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The Graaff Electric Lighting Works at the site of the Molteno Dam, becomes the first hydro-electric plant in South Africa, the first power plant in Cape Town, and the second electric power plant in South Africa. Groenkloof Nature Reserve is the first game sanctuary in Africa. The Jubilee Diamond is discovered. Arrest of Leander Starr Jameson
The Bantu migration reached the area now South Africa around the first decade of the 3rd century, over 1800 years ago. [2] Early Bantu kingdoms were established in the 11th century. First European contact dates to 1488, but European colonization began in the 17th century (see History of South Africa (1652–1815)).
The first locally produced TV programmes in South Africa were in English and Afrikaans. English-language programmes included the family drama series The Dingleys and The Villagers, [57] as well as the comedy series Biltong and Potroast, featuring South African and British comedians, [58] and the variety programme The Knicky Knacky Knoo Show. [59]
This is a list of when the first publicly announced television broadcasts occurred in the mentioned countries. Non-public field tests and closed circuit demonstrations are not included.
"Chronology of South Africa". South African Year-book. London: George Routledge and Sons. pp. 10– 27. Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, DJ Potgieter, Cape Town: NASOU, 1970; Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa, CFJ Muller, 3rd rev., Pretoria Academica, 1981; Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa 5th Edition ...
Until now, complete listings from the first year were largely unavailable to view in one place. Programme listings unveil 100-year-old history of BBC broadcasting ‘firsts’ Skip to main content
South Africa in the 1980s also provided logistical and other covert support to Resistência Nacional Moçambicana rebels, in neighbouring Mozambique fighting the FRELIMO-run government during the Mozambique Civil War, and it launched cross-border raids into Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana, killing or capturing a number of South African exiles.
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