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ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… Public submission amounted to a staggering number of 1,753,424 were made to the Constitutional Assembly during its … against pass laws in Sharpeville ,…
June 17
The second day... was marked by uncontrollable fury and burning hostility...Police also assumed another attitude. They shot at random, and at anyone who would…
The Mountain Committee
A vast popular movement of resistance arose amongst the people in March 1960, and although meetings were illegal, they were held just the same and attended by…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… Robben Island. 18 April, Zimbabwe gains its independence. 2 August, Petitions calling for the release of Nelson Mandela … for membership and furthering the…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Globalisation by Jeff Guy
… From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The … from the Horn of Africa to modern-day Tanzania (see Map 2.1). The…
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
South Africa announced that it had completed destroying its stock pile of anti-personnel mines. A total of 261 423 were destroyed, while 18 000 were retained…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… 1910 - 1919 1910 January 1, Indian Opinion reduced in size for financial reasons. … Bombay 4,253- 3-4 From Rangoon 750- 0-0 From London 135- 8-2 From…
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… the largest pipe bomb in American history- which killed 2 people and injured 111. The motive for the attack, …
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
In January 1912, Pixley Seme, Alfred Mangena, Richard Msimang and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National…
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
The sinking of the SS Mendi on 21 February 1917 became one of South Africa's worst tragedies of the First World War (1914-1919). A total of 616 South Africans,…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… targets were all slightly met, reporting figures of 2.2%, 5.4% and 18% respectively by the end of 2000,, bringing …
PlaceGallery 101
In 1961, the Swiss Fernand Francis Haenggi (b. 1934, Dijon, France) and his mother Mrs F.M.L. Haenggi founded Gallery 101 to showcase modern South African art…
PlaceMarket Theatre
The Market Theatre was founded in 1976 in Johannesburg by Mannie Manim and Barney Simon. Now based in the center of the Newtwon Cultural Precinct, The Market…
EventAt least 100 people drown in a flood at Laingsburg
On 25 January 1981, Laingsburg in the Western Cape was devastated by a severe flood. The hard rains immersed the whole town in water, only the roofs of the…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
Delegates from twenty groups (SA government, 'homeland' governments, political parties, political organisations and non-governmental organisations) agreed,…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… Gandhi forms an ambulance corps to tend the wounded. May 2, Kasturba’s eldest son, Harilal Gandhi, is married to Gulab … Gandhi are informed of the union…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… government declares a State of Emergency and arrests over 2 000 people. At lunchtime, an estimated group of between 30 … Conference is held in…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… from "Recovering from Apartheid", in The New Yorker. 1998, 1 January: Desmond Tutu establishes the Desmond Tutu Peace … in South Africa'. 2012: Desmond Tutu…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on student activists and organisations alike. On 19 October 1977 the Black Consciousness…
ArticleBrazil - Russia - India - China - South Africa (BRICS)
… out-government/brics-brazil-russia-india-china-south-africa-1 …
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… for rural and urban landless people on a national scale. [1] The movement’s demands were for land redistribution, … transferring ownership to those living…
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
“Just Transition” has become the buzz term used to explain the socioeconomic need to address the jobs and communities built around fossil fuel industries,…
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
… December 2017 Goldfish and Hot Water 31 December 2017 – 1 January 2018 Freshlyground 1 January 2018 Prime Circle 7 January 2018 The Parlotones 14 … January…
Dance For All (DFA)
Established in 1991, Dance For All (DFA) is a non-profit dance organisation, originally known as Ballet for All. DFA was an education development programme…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… 1960 1 January, Minister of Bantu Education assumes control of … The Regime declares a State of Emergency and arrests over 2 000 people. At lunchtime, 30 000…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… Council (CBIC) which holds a conference, in Cape Town on 2 January 1919. 4 June 1923 The South African Indian Congress … that ‘Indian penetration’ was…
EventThe first large group of French Huguenots arrive at the Cape
The first Huguenots arrived as early as 1671, when the first Huguenot refugee, Francois Villion (later Viljoen), arrived at the Cape. By 1692, a total of 201…
EventPatrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo Republic, is assassinated
The first and only elected Prime Minister of the Congo Republic, Patrice Lumumba, was assassinated a few months after Congo gained formal independence from…
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
On 21 December 1988, the Pan Am Flight 103 was flying its transatlantic route from New York to London, when it was destroyed by a bomb. All passengers and crew…
ArchiveBan apartheid: sanctions now
Notice of a day of protest on March 21st 1988. Black and white poster.