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26 June 2008: Mandela website launch

This archive has been created by South African History Online (SAHO) to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday on 18 July 2008. We launched this project on 26 June 2008, a significant date in Mandela’s life as26 June was celebrated by the ANC and other liberation organizations as ‘Freedom Day’, until the first democratic elections in April 1994visit new feature

Did you know? On 11 July 1988 the Johannesburg chief magistrate refuses permission for a concert to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday.

This week in History

	6 July 1977 Makhaya Ntini, SA cricket player, is born. more
	7 July 1985 Boris Becker of West Germany beats Kevin Curren of SA at Wimbledon. more
	8 July 1658 Herry, also known as Autshumao, Khoi-Khoi interpreter and chief of the Goringhaikonas, is banished to Robben. more
	9 July 1893 George Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies. more
	10 July 1998 An application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails. more
	11 July 1900 Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins. more
	12 July 1998 Pres. Nelson Mandela accompanies Queen Elizabeth II on a coach drive through the streets of London.. more
We do not select the same events every year, though they may be important. Please go toExtra Dates for a complete list of events during this specific week. Please go to theArchive page to read about events treated previously. Last updated: 4 July 2008

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11 July 1963 - Security police raid the ANC ‘safe-house’ at Lilliesleaf Farm in Rivonia.
The police arrested the leadership nucleus of the armed wing of the ANC (Umkhonto we Sizwe), including Walter Sisulu and Ahmed Kathrada more

Tribute: Brian Bunting
Brian Bunting was a journalist and leader of the South African Communist Party. He was elected to parliament in 1994. He died on 18 June this year biography

SAHO marked the 350th anniversary of the establishment of the first formal school in South Africa. In partnership with the UCT School of Education and Iziko Museums, SAHO organized an event and exhibition on April 17th at Cape Town's Slave Lodge Museum. The event marked the formal opening of a 'history of education' exhibition at the venue. The exhibition at the slave lodge in Cape Town will be open to the public from 18th April-Mid August 2008 more