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ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
Very little is known about the languages of South Africa's San people, as most of these beautiful, ancient languages were never recorded. Fortunately, the /Xam…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… ended tragically when police started shooting, killing 19 and injuring 30. The ANC declared 26 June as a national …
Call for Papers: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice
… study tour will be convened in South Africa on March 18-19, 2019 (international conferences), and March 20-25, 2019 … Palestine South African conference on…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… outside Pretoria, using Soviet Grad P rockets. 19 November , Griffiths Mxenge, an attorney and a member of … in Lesotho. The incursion is widely condemned…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 23 May 1983, Volume 77 and Volume 78
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 17, 18, 19 and 20 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 20 May 1983, Volume 76
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 17, 18, 19 and 20 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the …
PlaceKeur River Bridge
Situated on the Historic Montagu Pass this bridge was built in 1847. This solid bridge was designed by Charles Michell and built by Henry Ford White (who…
EventSouth Africa win the most medals at the 7th All African Games
… with 128 medals. The closing ceremony of the games was on 19 September. The 1999 Games included: athletics, baseball, …
PlaceHouses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein
… designed by Frank Taylor, and were officially opened on 19 December 1907 by the then Governor of the Orange River …
PlacePrince Edward Islands
The sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island Group consists of; Marion Island (19km long 12 km wide) and Prince Edward Island (10 km long and 6.5km wide). These…
PlaceRavenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens
Ravenswood House is the only known example in Cape Town of the late classical Georgian Architectural Style of the beginning of the 19th Century. This Double…
EventSolly Sachs leaves South Africa
… of Communism Act (1950) had been served on him on 19 May 1952 and his arrest on two occasions during the same …
EventNelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison
… was issued with his first South African passport on 19 February 1990, 8 days after he was released from prison. …
EventUN approves embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea
… http://www.bangla2000.com/News/Archive/International/5-19-2000/news_detail1.html …
EventAhmed Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after 11 days of hunger strike
… bases of the latter across the border in Morocco. On June 19, 1965, after less than three years as Prime Minister and …
EventInsulin is first introduced to the American public
… the Nobel Peace Prize committee subsequently regretted. On 19 July 1923, insulin was introduced to the public. It had …
EventThomas Thornton becomes the first passenger on an aeroplane in South Africa
… On 19 March 1910, Thomas Thornton became the first person to fly …
EventAaron Mokoena, SA footballer is born in Boipatong
… player ever to represent South Africa. He was only 19 when he played in 1999 at the 2000 Olympic qualifiers. He …
EventWalter Sisulu evades security police and goes underground
… On 19 April 1963, African National Congress (ANC) leader Walter …
PlaceRailway Station, Main Road, Wynberg
… line from Salt River Junction to Wynberg, which opened on 19 December 1864. In 1876 the company was taken over by the …
PlaceBergvliet Farmstead, Bergvliet
This farm complex consists of a Cape Dutch house built in 1769, and a ring wall and outbuildings which were erected towards the mid-19th Century. The land…
EventThe World Health Organisation confirms that Ebola virus killed thirteen villagers in Gabon.
… village in Gabon during the month of February 1996. On 19 February 1996, the World Health Organisation confirmed …
EventDemocratic Republic of Somali is formed
… A chronology of key events ,(2013), from BBC News, 19 December,[online],Available at www.bbc.com [Accessed: 24 …
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo. The party was …
EventThe Chinese Community in South Africa is granted ‘White’ status
… On 19 August 1970, the Chinese community, officially classed …
EventA teachers training college in South Africa opened in Wellington
… stone for the building, Murray Hall, was laid on 19 November 1874. This building also served as a hostel for …
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… the Company until sent back to Batavia three years later. 19 October, Autsumao (Herry), chief of the Goringhaikonas and … introduces trial. The Cape…
Duties as Minister of the Interior, Resettlement, Township Administration, Inkatha and KwaZulu politics
… 15:89 - 16:87 - Areas of work covered by portfolio 16:87 - 19:25 - Involvement in South Africa's Influx Control laws 19:25 - 20:58 - Labour problems in…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… his novel Turbott Wolfe (1926), written when he was only 19 years old. It tackled the highly sensitive issue of … black writing : problems and prospects of a…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… delegation paves way for the first Round-table Conference. 19 December, The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) … India in an attempt to foster closer…