Archive Day

Kgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch (Mmalebogo, Lebogo) dies

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Jun 01, 2012

Kgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch (Mmalebogo, Lebogo) dies

Kgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch (Mmalebogo, Lebogo), chief of the Bagananwa in Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo...

The Soweto Uprising leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following 10 days of rioting

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Jun 20, 2012

The Soweto Uprising leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following 10 days of rioting

The student-led protests in Soweto in 1976 known as the Soweto Uprising claimed many lives and left many injured. The pr...

Bastille Day is celebrated across the world and in Franchhoek, South Africa

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Jul 13, 2012

Bastille Day is celebrated across the world and in Franchhoek, South Africa

The Bastille is a medieval fortress used as a prison by French kings. On 14 July 1789, troops stormed the Bastille and e...

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Jul 13, 2012

Nelson Mandela is born

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the small village of Mvezo, in the district of Qunu near Umtata, T...

South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang, Club Kevin Carter, commits suicide

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Jul 27, 2012

South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang, Club Kevin Carter, commits suicide

Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, committed suicide just three months after winni...

Event

Jul 31, 2012

The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.

The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola. Bet...

Event

Aug 10, 2012

The Assembly of Heads of State of OAU, meeting in Harare, adopted a declaration suggested by ANC

The Assembly of Heads of State of OAU, meeting in Harare, adopted a declaration suggested by ANC, on South Africa, recog...

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Aug 14, 2012

The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein grants the "Upington 14" leave to appeal against their death sentences.

Gary Bernard, photographer of The Star, commits suicide in Johannesburg

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Aug 14, 2012

Gary Bernard, photographer of The Star, commits suicide in Johannesburg

Gary Bernard was a photographer for the Star Newspaper. He was recruited by conflict photographer Ken Oosterbroek as an ...

Event

Aug 23, 2012

Michael Mosoue Moerane, pianist, choirmaster and composer, is born in Gumtree, Basutoland (now Lesotho). He died in Gumtree in

Michael Mosoeu  Moerane, composer, teacher, pianist and conductor, is born in Mangoanaleng, Matatiele, Eastern Cape...

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Aug 23, 2012

In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) is returned to power.

In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) is returned ...

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Aug 23, 2012

Thirteen Inkatha Youth Brigade members, attending a meeting, are killed.

Thirteen Inkatha Youth Brigade members, attending a meeting in a house, are killed by a group, including three off-duty ...

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Aug 27, 2012

Heart transplant pioneer Professor Chris Barnard is born in Beaufort West, CP.

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Aug 27, 2012

The long trial of former Defence Minister, General Magnus Malan, ends.

The long trial of former Defence Minister, General Magnus Malan, ends. Malan and other former military officials are cle...

Sir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London

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Aug 27, 2012

Sir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London

Sir Harry Smith was the Governor and High Commissioner of the Cape Colony from 1847-1852. He ruled during the time of th...

Nigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road

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Aug 28, 2012

Nigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road

Ben Okri is a Nigerian author born in Minna, Western Nigeria. He received critical acclaim after the publishing of his f...

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Aug 28, 2012

The Herstigte Nasionale Party (Reconstituted National Party) is established. The name implies that the National Party has devia

The Herstigte Nasionale Party (Reconstituted National Party) is established. The name implies that the National Party ha...

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Sep 05, 2012

Guinea-Bissau is granted independence

In 1974 Guinea-Bissau, formally Guine Portuguesa, was granted independence by Portugal. The country became independent e...

The Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape

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Oct 04, 2012

The Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape

Even though none of the Khoisan languages form part of the eleven official languages of South Africa, they are still hig...

Retired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto

Event

Oct 10, 2012

Retired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto

Kaizer Motaung was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South West of Johannesburg. Motaung began...

Security police raid offices of the United Democratic Front

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Oct 31, 2012

Security police raid offices of the United Democratic Front

A year after the United Democratic Front (UDF) was formed, Security Police raided their offices. This came amid nationwi...

ANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977

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Nov 22, 2012

ANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977

At a ceremony at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, the African National Congre...

Former Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC

Event

Nov 22, 2012

Former Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC

Former Cote d'Ivoire President, Laurent Koudou Gbagbo, was extradited to the International Criminal Court (ICC) followin...

Struggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island

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Dec 19, 2012

Struggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island

Post the Fourth Frontier War 1811-1812, the Cape Governor, Sir Charles Somerset, made a verbal treaty with Gaika, the su...

