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PlaceUniversity of the Free State, Main building, Bloemfontein
… by Sir Hamilton Gould-Adams, and was officially opened on 16 October 1909. The North and South wings date from 1915 and …
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… voyages between Indian and China from November 1794 to June 1813. During 1813 or 1814 the ship was called to serve … Cape east coast at around 4 o'clock in…
PlaceDiamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance
… of Diamond Hill, which took place on the 11th and 12th June 1900, in which 14000 British soldiers and 4000 Boers … of the British forces, prepared to occupy…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… degrees rightwards into almost total moribundancy.” June, Non-European Convention held in Kimberley as a climax … Is it Dead? ” as a response to attacks on…
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
… miles from Johannesburg city and almost fifty miles from Soweto where almost all the African accused lived; even those … bus, which picked up its treason…
ANC statement on the high court`s ruling against IT, 29 October 1998
The ANC has noted with disappointment the verdict of the High Court - Cape Division on the case between itself and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. …
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… first group of Indian workers arrived in Durban harbour on 16 November 1860 aboard the ship “Truro”. British farmers …
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… Workers Chapter 15 - White Workers and Colour Bar Chapter 16 - Black Workers' Resistance on the Mines Chapter 17 - The …
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… Tito Mboweni was born on 16 March 1959, in Tzaneen Limpopo. After completing his high …
EventSouth African invention lands on the moon
… the first manned mission to land on the Moon. Launched on 16 July 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, …
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… inflamed the acrimony aganist the tour was that the 16 England players who went on the tour received financial …
EventCleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
… as Archbishop, Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 16 October 1984 for his untiring efforts in calling for an …
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… the South African War(Anglo-Boer War II, 1899-1902). On 16 February 1898, the first regular freight service began. …
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land ownership dispute. On 16 May 1876, the Volksraad of the South African Republic …
EventSir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the malaria mosquito is born
… Director-in Chief of the Ross Institute until his death in 16 September 1932. …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… of people. 2002 LCD wins parliamentary elections in June and Mosisili is sworn in for a second term as prime … Basotho Convention’s Thomas Thabane as prime…
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… Refugees (DNR) under direct British military command. 15 June, The British authority establishes the Department of … under the control of the newly formed…
EventThe National Library of South Africa is founded
… "to place the means of knowledge within the reach of the youth of this remote corner of the Globe, and bring within …
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… Croesus cemetery, Johannesburg 12.Signature page, ANC Youth League meeting, 14 February 1944 (A.W.G. Champion …
Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships
… book was done for the International bookfair in Cape Town (June 2008). A collection of remarkable work brought to us by … been done for the International…
EventNelson Mandela is born
… annually. It was first celebrated in 2010. On 12 June 1964, Mandela was sentenced to life in prison on Robben … Congress (ANC) in 1997 at the Mafikeng…
EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
… to be trained as an Umkhonto We Sizwe soldier. On 11 June 1977 Mahlangu and others returned to South Africa, … to assist in the struggle against Apartheid…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… that the Immigrants Regulation Act was passed on June 14 1913. The Act put an end to Indian immigration and … led by Mahatma Ghandi, the Indian Relief Act…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… and Whoopi Goldberg,. The film tells the story of the 1976 Soweto uprisings. Shot on location in Soweto, the film was based on the stage production by …
ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
… Botswana and the Northern Cape. Joseph passed away on June 1st 1948 and was succeeded by his son who continued the …
ArticleThe Causes of World War I
… radical Slav nationalist movements in the Balkans. On 28 June 1914, Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie …
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… Africa hosting of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. 1995 25 May–24 June, South Africa hosts the Rugby World Cup (RWC). The RWC …
ArchiveSteve Fataar could have had a rock star ego but didn’t by Rafs Mayet, 24 January 2020
… parents and was responsible for Ricky, 15, and Blondie, 16, when they left our shores. The Flames were so naïve that … a Flames reunion tour in South Africa…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… he could call for war and settle disputes between Chiefs. [16] His word was sanctity and he was the emblem of Xhosa … would retreat into the sea. [119] At…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… Congress ( ANC ) National Conference took place from 16 – 20 December 2007 at the University of Limpopo in …