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PlacePollsmoor Prison
… Mandela was transferred to Pollsmoor from Robben Island before being sent to Victor Verster Prison prior to his …
EventControversial ‘Black Jesus’ painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… in 1997. Harrison died of cancer on 28 June 2011, just before he was to exhibit his latest work. Black Christ …
EventMafika Gwala born
… and there was the same space for him and his writing as before. He passed away on 7 September 2014. …
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… Before Fidel Castro took over the island state's government; …
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… of 1950 when he was banned by the government only a month before Senator Kennedy's visit. Robertson was instrumental in …
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… Speaking before journalists, a retired army major, Mr. Nico Basson, …
EventProposal for a new constitution
… in the process of drawing up the new constitution. Even before the process started there was a disagreement over the …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo win a Grammy
… and internationally. Ladysmith Black Mambazo has performed before kings and queens; the Pope; at the Summer Olympics; at …
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
… Jan van Riebeeck established the Burgher Militia a few days before a Khoi-Khoi (Hottentot) rising, sometimes called the …
EventSoccer coach Pitso Mosimane is fined R50 000
… apology for his role in the occurrence. Mosimane appeared before the committee on two charges, one of bringing the PSL …
EventPresident Mbeki opens the second sitting of PAP
… new members of the Parliament were to be sworn in before the start of the official opening scheduled for around …
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… were up to the anactment not recognised as valid marriages before the law, because of the system's polygamous nature. …
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… where they demanded that they air their grievances before the magistrate. The workers complained about their …
EventGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith
… periods. At the end of the war on 31 May 1902, shortly before midnight, the two parties (English and Afrikaneers) …
EventJazz musician Victor Ntoni dies at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg
… the Ngcuka brothers. He was a self taught musician before he received a scholarship to study at the Berkley …
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
… he was jailed for Adamson's murder. Ekai also confessed before his trial that he stabbed the naturalist because she …
EventThe Pretoria Show is opened for all races
… a name change; it was briefly changed to Tshwane Show before settling on The Spring Show. The Spring Show is an …
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… were taken to Robben Island, where he spent 25 years before being released in 1989. …
ArticleInfecting the City Public Arts Festival
… to discover the city in a way they wouldn’t have before. Cape Town programmes run both during the day and the …
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… education in order to join MK, thereby putting ‘the nation before himself’. [xiv] Endnotes [i] Martin Plaut, ‘James …
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… in the prison hospital. He wanted to speak with the others before he approached the authorities for talks, but felt they …
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… through stick-fighting games. The boys had to be initiated before they could become adults. They had to survive on their …
ArticleSS Mendi
… not disputed. Black privates standing at their last parade before boarding the SS Mendi Image source "Be …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… to the development of South Africa’s secondary industry. Before the war, mining was the predominant contributor to …
ArticleTransport on water
… Chinese Junk had been around for thousands of years. Long before the Europeans began their own explorations in around …
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… was that it attempted to do what had never been done before in the history of South Africa – it allowed ordinary …
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… housing, labour, rural development, and detentions before its banning. Following the formation of AZAPO in April …
Covert operations
… to strip and were severely beaten for several hours before being released. The prime minister of KwaNdebele … was due to be hanged for a non-political murder…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Glossary
… An illustration of the social structure of French society before the French Revolution. Image Source This article was …
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… with high treason and imprisoned for a further few months before being acquitted in 1986. Paul led the Natal Rates …