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EventSouth Africa and Mozambique sign a non-aggression pact
… pact, on the border between the two countries. On 16 March 1984, South Africa and Mozambique entered into a …
EventTwelve ANC supporters are killed in eSikhawini
… in the Esikhaweni location in KwaZulu Natal in 1992. On 16 February the IFP called its supporters from all over the …
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
The Citizen reported that the remaining 1 500 South African troops in South West Africa (Namibia) had been withdrawn during November. While the Namibian…
EventWits attains full university status
… to 6 275 in 1963, 10 600 in 1975 and by 1985 there were 16 400 students. …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa.
… On 16 July 1901, the Ladies commission was appointed. The …
PlaceAkkoordskop, a Hill in the Western Cape
… made warding off attacking fleets easier! This hill was 12 km South of Albertinia and 26 km West of Visbaai This Hill …
EventRudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born
… Rudolph Ludewyk “Okey” Lewis was born on 12 July 1887 in Pretoria.[i] Rudolph was South Africa’s …
EventNatal votes for the formation of the Union of South Africa
… On 12 June 1909, Natal voted in favour of the formation of the … Boddy-Evans A. (n.d.), ‘This Day in African History: 12 June,’ from African History , …
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… of Boyds. It was officially opened by John X Merriman on 12 September 1882, and was named after HW Pearson, Mayor of …
EventThe Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end
… Berlin was finally lifted at one minute after midnight, on 12 May 1949, and the first great standoff of the Cold War was …
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was born on the 12 April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of …
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… access to abortion services upon request during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and in certain cases, access to the …
EventBeginning of the Anglo-Zulu War, 10 January 1879
… of the Anglo-Zulu War , while others claim that the 12 January 1879 (first attack) or the 22 January 1879 (first …
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
… State. He appealed to the British for protection, and on 12 March 1868 his country became a British protectorate, and … 2014]|(2003). Milestones (feature…
Mandela and Fidel A film by Estela Bravo
… Buitenkants Stree, Cape town Venue:Tuesday 4 March 2014, 12-2pm UCT Africa Studies African …
EventEdgar Wallace (56), author and newspaper editor in South Africa, dies in Hollywood.
… up for adoption when he was nine years old. At the age of 12, Wallace left school and held several menial jobs. He …
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… 10-11. Lembede's gravesite, Croesus cemetery, Johannesburg 12.Signature page, ANC Youth League meeting, 14 February 1944 …
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… Marais began writing at a very young age. By the age of 12, he was a published writer. Marais became famous as an …
PlaceEbenezer, Limpopo
… The name is of biblical origin , (1 Samuel 7:12) and means 'stone of help'. Also spelt 'Ebenhaesar ' or ' …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… signs of treatment failure and side effects from HAART. 16 June, The National AIDS Programme in the Department of … in resource poor countries. They also…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… was established as the Industrial Socialist League. 12 THE SOCIAL BASE OF THE ISL- CT Historians and other social … the evil of Bolshevism "growing seriously…
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… mineworker “as a chattel at the mercy of his employers”.12 Of course it was not the slave system, but it had many of … and housing valued at one shilling and…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… for which she was imprisoned until December 19, 1956. [12] She was not alone in this situation, as dozens of other … the reverse effect took hold in 1962. …
The British Government, The Trade Union Congress, and Black South African Trade Unionism, 1973 to 1994 by Dan Feather
… in the country after its exit from the Commonwealth 1961. Dan is currently in the process of writing his first …
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… the Dutch and local Khoi erupt at the Cape. 1657 The first 12 free burghers settle along the Liesbeeck River in the Cape …
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… (zero percent) on any outstanding fees owed by a student. 12. We demand no registration fee. 13. We demand that Council … that [De la Rey] would address…
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… Rygaardt, his former student at William Hills High School. 1961: Obtained PhD in Group Theory (Mathematics) from London … develop as they did because of the…
PlaceAdams Mission, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… in the country. Adams died at the Adams Mission on 16 September 1847; his funeral was attended by many prominent …
EventThe SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth
In 1916, the South African government agreed to recruit Black people to assist the British in World War 1 by providing labour. There were to be 10 000 people…
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… rammed the SS Mendi. The SS Mendi sailed from Cape Town on 16 January 1917 en route to La Havre in France, carrying the …