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EventSouth Sudan is declared an independent state
… After five decades of unrest and civil war, South Sudan was granted independence on 9 July 2011 with the town of Juba as a capital. The declaration of…
EventHomeland leader Qqozo stands trial
… Brigadier Joshua Oupa Qqozo, military leader of Ciskei homeland, went on trial in the Ciskei Supreme Court. He faced charges of murder or incitement to…
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… Following weeks of speculations on the fate of Winnie Mandela in the government, president Nelson Mandela eventually expelled … Keesing's Record of World…
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… Minister of Social Development of the Republic of South Africa since … Themba Skweyiya, was born in Simonstown. Skweyiya is the former Minister of Public…
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…
Municipal elections
… An article stating the approach to the municipal elections which was determined by the state of the organisation, the mood of the masses and the strengths …
ArchivePaper on SASO
… Confidential paper from the President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) to 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…
Inner-Party Bulletin
… Bulletin produced by the Central Committee of the SACP for internal distribution only. Issue covers the …
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 …
ArchiveAffirmation
… lettering. Students Representative Council, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Signatures gathered at Jan Smuts Airport on 29th January 1971,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…