I still remember seeing it on TV.More posts from the southafrica community,Everything related to South Africa, and that one black AWB member,Press J to jump to the feed. Picture: Yeshiel Panchia.1772 – Captain Cook arrived with his ship Resolution in Cape Town.1817 – The independent government of Venezuela is established by Simón Bolívar.1918 – The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies, ending the First World War in the Middle East.1905 – Czar Nicholas II of Russia issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. ... Union of South Africa): field marshal, politician, statesman, military leader, philosopher and 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa 1919 to 1924 and 1939 to 1948. Please choose the proper subscription http://openweathermap.org/price,Murder accused in Bruwer case denied bail in Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court,GALLERY: Bands rock out at Cafe Rock and Throttle,Benefits of milk and dairy for your child,Wear a colourful doek in support of CANSA,Mpumalanga police recover suspected stolen copper cables worth an estimated R700 000,Help your child choose subjects for the future,New Total Agri 400 produced new winners in the dusty Free State,RESTAURANTS in Nelspruit ready for lockdown,WATCH: Kiaat Private Hospital staff put their best foot forward with the #Jerusalemachallenge,Emnotweni Casino bids a fond farewell to their chief,Pastoor se familie vra vir gebede na ongeluk met kwadfiets,KYK: Woeste vure het vanoggend in Marlothpark uitgebreek,Corruption an ‘added burden’ in fight against Covid-19, says Mkhize,Police confirm murder at Polokwane retirement village. (b. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tumblr … The mayor of Cape Town, Hyman Lieberman, opens the Great Synagogue in the Gardens, Cape Town. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declares Aids a worldwide epidemic. 1870).2001 - Nicholas Charles Alexander "Nick" Rowe (aged 28, North Tower, World Trade Center, New York City, New York, USA): engineer who worked for the software company Umevoice. 1962-06-15 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes; 1962-06-27 In South Africa, the General Law Amendment Act (Sabotage Act) No 76 commences, increasing the state president's power to declare organisations unlawful and to add further restrictions to banning orders; 1962-08-04 Nelson Mandela captured by South African police Freedom Day is celebrated annually on the 27th of April in honour of the auspicious day in 1994 when the first non-racial election was held in the country. It was made 15 years after the Group Areas Act was promulgated.The apartheid system had been designed to separate South Africans along racial lines. View our,Timelines show an overview of events and how they fit into the bigger picture. Discover how one man’s unwavering dedication to a democratic South Africa led an entire nation to live in a new state of liberation.Beginning in Johannesburg and ending in Cape Town, the.Freedom Day is a special day for all South Africans to reflect on the painful struggles we’ve overcome as a country, as well as to honour the students, teachers, political leaders and everyday people who lost their lives in the fight for a democratic South Africa.If you have any questions about Freedom Day or the.Sign up for travel tips and news from Africa delivered straight to your inbox! At present, as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the world, South Africa will celebrate Freedom Day, quite ironically, in a nationwide lockdown. Frost has thirty professional tournament wins to his name, spread across four continents.1986 – Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle (Tzaneen, Transvaal Province, RSA): rugby player, who played for the Sharks in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup. The proclamation also listed sporting events, theatres and concerts in white areas from which blacks were barred. Nineteen political parties participated in the non-racial election, and 19.7 million people across the country voted.The African National Congress (ANC) won the election with 62.65% of the vote, and the party’s frontman, the revered Nelson Mandela became the first black president of the country on the 9th of May. On December 3, 1967, 53-year-old Louis Washkansky receives the first human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.

Contrary to fears of political violence, the election took place in a festive and celebratory atmosphere.If you want to learn more about Nelson Mandela’s incarceration on Robben Island, where he spent 18 of his 27 year-long sentence, read more about our,Discover the inspiring story of global icon, Nobel Peace Prize winner, freedom fighter and the late former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela on a comprehensive.Learn about Madiba’s childhood, his law career, Umkhonto weSizwe, his arrest and release. Spanish Flu strikes South Africa. She became one of the country's first media celebrities in the 1980s and 1990s.1959 – David Laurence Frost (Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of SA): golfer, who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was one of 156 defendants in the infamous Treason Trial that lasted 4 and a half years. 13 September 1942 .