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PlaceAlfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
… in the Navy, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 24 February 1863, serving under Count Gleichen on HMS Racoon, … to the Command of the frigate 'HMS…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… Freedom: The History of the South African Communist Party, 1921-2021 (Johannesburg: Jacana Media, 2021), p.155. [8] … Freedom: The History of the South…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… Mathunjwa called the deal a major breakthrough. On 24 June 2014, the deal was officially signed and workers …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… to take over responsibility of Indian Opinion. April 24, Natal Indian Congress (NIC) meeting decides to form … on Transvaal Immigration Registration Bill …
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Financial Strangulation of Native Education
… education because almost the whole of the Hut-Tax of 1921 was devoted to this purpose; while in Natal only £49.000 … education throughout the Union as met by…
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
Born in the Eastern Cape, Dumisa Ntsebeza, like many young South Africans in the 70’s was involved in the struggle. He was arrested in the mid 70’s and served…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… [between Indians and Whites] were possible in Durban. 24 March 1943 The High Commissioner for India, after reading … indicate collusion on their part. Whites…
EventEmily Chinea is the first woman to be officially executed in SA
… found guilty of murdering her husband. The Star of 21 June 1921 tells of a woman, Emily Chinea, and her paramour, Lucas …
EventSun City officially opened
The entertainment centre was opened on this day, with a special performance by Frank Sinatra. [1] Endnotes [1]Sun City relaunches after R1b upgrade, http:/…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… a story that claimed that he had an affair with a 24-year-old woman. The journalist who broke the scandal …
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… socialism” and a symbol of the expanding socialist world. [24] in 1982, Moses Mabhida sent a letter from Mozambique to … (Harare: Zimbabwe Publishing House,…
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… Africa’, [online], available at www.unhcr.org (Accessed: 24 May 2012) O’Malley P. ‘1992’, from O’Malley: The Heart of … [online], available at www…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… hosted and won Rugby World Cup which took place 25 May-24 June 1995, and was the first major sporting event to be … time. In the final, held at Ellis Park in…
EventNoby Ngombane is murdered
Noby Ngombane, 38, head of the Free State government's policy monitoring and evaluation unit in the premier's office, was shot dead at his house in…
PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
… Explore the History of the Comrades Marathon from 1921 when 34 runners bravely pitched up on the starting line …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
… of Declaration of Rights of Man, 1789, 1789, (Uploaded 13 05 2013), (Accessed 25 May 2020), available at: … “Reign of Terror”, Encyclopaedia Britannica, …
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… (accessed10/05/2016). ↵ [15] A. Mazrui & L. Mhando. Julius Nyerere: …
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… (accessed10/05/2016). ↵ [15] A. Mazrui & L. Mhando. Julius Nyerere: …
EventSA struggles to fight HIV/AIDS pandemic
… News 24 reported that South Africa's ambitious HIV/Aids treatment …
EventFour men die instantly in car races
Four men were killed instantly when a car swerved to avoid a second, which was spinning on the Odi race track, and ploughed into spectators watching from the…
EventMbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
South African President Thabo Mbeki, accompanied by Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad, arrived in Abidjan (Ivory…
EventUN approves embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously approved an arms embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea following the latest flare-up in their two-year…
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
Former State President and National Party leader Frederik Willem de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament. He says it is time for South Africans to…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… for reasons of sanitation (Dison and Mohamed, 1960: 24). The Asiatic Bazaar law was reinforced in 1932 by a … station (South African Institute for Race…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… relying on Robben Island for fresh meat and water. 1554 24 April, The Portuguese ship São Bento is wrecked north of … established 1918 University of Cape…
EventThe Great Comet of 1901
… On 24 April 1901 a comet that became known as 'The Great Comet … the latter describing the comet in a telegram dated 24 April 1901, stating 'saw a comet this…
PlaceSpringbok, Namaqualand
… koppie is also the site of a modest stone church built in 1921 and the remains of the walls of the original fort, (AS …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… relying on Robben Island for fresh meat and water. 1554 24 April, The Portuguese ship São Bento is wrecked north of …
References and links: Transport through time
… the Modern Car: A Kia Animated Short Film ’, (video file), 24 October, [online], Available at …
EventGlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
Britain's GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's largest producer of AIDS drugs, announced it would reduce the price of its popular AIDS medication. Combivir, a…