Molly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident

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Dec 19, 2012

Molly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident

Molly Blackburn was a political activist who joined the Black Sash in 1955. She later left black Sash when she felt that...

Mahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913

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Dec 20, 2012

Mahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913

Mahatma Gandhi , a champion of passive resistance and non-violent campaigns left the Tolstoy Farm in Transvaal (now know...

The ANC celebrates its centenary anniversary in Bloemfontein

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Dec 20, 2012

The ANC celebrates its centenary anniversary in Bloemfontein

On 8 January 2012, the African National Congress (ANC) celebrated a centenary anniversary in Bloemfontein. The centenary...

John Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto

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Jan 24, 2013

John Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto

John Koenakeefe Mohl was born in Zeerust in the Noth West province. He began drawing at a very young age and would often...

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Jan 30, 2013

FNB cancels its R20 million anti-crime initiative designed to encourage President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his priority

On 2 February 2007, First National bank cancelled its R 20 million anti-crime campaign. The bank had launched the campai...

Drum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners

Event

Jan 30, 2013

Drum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners

The popular Drum Magazine called on South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster to follow the example of Rhodesian Prime M...

Event

Feb 07, 2013

The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies

The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase...

Botswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene

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Feb 14, 2013

Botswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene

Botswana accused South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene, from Gaborone and transportin...

The longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban

Event

Feb 27, 2013

The longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban

Today marks the anniversary of the longest cricket test match in history. The game was played between South Africa and E...

Event

Mar 07, 2013

South Africa abolishes financial Rand

The financial Rand, used as a parallel currency to the commercial Rand, was abolished on 10 March 1995. The currency was...

The prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed

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Mar 08, 2013

The prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed

The prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa (now known as Namibia) was re...

A fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and seriously injures twenty-eight others

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Mar 20, 2013

A fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and seriously injures twenty-eight others

More than 50 teenage boys died when their dormitory caught fire in a secondary school near Nairobi, Kenya. The raging fi...

Jomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted

Event

Mar 27, 2013

Jomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted

Jomo Kenyatta, the supposed Mau Mau leader, was convicted and sentenced to seven years (through the use of false testimo...

Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe

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Apr 05, 2013

Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean Methodist minister and theologian, Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana was selected as the first President of the newly ...

Chris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated

Event

Apr 05, 2013

Chris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated

On this day twenty five years ago, the South African Communist Party (SACP) secretary-general, Chris Thembisile Hani als...

Paul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument

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Apr 05, 2013

Paul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument

Paul Kruger House on Helen Joseph Street in Pretoria used to be the official residence of then president of the Zuid Afr...

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Archive Day

Kgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch (Mmalebogo, Lebogo) dies

The Soweto Uprising leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following 10 days of rioting

Bastille Day is celebrated across the world and in Franchhoek, South Africa

Nelson Mandela is born

South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang, Club Kevin Carter, commits suicide

The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.

The Assembly of Heads of State of OAU, meeting in Harare, adopted a declaration suggested by ANC

The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein grants the "Upington 14" leave to appeal against their death sentences.

Gary Bernard, photographer of The Star, commits suicide in Johannesburg

Michael Mosoue Moerane, pianist, choirmaster and composer, is born in Gumtree, Basutoland (now Lesotho). He died in Gumtree in

In the first post-independence election in Transkei, the ruling Transkei National Independence Party (TNIP) is returned to power.

Thirteen Inkatha Youth Brigade members, attending a meeting, are killed.

Heart transplant pioneer Professor Chris Barnard is born in Beaufort West, CP.

The long trial of former Defence Minister, General Magnus Malan, ends.

Sir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London

Nigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road

The Herstigte Nasionale Party (Reconstituted National Party) is established. The name implies that the National Party has devia

Guinea-Bissau is granted independence

The Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape

Retired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto

Security police raid offices of the United Democratic Front

ANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977

Former Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC

Struggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island

Molly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident

Mahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913

The ANC celebrates its centenary anniversary in Bloemfontein

John Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto

FNB cancels its R20 million anti-crime initiative designed to encourage President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his priority

Drum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners

The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies

Botswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene

The longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban

South Africa abolishes financial Rand

The prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed

A fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and seriously injures twenty-eight others

Jomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted

Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe

Chris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated

Paul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument