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EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… Brink was born on 29 May 1935. Brink obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of Potchefstroom in 1955. 1n 1958 he earned … in…
Inner-Party Bulletin
… Bulletin produced by the Central Committee of the SACP for internal distribution only. Issue covers the …
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… Two bombs exploded at the Johannesburg magistrate's court. The first, a minor explosion that acted as a decoy, was … police officer at John Vorster Square at…
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… Balthazar Johannes Vorster disclosed in July 1970 in the House of Assembly that the government has decided to make funds available for a … 2013)| O’Malley, P…
ArchiveAffirmation
… lettering. Students Representative Council, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Signatures gathered at Jan Smuts Airport on 29th January 1971,…
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…
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… doctor, politician and historian, died in Mafeking at the age of 74. He was the eldest son of Silas Thelesho Molema, maternal uncle of …
EventStudent Wages Commission meet
… The first meeting of the Student Wages Commission was held at the Bolton Hall, Durban. Beforehand, thousands of pamphlets announcing the meeting and…
EventBritain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory
… Natal and proclaimed it a British Colony. A year later the colony was put under the Cape Colony administration. However, it was not until the end of 1845…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… Jawad, announced that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The announcement came after the…
EventPretoria’s first Black mayor
… Lebone Slo Ramokhoase was born in 1951 in Eesterus before the residents were moved to Mamelodi. He was the headmaster of Mamelodi High School and chairman of…
Constitution Hill - Free tours for pensioners during October and November
… To celebrate the International Day of the Older People on October 01st, Constitution Hill is offering complimentary tours of the site during the Month of…
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… Nelson Mandela agreed to reschedule formal talks between the Government and the African National Congress (ANC). The purpose of these talks was to negotiate…
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… On 15 October 1989, five of the eight African National Congress (ANC) long term … Mhlaba, Endrew Mlangeni and Elias Motsoaledi. Three of the eight prisoners…
PlaceAddo Heights, Uitenhage
… Cacadu District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation Above Sea Level is 263 Metres. Elavation above Uitenhage. The name…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… Neil Aggett, former organiser of the Food and Canning Workers Union and African Food and … issued a call that on 11 February 1982, that on the day of his…
EventBanning orders served on NUSAS leaders
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) a White, student … and voicing student protests against laws decreed to limit the freedoms of Black…
Liberal Opinion/Reality
… Liberal Opinion (1961-1968) was published by the Liberal Party of South Africa which was established in 1953 by Alan Paton, after the National Government had…
EventLibrary and clinic names are changed in Pretoria
… The name of the Mid-City Library (Sammy Marks), city library of Pretoria, was changed to Es'kia Mphahlele Community … Renaming of the Mid-City Library and…
EventAfrikaans author, Lulu Latsky is born
… Louise (Lulu) Latsky, favourite author of Afrikaans books, mostly for children, was born in Carnarvon, in the Karoo region of South Africa. Latsky was known…
EventPaul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument
… Kruger House on Helen Joseph Street in Pretoria used to be the official residence of then president of the Zuid Afrikaanse Republik (ZAR), Paul Kruger. The…
PlaceFort Cunynghame
… telegraph office which, together with Komgha and a number of other establishments in the Transkeian Territories, was manned by the Frontier and Mounted (FAM)…
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… On 21 October 1986 Jacob Thabo Lengane, the father of Jefferson Lengane and Kabelo Lengane, who were well known … kidnapped from his Soweto home by a group…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
… The village of Groot Drakenstein was probably established in the late 1850s. Following the acquisition of a number of fruit farms in the valley by Cecil John…
EventSchool boycott in Port Elizabeth ends
… Leaders of Port Elizabeth's Black secondary school children decided … This followed after negotiations took place between the local parents' committee and…
EventNOCSA announces SA participation in Olympic games
… Sam Ramsamy, president of The National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA), … Africa's acceptance of an invitation to participate in the Olympic Games…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… former South African prime minister and chief architect of apartheid was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Willem Johannes Verwoerd and his wife, Anje…
PlaceState President Swart Park, Bloemfontein
… The largest of Bloemfontein's many Recreational spots, the Park has many sculptured flowerbeds, rolling lawns and … Free State, South Africa. There are two…
PlaceMbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit
… it is hard to imagine that what is today known as the Orion Hotel Promenade, used to be the town hall of Nelspruit. The town started out as a prime grazing…
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… back to this day in history search archive Voters went to the polls (7-11 November) to vote for a Constituent Assembly in the first all-race and fully…