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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 …
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… note that some sources claim that the riots began on the 16 or on the 18 June 1959. …
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… 1981. They attacked and destroyed three houses and killed 16 South Africans and a Portuguese national, Jose Ramos, who …
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… abolished by President F.W. de Klerk on November 16, 1989, a few months before the unbanning of political …
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the …
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… to consolidate strategies regarding the planned march on 16 June 1976 …
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… the United Nations the Security Council convened on 15 and 16 July to examine concerns about violence in South Africa …
EventSusanna Kok, SA medical missionary whose work led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, dies
… care, she went to Nigeria to work with a leper colony of 16 000 people. During her time here, she discovered a skin …
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… of Antigua in 1819, as well as British Guiana in 1831. On 16 January 1834, D'Urban assumed office as Governor of the …
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… strangled to death in his hut, by order of the chief, on 16 March 1561. The expedition sent to avenge da Silveira …
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… a homemade guitar. He joined his first band at the age of 16 and soon became a known and sought after bass player. In …
Notes 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…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… Maxeke, form the AME Wilberforce Institute at Evaton. May 16, Members of the SANC form the Transvaal Native Congress …
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… ( Disgrace 11 ) ; ‘evasive and perhaps even coquettish’ (12). Again, David Lurie abuses his authority alongside the … known as the rock upon which the…
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the release of the 20 Year Review: South Africa 1994 to 2014, Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, 11 March 2014
… includes extensive income support programmes for close to 16 million orphans and vulnerable children, older persons and … objective assessment of the…
IV - The Death of Steve Biko
… to Pretoria. He was taken to Pretoria that same night. On 12 September Mr. Biko was again examined by a district … single detainee — South African…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… with Lionel Ngakane, Cinaste, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 16-17. Crowther, B. 1952, The Screen in Review; Alan Paton's … with Lionel Ngakane, Cinaste, vol. 15, no. 2…
PlaceTokai Manor House, Tokai Road, Tokai.
… Monument, under old NMC legislation on 8 September 1961. The beautiful Tokai Manor House, just below Elephant’s …
Statement by Nelson R. Mandela on his relationship with his wife 13 April 1992
… intensified. I was compelled to go underground as of April 1961, living the life of a fugitive until my arrest by the …
EventSA’s Fifa membership reinstated
… should end racial discrimination within twelve months. In 1961, South Africa was expelled from Fifa. The Black …
PlaceGugulethu Township
… - including those from Retreat and Athlone. In November 1961, 2 000 Steenberg residents who were threatened with …
Some Observations on HIV and Mortality in South Africa: 2007, 2008 and 2013 by Thabo Mbeki, 14 March 2016
… was the second leading cause of death accounting for 12,9% of the deaths.” oooooo0oooooo Observations The Statssa … Times op cit]. Thus the HIV/Aids…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… Africa border... He was sentenced in 1973 to 12 years' imprisonment. His wife was in prison for about 4 …
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
… is a bronze plaque on a cairn at the top of the Ecca Pass, 12 km South of Grahamstown. It was erected in 1964 by the …
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… This cordiality came to an end though when approximately 12 of the Portuguese sailors visited the Khoikhoi village and …
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… as the "Sterley cottages", are located at no.10 and no.12 Castle Hill, across the road. These are single storey …
PlaceMoletzie Bird Sanctuary
… brown. The outer black primary feathers of the wing, the 12 tail feathers (in other species of this genus there are …
EventNelson Mandela is born
… celebrated annually. It was first celebrated in 2010. On 12 June 1964, Mandela was sentenced to life in prison on …
EventMuhammad Ali defeats Charles Liston in the World heavyweight title fight
… the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. When Ali was 12 years old, he and a friend went to the Columbia Auditorium …
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
… 1908 National Convention, which met for the first time on 12 October 1908. By February 1909, a draft of the South …