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BiographyBheki Cele
… legal fees on top of his own, which amounted to R400 000 [30] . In August 2009 Cele again made the call for “shoot to … [25] Ibid. [26] Ibid. [27] Ibid. [28]…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… Afrikaans Community (1838-1899) The First White Inhabitants It is documented that the … magistrate was P.J. van Staden who served diligently for 30 years!…
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
… [13] There were approximately 65,000 Indians in Natal in 1899. Traders and ex-indentured independent market gardeners … membership fee, most members were…
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… The Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899 and was the result of the British annexation of the … earth policy and resulted in the destruction of over 30 000 Boer…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… by declaring the country’s first state of emergency on 30 March 1960. The state of emergency was declared in 80 of … thereafter, on 5 June 1968, Kennedy was…
PlaceSchanskop Fort, Pretoria
… 155mm Creusot Gun (Long Tom), and two Maxims (Pom-poms) in 1899. There were 30 Privates and one Officer on base at the Fort. After the …
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
… take an oath of secrecy. Building was completed on 12 June 1899 at a relatively high cost of £30,177 with command being given to Adolf Schiel, chief of the …
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… settlers in South Africa in the Anglo-Boer wars (1880-1, 1899-1902), so in 1914 many Afrikaaners sympathised with … the war, including 43,000 in German South…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… Prior to the day of his trial, Dadoo issued a statement on 30 January 1941 in order to encourage the Indian population … pretext that he was studying. When…
EventS.A. beats New Zealand by 3
Daryll Cullinan and Jacques Kallis sent South Africa to a 3-2 win over New Zealand, with SA being unbeaten in six series matches, with Kallis and Cullinan…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… a rondavel for him to use as a surgery and gave him £30 to stock his dispensary. The medicines were supplied by … by which time 8577 passive resisters had…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… was further extended as follows: * Main jama 'at khana: 30,02 meters by 15,01 meters; 01,58 meters by 15,01 meters; * Sahn : 01,58 meters by 15,01 …
Constitution Hill - Free tours for pensioners during October and November
To celebrate the International Day of the Older People on October 01st, Constitution Hill is offering complimentary tours of the site during the Month of…
29. Removal to locations: the people are terrified
… In a Notice published in the Staats Courant of 26 April 1899, the Transvaal Government announced its intention to … 3 of 1885. In a letter to the British…
BiographyAli Bacher
If Ali Bacher's commitment to cricket had ended after his playing days, he would have had a proud place on the sport's roll of honour. It was Ali Bacher, the…
BiographyGeorge Hallett
… with Neo Ntsoma and Robin Cromley). Y2Y Youth to Youth, 30 Years after Soweto, Wits University Press (project …
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… wife and family with whom he had not been in contact for 30 years. The ANC and other political organisations were …
EventBurundi gains independence from Belgium
… Republic of Congo (DRC) gained its independence on 01 July 1962. Formerly part of German East Africa, Burundi … Day In African History’ , from About…
OR Tambo lecture by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa
… tomorrow. The details of the lecture are as follows: Date: 01 October 2015 Time: 16:00 Venue: Walter Sisulu Great Hall, …
EventRobert Sobukwe, first PAC president, dies
Founder and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (54), passed away in the Kimberley General Hospital between midnight…
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… five children. At the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, the family moved to Estcourt in Natal . It is here that … the children with her. She began…
EventKenyan runner, Yobes Ondieki becomes the first man to run 10,000 meters in less than 27 minutes
… medal in Tokyo and set a Kenyan 5000 meter record of 13; 01.82 in Zurich. …
EventSiyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 &
… Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 & 00/01 awards, was born on 2 December 1977 in KwaMashu, …
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… In 1899, an investor named Herman Tobiansky envisaged a pleasant …
EventPolitical activist Mohammed Shaik is born
Mohammed Iqbal Shaik, political activist and member of the Dolphin Unit of the Special Operations Unit, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was born in Vrededorp,…
EventNuclear Reactor At Pelindaba Goes Critical
On this date the nuclear reactor Safari, located in Pelindaba, near Pretoria, went critical and South Africa entered the nuclear age. The US firm Allis…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
… Kaguta Museveni, who has led a dictatorship for more than 30 years. This led to her subsequent imprisonment in 2017 and …
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… Missionary Seminary in Brooklyn, in New York. In March 1899, Dube was ordained as a priest by the Congregational …
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
Harold Strachan, former South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… Kimberley as the preferred destination for migrants. 1899 - 1902 The South African War between the Afrikaaner … a Plenary National Conference scheduled to…