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ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… the 1960 Lawrence Adler Galleries competition and the 1961 Festival Gallery’s Art in Africa Today. Other national …
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… African politics. The adoption of Republican status in 1961 merely made formal what had already become a …
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
… to the commission, it was lawful for an Indian boy of 16 and an Indian girl of 13 to marry. The Durban cemetery was …
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… and herding, by its very nature, was a lonely occupation.12 To make matters worse the youngster does not appear to … the surname was pronounced 'Not' by his…
EventNyanga school Principal's office burnt
… Town is burnt down. The broader context of this is that on 16 June 1976 school children in Soweto, near Johannesburg, …
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… Sharpeville massacre is evident, with 60% of those aged 16-24 never having heard of this important event. There was … the past was “not very” or “not at all”…
ArchiveChapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
… in the stay-at-homes called for three days in May 1961 against the government's declaration of a Republic. The … in Congress at the end of the 1950s…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… he encountered. He killed 8 people and seriously wounded 16 before he was confronted and stopped by Simon Mukondoleli, …
PlaceGreatmore Studios
… Dayile as program manager, until the end of 2016. It has 12 studios, an event/exhibition space, a digital arts … (Accessed 12 May, 2017).| …
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
… ProVerb was born in Kimberley, [i] Northern Cape on 12 April 1981.[ii] He is a on-air radio presenter, radio …
EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
… of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Commonwealth. On 12 September 2008 South Africa nominated Minty for the post …
EventThe South African Football Association (SAFA) is founded
… May 1959 the National Football League (NFL) was formed by 12 clubs from Johannesburg, and Pretoria. When FIFA suspended …
EventLord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape Colony, is born in Badminton, England
… Cape from 1814 to 1826, was born in Badminton England on 12 December 1767. Under his term as governor, Somerset played …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… Scouts at Modderfontein". Military History Journal - Vol. 12 No 1 [online] Available at: samilitaryhistory.org …
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Islamic Studies University of Durban-Westvilieday, Monday, 12 Rabi alAwwal 1414/30 August 1993 …
Rivonia: Telling it as it was, 2 July 1988
… or another, but none could explain with any certainty. In 1961, when the government decided to declare South Africa a … The answer came, again dramatically,…
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
… successfully relocated to London with his family in 1961, where he published the remarkable memoir Chocolates for … future poet laureate Keorapetse…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Defense Force was required for White men over the age of 16 starting in 1967. [iv] Gilder joined the SADF in 1968 for … we Sizwe,” The Nelson Mandela…
EventThe fall of the Berlin wall
… West Berlin, the East German regime, on the 13th August 1961, started to build a wire fence around the entire West …
PlaceWelkom
… A Garden and Matjhabeng'. It attained Municipal status in 1961 and was declared a City in 1968. Unlike many gold-mining …
The Dutch and the Khoisan
… of land and by entering into a burgher militia. The first 12 free burghers settled along the Liesbeeck River in 1657. …
Sue Williamson Book Launch
… I must tell you’. The exhibition is on view until 12 October 2025 Date: Saturday, 4 October 2025 …
Cape Town Book Sale 2017
… tell you that you have a right to be excited. From Friday, 16 to Sunday, 18 June 2017 the V&A Waterfront will become the …
EventSouth Africa is told by IAEA to open all nuclear plants to international inspection
… to building the bomb' This day in history Archive: '16 September 1991 - SA signs Safeguards Agreement with the …
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… Buchner began Vlakplaas, a parliamentary hit squad, with 16 police officers. The existence of the unit was first …
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… In turn, this led to the Nkomati Accord, signed on 16 March 1984. In this agreement both countries resolved not …
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… William Ledwaba (16) was killed during a bomb attack on his home in …
EventEarly jewellery, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old, is discovered in South Africa
… On 16 April 2004, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 … [online], Available at www.theguardian.com [Accessed: 16 April 2014]|Giliomee et al. (2007),…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… 'Reds' (Communists). Several arrests were made. On March 16 1922, the Union Defense Headquarters issued a press …
17th Sports Africa Conference: Managing Sport in Africa
… Sports Africa Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, from 12 to 14 May 2027, in association with the University of Cape … January 2027. Final programme:…