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EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… defence of the Six in an attempt to avert their deaths. On 11 July 1988, fifteen hours before their scheduled hangings, …
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… the oldest liberation movement in the continent, has had 12 Presidents since 1912. They were John Langalibalele Dube …
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… the building and restore it to its former glory. In 2011/12, a tender was awarded for the building’s rehabilitation – …
PlaceGreen Point
… South Africa! The Green Point Lighthouse was first lit on 12 April 1824. It was the first solid lighthouse structure on …
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… the padrao de Sao Gregorio , was erected at Kwaaihoek on 12 March 1488. The second one was called the Padrão de São … at: dingeengoete.blogspot.com ,…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… Sisulu was born in the Engcobo area in the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu worked as a miner, baker's assistant, … was charged again in the Rivonia Trial in…
PlaceThe Fourth Raadsaal, Bloemfontein
… and the contract was awarded to JJ Kirkness for £12,500. The building was eventually inaugurated on 5 June …
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… 9 hours a day and 6 days a week. If I was asked to work extra time there was no overtime pay. I worked here for 6 … MANOR GOVT AIDED INDIAN SCHOOL. Here, I…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… complaint. The article explains that Zuma was on trial in 2006 for rape and was later acquitted. However, the league … M. (2003). Political party quotas in…
An evolution of Worker Education in South Africa since 1973 and its impact on Worker Movement by John Mhandu
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract The article seeks to contribute to the development of new…
PlaceZuurberg Mountain Village (also spelt:"Suurberg")
Lying in the North Western corner, of the Sundays River Valley, Zuurberg lies at the foot of the Mountain of the same name. The Historic Zuurberg Pass, almost…
PlaceBorder Cave or Sibudu Cave, Found in Cliff Between KZN and Swaziland
… https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/12/earliest-human-beds-found-south-africa … https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/12/111208-oldest-mattress…
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
Founded as a Missionary Station in 1826, King William’s Town later (after 1835) served as a military headquarters for British Kaffraria and as a centre for…
PlaceHopefield, Heritage Town in the Western Cape
… as Saldanha man (formerly Hopefield man). The skull, which dates from the same period as the fauna, is very similar to …
PlaceVictor Verster Prison
The Groot Drakenstein correctional facility (the former Victor Verster, (“One of the proprietors of these grounds was Victor Verster, who, after selling his…
PlaceBorakalalo National Park, North of Brits
… leopard and the bird species that can be spotted include 11 eagle's and 18 smaller raptors. The accommodation in the reserve offers …
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
… He acquired the estate on 29 March 1901 at a price of £11,404. He was also the owner of sixsurrounding properties …
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… the Abrahamses, began attending meetings in June 1962. [11] Van der Heyden joined in mid-July. As she later recalled: … in APDUSA, serving on its finance…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… official census revealed that this figure had dropped to 11% with only 1.3% having three wives or more. The practice … and by the time the British annexed…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… her mother in the creche, had her Matric and Nomsa, aged 12, was a pupil in Standard 4. Midday in Adderley Street, … intended for the thousands of contract…
Umberto Eco on the Merits of Studying History (and the Terrors of Losing It) by Charles Chu (The Polymath Project), 24 September 2017
… part, to blame. History classes were an endless stream of dates and names to be memorized. Teachers never tried to …
PlaceNamaqualand
… well and in a few places, such as Pella and Henkries, (Dates are successfully cultivated here). When there is enough …
The New Generation
… and America. This list of art centres, and their founding dates, represents a significant new force in the field of …
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… roots from the historic Cape Muslim community, which dates back to the 17th century). In the 1940s, a type of … and gangs in South Africa". IRIN Africa…
PlaceLesotho
… that an alliance be formed between the two territories. On 12 March 1868, acting in the face of continued Voortrekker … Heights, later renamed Leribe. In…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Racism against Indians
… 317; Transvaal, 37 758; Cape, 15 174; Orange Free State, 11." The community has continued its opposition to the …
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… (White Workers' Protection League) and was being paid £11 2s. a week by them. Van der Walt was charged before the … over to principal Industrial School,…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… of a protestant work ethic and religious proselytizing. On 18 December 1843 Montagu was ordered by Governor Napier to … below includes the magisterial…
PlaceOliver Tambo District Municipality
… , uKhahlamba and Alfred Nzo. The District extends over 12,141 km2 and occupies 9.52% of Provincial Land. The … Marine Protected Area'. The District has an…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… in Newton, having bought a second-hand sewing machine. Extra work was necessitated in view of the arthritis … was started after the Black Flag Rebellion of…