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EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… said; “Natives [Africans] must be taught from an early age that equality with Europeans [Whites] is not for them." …
EventShaun Thomson*, world surfing title winner, is born in Durban
… School and Carmel College, and began surfing at the age of ten. In 1973, after serving 18 months in the army, …
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… As result of this, he had spent a year in detention at the age of 10, reportedly the country's youngest detainee. … (1990). " Follower of Winnie Mandela…
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
… Mother Teresa was born in Albania and at a young age felt compelled to care for the sick and poor. When she …
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… in Bloemfontein. Steyn, who was not yet forty years of age, was a charismatic leader. He desperately tried to avoid …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… 1978 to 1989, Pieter Willem Botha, died peacefully at the age of 90 at his house Die Anker near Wilderness in the …
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
… the Noth West province. He began drawing at a very young age and would often get in trouble in school for not paying … 16 January 2013]| Johans Borman John…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is born
… one girl. Sobukwe was exposed to literature at an early age by his oldest brother. His earliest education was at a … www.africanhistory.about.com (Accessed:…
EventProf. Raymond Arthur Dart, SA anthropologist and expert on the Taung skull, dies in Sandton, Johannesburg
… australopithecines were hominids. He died in 1988 at the age 95. …
EventArtist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain
… to India to resume his engineering career. He died at the age of 41 from a fever in Poona, India. …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… Walter and Albertina Sisulu and other ANC members sought new ways to fight injustice and oppression. Albertina joined … with the ANC leadership in Lusaka and…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Indians not recognised as South African Nationals. The Old Age Pension Act of 1927 No pension provisions made for … as her separate income and not that of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… nominated members. The council was charged with creating a new constitution that would give expression to coloured and … To inquire into and report on the…
ArticleBonani Africa Online Exhibition 2010
… images they help us see and experience the world in new ways. …
OAU-AU 50th Anniversary Lecture by ANC President Jacob Zuma East London, 26 October 2013
… sent a clear message to the world that Africa had come of age and was therefore ready to be a continent driven by its … independence. "Independence is only…
The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution: An Interview In 1968
… there will be fighting on South African soil. So, in this new period of armed struggle and developing revolutionary … role do you expect the Indian people to…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… in the tonalities of string instruments that can find a new resonance? Insurrections, a collection of twelve … The more this was sensed the more obvious were…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… and more united. The government therefore tried to find new ways of dividing the population. Its strategy was to … and African more defined. This was done…
Challenges to capitalism; Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Communist state
… 2003, we have updated is slightly to meet the needs of the new curriculum but further updates will be made in 2010. …
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… of Intent, which said that they would begin writing a new Constitution for South Africa. On 15 May 1992 CODESA 2 … Assembly (CA) After the elections in 1994…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of … the Eastern Cape, an electrical substation was…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… a period of two years this gap was unfilled and in 1979 a new student’s structure, the Azanian Student Organisation was … of a national student organisation…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… sabotaged. Furthermore, on 3 September 1984, the day the new constitution was promulgated by the Government; … affiliate to protest the increased charges…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… sabotaged. Furthermore, on 3 September 1984, the day the new constitution was promulgated by the Government; … affiliate to protest the increased charges…
The National Arts Festival
… found their voices on the Fringe stage returning to stage new and old productions. The National Arts Festival’s Fringe … NAF continues to provide a platform…
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… were founded around this time. Picture source: wikipedia A new era: changes in Europe bring about changes all over the … During that time there was a re…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… be studying the role of women in the progress towards the new South African democracy. The year 2006 was a landmark … with the Boers and ignored the claims…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
… of Parliament (MPs) meet to discuss matters and decide on new laws. The word Parliament comes from the French word for … to do with the Constitution. If…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… Held a lecture at The International Centre of Photography, New York, U.S.A. 1980's Freelanced for UNICEF and The High … Buckshot still remains in his body…
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… , the son of Andries, as its first president. The new Republic’s authority was limited to the South Western … the Afrikaners revolted against the British and…