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EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… a ten-hour day in 1847. French workers demands for a 12-hour day were granted after the February revolution of … From 1830 to 1860, the average work day had…
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
… in Gujarati by Mohamed Ebrahim Seedat from Newcastle on 12 November 1901 may be typical of the kind of correspondence … 60 House behind where Standard Bank…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… Nzo , Florence Mophosho , Gertrude Shope ), in Lusaka. 10–12 September 1984 H.W. van der Merwe met with the ANC ( Thabo … the University of the North and…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… the Treason Trial The Treason Trial ended on 29 March 1961, a year after Sharpeville. The accused were found not … the Eastern Cape, IDAF’s legal fees…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… of involvement in violence in the Transkei. Between March 1961 and April 1966, forty-one leading members of the LPSA …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… we Sizwe (“Spear of the Nation,” or MK) in December 1961, with Nelson Mandela as its Commander in Chief. The …
Post-detention weapons
… in February 1988 was coupled with restriction orders on 12 people that were so severe that they amounted to house … a banned organisation 25 Possession of…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… guns that they obtained. In 1862 the Pedi army was made up 12 000 men, of whom a third were equipped with guns. These … What jobs did inboekselings do in…
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the …
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 2) by Thabo Mbeki, 28 March, 2016
… of a competitive fast-growing economy.” On September 16, 2015, Business Report, a supplement to The Star and other … Employment & Infrastructure Development…
PlaceFunda Community College
… 2009. It now only offers courses in visual art, has only 12 full-time students and four teachers (including Nkosi). …
PlaceAasvoelberg known as The Eye Of Zastron
… Terrains, from Grassland to Mountains and is limited to 12 people. Permits are required! …
PlaceUtrecht
… Utrecht had a population of 966 Whites, 280 Coloureds, 12 Asians and 4537 Blacks. In 2000 it was estimated that …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… Magaliesberg known as Silkaatsnek It was here that the two 12-pounder guns of 'O' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA), …
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… the course of the war more than 7,000 Canadians, including 12 women nurses, served in the South African War. By the end …
PlaceCookhouse, Eastern Cape
The Village of Cookhouse was located on the Farm; 'Roodewal', near a River crossing. It probably derived its name from a small stone structure, over the Great…
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… years old when he died. The fossils of the infant, about 12 - 18 months old when it died was discovered by Dr Brian …
Address of the President of the Republic Of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Youth Day celebrations: Absa Stadium, Buffalo City Municipality
… in our national calendar the National Youth Day. On June 16, 1976, multitudes of South African youth emerged from … to determine their destiny, the youth of…
EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
… Van Zyl Slabbert served as the leader of the PFP for 12 years. He died on 14 May 2010 at his home …
PlaceSpringfield Convent School, Cape Town
… faiths and backgrounds to classes from Nursery to Grade 12. History reflects that Springfield was the first to offer …
EventLegendary photographer Sam Nzima dies
… On 12 May 2018, legendary photographer Sam Nzima passed away at …
PlaceMali
Mali, landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian regions. Mali is bounded on the north by Algeria, on the east by Niger and…
ArchiveConcentration camps in the South African War? Here are the real facts by Fransjohan Pretorius, (The Conversation), February 18, 2019
… lines. In reaction Roberts issued a proclamation on 16 June 1900, stating that, for every attack on a railway … stating that all homesteads would be burnt in…
ArchiveCHAPTER 9 - Tactics of talks, Tactics of confrontation, The Road to Vula, July 1985 - December 1986 Insurrection cannot be led from afar. by Howard Barrell
… minimal back-up. They hadmaybe...R1,000 or R2,000, maybe...12 hand grenades and an AK...many of them just being put … the Nkomati Accord, increased its…
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
… in Africa. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa, p. 12. ↵ [xxxiii] Nwonwu, F. (ed.). 2008. The Millennium … in Africa. Pretoria: Africa Institute of…
Book launch: Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim
… equality. Date: Saturday 18 October 2025 Time: 14:00 - 16:00 Venue: The Witness Office, 225 Hoosen Haffajee Street, …
The Lessons of the Transition Era, Inequality and the Politics of Universal Health Care: Re-visiting the Proposals of the Macro-Economic Research Group (MERG) and the Reconstruction and Development Programme by Robert Van Niekerk
… with 50 percent of health care resources consumed by a 16 percent of the mainly middle-class minority). The paper …
PlaceSteenbras Nature Reserve, near Gordons Bay
… 500 hectares in extent! Opening hours Office hours 07:30 – 16:00 Steenbras River Gorge and Crystal Pools hiking trail …
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… 1997, page 7 & 9. ↵ [3] ibid: 9 ↵ [4] ibid: 10 ↵ [5] ibid: 12 ↵ [6] Okwui Enwezor, ‘Reflections’, in Trade Routes …
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… officials failed to turn up, and an enthusiastic crowd of 12,000 unanimously voted Dr Naicker as head of the NIC Dr …