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Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
… As one of the most socially aware photographers of his time he left an insightful and comprehensive document of his …
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… South Africa had just become a democratic country at the time, and the day was declared a national holiday. Since then …
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… HNP in November 1940 after internal strife. At the same time he also left his position in parliament, and later …
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… PAC and SACP, Asmal went into exile. He spent most of his time in exile based in Ireland, where he was active in the …
EventSouth African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns
… of Defence . However, the Minister of Defence at the time, P. W. Botha was not happy that his department was being …
EventJohn Traicos makes his International Cricket Test debut for South Africa
… played for Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe) at a time when many of his contemporaries plied their trade …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
… Africa's citizens. FW de Klerk, who was President at the time, committed himself to this eventuality as soon as a new …
EventAdriaan Vlok, Minister of Law and Order, announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes weapons in “conflict situations”
… This in turn prompted the Minister of Law and Order at the time, Adriaan Vlok, to announce a ban on 16 April 1991on the …
EventAn ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command, Johannesburg, kills one person and injures 68
… and damaging buildings. The bomb was set to go off at a time when most children would be at school and people at …
EventDiplomatic office of the ANC in Stockholm is bombed
… despite the presence of three people in the office at the time. Amongst those that survived were the ANC's …
EventPope John Paul II appoints 31 cardinals, three from Africa
… to Christians to erect churches, whilst at the same time destroying many church buildings and church-run schools …
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… Of a total population of just over 6 million at the time, nearly half contracted the disease, while close to …
EventAlan Paton is born
… Country, which was published in February of 1948, during a time in which he studied penal institutions in Europe, the …
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… Black author and political publicist and at that time a court interpreter in Mafeking, was caught up in the …
EventKing George VI is born
… leader of the United Party (UP) and South Africa's war time premier, hoped to use the royal visit to garner support …
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… grandfather and uncle Zwelakhe to be jailed at the same time.In 2006 he was appointed First Secretary of the South …
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… one of the most powerful telescopes in use at the time. During the years 1825-1833 John used this instrument to …
EventMore than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster in South Africa
… , caved in. About 1,000 miners were in the mine at the time and 435 died after being trapped, while the rest escaped …
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
… capacity of mobile phones substantially. However, at that time, the technology to do so was nonexistent. On April 3, …
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
… it is necessary that you should. However, well done this time, sir. The Government will gnash its teeth but the …
EventLord Charles Somerset arrives in the Cape as Governor
… inhabitants. He was one of the British officials of the time that earned a lot of money even compared with the annual …
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… of manoeuvring against the incumbent government of the time. References: The Star, 6 September, 1960, ‘Treason …
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… as well as that of social welfare and pensions. At that time the country was still under the pall of Sharpeville …
PlaceWupperthal Mission Station, Clanwilliam
… dried fruit , dried beans and rooibos tea. At Christmas time there is a festival of carol singing at the mission and …
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on January 1976 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
… this amendment. I am giving notice of my amendment in good time so that hon. members may consider it, and cast a … will similarly be high, but I feel…
X - Counsel’s Submission on behalf of the Biko Family
… a drip and a vitamin injection, and nothing more. At no time was any member of Biko's family or any friend informed … abnormalities (whether or not he…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
… to print and widely disseminate literature for the first time. [39] 5. New musical instruments were developed, …
Statement at the Freedom Rally Organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 26 January 1979
… It is a moving experience for me to speak for the second time in ten years in Ireland, among a people who know as … a predator as a benefactor, to allow the…
ArchiveChapter 6 Underground in Joburg by Denis Goldberg
… was as exciting as I imagined it would be. I was a full-time revolutionary. I felt invincible: on the brink of … rush of adrenalin. In the midst of it all,…
Document Center at UKZN. “Burning of the Passes” from the collection of Ela Gandhi, MP. Assention no. 1889-23
… the capacity for unlimited suffering for any length of time, we must adopt a straightforward course without … we have again a representative Indian, but at…