Historical value…