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EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… leaders and the heads of the armed forces in Lesotho. On 15 January forces led by Maj-Gen Metsing Lekhanya who had …
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… Constabulary, and following the armed uprising of 1914-15, its leader, General CR de Wet, as well as many of his …
PlaceOliver Tambo District Municipality
… Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 1917 – 24 April 1993), who was a South African anti-apartheid politician and …
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… demonstration which took place on 16 June. On that day 15 000 children converged on Orlando West Junior Secondary … 12-year old Hector Pieterson and Hastings…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… standing obediently on the periphery of white clergymen. 10 Many of these "after" images also evoked respect for the … whose discipline was developing…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - 1. The linguistic classification of Kora
… the obvious connection was later put forward by Maingard, [10] and with Rainer Vossen’s presentation [11] of a set of … the re-discovery of a few elderly…
ArchiveThe Participation of Women in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of Micere Githae Mugo by Caroline Gathogo
… Shona and Ndebele Ethics and Aesthetics (monograph). [10] Mugo is a recipient of numerous honors, including: … to disregard African culture and think it…
Part 2: Ahmed Kathy Kathrada Addresses Gandhi Satyagraha Tour Delegates
… source: youtube.com/watch?v=8k7PLO5EyeU Duration: 34:10 - Part 2 of a three-part recording (series total 1:04:38) …
PlaceKwaDukuza
… Surveyor General of Natal, Dr William Stanger, on the 10 February 1873. Stanger Village was granted Township status …
EventJan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during South African War, is born
… On 10 June 1872 Jan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during …
EventNational Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies
… by South African Deputy President F.W. de Klerk on 10 May 1996. The move to withdraw from the GNU was prompted …
The 2014 Cape Agulhas Treasure Tracks
… A Heritage Day Race on the 24th September 2014 at 10:00. The race will start at De Heide Primary School and …
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… were marred by boycotts from other countries. A record of 10,563 athletes representing 169 nations gathered without a …
EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… place in 1921, with only 34 entrants. In 2008, more than 10 thousand athletes entered the race. In 1989, Sam …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… and his Burundian counterpart Cyprian Ntayamira were among 10 people in an aircraft many people believe was brought down …
EventTwenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death for the Lari massacre in Kenya
… their part in the event. The unfortunate event happened 10 years before the independence of the country from Britain … Available at www.africanhistory.about…
STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS
… Number Participants Prosecutions 1950 33 8 878 25 2,399 10(40%) 1951 36 5 790 31 7,204 4(13%) 1952 54 6 496 48 5,963 12(25%) 1953 30 7 819 23 1,479 15(75%)…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… that “there may have been something in this.” [10] But the demand for calling a national convention was … received $560 000 and the SACP $112 000 from this…
PlaceEmpangeni
… plantations and hot, sticky, languid days. It is only 15 km away are the townships of: Esikhawini, Vulindlela, … plantations and hot, sticky, languid days…
EventWayne Ferreira was born on this day
… Wayne Richard Ferreira was born on 15 September 1971 in Johannesburg.[i] Wayne Ferreira and his …
PlaceAgtersrivier and Kou Bokkeveld Pass , Western Cape
… Range) and flowing North West to join Voorsterivier, 15 km South of Citrusdal. The name of the river in Afrikaans …
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… the master of the SS Darro, in not complying with articles 15 and 16 of the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at …
PlaceSalt River
… the entire city. In addition, Salt River is only about 15 kilometres from the Cape Town International Airport. …
PlaceCape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville
… endangered with a national target of 30% but only 15% remains. The Cape Flats Nature Reserve is a private …
EventDurban magistrate rules the death of Dr Haffejee accidental
… 1978 concluded that he had committed suicide. On the 15 March 1978 the magistrate in charge of the investigation …
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… head of the Nigerian operation at the time. Shell offered $15.5 million to the families of the nine victims, but denied …
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… of high treason in the Bloemfontein High Court on 15 June 1915 and sentenced to six years' imprisonment and a … of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 4, p…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… of South Africa to arrive at a political settlement. 15. We would therefore encourage the people of South Africa …
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
… of South Africa to arrive at a political settlement. 15. We would therefore encourage the people of South Africa …
ANC statement on incident at Luthuli House, 29 February 2008
ANC Headquarters Luthuli House has been evacuated following an incident at the entrance to the building. The details of the incident are as follows: A man…